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MONTREAL — Brennan Ali’s irrepressible personality kept him going as round after round passed by in the NHL draft, waiting to hear a team call his name. It took until the seventh round, at No. 212, when the Detroit Red Wings took a gamble on the 6-foot center. “I was trying to stay positive,” Ali

MONTREAL — The Detroit Red Wings left the 2022 draft hopefully and maybe just a tad regretful. They drafted nine players over two days at Bell Centre, in the first in-person draft since 2019. Prize center Marco Kasper, taken at No. 8, projects to lead the class’ impact on the rebuild, but the eight players

MONTREAL — Steve Yzerman has said numerous times a team can’t be rebuilt solely on first-round picks. To that end, the onus is on Yzerman to use Friday’s Rounds 2-7 at the 2022 NHL draft. Yzerman used the first day at Bell Centre to address the need at center, choosing Austrian center Marco Kasper at

MONTREAL — Steve Yzerman has said numerous times a team can’t be rebuilt solely on first-round picks. To that end, the onus is on Yzerman to use Friday’s Rounds 2-7 at the 2022 NHL draft. Yzerman used the first day at Bell Centre to address the need at center, choosing Austrian center Marco Kasper at

In the fourth round of the 2022 NHL draft, the Detroit Red Wings used their three picks to add two forwards and a defenseman. With the 105th overall selection on Friday, the Wings picked Swedish defenseman Anton Johansson, an 18-year-old who played for Leksands IF’s junior organization. Throughout last season, including a pair of postseason

MONTREAL — Detroit Red Wings general manager Steve Yzerman began Day 2 of the 2022 NHL draft by addressing an immediate need for goaltending, acquiring St. Louis Blues’ Ville Husso for a third-round pick, No. 73 overall. The Red Wings then signed Husso for three years, $14.25 million, or a $4.75 million annual salary cap hit.

MONTREAL — Steve Yzerman has said numerous times a team can’t be rebuilt solely on first-round picks. To that end, the onus is on Yzerman to use Friday’s Rounds 2-7 at the 2022 NHL draft. Yzerman used the first day at Bell Centre to address the need at center, choosing Austrian center Marco Kasper at

MONTREAL — The more Steve Yzerman and Kris Draper saw of Marco Kasper, the more convinced they became he was the right player for the Detroit Red Wings. “We like everything about the way he plays,” Yzerman said Thursday after selecting Kasper at No. 8 overall on the first day of the 2022 NHL draft

MONTREAL  — The Detroit Red Wings‘ latest prize draft pick described himself as a ” really competitive player. I want to win.” Steve Yzerman banked on Austrian Marco Kasper with the No. 8 overall pick in the first round of the NHL draft on Thursday to continue the impressive impact made by the Wings’ first-round picks

MONTREAL — The Detroit Red Wings are looking at adding former Wings defenseman Bob Boughner to their new coaching staff. In an interview with the Free Press on Thursday, Lalonde laid out what he’s looking for as he adds a defense assistant to his coaching staff. MORE FROM ST. JAMES: Derek Lalonde plans to make

MONTREAL — Steve Yzerman’s first-round picks already have had a beneficial impact on the Detroit Red Wings, and today offers an opportunity to continue that trend. The story will be updated as the draft gets underway at 7 p.m. at Bell Centre. The Wings stayed steady in the NHL draft lottery this year, giving them their

Projecting where prospects go in any professional sport is always tough. It becomes even more difficult for a team whose general manager is known to trust his gut over the consensus of scouts and draft pundits. Steve Yzerman’s calls have worked out well in recent years, including his first season in charge of the Detroit Red Wings,

Apple Podcasts | Spotify • Hosts: Shawn Windsor and Carlos Monarrez • Producer: Andrew Hammond • Executive producers: Anjanette Delgado, Kirkland Crawford • Email: swindsor@freepress.com On this episode: This week, the guys debate whether the latest Big Ten expansion — adding USC and UCLA — is good or bad for college sports. Then, Carlos and Shawn break down what we know about new Detroit Red Wings

Wondering when, where and how to watch the first round of the 2022 NHL draft? Look no further as we follow all the night’s picks. The Detroit Red Wings pick No. 8 overall in Thursday’s first round. Last year, the Wings selected Simon Edvinsson (No. 6) and Sebastian Cossa (No. 15) in Round 1. MORE DRAFT COVERAGE Remote control:

New head coach Derek Lalonde and the Detroit Red Wings will open the 2022-23 season at home against the Original Six rival Montreal Canadiens on Oct. 14, and finish the regular season six months later, on April 13 at the Tampa Bay Lightning. The 82-game slate features 26 games against Atlantic Division rivals, three games each

Steve Yzerman has taken to the virtual life during the pandemic, but is prepared to sit at a crowded table on a noisy floor and add to the Detroit Red Wings‘ bounty (even if he has to sell a watch to do so). After two years of being held remotely because of the pandemic, the NHL

The Detroit Red Wings have enjoyed tremendous success drafting Russians, but the war in Ukraine adds difficulty to doing so this year. “Russian players were hard to assess and evaluate because it was difficult early to get in there and then you weren’t getting in there at all, or going there,” Yzerman said Tuesday. “There’s

The Detroit Red Wings enter this week’s 2022 NHL draft with 10 picks, ranging from No. 8 overall to No. 212. When general manager Steve Yzerman steps to the podium to announce that first pick, he’ll be doing so with his fanbase’s confidence after hitting on each of his first two picks: defenseman Moritz Seider

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