The Detroit Red Wings were smart, and earlier this season, they locked Jake Walman up to a three-year contract extension. After acquiring him from the St. Louis Blues, he jumped into the defensive core and has really found his role. The Detroit Red Wings started playing Walman on the top pairing with youngster Moritz Seider
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One of the Detroit Red Wings’ top prospects and building blocks is expected to miss an extended period after undergoing offseason shoulder surgery. The Detroit Red Wings announced Monday that Simon Edvinsson had successful shoulder surgery and is expected to be sidelined for 4 to 6 months. Four months will take Edvinsson to September, but
Ironically, former Detroit Red Wings forward Tyler Bertuzzi is the type of player general manager Steve Yzerman will be seeking in free agency this summer. Will a reunion between the two be on the table? It needs to be considered. Bertuzzi, 28, got his first taste of the postseason at the NHL level over the
The Detroit Red Wings organization has to be truly happy with Amadeus Lombardi‘s progression during the 2022-23 season. He may not have been with the Red Wings or the Grand Rapids Griffins, but the performance that he put together in the Ontario Hockey League (IOHL) was downright fantastic. The former Detroit Red Wings fourth-round pick
The Detroit Red Wings drafted Jared McIsaac in the second round of the 2018 NHL Entry Draft, using the 36th overall draft choice to grab him. He was one of the Red Wings’ top prospects at one point, being given a ton of praise for his potential at the NHL level. However, the Detroit Red
Detroit Red Wings captain, Dylan Larkin, hushed his critics this past season by posting a career year offensively. Larkin, 26, posted career-bests across the board offensively this past season and was far and away the Detroit Red Wings’ top forward, and overall player, for that matter. This past season, Larkin tied a career-high 32 goals,
The Detroit Red Wings had a laundry list of issues when Steve Yzerman arrived, but there was nothing more glaring than the backend. The Detroit Red Wings were in dire need of an overhaul on their backend, which included the defense and the goaltending from Detroit to Grand Rapids. And while the process isn’t complete,
The Detroit Red Wings are hoping that their team can keep making strides moving forward and be a competitor. There were glimpses of a competing team in 2022-23; the Red Wings just need to see their competitive window open up. One of the Detroit Red Wings players that the team has to be thinking can
The Detroit Red Wings have a decision to make regarding forward Pius Suter in the coming months; it doesn’t seem nearly as apparent as it once did. Suter, 26, is a pending unrestricted free agent this summer and, for the better part of the 2022-23 season, seemed like a player that would be looking for
The Detroit Red Wings signed Andrew Copp last summer, bringing him in on a five-year contract that keeps him here through the 2026-27 season. Copp will take home $5.625 million a season in terms of average annual value, according to CapFriendly. The Detroit Red Wings signed him after a big season in 2021-22. He was
With the Detroit Red Wings failing to qualify for the NHL playoffs for the seventh straight season, head coach Derek Lalonde has taken a role as an in-studio analyst for Sportsnet on CBC in Canada during the first round of the playoffs. Derek Lalonde has joined Ron MacLean, Jennifer Botterill, Kevin Bieksa, and Kelly Hrudey,
The Detroit Red Wings have announced some big news about the 2023-24 season and their schedule. They will be traveling overseas to play a few games in Sweden, partaking in his season’s NHL Global Series. The Detroit Red Wings are known for their rich history of talent coming out of Sweden. It’s been a pipeline
The Detroit Red Wings saw a minuscule sample of Marco Kasper as part of the 2022-23 season. After an impressive season in the SHL overseas with Rögle BK, it was time to see what Kasper could do. Steve Yzerman made the move to bring the forward overseas to get a chance to play for the
The Detroit Red Wings are heading into year five of the “Yzerplan” and have yet to make an appearance in the postseason. Although patience was preached from the very start, there has been a sense of restlessness within the fanbase to have something to show for the process nearly half a decade later. Last year’s