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Show Caption Hide Caption Steve Yzerman on top 2021 Red Wings draft picks Simon Edvinsson, Sebastian Cossa Detroit Red Wings general manager Steve Yzerman on 1st round of 2021 NHL draft. July 23, 2021. Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press The Detroit Red Wings enter this week’s 2022 NHL draft with 10 picks, ranging from

Before we get to Derek Lalonde, I have an urgent matter I need to discuss and it happens to be about the Detroit Red Wings’ urgency, or lack thereof. So let me take you back to April 19, 2019 — the day Steve Yzerman was introduced as Wings general manager. Here’s what Yzerman said that day: “This

Derek Lalonde likes to talk. He will eventually talk to you. Not directly, perhaps, but he won’t be afraid to step to the microphone after a game or practice and tell you what he thinks of your Detroit Red Wings.  Yes, your Red Wings. He may be the team’s new steward from the bench, the

Show Caption Hide Caption How Derek Lalonde plans to improve Red Wings: Watch news conference Detroit Red Wings CEO & governor Chris Ilitch, head coach Derek Lalonde, and general manager Steve Yzerman, July 1, 2022 in Detroit. Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press Derek Lalonde has had a whirlwind week: From the end of the

Derek Lalonde couldn’t sleep Wednesday night and was catching up on “Peaky Blinders” when he got a text message from Steve Yzerman. That led to a conversation deep into the night — and, ultimately, a new relationship. It’s a heady endorsement for Lalonde that he was Yzerman’s choice to push forward the Detroit Red Wings.

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The Detroit Red Wings are introducing Derek Lalonde as new head coach Friday at 11 a.m. in a news conference at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, and you can follow along with video and updates below. Lalonde, 49, was most recently a Tampa Bay Lightning assistant coach since 2018. He was an assistant at Ferris State early

Steve Yzerman has chosen Derek Lalonde as the head coach to lead the Detroit Red Wings on their next step in the rebuild, the franchise announced Thursday. The path of promoting a newcomer to the NHL head coaching ranks is one Yzerman has chosen twice before. Lalonde, 49, replaces Jeff Blashill, who was let go April 30. It

Simon Edvinsson and other hopeful Detroit Red Wings will start their auditions for a spot in the lineup Sept. 27. That’s when the Wings commence an eight-game exhibition slate that features a pair of matchups each against the Pittsburgh Penguins, Chicago Blackhawks, Washington Capitals and Toronto Maple Leafs. The warmup for the regular season (that schedule will

Steve Yzerman has been a dual Canada-U.S. citizen since 2001, but his commitment to his adopted country doesn’t preclude making major announcements over the Fourth of July holiday weekend. He appears to still be contemplating who the next head coach of the Detroit Red Wings should be, nearly nine weeks after the position opened. Connect

The last game of the 2021-22 season has been played, and that should enable Steve Yzerman soon to make his decision on who will be the next coach of the Detroit Red Wings. He’s as familiar as anybody with how the Tampa Lightning are run, serving as  general manager there from 2010 until 2018, the season before

The Detroit Red Wings–Colorado Avalanche rivalry took center stage Sunday afternoon, hours before the Avalanche played for the Stanley Cup in Game 6 at Tampa Bay. ESPN’s E60 “Unrivaled” documentary dug deep into the legendary feud of the late 1990s-early 2000s, and it lived up to the hype for people following along on social media. The show

Helene St. James, Bill Dow, Jason La Canfora and Gene Myers |  Special to Detroit Free Press This is a book excerpt from “Stanleytown 25 Years Later: The Inside Story of How the Stanley Cup Returned to the Motor City After 41 Frustrating Seasons” by the Detroit Free Press. Darren McCarty will never pay for a

Among general manager Steve Yzerman’s possible options when he makes his first selection in next month’s draft is an elusive dynamo with silky smooth hands and elite playmaking abilities. Asked about Matthew Savoie at the NHL combine, Conor Geekie described his Winnipeg Ice teammate as “probably the fastest player I’ve ever played with. Sometimes I even

There’s a moment about midway through ESPN’s “E60” episode on the Detroit Red Wings-Colorado Avalanche rivalry, when Mike Vernon recalls advice from his brother: “If you’re ever in a fight, just don’t stop throwing punches.” It perfectly describes the “Fight Night” that erupted March 26, 1997, a game that, even 25 years on, is embedded

Detroit Wing Co.’s Woodhaven location on Monday will host a chicken wing eating contest emceed by former Red Wing Darren McCarty. The competition is between members of Woodhaven’s police and fire departments. Those representatives will set out to eat as many bone-in classic-style Detroit Wing Co.(DWC) wings as they can within 20 minutes. The department

Nearly eight weeks have passed since general manager Steve Yzerman opened the Detroit Red Wings‘ head coaching position, and it’s still vacant. Other NHL teams have made hires: This week saw former Plymouth Whalers coach Peter DeBoer hired by the Dallas Stars; previously the Vegas Golden Knights snapped up former Grand Rapids Griffins coach Bruce

This is about hockey, but it’s also about basketball — and just a little bit about football — so let me start off by using a baseball metaphor. Because the fact is it was always going to be tough for Detroit to turn the rare double play of having concurrent rookies of the year in

Moritz Seider is pumped: Pumped to have won the Calder Trophy, pumped to start next season. Three years to the day Steve Yzerman made Seider a member of the Detroit Red Wings by drafting him at No. 6, that decision was validated Tuesday as Seider was named rookie of the year for the 2021-22 season. “It’s

Detroit Red Wings defenseman Moritz Seider got what he deserved: He was the top vote-getter for the 2022 Calder Trophy. The annual award recognizes the NHL’s top rookie. It’s the first time it has gone to a Wings player since Roger Crozier in 1965. Members of the Professional Hockey Writers Association voted at the conclusion of the regular