Former Detroit Red Wings star Brendan Shanahan sent a tidal wave across the NHL this past Friday afternoon when the news broke that the Toronto Maple Leafs were moving on from general manager Kyle Dubas. Dubas, 37, was nicknamed the ‘whiz kid’ after being hired by the Leafs and Shanahan in 2014 at the age
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The Detroit Red Wings signed defender Olli Määttä to a one-year, $2.25 million contract going into last season. He settled right in with the Red Wings and did a great job finding his way as a valuable part of the team’s defensive core. It did not take long for the Detroit Red Wings to realize
Detroit Red Wings general manager Steve Yzerman has a handful of priorities to accomplish this offseason. Fortunately for him, making decisions on Detroit’s restricted free agents (RFAs) won’t take up too much of his time – the Red Wings only have eight RFAs, with Joe Veleno being the most prominent. Joe Veleno has earned a
Welcome to The Hockey Writers’ 2023 Offseason Trade Targets series for the Detroit Red Wings. During it, we will be looking at a handful of players from each NHL team who the Red Wings should consider pursuing this summer. The latest installment of this series will be taking a look at a non-playoff team in
The Detroit Red Wings made a few moves last season during the free-agent period that helped set them up for the 2022-23 season. One of the things they did was add Ben Chiarot and Olli Määttä to the team’s defensive core. While the Detroit Red Wings got a lackluster performance from Chiarot, they were pleasantly
It was almost 30 years ago when the Detroit Red Wings and Calgary Flames became dance partners and hooked up for a hockey trade. Calgary had a wealth of goaltenders at the time, with Mike Vernon, Trevor Kidd, Jason Muzzatti, and Andrei Trefilov all vying for playing time. Detroit was desperate for a starting goaltender,
The Detroit Red Wings‘ deep prospect pool started paying dividends in the 2022-23 season. Many players took a major step forward in their development, and a few got to play a couple of games in the NHL to get their feet wet. Jonatan Berggren, Detroit Red Wings (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images) Elmer Soderblom, Jonatan
The Detroit Red Wings have to be happy with how things are going overseas in Lucas Raymond‘s trip to Sweden to play for the National team in the 2023 IIHF World Championships. Raymond may only have one assist to his credit, but he has begun to pop off and play exceptionally well. The Detroit Red
Welcome to The Hockey Writers’ 2023 Offseason Trade Targets series for the Detroit Red Wings. During it, we will be looking at a handful of players from each NHL team who the Red Wings should consider pursuing this summer. Explore everything hockey with THW’s Hockeypedia pages. In this latest edition of the series, we will
Welcome to The Hockey Writers’ 2023 Offseason Trade Targets series for the Detroit Red Wings. During it, we will be looking at a handful of players from each NHL team who the Red Wings should consider pursuing this summer. Explore everything hockey with THW’s Hockeypedia pages. This newest edition will take a close look at
The Detroit Red Wings have a lot of work to do before they can get back into the playoff race. Their goaltending needs to get better, they need to generate more offence and continue growing defensively. They made big strides in 2022-23 but several pieces need to be added to mold this team into a
When asked where the Detroit Red Wings need to improve this offseason, general manager Steve Yzerman responded rather bluntly. “We really need to get better in every area.” Though the Red Wings are heading in the right direction, there’s more work to be done. A few pieces are still needed to complete the puzzle. Steve
It feels like it was very recently that the Detroit Red Wings made a move to bring in Robby Fabbri. I remember hearing that Steve Yzerman had flipped Jacob de la Rose to St. Louis in exchange for Fabbri, being excited about him. It feels like this was recent, but it was five years ago
Since the beginning of general manager (GM) Steve Yzerman’s tenure, he has tirelessly worked towards building up the Detroit Red Wings’ defense. His first draft pick as GM was Moritz Seider, an off the board pick that has since developed into the team’s undisputed top defender. Two years later, Yzerman drafted Simon Edvinsson, a towering