A house visit took care of one piece of business for general manager Steve Yzerman, but multiple Detroit Red Wings players ended the season without a new contract. The biggest deal Yzerman handled in-season was inking captain Dylan Larkin to an eight-year, $69.6 million extension, the richest contract Yzerman has authored since being named Wings
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(Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images) Patience usually pays off. As Detroit Red Wings fans, we hope that’s the case moving forward. This past season Detroit fans finally had a playoff push to be excited for the first time in years in the weeks leading up to the trade deadline. Although the push was short-lived, the
As a rebuilding club, the Detroit Red Wings prioritize more than just wins and standings points. They also emphasize player development as an important—if not the most important—benchmark for a season. When he took over as coach of the Red Wings, Derek Lalonde was asked to improve team defense. He did that. But what about
This past season proved to be challenging at times for starting goaltender Ville Husso. Part of the reason for Husso’s inconsistencies down the stretch was due to the overall workload that comes with being a primary goaltender at the NHL level. Husso, 27, made 56 starts for the Detroit Red Wings in 2022-23, by far
Detroit — It wasn’t necessarily a sophomore slump, or some sort of second-year jinx that afflicted forward Lucas Raymond. Most second-year players would love to have a season that Raymond had scoring 17 goals with 45 points, all while missing eight games due to injury. It was a good season by Raymond; he remained an
Grading the 2022-23 Detroit Red Wings at midseason revealed growth and improvement. At season’s end, it was a matter of balancing the juxtaposition between the first four months and the last two months. Under new head coach Derek Lalonde, the Wings played better team defense, and performed better on special teams, which was encouraging. Three
The Detroit Red Wings opted to send down Simon Edvinsson after his nine games in the NHL. He spent most of his season in the AHL after coming to North America from Sweden. He did a good job and eventually earned his call-up. Edvinsson would put on the Detroit Red Wings uniform for nine games before
We hear from Spencer Torkelson, who reveals that he was the mastermind behind the team’s new home run celebration with a Detroit Red Wings helmet in the dugout. #RepDetroit
In today’s NHL rumors rundown, there’s talk about who stays and who goes this offseason for the Vancouver Canucks. Meanwhile, the Buffalo Sabres have a tough decision to make when it comes to their goaltending for next season. Finally, who is likely to stay and who might be leaving the Detroit Red Wings this summer?
The Detroit Red Wings have gone through their exit interviews, and the off-season is more than underway. One of the things that Red Wings head coach Derek Lalonde spoke about was the 2022-23 season that Lucas Raymond pieced together. In his second season wearing a Detroit Red Wings sweater, Raymond saw a bit of a
The Detroit Red Wings desperately need to find some consistent secondary scoring this offseason; I know it sounds like a broken record, but it’s true. In fact, Detroit really needs to find a top-tier scorer this summer to compliment captain Dylan Larkin who is coming off a career year, but that will likely need to
Welcome to The Hockey Writers’ 2023 Offseason Trade Targets series for the Detroit Red Wings. During it, we will be looking at a handful of players from each NHL team who the Red Wings should consider pursuing this summer. Explore everything hockey with THW’s Hockeypedia pages. In this latest episode of the series, we will
Profiling Detroit Red Wings 70th overall selection in the 3rd round of the 2021 NHL Draft, forward Carter Mazur. Presented by Carhartt.
Despite another finish outside of the playoff picture, the Detroit Red Wings saw many improvements in just as many different areas. The Red Wings defended better as a team, both of their special teams experienced a higher rate of success, and they hung around the playoff conversation into March. With continued improvement, it’s not hard