Detroit — What a gut punch to begin the Red Wings’ season. Coach Jeff Blashill said Thursday morning after the morning skate forward Jakub Vrana will miss a minimum of four months because of shoulder surgery. Vrana arrived in Traverse City in time for Saturday morning’s practice, and about 10 minutes into the workout, left the ice
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The Detroit Red Wings had Jakub Vrana slotted to be a significant part of their offense, but now must look to others to fill the void. Coach Jeff Blashill delivered the bad news Thursday morning, announcing Vrana will have shoulder surgery that will sideline him a minimum of four months. “He’s a guy that, going
A traveling Detroit Red Wings roster mostly devoid of big names played like it early, falling behind, 3-1, then rallied to beat the Chicago Blackhawks, 4-3, on Wednesday in the preseason opener at the United Center in Chicago. One name stood out, though: Veteran Bobby Ryan, who is playing with the Wings on a tryout
Bobby Ryan made an excellent statement that he deserves to be on the opening night Red Wings’ roster. In camp on a professional try-out, Ryan tied the game late then scored the clinching goal in the shootout, leading the Wings to a 4-3 shootout victory over Chicago. The Wings won the shootout 3-2 with Adam
Detroit — There is a path for forward Lucas Raymond to make the Red Wings roster. But for it to happen, Raymond is going to have to make a jaw-dropping impact in the two-week series of games. It can be done. Dylan Larkin did it in 2015 to make the Wings’ roster, instead of apprenticing in Grand Rapids.
Detroit native Jalen Smereck is taking an indefinite leave of absence after the 24-year-old defenseman with HC Donbass in the Ukraine was the target of a racist gesture on the weekend in the Ukrainian Hockey League. In an Instagram post on Tuesday, Smereck, a Black player who spent his youth hockey career with Little Caesars, the Oakland
Jeff Blashill likened his Detroit Red Wings coaching staff’s approach to the exhibition slate to writing a bunch of formulas and then wondering which work. Juggling eight games in 11 days, beginning with Wednesday’s test at the Chicago Blackhawks, matters because this next week and a half will go a long way toward determining several
Traverse City — The first stage is done, now it’s on to the next part for the Red Wings. They completed the training camp portion of the exhibition season Tuesday with a sixth consecutive day of practices, and raced out of Centre Ice Arena back down Interstate 75 to Detroit. Now, it’s on to an eight-game exhibition
Traverse City — Danny DeKeyser was in the lineup to start last season, but you could tell something wasn’t quite right. Having had back surgery, which pretty much wiped out DeKeyser’s 2019-20 season (he only played eight games), DeKeyser returned to action but wasn’t the same player. Some of DeKeyser’s strength wasn’t there, and it was
TRAVERSE CITY —Bobby Ryan kept his hopes up, even as the phone call he really wanted didn’t come and the off-season turned to the near-season. He finally heard from the Detroit Red Wings just before the start of training camp, when he received a professional tryout invitation. Ryan, 34, joined the Wings last October, and
Traverse City — Bobby Ryan never has been in this position before, and admits it’s different. Weird. Unsettling, even. Here’s Ryan, one of the best goal-scorers and exciting players in the NHL since being drafted second overall in 2005, is in Red Wings’ training camp on a professional tryout. No guarantees, no contract; just the hope maybe something
Usually, fans of the Detroit Red Wings are loud and proud as they cheer on the red and white. However, there is an exception to this…sort of. Every year during training camp, the Red Wings hold a team scrimmage known as the Red vs. White game. It is usually one of the final events of
TRAVERSE CITY — Pius Suter is making a good impression at Detroit Red Wings camp, showing off the smarts and scoring touch that made him such an attractive offseason acquisition. He scored during Sunday’s scrimmage, helping team White defeat team Red, 3-2. Suter built on a solid first three days of training camp with the
Traverse City — The Red Wings returned to playing actual hockey Sunday, and saw some new players making positive statements. Team White defeated Team Red 3-2 in a shootout at Centre ICE Arena. Free-agent acquisition Pius Suter and Dominik Shine scored goals for the White, while trade acquisition Mitchell Stephens scored both Red goals. In the shootout,
TRAVERSE CITY — Seeing a specialist is a never a good sign, and that is what is next for injured Detroit Red Wings forward Jakub Vrana. That Vrana has a date on Monday with a doctor who will further examine his injured shoulder was as much information as coach Jeff Blashill would share about Vrana after Sunday’s
Traverse City — The news is beginning to sound less promising regarding Red Wings forward Jakub Vrana. Vrana injured his shoulder Saturday about 10 minutes into his first practice of training camp. Coach Jeff Blashill said Sunday that Vrana will see a specialist Monday to get another opinion. Blashill expects to know more, possibly by Tuesday.
In today’s NHL rumors rundown, James Neal kicks off the NHL’s preseason with a hat trick for the St. Louis Blues. What does this mean for potential employment with an NHL club? Meanwhile, Jakub Vrana is not having an auspicious start to his season. The Montreal Canadiens have learned they’ll be without Mike Hoffman for
TRAVERSE CITY — Moritz Seider is a neat, polite houseguest, which is no surprise given how he manages to have a big personality and be a consummate professional. Seider is the Detroit Red Wings’ most exciting defense prospect since Niklas Kronwall two decades ago, but even Kronwall wasn’t where Seider is at 20 years old.
Traverse City — With all these Red Wings prospects who are being talked about in breathless gasps — Moritz Seider, Jonatan Berggren and Lucas Raymond — you get the impression Filip Zadina might have some valuable advice to offer. The wild expectations and challenges of playing the NHL can be overwhelming. Zadina was the sixth overall pick in 2018.
Apple Podcasts | Spotify Detroit Red Wings forward Tyler Bertuzzi made a “personal choice” to forgo a COVID-19 vaccine. I’m going to make a personal choice, too, and respect his right to make that choice. Even though I don’t agree with it, even though I think it’s easy for him to make that choice because everyone else on the Wings’ roster — not