The Detroit Red Wings reasons to get rid of Jeff Blashill would be on most fan’s wish lists. After all, there hasn’t been a tremendous amount of success with Blash behind the bench. But as I wrote in my first article on why Blash could be retained, what has he honestly been given to even
Time: 7:00 PM EST Place: Little Caesars Arena TV: BSDET, BSSW+ Radio: 97.1 FM The Ticket/1270 AM Stars Blog: Defending Big D Tonight marks the big finale of the Wings long series with the Stars. Dallas holds the 2-1 advantage so far, but Detroit manhandled them in the last game, thanks largely to the efforts
Detroit Red Wings goalie to sport helmet designed by 5-year-old contest winner – WXYZ Bernier will sport the new helmet design at the Detroit Red Wings game on April 24. According to a press release, Drew will get to keep the designed and autographed helmet and attend a Detroit Red Wings game. Five-year old out
Overshadowed by Vrana-mania, Detroit Red Wings goalie Thomas Greiss was content to stand in the background. To coach Jeff Blashill, however, Greiss, next to Jakub Vrana’s four goal-effort, stood at the forefront of Thursday’s 7-3 victory over the Dallas Stars. Greiss turned aside 43 shots and when his teammates needed it, “he stopped some tough
Associated Press The head of the International Ice Hockey Federation on Friday defended the decision to not have an alternative host site for the women’s world hockey championship, which was called off this week for the second year in a row. IIHF President Rene Fasel emphasized that the goal is to reschedule the event for
Feb 7, 2021; Sunrise, Florida, USA; Detroit Red Wings left wing Givani Smith (48) celebrates his goal against the Florida Panthers with teammates on the bench during the second period at BB&T Center. Mandatory Credit: Jasen Vinlove-USA TODAY Sports Vrana-Mania: New Detroit Red Wings Sniper Showing Off Offensive Skills by Jeff Hawkins Detroit Red Wings
Last week’s flurry of activity at the trade deadline included a blockbuster trade between the Detroit Red Wings and Washington Capitals. When the news broke that general manager Steve Yzerman had traded star forward Anthony Mantha for Jakub Vrana, Richard Panik, a 2021 first-round selection and 2022 second-round selection, most of the headlines were (understandably
Detroit — Jakub Vrana didn’t know how it would all come together. Vrana had never been traded before, so when he joined the Red Wings earlier this month in the unexpected bombshell deal for Anthony Mantha — forward Richard Panik and two draft picks also arrived in Detroit — Vrana didn’t know what to expect. But judging from the
Jakub Vrana nets 4 goals in the Red Wings 7-3 win over the Dallas Stars on April 22, 2021.
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
The list of Red Wings players who won’t suit up again this season due to injury continues to grow — Friday afternoon, the team announced that captain Dylan Larkin will miss the remainder of the season: Granted, there’s only seven games left in the season, but the news comes after the team announced that forwards
The chart in Jeff Blashill’s office at Little Caesars Arena keeps expanding. Keeping track of the players the Detroit Red Wings won’t have available for the rest of the season has become tedious, with Dylan Larkin joining Tyler Bertuzzi, Bobby Ryan and Frans Nielsen on the list. Larkin suffered an upper-body injury Tuesday when he
Detroit — Dylan Larkin’s upper body-injury, suffered during Tuesday’s loss in Dallas, will force the center to sit out the remaining two weeks of the season and Larkin will be re-evaluated at that juncture, Red Wings coach Jeff Blashill said Friday. Larkin, the Wings’ captain, is currently team’s leading scorer with 23 points, with nine goals
Ted Kulfan takes a look at Jakub Vrana’s four-goal game against the Stars and AHL referee Tim Mayer of Okemos is the guest on this week’s OctoPulse podcast. Here’s the highlights from episode 51 of The Detroit News’ podcast on the beginning of Year 3 of Steve Yzerman’s rebuild in Detroit: ►2:20: Jakub Vrana on his four goals against
Apr 22, 2021; Detroit, Michigan, USA; Detroit Red Wings left wing Jakub Vrana (15) celebrates with defenseman Danny DeKeyser (65) after scoring his second goal during the second period against the Dallas Stars at Little Caesars Arena. Mandatory Credit: Raj Mehta-USA TODAY Sports Theodor Niederbach Might be Another Win for the Red Wings by Alex
Detroit — Jakub Vrana scored a lot of goals in Thursday’s 7-3 Red Wings victory over Dallas. Four of them, in fact. The four coming in a varying and dizzying array of styles. “The goals were goal-scorer’s goals, a lot of them,” coach Jeff Blashill said. Thursday’s effort was the biggest impact Vrana has yet
Part 3 of this series focused on the “nuclear” approach to free agency. Part 4 today will focus on the “radical teardown” approach and my decision on which way I would proceed. From Parts 1 and 2, the following decisions were made: Evgeny Svechnikov was lost to Seattle in the expansion draft Frans Nielsen was
Some of the National Hockey League’s “Original Six” teams made postseason memories on this date. However, there are plenty of the league’s newer franchises that made their mark on Stanley Cup Playoff history on April 23, as well. Let’s begin our daily trip back in time to relive all the best moments. A Big Date
We are getting ready to record Episode 72 of our NHL podcast “Fer Sure: A 200 Foot Podcast.” If you missed the last episode, you can catch up here. Our guest for this episode is returning champion Shayna Goldman. She covers the Rangers for publications like The Athletic and Blueshirt Banter. She is one of
With Dylan Larkin hurt, here’s how Detroit Red Wings will cope with significant injuries – Freep “How do you absorb injuries? One, you have to be really good defensively. Because without Larks, without Fabs, without Bert, without Bobby Ryan, we’ve lost firepower upfront. I don’t think we were a super high-scoring team to begin the