Helene St. James | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Why Jon Merrill jumped at chance to join Detroit Red Wings Why Jon Merrill was thrilled to join the Red Wings as a free agent, Oct. 9, 2020. Bobby Ryan and Jon Merrill each had reasons to be thrilled Steve Yzerman wanted them to
Ted Kulfan | The Detroit News Detroit — The excitement and anticipation in Jon Merrill’s voice was easy to notice. The Grand Blanc native is a veteran defenseman in the NHL, having played 356 games between New Jersey and Vegas. But signing a one-year contract with the Red Wings Friday, his hometown team, the one the
Ted Kulfan | The Detroit News Detroit — It took one conversation, one discussion with general manager Steve Yzerman, and Bobby Ryan was sold. Ryan, an unrestricted free agent, spoke 45 minutes with Yzerman and was coming to the Red Wings. “The passion that comes through for the Red Wings through him is contagious,” said
The greatest player in the history of the National Hockey League had his fair share of memories on this date throughout his career. Also, on Oct. 9, we’ve seen new franchises hit the ice for the first time, new players leave their mark on the game and plenty of personal milestones by some of the
The Detroit Red Wings signed winger Bobby Ryan to a one-year, $1 million deal at the open of free agency. The 33-year-old has the distinction of being the first player chosen after Sidney Crosby in the 2005 Entry Draft. Originally drafted by the Anaheim Ducks, he spent six seasons with the Ducks before he was
Helene St. James | Detroit Free Press . Red Wings GM Steve Yzerman talks on 2020 class Detroit Red Wings GM Steve Yzerman talks after the 2020 draft. Oct 7, 2020. Steve Yzerman continues a trend of low-risk moves to improve the Detroit Red Wings. Soon after free agency began at noon Friday, he signed forward
Ted Kulfan | The Detroit News Detroit — The Red Wings are in a much better position today than they were last week, for sure last season, and now heading into the future. That’s the opinion of draft analysts and national commentators after this week’s Entry Draft. The organization is deeper, and general manager Steve Yzerman
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Ted Kulfan | The Detroit News Detroit — The Red Wings made their first dip into free agency on Friday, signing local defenseman Jon Merrill and forward Bobby Ryan. A Grand Blanc and Brighton native, Merrill signed a one-year contract worth $925,000, according to TSN. Merrill, 28, played in 49 games last season with Vegas,
There are many different ways to build a championship-caliber team. The make-up of the 2020 Tampa Bay Lightning is way different from the make-up of the 2019 St. Louis Blues. Keep going back through championship teams and you’ll find one constant: they’re all built up in a way that highlights their strengths. Related: Steve Yzerman,
Helene St. James | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Red Wings GM Steve Yzerman talks on 2020 class Detroit Red Wings GM Steve Yzerman talks after the 2020 draft. Oct 7, 2020. As much as Steve Yzerman’s grand plan is to nurture the Detroit Red Wings into a Stanley Cup contender via drafting
Oct. 8 is another extremely busy day in National Hockey League history. One of its greatest players ever signed his first professional contract. This date has seen a little bit of everything including some big moments in California and Montreal, a new fixation with rats and the league’s first-ever third-generation player. Red Wings Sign a
After waiting for almost a year, the event that most Red Wing fans have been waiting for has finally come and gone: the 2020 NHL Draft. General manager Steve Yzerman has been a busy man over the last few days – no more so than during the elongated second day of the draft. But the
Ted Kulfan | The Detroit News Here is a list of top 20 unrestricted free agents that are hitting the market at noon Friday, as compiled by Detroit News sports writer Ted Kulfan: ►Alex Pietrangelo, defenseman, St. Louis: Excellent player, great captain, just won the Stanley Cup a year ago. Shocking the two sides couldn’t work
Ted Kulfan | The Detroit News Detroit — The draft is done. Now it’s off to the next check list for the Red Wings’ offseason. Unrestricted free-agency in the NHL begins at noon Friday, but what that’ll exactly mean for the Wings and other NHL teams is a question mark. Because of the current NHL economic landscape,
Now that the Detroit Red Wings have 12 new prospects in their pipeline, they can turn their focus to free agency, which is scheduled to open up Friday at noon. During a recent Zoom call, general manager Steve Yzerman noted that the organization would once again approach free agency conservatively. And once the 2020 NHL
After an eventful Day 1 of the 2020 NHL Entry Draft, we saw some movement among several teams. The New York Rangers sent a former seventh overall pick to the Los Angeles Kings, the Edmonton Oilers resolved their saga with Jesse Puljujarvi and the Detroit Red Wings loaned a former first-round pick to Sweden. Rangers
Helene St. James | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Red Wings GM Steve Yzerman talks on 2020 class Detroit Red Wings GM Steve Yzerman talks after the 2020 draft. Oct 7, 2020. Detroit Red Wings general manager Steve Yzerman expressed hope after the 2020 NHL draft that he increased the odds that “a
Helene St. James | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Red Wings GM Steve Yzerman talks on 2020 class Detroit Red Wings GM Steve Yzerman talks after the 2020 draft. Oct 7, 2020. Detroit Red Wings general manager Steve Yzerman got two of his restricted free agents signed Thursday, extending a guy he brought
Ted Kulfan | The Detroit News Detroit — The Red Wings stayed busy Thursday, signing forwards Adam Erne and Taro Hirose to one-year contract extensions. Both players were potential restricted free agents. Erne, 25, played in 56 games, scoring five points, before a lower-body injury ended his season. Erne’s 142 hits ranked second on the