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Helene St. James   | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Top prospects on 2020 draft, Detroit Red Wings’ Steve Yzerman Top prospects in the 2020 NHL draft talk on a Zoom call, Sept. 24, 2020. Like he would a ninja, Cole Perfetti felt, rather than heard or saw, Detroit Red Wings general manager Steve Yzerman’s

Helene St. James   | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Red Wings GM Steve Yzerman on picking 4th: ” Anything I say is going to be self serving” Detroit Red Wings GM Steve Yzerman on a Zoom call following the news he’ll pick fourth in the 2020 draft. The Detroit Red Wings have needs

Helene St. James Detroit Free Press Published 6:01 AM EDT Sep 24, 2020 The Detroit Red Wings have needs at every position, and it’s on general manager Steve Yzerman to determine which top-ranked prospect will be his first choice next month. That’s the topic of this mailbag, with reader Henry W., asking “should the Wings

Helene St. James Detroit Free Press Published 8:33 PM EDT Sep 23, 2020 The list of Detroit Red Wings loaned overseas has grown to eight. With the coronavirus pandemic forcing the NHL and AHL to delay the start of the 2020-21 season till at least December, the Wings have loaned center Michael Rasmussen to the

Helene St. James Detroit Free Press Published 12:50 PM EDT Sep 21, 2020 The Detroit Red Wings have placed another of their top prospects in Europe because of the pandemic. With COVID-19 rendering the start for hockey seasons in North American uncertain, the Wings have loaned a seventh prospect to a European league. Defenseman Jared

Helene St. James Detroit Free Press Published 10:00 AM EDT Sep 18, 2020 At some point during Detroit Red Wings training camp, usually as the exhibition season comes to an end, a group of players that includes top prospects are assigned to the farm team in Grand Rapids. It’s a much-valued and much-used avenue for young players

Helene St. James Detroit Free Press Published 6:02 AM EDT Sep 16, 2020 This is the time of year when a team’s lineup takes shape, as players compete for a roster spot and minutes. That’s the subject of this Detroit Red Wings mailbag. Reader Marty H. wants to know, “When do you think next season

Helene St. James Detroit Free Press Published 10:00 AM EDT Sep 12, 2020 In less than a month general manager Steve Yzerman is tasked with making a choice that hopefully moves the needle on the Detroit Red Wings’ rebuild. He holds the fourth overall pick in the 2020 draft, as the Wings were bruised as much

Jeff Seidel Detroit Free Press Published 6:00 AM EDT Sep 11, 2020 One person says: The Big Ten did the right thing and canceled its football season because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Another person says: It was freakin’ idiotic. High school football teams across Michigan are about to start their season, so why can’t the

Dave Birkett Detroit Free Press Published 6:32 AM EDT Sep 10, 2020 When Rod Wood and his wife, Susan, went out for a recent dinner at the Renaissance Center, the Detroit Lions president got a glimpse of what the not-too-distant future might look like when it comes to attending NFL games. Everyone who enters the

Helene St. James Detroit Free Press Published 6:01 AM EDT Sep 10, 2020 Under usual circumstances, this is one of Ryan Martin’s favorite times of the year. He and his colleagues in the Detroit Red Wings’ hockey operations department —  including general manager Steve Yzerman, fellow assistant GM Pat Verbeek and a slew of scouting

Helene St. James Detroit Free Press Published 6:05 PM EDT Sep 8, 2020 The 2020 NHL playoffs are cause for wondering what might have been. The pandemic-delayed finish to the 2019-20 season is past the halfway point, with the Dallas Stars battling the Vegas Golden Knights in the Western Conference finals and the Tampa Bay Lightning

Helene St. James Detroit Free Press Published 12:54 PM EDT Sep 8, 2020 The 2020 NHL playoffs are cause for wondering what might have been. The pandemic-delayed finish to the 2019-20 season is past the halfway point, with the Dallas Stars battling the Vegas Golden Knights in the Western Conference Final and the Tampa Bay Lightning

Dana Gauruder Special to the Free Press Published 6:30 PM EDT Sep 2, 2020 There hasn’t been much activity at Little Caesars Arena in recent months, but it will soon be bustling with activity. And not for concerts or sports contests. The Detroit Tigers and Detroit Red Wings have partnered with the Michigan Secretary of State’s

Dana Gauruder Special to Detroit Free Press Published 3:38 PM EDT Aug 28, 2020 Add Filip Hronek to the list of young Detroit Red Wings who will tune up for the next NHL season in Europe. The Wings have loaned one of their top defensemen, Filip Hronek, to Mountfield HK in the Czech Republic. That

Dana Gauruder Special to the Free Press Published 5:48 PM EDT Aug 27, 2020 Detroit Red Wings assistant coach Adam Nightingale has been named the head coach of the U.S. National Under-17 Team, according to USA Hockey. Nightingale has been on Jeff Blashill’s staff for three seasons. His responsibilities this past season included player development,

Dana Gauruder Special to the Free Press Published 5:48 PM EDT Aug 27, 2020 Detroit Red Wings assistant coach Adam Nightingale has been named the head coach of the U.S. National Under-17 Team, according to USA Hockey. Nightingale has been on Jeff Blashill’s staff for three seasons. His responsibilities this past season included player development,

Chris Bumbaca USA TODAY Published 8:59 AM EDT Aug 27, 2020 While teams across the sports landscape — the NBA, MLS, WNBA and several in MLB — refused to play Wednesday in the wake of police shooting a Black man in the back, the NHL played all three of its scheduled playoff games.  The New York

Kirkland Crawford Detroit Free Press Published 2:26 PM EDT Aug 26, 2020 Mike Green, whom the Detroit Red Wings traded away during the season, announced his retirement from the NHL on Wednesday. Green, who will turn 35 in October, played just two games for the Oilers after being dealt from Detroit in February. He then

Dana Gauruder Special to the Free Press Published 6:07 PM EDT Aug 24, 2020 Robby Fabbri isn’t sure what position he’ll play with the Detroit Red Wings next season. He’s certainly happy to remain with the team with some security. Fabbri, one of the few bright spots for the team last season, signed a two-year, $5.9