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The Red Wings on Friday announced the re-signing of AHL defenseman Wyatt Newpower on a one-year, two-way contract. Newpower, a 25-year-old native of Hugo, Minnesota, played 59 games for the Grand Rapids Griffins in 2022-23, his second season with the team. He recorded seven points (two goals, five assists) and 68 penalty minutes. Newpower signed

Red Wings coach Derek Lalonde praised the Toledo Walleye for hiring 50-year-old Pat Mikesch on Thursday as new head coach of Detroit’s ECHL affiliate. A former assistant coach under Lalonde with the USHL’s Green Bay Gamblers from 2011-14, Mikesch replaces Dan Watson, who was named head coach of the the Red Wings’ AHL team in

The Detroit Red Wings signed center Nate Danielson to a three-year, entry-level contract one week after the team’s development camp at Little Caesars Arena. Danielson, 18, was selected by the Red Wings in the first round (ninth overall) of the 2023 NHL Entry Draft at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville on June 28. The 6-foot-2, 186-pound

Detroit — Steve Yzerman went ahead and did it, ready or not. In one slick, stealthy move, he simultaneously made his job easier and tougher. He made the Red Wings a lot more interesting, while also ramping up realistic (and unrealistic) expectations for the rebuild timetable. We won’t know the full, tangible impact of newly

Detroit Red Wings general manager Steve Yzerman was drafted into the NHL some 40 years ago, and through all his time in the game, he’s never had a situation play out quite like it has for Filip Zadina over the last few weeks. Sure, Yzerman said Monday, he’s had a player request for a contract

Filip Zadina is taking his talents to the West Coast. The former Detroit Red Wings winger on Monday signed a one-year deal with the San Jose Sharks worth $1.1 million, according to a release from the team. Zadina, 23, signed a three-year extension with the Red Wings last season worth $1.825 million annually. He became

The negotiations that landed Alex DeBrincat with the Detroit Red Wings were a grind for everybody — except, apparently, the guy pulling the trigger. Red Wings general manager Steve Yzerman said Monday the transaction to trade for DeBrincat and sign him to a four-year extension was actually pretty seamless. “It wasn’t long and laborious at

The Detroit Red Wings’ Sunday night trade for Alex DeBrincat married two sides who were happy to be together. But according to the former Ottawa Senators winger and Farmington Hills native, it’s the parents who come out as the biggest winners in this deal. “It’s definitely a dream come true,” DeBrincat said Monday about playing

Ted Kulfan reviews the Red Wings’ free agency and draft additions, Filip Zadina’s options and forrmer Michigan Tech and Red Wings forward Steve Coates is the podcast guest. Coates, who retired this year after 43 years as a broadcaster with the Philadelphia Flyers, played five career NHL games and scored one goal with the 1976-77

This offseason, Detroit Red Wings and Ottawa Senators fans debated hard — and endlessly — over the trade value of Alex DeBrincat. But when a deal officially came through, it was Red Wings fans who appeared to have gotten the last laugh. DeBrincat signed a four-year, $7.875 million extension with Detroit on Sunday night, and

The Alex DeBrincat saga has reached a conclusion. A trade for the Farmington Hills native and former Ottawa Senators winger will land him with his hometown Detroit Red Wings on a four-year extension worth $7.875 million annually, according to an announcement from the team Sunday night. In return for DeBrincat, the Red Wings sent winger

Former Michigan State goalie John Lethemon is staying in the Detroit Red Wings’ organization. The 26-year-old native of Northville signed a one-year, two-way contract on Saturday. Voted the ECHL’s top netminder in 2022-23 with the Toledo Walleye, Lethemon posted an 18-1-3 record with a 1.99 goals-against average, a .930 save percentage and four shutouts in

Ted Kulfan reviews the Red Wings’ free agency and draft additions, Filip Zadina’s options and forrmer Michigan Tech and Red Wings forward Steve Coates is the podcast guest. Coates, who retired this year after 43 years as a broadcaster with the Philadelphia Flyers, played five career NHL games and scored one goal with the 1976-77

Detroit — The Red Wings and Filip Zadina are officially divorced. Zadina cleared unconditional waivers Friday for the purposes of mutual contract termination. For the Wings, that will remove the annual average value (salary cap hit) of $1.825 million for the next two years on Zadina’s contract, as well as the $4.56 million in actual