It is almost time for the 2022-23 Detroit Red Wings season to begin and for the first time in a while, it looks like they will have some difficult decisions in terms of the initial 23 man roster. Veterans who are not just locker room presence filler, older prospects looking to finally earn a regular
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Having needed the bodies, the Detroit Red Wings took care of some business Sunday and reduced their roster — including assigning Simon Edvinsson to the minors. The Wings went 3-5 in preseason games, and got plenty of looks at young hopefuls. They were able to utilize two of them to get a look at a lineup
Detroit — The Red Wings are opening the regular season on Friday at Little Caesars Arena against Montreal. By 5 p.m. Monday, the Wings need to settle on the 23-man roster that’ll face the Canadiens. They took a major step toward settling on that roster Sunday by trimming 15 players. Notably, forward Jonatan Berggren and
A few days ago, the Red Wings’ beat writers reported that head coach Derek Lalonde implied that the team would not immediately name new alternate captains to replace the departed Danny DeKeyser and Marc Staal. Lalonde made it sound today like no assistant captains will be named immediately to start the season. There is no
1 hour ago With Monday’s deadline for setting cap compliant opening night rosters nearing, the Red Wings placed forward Givani Smith on waivers on Sunday. Also waived were Kyle Criscuolo, Taro Hirose, and Juho Olkinuora, all of whom were expected to start the season with the Grand Rapids Griffins. Austin Czarnik, Steven Kampfer, and Matt
We’re under a week away from the start of the regular season, so roster announcements are going to be a hot topic in the days ahead. The Red Wings announced 15 roster cuts on Sunday. The group includes some high-profile prospects, including Simon Edvinsson, Albert Johansson and Jonatan Berggren. All of the following players are
When the NHL announced that each team would be releasing a reverse retro-style jersey back in 2020, Detroit Red Wings fans were hopeful. As an Original Six franchise, there were many ways to pay homage to the storied history of the organization. Unfortunately, this did not happen and it is still a running joke that
Young players making Red Wings’ roster decisions more difficult – MLive “I still think he exposes too many pucks,” Lalonde said. “I think there’s some detail with him protecting pucks, wanting to spend time with the puck. I think you’ve seen throughout camp — he’ll have some zone time and then he’ll have a rush
Derek Lalonde laughed when asked if he knew where he would have Simon Edvinsson playing when the Detroit Red Wings begin their season. It will, ultimately, be up to general manager Steve Yzerman, the man responsible for finalizing the 23-man roster due Monday. Edvinsson, Elmer Söderblom and Joe Veleno lead the brigade of bright young
Next up, the real season. The games that don’t count ended Saturday for the Red Wings, with a 5-1 loss in Toronto. Pius Suter opened the scoring with a first-period goal, set up by Adam Erne and Gustav Lindstrom. But Toronto answered with five unanswered goals, with Auston Matthews (both power play) and William Nylander
The Detroit Red Wings got through their eighth and last preseason game with a mostly minor-league lineup. It was the opposite for the home team, as the Toronto Maple Leafs fielded many of their stars Saturday at Scotiabank Arena — and those stars provided the offense that left the Wings with a 5-1 loss. The Wings’
In today’s NHL rumors, Dylan Larkin talks rumors he could be traded by the Detroit Red Wings. Meanwhile, there is an update on the status of Michael DiPietro out of Vancouver. The Edmonton Oilers have a lot of cap juggling to do over the next few days and the Boston Bruins would like to improve
The Red Wings’ top-prospect goaltender is headed to Grand Rapids. The team made the announcement official Saturday afternoon: The prized prospect was selected 15th overall in the 2021 NHL Draft. You may recall that Detroit traded up from pick 23 to take the six-foot-six netminder. Cossa has spent the last few seasons with the WHL’s