One of the encouraging signs to come out of this past Detroit Red Wings season was the play of Michael Rasmussen. It ended with him limping off the ice in late February, but until that point, Rasmussen really had come into his own as a versatile, top-nine forward. “It was a positive year for me,”
The Detroit Red Wings have completed the 2022-23 season as things were wrapped up last week. That playoffs are underway, and the attention of the Red Wings has shifted into the off-season. That means it is officially everyone’s least favorite time of the NHL calendar year. Lottery time. The results of the NHL Draft Lottery
The Detroit Red Wings have officially reached the offseason. And just like Happy Gilmore, we’re counting down the days until next season. Once again, the Red Wings are a better team than a year ago. Digging into the data can help us determine just how much better and what’s needed to improve even more in
Detroit — The Red Wings organization will be looking for a new head coach for minor league affiliate Grand Rapids. The Wings announced they will not be renewing the contract of Ben Simon, who was head coach of the Griffins for the last five seasons. Grand Rapids missed the American League playoffs the last two
Detroit — The Red Wings’ goal isn’t just to be playing games that matter next April. It’s to be playing them in May as well. So for Ville Husso, the goal this summer is to be ready for more. More games. More pressure. More responsibility. “Next year, everybody needs to step up a little more,”
After eight seasons as a member of the Grand Rapids Griffins‘ coaching staff, including five seasons as the team’s head coach, Ben Simon will not return to coach the team next season. The Griffins fell short of expectations this season, finishing with a record of 28-36-8 and a last place finish in the American Hockey
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, and Logan Horn are the muckers who make up THW’s forechecking unit and
On the afternoon of April 14, the Detroit Red Wings’ general manager (Steve Yzerman) and head coach (Derek Lalonde) met with the media to discuss their team’s season as well as what the future may hold. That’s right: the Red Wings’ 2022-23 season is over and their offseason has officially begun. The Red Wings took
The Detroit Red Wings 2022-23 season has come and gone. It’s officially the off-season. It’s time to look back on this past season and see which players really stood out and which might need to make some improvements. For the Detroit Red Wings, it was a big year for forward Dylan Larkin. He was able
Through most of his first season as the top goaltender for the Detroit Red Wings, Ville Husso was the team’s most valuable player. That he wasn’t able to sustain that strong play to the finish line dismayed Husso. His bosses, not so much. Husso finished the 2022-23 season with a 26-22-7 record, a 3.11 goals-against
One of these days, one of these teams is gonna get it. No, not comeuppance. But the brass ring, or a helpful free agent at the trade deadline; that’d be nice, no? Instead of selling off good players for draft picks? Seems like it’s been forever since one of our four major pro teams did
Four years later, Detroit Red Wings general manager Steve Yzerman is satisfied with how the rebuild is going. On Friday, when prompted, Yzerman said, ‘It’s gone ok’ but also noted that he’d love to be further along in the process. The Detroit Red Wings finished the 2022-23 season with a near .500 record at 35-37-10 and
Four years into a Herculean labor, Detroit Red Wings general manager Steve Yzerman offered a frank evaluation on how the rebuild has progressed. “It’s gone OK,” he said Friday, a day after the Wings finished 35-37-10 and a week after the Wings were eliminated from playoff contention for a seventh straight year. “I would love
One year later, everything has changed. For all of them. Detroit Tigers shortstop Javier Báez has gone from “Yes! Finally, the Tigers are spending some money” to “Ugh, I’m so sick of this, stop swinging at stuff in the dirt.” Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell has gone from “OK, he’s fun and a good quote