The Detroit Red Wings made the selection of Dylan Larkin as team captain on January 13, 2021; he was a natural selection for the role in many ways. He was the team’s leading scorer and grew up in the area, so he understands what it means to wear the Winged Wheel. After completing his first
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Just like that, another season is in the books…..for the Detroit Red Wings at least. In a season where most of the chatter coming out of “Hockeytown” centered around the team’s rookies, the Red Wings saw varying levels of performance from each and every one of their players. For general manager Steve Yzerman, his staff,
Now that the Detroit Red Wings’ 2021-22 season has come to a close, everyone’s eyes will be on the future. Who will come to Detroit and who will go? What prospects will get to make the leap to the NHL? The questions one can ask are endless but there is one burning question that was
The Detroit Red Wings missed the playoffs in 2021-22, making it the sixth straight year they’ve been on the outside looking in when postseason hockey comes around. That is the second-longest that the team has ever gone without making the playoffs (they missed seven straight times from 1970-71 until 1976-77). Everyone knows that the Red
The playoffs kicked off on Monday so you may have settled into your bandwagon, but if you’re still undecided – or open to changing your mind – let’s talk about the best of the West. We don’t see these teams as often, so maybe you’re having a tough time figuring out what it is about
Dylan Larkin said his surgery was a success and will be ready for a good summer of training and training camp in the fall. — Detroit Red Wings (@DetroitRedWings) May 3, 2022 Detroit Red Wings captain Dylan Larkin: Seeing Jeff Blashill lose his job was tough – Freep “It’s a tough feeling,” Larkin said Tuesday.
“Jeff Blashill is a good hockey coach,” Yzerman said. “He ran a really good program. I can certainly attest to our program for the last three years because it’s been dictated by me. Under the circumstance where I’m trying to rebuild this team … I say this sincerely, Jeff did an outstanding job leading this
The Detroit Red Wings season has come to a close. While sixteen teams remain playing in the playoffs, the Red Wings front office will begin taking a look at the NHL entry draft as well as preparing for what I’d expect to be, a busy off-season. When starting free agency, the first thing you should
Welcome to the opening night of the Stanley Cup Playoffs’ first round. We won’t be doing these every night, but this one at least seems fitting. Four series start tonight and the NHL actually staggered the start times! Hooray! Time: 7:00pm ESTTV: ESPN, BSSO, NESN, SN360, TVAS2 Bruins Blog: Stanley Cup of ChowderCanes Blog: Canes
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 Tony Wolak, Devin Little, Patrick Brown, and Kyle Knopp are the muckers who make up THW’s forechecking
It wasn’t exactly the end to the season they had hoped for, but still, a pair of Grand Rapids Griffins were honored for their production in the month of April. Rookie winger Jonatan Berggren joined Justin Abdelkader and Tomas Kopecky as they only Griffins to achieve AHL Rookie of the Month. The 21-year-old Swede finished
Over the weekend, the Detroit Red Wings parted ways with coach Jeff Blashill. Not enough was accomplished during the 2021-22 season to warrant bringing back Blashill for another season. That said, the Red Wings are a better team than a year ago. Digging into the data can help us determine how much the team has
Here we go, gang! Another season in the books with the Red Wings on the outside of the playoffs. Have you picked your bandwagon yet? Perhaps I can be of some assistance. First, we’ll take a look at the Beasts in the East… Florida Panthers You think the St. Louis Blues were forgettable Champions? We
With the NHL’s regular-season finishing on Friday night (except for a rescheduled match between the Winnipeg Jets and the Seattle Kraken on Sunday), fans of every NHL team have something to look forward to over the next few weeks. Sure, some of those fans have the playoffs to look ahead to, which is cool and