The Hockey Writers

What’s The Grind Line? Apart from the once-famous line of Kris Draper, Kirk Maltby, and either Joe Kocur or Darren McCarty, The Grind Line is also The Hockey Writers’ weekly column about the Detroit Red Wings. This week Devin Little, Logan Horn and Evan Sabourin are the muckers who make up THW’s forechecking unit and

Marco Kasper rose in draft conversations throughout his entire draft year, but even his biggest supporters were surprised that he ultimately went eighth overall in the 2022 Draft to the Detroit Red Wings. The Red Wings had a well-documented need at center going into the draft so they clearly believed that Kasper would be a

The Detroit Red Wings have played 46 of their 82 regular season games and have found themselves in the middle of the playoff hunt to this point. With the All-Star break just around the corner, the Red Wings look to continue their push toward ending their playoff drought, but what else is there to watch

As the Detroit Lions get set to host the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in this weekend’s NFL Divisional playoff matchup, it’s important to look back at how their outspoken head coach, Dan Campbell, laid the foundation for the team’s recent success. He used the word “grit” to establish the key attribute that the organization was looking

The Detroit Red Wings have played 45 games so far and have found themselves on a roller coaster type of season. They currently sit tied for fourth in the Atlantic Division with the Tampa Bay Lightning and are in the mix for a potential playoff spot come the end of the season. At the beginning

The 2023 NHL Draft was the most hyped group of prospects in recent memory, with an absurd level of expectation being placed on the shoulders of the players at the top of the draft. There was this idea in many peoples’ minds that teams would find future stars in the late first round and even

Blake Coleman is at it again. On Saturday night (Jan. 13) versus the Vegas Golden Knights, Coleman scored a goal and an assist in a 3-1 Calgary Flames win. The 32-year-old has been on fire lately, and this game marked his third-straight multi-point outing, with at least a point in seven of his last eight

Now that the Detroit Red Wings are about halfway through the 2023-34 season, it’s a good time to look to the future. At this point, enough games have been played to have a sufficient sample size to calculate Moritz Seider’s next contract. Detroit’s top defenseman is in the last year of his entry-level contract (ELC)

After having travel troubles getting to Toronto for their matchup against the Maple Leafs, the Detroit Red Wings played a tightly contested game with one of the league’s best offenses and pulled out a 4-2 victory thanks to a last-minute goal from Andrew Copp. James Reimer looked solid in between the pipes in his first

The Detroit Red Wings and Los Angeles Kings faced off for the second time in as many weeks when they faced off on Jan. 13. The Red Wings fought off a third-period push by the Kings to hold on for a 5-3 victory, thanks in large part to some more timely saves by Alex Lyon,

In today’s NHL rumors rundown, the Boston Bruins are looking to add a middle-six forward who can score. Meanwhile, did the Philadelphia Flyers and Colorado Avalanche almost make a huge trade? The Detroit Red Wings are still teetering on the edge of buying versus selling, and where are the Detroit Red Wings at with their

The Anaheim Ducks have sent shockwaves across the NHL over the last week. It started on Jan. 8 when they acquired prospect Cutter Gauthier from the Philadelphia Flyers in exchange for a 2024 second round pick and defenseman Jamie Drysdale. This was a swap of young, still-developing players as Drysdale was the sixth pick of

You’ve heard the expression “putting lipstick on a pig”, right? If you have, then consider Detroit Red Wings’ goaltender Alex Lyon as the pocket-sized cosmetic product, while the defense in front of him can be described as the swine part of that phrase. Detroit’s blue line play has been downright ugly this season, but Lyon’s

After a few days off, the Detroit Red Wings are back in action Thursday night. Connor McDavid and the Edmonton Oilers are in town and hoping to end Detroit’s three-game winning streak. While we wait for puck drop, get caught up on the latest Red Wings news and rumors, including trade deadline notes, what to