Our second to last Mickey Redmond flannel of the season. Ken Daniels said “this whole season has been a dog’s breakfast” as Jack Daniels (the dog) makes his Light the Lamp pick. Cherish these moments, gang. Starting lineup! Erne is out and Brome is back in for his first Wings game in almost a month.
Game Day Updates Changes in #CBJ lineup tonight vs #LGRW include Lehtonen and Kukan coming out, Peeke and Harrington coming back in. Kivlenieks will start in net for his first NHL action in more than a year. — Brian Hedger (@BrianHedger) May 7, 2021 Not even a “gameday” update, but Dylan Larkin’s best bud switching
The record may not be great, and it’s disappointing to miss the NHL playoffs for a fifth consecutive season. But the Red Wings have certainly had individuals have impressive seasons, and two that came to coach Jeff Blashill’s mind quickly were forwards Adam Erne and Michael Rasmussen. Each was for a different reason and under
The Red Wings are heading into their last series of the season against fellow Central Division basement-dweller, the Columbus Blue Jackets. Here are a few headliners as we head into the final two games of the season. Lottery Watch Detroit and Columbus are both on a race for better draft position. After winning a game
Anybody that played Franchise/Be A GM mode in the popular EA Sports NHL series in the mid-2000’s will remember how easy it was to trade your way to an absolutely stacked roster. There was no salary cap, so the player could load up on talent so that they had guys like Brett Hull skating on
Time: 7:00 PM EST Place: Nationwide Arena TV: BSOH, BDT+ Radio: 97.1 FM The Ticket/1270 AM Blue Jackets Blog: The Cannon The penultimate prelude to the season’s end starts tonight as the Red Wings square off against the Columbus Blue Jackets. The Wings went home with two wins from their last back-to-back bout against the
Bobby Ryan still fits into the Detroit Red Wings rebuild. Here’s how – Freep “He cares about helping people, he cares about our hockey team growing,” Blashill said. “Any time you’re trying to develop young people, they have to have great role models. They have to have great papa bears that can help them work
A most unusual season comes to an end this weekend for the Detroit Red Wings, who cap off a pandemic-shortened slate with a competition for the seventh and eighth spots in the Central Division. It’ll be a patchwork lineup that faces the Blue Jackets in Columbus, Ohio, on Friday and Saturday, robbed of Dylan Larkin,
Maybe it was the shootout goal, when Jakub Vrana skated across the net and, just as he reached the far post, extended his right hand back and slipped the puck past Tampa Bay’s Curtis McElhinney to beat the Lightning and give the Detroit Red Wings one of its more unlikely wins of the season. Or maybe it was Vrana’s puck-seizing, blast down the
In 2019, the Detroit Red Wings seemed to have found their core. Although the team was terrible, the trio of Larkin, Tyler Bertuzzi and Anthony Mantha provided some hope for the future, each averaging over .68 points per game (Bertuzzi .68, Larkin .75 and Mantha .88). However, the core had some major alterations this year.
In the eighth round of the shootout last Saturday, Detroit Red Wings unsung leader Sam Gagner claimed possession of the puck at center ice. He weaved right. Then left, before stickhandling – and adding a bit of distraction – in the crease. Spotting an opening, Gagner released a rising wrister over Tampa Bay Lightning goalie Curtis
Detroit — The thought did cross Bobby Ryan’s mind. After Ryan underwent triceps surgery three weeks ago, and the unknown of what was going to happen afterward and how much it was going to take to return, the idea of retiring popped into his head. But not anymore. “There were a couple of days it was
As the season in Hockeytown draws to a close, fans and front office aficionados have their eyes set on the offseason. From the draft lottery to the start of free agency season, the offseason has become, at times, the most exciting thing with the Detroit Red Wings. It’s the time where new faces don the
With the abundance of cap room Steve Yzerman will have at his disposal this offseason, the Detroit Red Wings general manager likely will target long-term, short-term and smart-money moves. Re-signing injured veteran Bobby Ryan fits each philosophy: Long-Term: Ryan’s experience as a top-prospect-turned-dependable-veteran will aid the development of several young players rising through the organization.
There has been a wide range of emotions experienced by the teams and fans of the National Hockey League on this date. One of the biggest offensive nights in playoff history went down on May 6, and a fan base had to say goodbye to their favorite team. Let’s begin our daily trip back in
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
[From the Griffins] GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – A late goal by Josh Dunne, the second of the night for the Cleveland Monsters on the power play, lifted the visitors to a 3-2 victory over the Grand Rapids Griffins on Wednesday at Van Andel Arena. For the second straight contest the Griffins rallied to tie the
Detroit Red Wings F Bobby Ryan, out since March 28, says he had a deteriorated tendon in his R triceps. Underwent surgery last month. Says it went well, starting to rehab a little bit. — Helene St. James (@HeleneStJames) May 5, 2021 Philadelphia Flyers lose Shayne Gostisbehere to a two-game suspension after boarding call –
Based on what Steve Yzerman said at the trade deadline, he’ll deliver his decision on the Red Wings coaching situation as soon as next week. Asked about Jeff Blashill’s future with the Detroit Red Wings on April 12, Yzerman replied, “Jeff and I will sit down very quickly after the season and discuss that.” The
The Detroit Red Wings announced that Tyler Bertuzzi underwent successful back surgery and should be back by training camp. From the Detroit News’ Ted Kulfan: On several occasions, Bertuzzi attempted to return to the ice and went through casual, individual skates. But it was apparent after the weeks began to build up that surgery could become