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The continued poor air quality in Detroit has prompted a change for plans for the Red Wings. The team announced late Wednesday morning it’s 2023 NHL draft watch party planned to be held at Chevrolet Plaza instead will be moved inside Little Caesars Arena. “Doors to the arena will open at 6:00 p.m.,” the team

So much in a rebuild rides on making the right selections at the NHL draft that it can leave a general manager restless. Steve Yzerman, about to embark on his fifth draft as general manager of the Detroit Red Wings, shed some insight into what it is like. “I can tell you, it’s nerve-wracking,” Yzerman

Excitement is building over the 2023 NHL draft, with many fans wondering who will make their way to Hockeytown. The Detroit Red Wings have the No. 9 and No. 17 picks in the first round in the draft, which begins Wednesday night. The last time the Red Wings had the No. 9 pick was 2017,

The Detroit Red Wings dropped their 2023-24 schedule Tuesday, revealing they will open and close on the road and host the Tampa Bay Lightning in the first home game. The Wings begin the season at the New Jersey Devils on Oct. 12 and close it April 16 at the Montreal Canadiens. The first game at

With the NHL back on pre-pandemic schedule, this will be a particularly busy week for teams. First up is the draft: The Detroit Red Wings hold picks No. 9 and No. 17 in Wednesday’s Round 1 and picks 41, 42, 43, 73, 117, 137, 169 and 201 in Rounds 2-7 on Thursday. General manager Steve

The Detroit Red Wings head into this week’s 2023 NHL draft with 10 picks. And while they may not use them all — they also had 10 going into last year’s draft before general manager Steve Yzerman wheeled and dealed his way to nine picks plus semi-veteran goalie Ville Husso in a trade — there’s

The NHL draft is a few days away, bringing to the forefront what the Detroit Red Wings can do to improve their fortune. A slew of trades over the past couple years by general manager Steve Yzerman has yielded a draft capital that has the Wings holding five picks in the first two rounds: At

Gabe Perreault deserves to be high on the Detroit Red Wings’ list of possibilities with their first pick in next week’s draft. General manager Steve Yzerman said this week that he anticipates picking where the lottery put the Wings — rather than trade up — which is at No. 9. Teams lean towards the best

The Detroit Red Wings have eight exhibition games to sort out their roster decisions for the 2023-24 season. The preseason schedule was released Thursday; the regular-season slate is expected to be released in July. The Wings begin their exhibition season on Sept. 26 against the Pittsburgh Penguins at Little Caesars Arena. While veterans use exhibition

Mike Vernon, the undersized goaltender who fought Patrick Roy and helped end the Detroit Red Wings’ 42-year Stanley Cup drought, is among the 2023 Hockey Hall of Fame selections. The class was announced Wednesday and also included players Tom Barrasso (who beat out Steve Yzerman for rookie of the year in 1984), Henrik Lundqvist, Pierre

Steve Yzerman doesn’t feel pressure. And he won’t, at least for another season, maybe even another after that, with the Detroit Red Wings. Call it banked equity, both in résumé as a general manager in Tampa and as an icon on the ice here. That’ll only so last long, though. Consider Joe Dumars, the Pistons

With enough draft capital to feed the farm and the family, general manager Steve Yzerman appears to be in a position to edge the Detroit Red Wings closer to competing for a playoff spot. Yzerman holds five picks within the first 43 selections ahead of the June 28-29 NHL draft in Nashville, Tennessee: Nos. 9,

A week out from the NHL draft, Detroit Red Wings general manager Steve Yzerman said the plan is to use his picks where they fall. But he also hinted there could be movement. “I think it’s just general practice leading into the draft, you check with teams around you to see what their interests are

If the Detroit Red Wings take a centrist stance with their first pick in the 2023 NHL draft, they may find a good fit in Oliver Moore. The Wings hold their first selection in the June 28-29 draft in Nashville, Tennessee, at No. 9, which puts them out of the running for centers Connor Bedard,

The utter lack of luck that has befallen the Detroit Red Wings in seven years of the draft lottery means that this year, they miss out on Connor Bedard, projected to be a franchise-defining player and the consensus No. 1 pick. But perhaps a Russian version will be available to the Wings, whose first pick

Remember that Halloween game in which the Detroit Red Wings were lit up by Buffalo Sabres forward Tage Thompson to the tune of six points? A prospect who has drawn comparisons to Thompson just might be available to the Wings later this month: Matthew Wood. He’s a 6-foot-4, 197-pound right wing who is ranked among

The Detroit Red Wings filled the coaching vacancy in Grand Rapids from within and promoted Dan Watson. Watson was named the 12th head coach of the Griffins Wednesday, roughly two months after the Wings announced Ben Simon’s contract would not be renewed. Watson, 43, has spent the past six seasons as head coach of the

As beneficial as it would be for the Detroit Red Wings to move up in the draft and get access to one of the top centers, their pick just inside the top 10 should yield a very good player, too. “I look at this year’s draft class, and in the top 10 to 15, depending

BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Detroit Red Wings are doing due diligence on top prospects that would only be available if they manage to trade up in the draft. One of the players the Wings interviewed during the NHL combine was Leo Carlsson, a highly rated center out of Sweden who is projected to be selected

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Adam Fantilli leans into phenomenal: It’s the word he uses to describe playing for Michigan hockey, representing Canada, and with several of his teammates. It would also be phenomenal if the Detroit Red Wings could find a way to get their hands on him, though that may teeter on the fantastical. But