Fred Goodall | Associated Press Tampa, Fla. — Shea Weber’s wallet is a little lighter heading to Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final. The NHL on Tuesday fined the Montreal defenseman $5,000 for slashing Tampa Bay star Nikita Kucherov during the third period of the Canadiens’ 5-1 loss to the Lightning in the opener of the
John Wawrow | Associated Press Connor McDavid’s award-winning season came with one regret. In earning his second career MVP honor Tuesday, the Edmonton Oilers captain wished his team was still playing. “We had a special group this year, and obviously we didn’t do what we wanted to do,” McDavid said, referring to the Oilers being
Filip Zadina had a very confusing 2020-21 season. The eye test shows that Zadina improved his play this year, but all stats point to the opposite; production and possession metrics both took a dip. However, fans of the Detroit Red Wings shouldn’t be concerned. Next year, Zadina is going to finally begin filling those nets.
We’ve touched on most of the options available to the Detroit Red Wings with the sixth overall selection. However, by virtue of the Anthony Mantha trade, Red Wings general manager Steve Yzerman and his scouting team have an additional first round pick in this year’s draft: pick No. 22. As many options as Detroit is
Chelios will be a great fit in the studio. He’s just the right level of unbridled to attract plenty of new fans. He and Messier will make a great combo. In addition, we’ll be seeing Ray Ferraro, Brian Boucher, Kevin Weekes, and Leah Hextall in roles. ESPN is looking more and more promising as a
Readying for the Stanley Cup Final last night, I found myself going through old videos on Youtube of Detroit Red Wings glory. It’s incredible that next season will mark the 25th anniversary of the 1997 Stanley Cup win. This of course got me to watch highlights from 1998. And then again from 2002. And obviously
Whether the Detroit Red Wings’ 2021-22 schedule will include a break for the Winter Olympics remains uncertain. But it will include helmet advertisements. NHL commissioner Gary Bettman said Monday evening that “we have real concerns about whether it’s sensible for us to participate,” for the league to break for the Beijing Games — and with the
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With three draft picks in the second round of the 2021 NHL Draft, the Detroit Red Wings are going to have plenty of prospects to consider and target. Without knowing the philosophy Steve Yzerman will be using during the draft, it’s hard to truly guess what the selections will be, but let’s look at three
The talk surrounding the Detroit Red Wings’ sixth overall pick often asks one of two questions: Will they use that pick on Swedish goaltender Jesper Wallstedt? How might Steve Yzerman surprise everyone this time? With a plethora of potential high end talent likely to fall (take your pick in what has been described as an
What’s The Grind Line? Apart from the once-famous line of Kris Draper, Kirk Maltby, and either Joe Kocur or Darren McCarty, The Grind Line is also The Hockey Writers’ weekly column about the Detroit Red Wings. This week Tony Wolak, Devin Little, Patrick Brown, and Kyle Knopp are the muckers who make up THW’s forechecking
Carley Johnston and three-time Stanley Cup Champion, Chris Osgood, chat about becoming a Bally Sports Detroit analyst, his three Stanley Cups, coaching his son and more in the latest episode of Coffee With Carley, presented by Tim Hortons.
For the next three seasons, $47.25 million of [the San Jose Sharks’] cap will be tied to players ages 30 or older. Evander Kane will make $7M per year until 2025-26. Logan Couture will be 37 when his contract ends, making $8M per year until the 2027-28 season. Erik Karlsson, who was signed to a
With the Red Wings picking 6th in the 2021 NHL Draft, we profile University of Michigan players Owen Power, Kent Johnson and Matthew Beniers.
The Vegas Golden Knights been eliminated for barely 24 hours before the Alec Martinez would look good on the Detroit Red Wings blue line thoughts began: The Red Wings could be a suitor for pending UFA Alec Martinez, who scored the tying goal for Vegas last night. Jeff Blashill recruited Martinez to Miami and also
Detroit — When the Montreal Canadiens were last in Tampa, before COVID shut down the 2019-20 season, there was one complete day off on the schedule. So defenseman Jeff Petry, with connections to the Tigers’ organization given his father Dan pitched for the team and is now a television analyst, was able to hook up a
Penguins Should Target the Red Wings for Offseason Trade – THW The biggest benefit of this trade would be to just get Pettersson off the books. If it’s a mid-level prospect or a mid-round draft pick, it’s likely not going to matter a whole hell of a lot to the Penguins. Considering the Red Wings
This is the third of a five-part series examining recent Detroit Red Wings drafts, leading up to the 2021 virtual event, scheduled for July 23-24. The Red Wings look like they’re going to get a boost from their 2018 NHL draft class over the coming seasons. There was a great deal of excitement for the Wings
Steve Yzerman and the Detroit Red Wings will likely be looking to improve the pipeline a high-ceiling prospect at six, but with their next draft pick at 22, a safe prospect might be the way to go. Let’s take a look at a few of the safer options that’ll be available late in the first.
The Detroit Red Wings currently have one of the deepest prospect pools in the NHL, but there’s a glaring absence of goaltending talent in the pipeline. Steve Yzerman will likely address the organizational need with at least one of his 12 picks in the upcoming draft. Although there’s talk of swinging early on a Jesper