Jeff Blashill drew a comparison familiar to anyone with kids as he explained how the Detroit Red Wings approach developing players. The question that prompted his answer focused on defensemen Filip Hronek and Gustav Lindstrom, who are struggling. Hronek was on the ice for four of the Wings’ most recent goals allowed, and Lindstrom was serving
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The future was looking bright at the beginning of the 2021-2022 campaign in Detroit. After a 4-3 defeat of the New York Islanders on December 4th, the Detroit Red Wings moved to 13-9-3, over .500 almost two months into the season. Dylan Larkin and Tyler Bertuzzi were making massive strides in their games, playing at
One of the newest Red Wings, Oskar Sundqvist, joins Art Regner & Daniella Bruce to discuss his adjustment to Detroit, growing up in Sweden, & his path to the Red Wings on this edition of The Word on Woodward.
Detroit — It sure looked as if Danny DeKeyser had played his final game in a Red Wings’ sweater. The veteran defenseman was waived last month – no other team claimed DeKeyser – and then was immediately placed on injured reserve with an unspecified injury. For a local player (Warren DeLaSalle/Macomb), who starred at Western Michigan
It’s college free agent season, and while we haven’t seen any UFA signings from the Red Wings just yet, there are reports that they have their eyes set on the top free agent out of the NCAA. Elliotte Friedman reports in his latest “32 Thoughts” that Detroit is one of three teams to be heavily
With the Detroit Red Wings season in a free fall, it’s time to start taking a look at the prospects available in the 2022 NHL Draft. For years now, the Red Wings have had a weakness down the middle of the lineup, and this year is no different. Let’s examine three center prospects in the
Going into last night’s game, the Red Wings were coming off of a couple of days of rest after their worst loss of the season- ready to redeem themselves. Whether it was being well-rested, motivated to not lose in a blowout, or anything in between- the Red Wings played a much better game than their
Jeff Blashill won’t be fired during this season. That much was made abundantly clear when he still had his job after the Red Wings allowed 11 goals on Sunday; the most the NHL has seen any team allow in a game since “Lose Yourself” by Eminem was topping the Billboard charts. As the team continues
None of this was supposed to happen. The Detroit Red Wings weren’t supposed to be this good this season. Certainly not good enough to get everyone’s hopes up about returning to the playoffs for the first time in six years. Yet, somehow, they were. And because the Wings raised everyone’s hopes, their recent six-week skid
NHL Power Rankings: Competition for Avalanche in West; Bruins keep climbing – NBC 26. Detroit Red Wings (LW: 24). The young talent and salary cap situation makes it look like this team is close to taking a big step, but their actual play on the ice lately makes it seem like they are still pretty
The Detroit Red Wings seem to be learning how to persevere. They head into a weekend series against the Ottawa Senators having responded to a disaster with a measure of redemption. As they round into the last month of the season, at least they’re signaling they’re ready to keep competing, as demonstrated with Wednesday’s 5-4 overtime
Thursday night, the Detroit Red Wings went toe-to-toe with the Rangers, but New York came away with the extra point in overtime. Let’s extract eight observations from the latest Detroit defeat. #1: Fourth straight loss. The Red Wings have now lost four in a row. They have just two in their last ten. It’s full
The Detroit Red Wings performed respectably, which was a step forward after their prior outing. They kept Wednesday’s game at Little Caesars Arena against the playoff-positioned New York Rangers competitive, losing, 5-4, in overtime. The Wings needed to redeem themselves after the embarrassment of losing 11-2 in their previous outing and were aided by regaining the
Detroit — The Red Wings were better, but that much needed victory proved elusive. After getting embarrassed over the weekend in Pittsburgh, and with rumors about coach Jeff Blashill’s job security building, the Wings came out Wednesday and took the New York Rangers into overtime before losing 5-4. Andrew Copp (Ann Arbor/Michigan) converted a two-on-one