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Jeff Blashill’s running joke while head coach of the Detroit Red Wings was how poor a coach Jon Cooper was. Now the two can laugh about it behind the same bench: Blashill has joined the Tampa Bay Lightning coaching staff as an assistant to his longtime friend and colleague. The announcement comes less than two

If Sebastian Cossa has a say, he’s playing in the Detroit Red Wings‘ organization next season. The 6-foot-6, 215-pound goaltender delivered impressive numbers in 2021-22: A 2.28 goals-against average and .913 save percentage in 46 regular-season games for the Western Hockey League’s Edmonton Oil Kings, plus a 1.93 GAA and .919 save percentage in 19 playoff

Ville Husso was vacationing in Florida when he turned on the NHL draft. Then his phone rang and he found out he had been traded. “I’m very happy to join the Detroit Red Wings — historic team, 11 Stanley Cups, I think that tells a lot,” Husso said Sunday following the trade. “I kind of

When a player with high expectations underachieves, common thinking is that a change of scenery may offer a chance to reboot. In Filip Zadina’s case, the change of scenery isn’t location but elocution: It’ll be the voice of new Detroit Red Wings head coach Derek Lalonde who tries to find out if there’s more to Zadina

MONTREAL — The Detroit Red Wings drafted nine players during the 2022 NHL draft Thursday-Friday, including three in the top 52. They also acquired goalie Ville Husso for a third-round pick before the start of Day 2. Let’s take a look at the haul gathered by general manager Steve Yzerman in his fourth draft with the Wings:

MONTREAL — Steve Yzerman had a couple things he would have liked to get done, but he was satisfied with how he filled one huge need for the Detroit Red Wings: Using a third-round pick to acquire goaltender Ville Husso. “There’s a not a lot of goalies out there, and we need depth at that

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