Helene St. James | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Kyle Aucoin talks kinship with another 2020 Red Wings draft pick Kyle Aucoin, a 2020 draft pick by the Detroit Red Wings. Oct. 15, 2020. They are the long shots of the drafts, the players who, if they become regulars in the NHL, are
Ted Kulfan | The Detroit News Show Caption Hide Caption Red Wings GM Steve Yzerman on what lures free agents to Detroit Red Wings GM Steve Yzerman says the club’s historical standing as an Original Six member of the NHL, as well as a chance to play right away, are major selling points. Detroit — This
The greatest player in the history of the National Hockey League took his place at the top of the scoring list on this date. Plus, if you wore a hat to a game on Oct. 15, there is a really good chance you threw it on the ice before the end of the night.
Helene St. James | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption How Steve Yzerman convinced Bobby Ryan to join Red Wings New Detroit Red Wings forward Bobby Ryan on a Zoom call, Oct. 9, 2020. His former players laid bare just how strange it could be to have Scotty Bowman as their coach, for a
Oct. 14 is a very important date in National Hockey League history as its greatest player lit the lamp for the very first time. Also, three expansion teams found the win column for the first time and plenty of personal milestones were reached by both players and coaches. A Great Day for Gretzky Oct. 14
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