If you are a Detroit hockey fan, it’s likely you trust Steve Yzerman the three-time Stanley Cup winning Hall of Fame Red Wings player. Fans of Tampa Bay trust general manager Yzerman to build an organization that wins multiple Stanley Cups. Making the decisions for Detroit the last five years, Yzerman made his first splash
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The Red Wings on Friday announced the re-signing of AHL defenseman Wyatt Newpower on a one-year, two-way contract. Newpower, a 25-year-old native of Hugo, Minnesota, played 59 games for the Grand Rapids Griffins in 2022-23, his second season with the team. He recorded seven points (two goals, five assists) and 68 penalty minutes. Newpower signed
Red Wings coach Derek Lalonde praised the Toledo Walleye for hiring 50-year-old Pat Mikesch on Thursday as new head coach of Detroit’s ECHL affiliate. A former assistant coach under Lalonde with the USHL’s Green Bay Gamblers from 2011-14, Mikesch replaces Dan Watson, who was named head coach of the the Red Wings’ AHL team in
Apple Podcasts | Spotify • Hosts: Shawn Windsor (@shawnwindsor) and Carlos Monarrez (@cmonarrez) • Editor: Robin Chan • Executive producers: Anjanette Delgado, Kirkland Crawford • Guest: Helene St. James, Free Press Red Wings beat writer • Email: swindsor@freepress.com On this episode: Free Press Red Wings beat writer Helene St. James joins Carlos and Shawn to once again take stock of the “Yzerplan.” What kind of immediate impact
The Detroit Red Wings signed center Nate Danielson to a three-year, entry-level contract one week after the team’s development camp at Little Caesars Arena. Danielson, 18, was selected by the Red Wings in the first round (ninth overall) of the 2023 NHL Entry Draft at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville on June 28. The 6-foot-2, 186-pound
The Detroit Red Wings wasted no time getting their top pick from last month’s NHL draft under contract. Nate Danielson, the No. 9 pick from the 2023 class, was signed to an entry-level contract Wednesday, two weeks after the Wings added him to the rebuild. The night they drafted him, June 28 in Nashville, Tenn.,
Steve Yzerman never played goalie, but maybe the Detroit Red Wings general manager should have, because he sure made some big saves this week with his trade for Ottawa Senators forward — and Farmington Hills product —Alex DeBrincat. He saved what was shaping up to be another ho-hum, borderline-meh offseason of free agency. He saved
Detroit — Steve Yzerman went ahead and did it, ready or not. In one slick, stealthy move, he simultaneously made his job easier and tougher. He made the Red Wings a lot more interesting, while also ramping up realistic (and unrealistic) expectations for the rebuild timetable. We won’t know the full, tangible impact of newly
Detroit Red Wings general manager Steve Yzerman was drafted into the NHL some 40 years ago, and through all his time in the game, he’s never had a situation play out quite like it has for Filip Zadina over the last few weeks. Sure, Yzerman said Monday, he’s had a player request for a contract
Alex DeBrincat wore a teal Detroit Pistons hat to commemorate his first interview as a member of the Detroit Red Wings. “I think it’s just a cool hat,” he said. Of course he does: He’s from Farmington Hills and grew up watching the Pistons in teal, when he wasn’t enthralled by the Wings, who ended
Filip Zadina is taking his talents to the West Coast. The former Detroit Red Wings winger on Monday signed a one-year deal with the San Jose Sharks worth $1.1 million, according to a release from the team. Zadina, 23, signed a three-year extension with the Red Wings last season worth $1.825 million annually. He became
The negotiations that landed Alex DeBrincat with the Detroit Red Wings were a grind for everybody — except, apparently, the guy pulling the trigger. Red Wings general manager Steve Yzerman said Monday the transaction to trade for DeBrincat and sign him to a four-year extension was actually pretty seamless. “It wasn’t long and laborious at
That the Detroit Red Wings still have around $8 million in salary cap space has something to do with what Steve Yzerman told one of his former players earlier this summer. Locking up newcomer Alex DeBrincat through 2026-27 on a deal with a $7,875,000 annual average value still leaves the Wings flexibility, thanks partly to
Steve Yzerman has a few administrative things to take care of this week, but otherwise, things are about to dramatically slow down. That was Yzerman’s report Monday from his office suite at Little Caesars Arena, where his list of 2023-24 Detroit Red Wings now includes Alex DeBrincat. It took about two weeks of chatting with