This past weekend, the Detroit Red Wings signed defenseman Troy Stecher to a 2-year, $1.7 million AAV contract. Previously a member of the Vancouver Canucks, Stecher was not qualified by his former team, which allowed GM Steve Yzerman to sign the 26-year-old. It’s a signing that makes perfect sense for the Red Wings, who appear
After a wild week of moves, “Hockeytown” is absolutely buzzing with anticipation for the 2020-21 season. With all the movement around the league, it’s understandable if you’ve lost track of all the players that Detroit Red Wings’ general manager Steve Yzerman has brought in. Let’s make sure that you’re all caught up, as well as
Mark Falkner | The Detroit News Last week, Sam Stange was a fourth-round pick of the Detroit Red Wings in the 2020 National Hockey League draft, a 6-foot-1, 200-pound power forward who will make his Big Ten hockey debut next month for the University of Wisconsin coached by former NHL forward and ex-Red Wings assistant coach Tony
Stephen Whyno | Associated Press Patrick Marleau is back with the San Jose Sharks to chase down a record held by Gordie Howe. Marleau rejoined San Jose on Tuesday, signing a one-year deal worth the league minimum of $700,000. The 41-year-old can now break Howe’s all-time NHL games played record in the Sharks uniform he
Ted Kulfan | The Detroit News Detroit — It could have been easy because of the pandemic to put it off a year, but there was no way Ken Daniels was going to do that. The work being done, and to be done, because of the Jamie Daniels Foundation Celebrity Roast is too important. Daniels’ son
Helene St. James | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Steve Yzerman assuaged Marc Staal’s shock after trade to Red Wings Detroit Red Wings newcomer Marc Staal on a Zoom call, Oct. 13, 2020. A conversation with general manager Steve Yzerman soothed Marc Staal, turning feelings of shock into a sense of opportunity. Selling players on
Ted Kulfan | The Detroit News Detroit — Marc Staal was a bit floored when initially told the New York Rangers, the only team Staal had played for, were trading him. The news shook him, as you’d expect. But after being told it was to the Red Wings, who happened to have the NHL’s worst record last
Mark Falkner | The Detroit News Wes McCauley’s rise to the top of the National Hockey League officiating ranks began to take shape as a freshman on the campus of Michigan State in 1989. He just didn’t realize it at the time. Now the NHL’s most animated official whose dramatic pauses and amusing calls after disputed goals
Helene St. James | Detroit Free Press Ken Daniels is passionate about one message in particular: Addiction is ruthless. It is a nondiscriminatory disease, and those afflicted should not feel shame, he says. It is a subject Daniels came to embrace because of a devastating personal loss — a loss he and his wife have turned into
John Niyo | The Detroit News Show Caption Hide Caption Red Wings GM Steve Yzerman on why signing players to short-term deals is preferable Red Wings GM Steve Yzerman discusses why he is preferring to sign players to short-term deals. It helps to have a clean sheet of ice. The passes are crisper, the turns
Stephen Whyno and John Wawrow | Associated Press Alex Pietrangelo is Vegas bound, and the Golden Knights are shuffling the deck to fit him in. Pietrangelo signed a $61.6 million, seven-year deal with Vegas on Monday that carries an $8.8 million annual salary cap hit through 2027. It’s the fifth-biggest cap hit for a defenseman
John Niyo | The Detroit News Show Caption Hide Caption Red Wings GM Steve Yzerman on why signing players to short-term deals is preferable Red Wings GM Steve Yzerman discusses why he is preferring to sign players to short-term deals. It helps to have a clean sheet of ice. The passes are crisper, the turns
Helene St. James | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Steve Yzerman: Why players are intrigued to play for Red Wings Detroit Red Wings GM Steve Yzerman on a Zoom call, Oct. 12, 2020. Steve Yzerman used free agency to bolster the Detroit Red Wings at every position — not with marquee signings but
Ted Kulfan | The Detroit News Detroit — Two pieces of important business for general manager Steve Yzerman to tackle are new contracts for two of his most important players. Restricted free-agent forwards Tyler Bertuzzi and Anthony Mantha are both without contracts, but Yzerman sounds optimistic something will get done. In the grand scheme of
Red Wings Executive Vice President & General Manager Steve Yzerman recaps Detroit’s free agency moves and signings
Anthony Sanchez from Southwest Detroit took part in our Street Hockey in the D at home program over the Summer
Before the offseason kicked off, the Detroit Red Wings were faced with four key questions. Through free agency and internal roster management, general manager Steve Yzerman was able to resolve those major concerns, putting the Red Wings in a great spot heading into the 2020-21 season. In all, Yzerman signed eight players to team-friendly deals:
The Detroit News Ted Kulfan takes a look at Red Wings’ free agent additions Thomas Greiss, Bobby Ryan and Jon Merrill, and the NHL’s first female player Manon Rheaume is the special guest on episode 39 of OctoPulse, taking the pulse of Year 2 of Steve Yzerman’s rebuild. Here are some of the highlights from Saturday’s
John Wawrow | Associated Press Buffalo, N.Y. — The Buffalo Sabres are banking on Taylor Hall to turn what was a long and unsettled offseason into a far brighter immediate future. Buffalo became the surprise team to win the Hall free-agency sweepstakes by signing the 10th-year forward and six-time 20-goal-scorer to a one-year, $8 million
Helene St. James | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Vladislav Namestnikov realizes childhood dream in signing with Wings New Detroit Red Wings forward Vladislav Namestnikov on a Zoom call, Oct. 11, 2020. Vladislav Namestnikov has memories of being in the Detroit Red Wings’ locker room with his uncle, and has autographed hockey cards