Winging It In Motown

Red Wings and Griffins extend affiliation for five years – NHL “We are excited that the 20-year relationship between the Griffins and the Red Wings, one of the premier NHL/AHL partnerships, is continuing,” said Scott Gorsline, executive vice president of DP Fox and COO/alternate governor for the Griffins. “Steve Yzerman, Shawn Horcoff and the entire

The Red Wings announced another depth signing on a blue line already full of depth-signing level players. From the Wings’ press release on Hägg linked in their Tweet: Hagg, 27, split the 2021-22 season between the Florida Panthers and Buffalo Sabres, recording nine points (1-8-9) and 35 penalty minutes in 64 games. The 6-foot-2, 207-pound

Kasper striving to be reliable two-way center in NHL for Red Wings – NHL “We work on skills with them, but a lot of what we are teaching is about proper recovery techniques,” he said. “We also have a nutritionist here, so the kids can learn what to eat and when to eat it —

New Red Wings coach Lalonde left lasting impression on players, staff in Toledo – Toledo Blade Former Toledo forward Kyle Bonis recalled some of the unique motivational tactics Lalonde brought in, including an old lunch pail that would be rewarded post-game to the grittiest player. “It was an old rusty bucket, and it showed that

Ben Chiarot brings edge to Red Wings’ defense, complements Moritz Seider – MLive “Obviously, an impressive young defenseman,” Chiarot said. “Kind of does everything really well — offense, defense, plays physical, which you don’t see a ton of anymore with young guys coming in. Not too many have kind of an edge, but Moritz certainly

Believe it or not, free agency is far from over. Big names like Nazem Kadri, Phil Kessel, Paul Stasny, and P. K. Subban are still free agents. While three of the four names aren’t the players they once were, the name recognition and level of production alone should warrant at least a few suitors. One

Chase Pearson, the sole leftover from Detroit Red Wings’ 2015 draft, re-signs for 1 year – Freep The Wings had six picks in 2015. They used their first one, at No. 19, on forward Evgeny Svechnikov. Svechnikov struggled to prove he belonged in the Wings’ lineup early in his career, and was set back in

David Perron can help Red Wings improve in a key area – MLive Spoiler alert: It’s not “having a dude wearing #57 who is NHL caliber.” It’s obvious that the place is the power play, but the MLive headline writers gotta be mysterious about it. He prefers talking about his play without the puck, however.

Projecting Detroit Red Wings’ defense pairs, goaltending depth chart – MLive The Red Wings might have overpaid for Chiarot (four years at an average annual value of $4.75 million), but the free-agent market for defensemen was thin and he checks several boxes (big, physical, experienced, left-shooting). He scored nine goals (along with a career-high 26

Red Wings hire Jay Varady as assistant coach – NHL A native of Cahokia, Ill., Varady made his head coaching debut with Ducs d’Angers in France’s Ligue Magnus from 2011-13, finishing with a 37-10-3-2 record as the team won a regular-season title and reached the playoff final in 2012-13. Ducs D’Angers is a badass name.

Red Wings LHD Jake Walman has elected for arbitration — Max Bultman (@m_bultman) July 17, 2022 Pretty common thing for RFAs with arbitration rights to do. This sets the contract length at one year and gives him a bit of negotiating leverage. His shoulder surgery won’t factor too heavily, but to be honest the most-common

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Andrew Copp comes home to fill many roles for Red Wings – MLive “I think I’ve gotten a lot better over the years,” Copp said. “Felt like (offense) was always kind of in there, just wasn’t something I was asked to do too much. Whether it was playing in a checking role or concentrating on

[embedded content] Yzerman’s media availability from yesterday discusses the team’s moves in free agency and how things are playing out. He shares a lot of great info in here. Now that the sponsors have begun bailing, Hockey Canada has committed to taking this issue seriously. You want them to get it right, but we’re at

The signing spree continues. A day after adding several free-agent players, the Red Wings announced they are adding veteran defenseman Mark Pysyk on a one-year deal: This is another low-risk addition for Steve Yzerman. Pysyk, who will turn 31 in January, is a right-shot defenseman with more than 500 NHL games under his belt. The

What a whiplash. That’s kinda how the opening of NHL free agency went for me. Steve Yzerman clearly came into this period of the offseason with the intention of giving his roster a violent shove into the next steps of his rebuild. It was a signing frenzy, which at first I was wary about but

Steve Yzerman’s free-agent frenzy continues. The Red Wings announced late Wednesday that they have signed forward Austin Czarnik to a two-year, two-way deal: The team continues to load up down the middle. Czarnik, who is from Washington Township, most recently suited up for the Seattle Kraken. Before that he bounced back and forth between the

The Detroit Red Wings have signed forward Dominik Kubalik to a two-year, $2.5M/year contract. The team announced this move during the flurry between Ben Chiarot and David Perron’s deal. Kubalik was a Calder finalist in 2019-20, putting up 30 goals in his rookie season with the Chicago Blackhawks. Since then, he’s struggled to replicate those

The Detroit Red Wings have signed forward David Perron to a 2-year deal. This two year deal is an increase from the $4M AAV he was paid over the last contract he had with St. Louis. The 34-year-old forward from Sherbrooke, Canada scored 57 points in 67 games in the 2021-22 NHL season and was

The Detroit Red Wings have signed Matt Luff to a contract The Red Wings have signed free agent F Matt Luff — David Pagnotta (@TheFourthPeriod) July 13, 2022 Additional details are not currently available. Matt Luff hasn’t played many NHL games, but in the 2021-22 season with the Nashville Predators, he performed well when called