Detroit — The star quality of the NHL Entry Draft is generally in the first round. It features the hyped, much-talked-about prospects with the gaudy offensive numbers and experience of being on numerous national teams. But there’s talent to be snared well past the first round. The Red Wings, once again, will have plenty of chances to draft
The hiring of Alex Tanguay gave Detroit Red Wings fans some unexpected team news this week, and it also showed that the Red Wings were addressing one of their most glaring needs: the power play and the offense that has been an issue for two seasons now. The post signing press conference with Tanguay and
If you’ve been following along with our draft coverage here at THW, then you probably know the Detroit Red Wings’ needs very well (hint: they need almost everything.) What you may not know, however, is how the needs of the teams in front of them in the draft order may impact which players are available
It’s been a while since we’ve published a news and rumors article, but boy do we have some news to report today. A lot of things are going on in the world of the Detroit Red Wings right now, so let’s dive right in. Red Wings Hire Alex Tanguay Raise your hand if you saw
“(Larkin) hasn’t started training yet, but I think he’s along the timeline that we expected in his recovery,” coach Jeff Blashill said Wednesday, during new assistant coach Alex Tanguay’s introductory Zoom call. “Tyler has probably been able to do a little bit more lately. I think he’s getting to the stage where you can get
Alex Tanguay’s challenge is to work among former foes and make the Detroit Red Wings a more competitive team. His past as a forward for the Colorado Avalanche during the latter part of the storied rivalry delighted one new coworker so much he called Tanguay earlier this week to congratulate him on his new job
The Detroit Red Wings will be loosing a player to the newly minted Seattle Kraken on July 21st, when the NHL Expansion Draft begins. Perhaps the biggest question for the Red Wings in the expansion draft is: which defensemen should be protected? The answer is simple. Filip Hronek, Troy Stecher and Dennis Cholowski. Hronek and
The Detroit News Tampa, Fla. — Just when the Montreal Canadiens found another gear to show they can hang with the defending champion Tampa Bay Lightning in the Stanley Cup Final, Blake Coleman singlehandedly kept the series from being tied. Coleman scored a one-armed, diving buzzer-beater and goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy was the best player on the ice
Stephen Whyno | Associated Press Tom Dundon is now sole owner of the Carolina Hurricanes after buying out the remaining shares of the NHL club held by Peter Karmanos and others. The league’s board of governors unanimously approved the transaction Wednesday. “We are fortunate to have a passionate fan base that supports what we believe
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Detroit — Alex Tanguay, the former Avalanche star, is coming over to the other side. Tanguay, who participated in the heated rivalry between the Detroit and Colorado organizations some 20-25 years ago, was named an assistant on coach Jeff Blashill’s staff on Wednesday. And Tanguay is already hearing from Red Wings’ alumni from those days. “Kris Draper called me
The Detroit Red Wings have hired a familiar face to help them behind their bench: Former Colorado Avalanche forward Alex Tanguay. Tanguay, 41, is expected to handle the forwards and the power play, replacing Dan Bylsma, whose contract was not renewed after the 2020-21 season. Tanguay has spent the last two years as an assistant
The Detroit Red Wings hired former Iowa Wild assistant coach Alex Tanguay to fill the void left by Dan Bylsma. Tanguay needs no introduction to Wings fans who remember him as part of the Wing killers from Colorado that included Peter Forsberg and Chris Drury. Now it’s time to see if he can help inflict
The Detroit Red Wings announced on Wednesday the hiring of Alex Tanguay as assistant coach. UPDATE: Detroit #RedWings executive vice president and general manager Steve Yzerman announced today that the team has hired Alex Tanguay as an assistant coach. Details: https://t.co/xVqo0eEIc5 pic.twitter.com/6sZfVi1IHj — Detroit Red Wings (@DetroitRedWings) June 30, 2021 Tanguay replaces Dan Bylsma, whose
Detroit — The Red Wings named Alex Tanguay as a new assistant coach on Wednesday. Tanguay, 41, joins coach Jeff Blashill’s staff after spending the last two seasons as an assistant coach with the Minnesota Wild’s minor league affiliate Iowa Wild. Iowa was 54-31-9 over the last two seasons, had the American League’s fifth-best power play (21.9%) in
The Red Wings’ official announcement of the Alex Tanguay hiring is below with some very good background on the hire. The best news out of this is the relative offensive and power play numbers Tanguay’s prior team were able to put up, considering the new guy is here to replace outgoing Dan Bylsma as Jeff
Welcome to Re-Sign or Resign, a new segment covering the pros and cons of Detroit’s pending UFAs. We’ll be taking a closer look at each UFA while going over two schools of thought: re-signing the player, or letting him run free into the sunset. So far, we’ve covered Luke Glendening, Darren Helm, Valtteri Filppula, Marc
Welcome back to our Seattle Expansion Draft Series. If you haven’t read the first article that lays out the rules of the expansion draft, that would be a good starting point, as I’ll only give the very basic rules in each of these follow up articles. If you are interested in Detroit, that was the
“Him and I have talked about making sure that he eliminates any big minuses,” Blashill said. “So make sure on a consistent basis, night to night he’s doing a good job of not giving away any easy chances. And finding a way to push our power play to being better. “It’s just growing as a
The Detroit Red Wings management team have continuously tried to stockpile goalies through the draft in the hopes that one of them will end up developing into an NHL regular. The past seven drafts produced eight goalies and during the most recent season, not one of these selections played a game in the NHL. Seven