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Detroit — There were no surprises for the Red Wings in Tuesday’s annual draft lottery. The Wings had the eighth-best odds going into the event, and came out with the eighth overall selection. Entering the evening, the Wings had a 54.4% of getting the eighth pick. There was a 30% chance of falling back to ninth and

Detroit — Steve Yzerman was running a little late for his season-ending Zoom news conference, so he apologized. “Didn’t want to keep everyone waiting,” he said last week. “I appreciate your patience with me.” Ah, the phrase of the times in Detroit sports. Fans are waiting. Patience is appreciated, but tested. The Red Wings just finished

Detroit — The Red Wings haven’t had much luck in the draft lottery, but they’ll get another chance on Tuesday. The NHL Draft Lottery, which hasn’t been kind to the Wings in recent years, takes place at the NHL Network studio in Secaucus, New Jersey (6:30 p.m./ESPN, ESPN+). By virtue of their 32-40-10 (74 points)

Detroit — There’s potentially a new candidate in the Red Wings’ search for a head coach. And it’s a pretty big, somewhat unexpected, name. Coach Barry Trotz was relieved of his duties Monday morning by the New York Islanders, suddenly becoming one of the bigger available names out there as far as head-coaching candidates. Trortz,

Detroit — The season didn’t go as planned for the Red Wings. This was a season the Wings were expected to inch closer to a playoff berth and take another step forward in the rebuild. There were positives. Just not enough of them, not nearly enough, and ultimately it cost Jeff Blashill the head-coaching job

ON TODAY’S PODCAST: Episode 70 Ted Kulfan previews next week’s NHL draft lottery with the odds of the Red Wings selecting Shane Wright, updates the coaching search to replace Jeff Blashill and Saginaw Spirit GM Dave Drinkill is the interview guest to talk about Michael Misa, the 15-year-old center who was granted ‘exceptional status’ to

It was a quick rejoinder at the end of a long season. A parting shot from a weary captain before a much-needed vacation. But much like it is with his boss, who once skated in the same circles that Dylan Larkin now finds himself in, there was some weight to what he said. In the

Detroit — There are a lot of ways to describe an 82-game NHL season, particularly for a rookie like Lucas Raymond, who had never gone through one before. Some of the words are likely to be a bit colorful, to illustrate the difficulty of it all. Many of them would simply describe how tiring the season

Detroit — Marc Staal still hasn’t finalized the fishing trip. When Staal played game No. 1,000 of his NHL career, on March 12 in Calgary, his Red Wings teammates gifted him a fly-fishing trip in Canada with his brothers. One problem: Jordan, his brother and captain of the Carolina Hurricanes, is still playing in the NHL playoffs. And by

Nolan Bianchi |  Special to The Detroit News After a disappointing end to his first season in a Red Wings uniform, goaltender Alex Nedeljkovic has something new to play for — his country. Nedeljkovic headlines a long list of players with Michigan ties announced to the US Men’s National Team ahead of the 2022 IIHF Men’s

Detroit — Alex Nedeljkovic has been at Little Caesars Arena working out the last few days, getting ready for the International Ice Hockey Federation World Championships later this month in Finland. The Red Wings’ goaltender will be playing for Team USA and is happy to be competing in the prestigious tournament. “To be able to play

Detroit — Having been through this before, Robby Fabbri quickly knew what had happened. It was the March 10 game against Minnesota and Fabbri went into the corner for a puck battle. So did Minnesota defenseman Jon Merrill, a former Wings teammate, and the two got entangled. “We’re both thinking the same thing, stick on puck,” Fabbri

Detroit — Watching Friday’s Red Wings game in New Jersey, after Tyler Bertuzzi scored his 30th goal in the waning seconds, it was difficult to tell who was more excited. Bertuzzi, or the Wings’ bench? “That was a lot of fun,” Bertuzzi said Tuesday, during an end-of-season media Zoom call. “Just to see the reaction,

Detroit — Dylan Larkin has only had one coach in his seven-year NHL career: Jeff Blashill. So, when Larkin got the news Saturday that Blashill would not be retained by Red Wings general manager Steve Yzerman, it stung. “It’s a tough feeling. You don’t want to see anyone get fired or lose their job,” Larkin said