Detroit — The Red Wings have decided to keep forwards Elmer Soderblom and Joe Veleno. The two young players appeared to be facing somewhat long odds at the start of training camp, but both had impressive performances during the exhibition season which forced management’s and the coaching staff’s thinking. The Red Wings assigned forwards Givani
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Press Release from the Wings: DETROIT – The Detroit Red Wings today assigned forwards Kyle Criscuolo, Taro Hirose and Givani Smith, and goaltender Jussi Olkinuora to the American Hockey League’s Grand Rapids Griffins. Detroit has also placed forward Robby Fabbri on injured reserve and designated defensemen Seth Barton, Mark Pysyk and Jake Walman as injured
Monday was a busy day across the NHL, with 23-man rosters due by 5 p.m. The paperwork has to be in the day before the league opens the season, and while the Detroit Red Wings don’t open till Friday, there are two games Tuesday. The Wings got to 23 by assigning multiple players, including Givani
Jake Walman needed a new number to wear, because the No. 8 he briefly wore last season with the Detroit Red Wings had been given to a newcomer. He liked his birth year, so he googled “Red Wings” and “96” to see what that would look like. The results came up with page after page
Andrew Copp speaks with the media following Monday’s practice day. The Red Wings open their season Friday night against the Montreal Canadiens at Little Caesars Arena.
Derek Lalonde speaks with the media following Monday’s practice day. The Red Wings open their season Friday night against the Montreal Canadiens at Little Caesars Arena.
After eight preseason games, the only thing standing between the Detroit Red Wings and the regular season is time and opening night festivities. Training camp was as upbeat and competitive as we’ve seen in recent memory, and that led to the roster taking shape differently from how most of us expected it would prior to
Last season, the Detroit Red Wings were among the league leaders in salary cap space. General manager Steve Yzerman had been frugal since joining the organization, opting to only sign role players to supplement Detroit’s young core. This offseason, though, he opened up the checkbook. Over the summer, the Red Wings signed several free agents,
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