Professional sports are a transient business these days. Franchises relocate, leaving entire cities in the lurch. Players bolt, too, taking advantage of free agency when they can. Trade deadlines encourage the movement — incentivize it, even — and the business of tanking means veteran players often get shown the door before anybody’s ready for them
Since the dawn of advertising, mascots have been used to sell things. In Michigan, there are beloved totems of sports teams, beverages, restaurant brands and more that have become part of the culture. Some date back decades, while others are just starting to get a little time in the limelight. From gnomes to Noids, here’s
Things are looking pretty different for the Detroit Red Wings in terms of their goaltending pool after free agency and the draft. Ville Husso remains as the main fixture as two new goaltenders signed contracts and two others departed the organization. As the Red Wings are looking to be more competitive with each passing season,
Detroit — The pictures were all over social media and for many Red Wings fans, it was a stark realization of how old many of them are. The pictures of Marco Kasper, 19, graduating high school in Sweden earlier this spring and beaming in his school uniform. It shows how relatively young Kasper still is.
It is not the most exciting notion, but the Detroit Red Wings should consider circling back to Pius Suter. I often find myself with wavering opinions regarding Detroit’s former versatile forward. I feel like Michael Scott from the show ‘The Office’ when he’s describing to Jan what it is like to get a vasectomy and
In a few years, one might look back and say, “Do you remember when Kailer Yamamoto was a Detroit Red Wings forward?” it might end up being a great trivia question. Technically, Yamamoto was a Detroit Red Wing, though that did not last long. The Detroit Red Wings went out and traded for Kailer Yamamoto
Detroit — The decision of prospect Dylan James to play college hockey at North Dakota was roundly given a big thumbs-up by the Red Wings. In a way, it’s easy to understand. As Kris Draper, assistant general manager/director of amateur scouting, said after the Wings drafted James last year, there’s simply a limited number of
Daniel Sprong credits part of his breakout success last season to his team being able to roll four lines strong. Good thing his new team, the Detroit Red Wings, may be able to do the same. Sprong was part of general manager Steve Yzerman’s free agent haul, which also included forwards J.T. Compher and Christian
The Detroit Red Wings have made several moves this off-season. They were busy in a year when there was not a ton of speculation that the team was going to be on the hunt. But, the Red Wings were able to go out and secure several new faces. Perhaps the biggest move of the summer
Detroit Red Wings Defenseman, Jake Walman, takes us through a day in his life on a practice day during the 2022-23 season.
When the Detroit Red Wings entered all of their picks in the 2022 NHL Entry Draft, nearly all of the attention, and rightfully so, went towards first-round pick Marco Kasper. However, the player with the highest offensive upside was taken in the second round. Dmitri Buchelnikov, who is a speedy Russian winger that has success
The Detroit Red Wings lost out on an entire season of Michael Rasmussen after an injury shut things down early. The Red Wings forward took a shot off the knee-cap and found himself on the Injured Reserve (IR) for the remainder of the season. There was some initial hope that he could return if the
The Detroit Red Wings have a deep prospect pool made up of scorers, grinders, playmakers, offensive and defensive defensemen, and starting-caliber goaltenders. They really don’t have a huge weakness when it comes to youth, so it’s always exciting to follow the progress of the pipeline throughout the season. So in the spirit of that, I
Detroit — The Red Wings were already sold on Nate Danielson, their first-round pick (ninth overall) in last month’s NHL Entry Draft, but the one extra piece of information was nice to hear. Kris Draper, the Wings’ assistant general manager/director of amateur scouting, heard an interview with top overall draft pick Connor Bedard. The subject