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Kirkland Crawford Detroit Free Press Published 3:27 PM EDT Aug 24, 2020 The Detroit Red Wings announced on Monday they have signed forward Robby Fabbri to a two-year contract extension. Terms of the new contract were not made available. He was under contract for $900,000 last season.  The Wings acquired Fabbri via trade with the

Marlowe Alter Detroit Free Press Published 8:19 PM EDT Aug 12, 2020 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs (*-if necessary; all game times are Eastern Time) First round Eastern Conference (Scotiabank Arena, Toronto) No. 1 Philadelphia Flyers vs. No. 8 Montreal Canadiens Wednesday: Montreal at Philadelphia, 8 p.m., NBCSN Friday: Montreal at Philadelphia, 3 p.m., NBCSN Sunday: Philadelphia at Montreal, 8

Jeff Seidel Detroit Free Press Published 4:23 PM EDT Aug 11, 2020 Jamie Samuelsen used to intercept the magazine at the mailbox. It was People magazine’s “Sexiest Man Alive” issue. He would print out a picture of himself and paste it on the cover, right over whoever had won that year. Then, he’d hide it

Helene St. James Detroit Free Press Published 11:19 AM EDT Aug 11, 2020 The NHL made a mockery of the draft lottery this year, rewarding a team that was deemed good enough to partake in the 2020 playoffs. The New York Rangers, who finished with 79 points, won the right to make the first selection,

Helene St. James Detroit Free Press Published 4:20 PM EDT Aug 9, 2020 Evgeny Svechnikov and the Detroit Red Wings agreed on a deal that makes the most sense. The Wings extended their first pick in the 2015 draft for one year, the team announced Sunday afternoon. It’s been a turbulent five years since the

Helene St. James Detroit Free Press Published 7:54 PM EDT Aug 8, 2020 As the qualifying round of the 2020 NHL playoffs concludes, teams with a great deal of talent have emerged as contestants for the next stage of the draft lottery. That’s the subject of this edition of the Detroit Red Wings mailbag. Reader

Helene St. James Detroit Free Press Published 12:12 PM EDT Aug 7, 2020 General manager Steve Yzerman holds 10 picks in the 2020 draft, four of them in the first two rounds. The NHL draft has changed over the years, expanding and contracting to where it is today as a seven-round, two-day event. At the first

Helene St. James Detroit Free Press Published 4:21 PM EDT Aug 5, 2020 He seems to be figuring out just how dominant he can be on a more consistent basis and how crucial his play will be in the rebuild. In this edition of “Detroit Red Wings Fast Forward,” a series that projects how a player will

Helene St. James Detroit Free Press Published 1:10 PM EDT Aug 3, 2020 Concern over the coronavirus pandemic has prompted the Detroit Red Wings to loan Moritz Seider to his old German club. He’s not the only prospect who may have a change of address for the 2020-21 season.  Seider, who was general manager Steve

Jeff Seidel Detroit Free Press Published 12:02 PM EDT Aug 3, 2020 About 20 minutes before sunrise Monday morning, a voice came on the radio, cracking through the darkness. “Good morning, everyone,” Mike Stone said at the start of the “Jamie and Stoney” show on WXYT-FM (97.1). “Usually we start on Mondays, especially when Jamie was

Helene St. James Detroit Free Press Published 4:30 PM EDT Aug 1, 2020 What is it worth paying to jettison an underachieving player? That’s the topic of this edition of Detroit Red Wings mailbag. The NHL’s 32nd club, the Seattle Kraken, will stock its roster next June from a list of players made available by 30