Free Press sports writers make their predictions for the Detroit Red Wings’ 2022-23 season. Jeff Seidel Best-case scenario: The Red Wings stay healthy and competitive, the newcomers jell, Lucas Raymond and Moritz Seider get even better, new coach Derek Lalonde pushes all the right buttons, Dominik Kubalik heats up, Jakub Vrana fills the net — everything
Detroit — The optimism is apparent. You feel it and hear it from Red Wings fans who have had to endure much losing over the last six seasons, six years of missing the playoffs and really not coming close. Heading into Friday’s regular-season opener against Montreal, there is a sense the Wings are climbing out
]Detroit — The “fresh start” that forward Filip Zadina was looking for isn’t going to happen at the beginning of this Red Wings season. Coach Derek Lalonde confirmed after Thursday’s practice the 2018 first-round pick (sixth overall) will be a healthy scratch Friday against Montreal. Zadina will be joined by forward Pius Suter, a free-agent
Fueled by an influx of talented prospects and even some players with NHL experience, the Grand Rapids Griffins (the American Hockey League affiliate of the Detroit Red Wings) appear set to make some noise in the 2022-23 AHL season. After a disappointing 2021-22 season which saw them miss the playoffs for the first time in
The Red Wings open up the 2022-23 season tomorrow and, after a few days of questions, the roster for their first game of the season is known. Derek Lalonde said the lines from practice today will be the lines for tomorrow’s season opener: Bertuzzi-Larkin-RaymondVrana-Copp-PerronSoderblom-Rasmussen-SundqvistKubalik-Veleno-Erne Seider-ChiarotHronek-MaattaHagg-Lindstrom #LGRW — Daniella Bruce (@daniellabruce_) October 13, 2022 For the
Captain Dylan Larkin speaks with the media following Thursday’s practice day. The Red Wings open their season Friday night against the Montreal Canadiens at Little Caesars Arena.
Derek Lalonde speaks with the media following Thursday’s practice day. The Red Wings open their season Friday night against the Montreal Canadiens at Little Caesars Arena.
Folks, we’re on the cusp of the most-hopeful Red Wings season since… well take your pick. I’m a hopeful sucker, so I was probably last this hopeful before game 1 of the Frans Nielsen era. … let’s not dwell on that. It was a different hope anyway. This year it’s a good thing because it’s
New Detroit Red Wings head coach Derek Lalonde made it official after four straight practices: Elmer Söderblom will make his debut Friday when the Wings open their season against the Montreal Canadiens – and Filip Zadina and Pius Suter will be watching. “It was a tough decision,” Lalonde said Thursday. “Went back and forth. We expect
What do the Detroit Red Wings and the Edmonton Oilers have in common? They both were rebuilding franchises that drafted a 6-foot-4 defenseman who can carry pucks out of the zone and punish guys who come into their own end. Who are these defensemen drafted eight years apart? Darnell Nurse and Simon Edvinsson. Let’s look
Free Press sports writer Helene St. James breaks down the Detroit Red Wings‘ 2022-23 roster for Friday’s opening night against the Montreal Canadiens: F Tyler Bertuzzi Age: 27. Salary cap hit: $4,750,000. 2021-22 stats: 30 goals, 32 assists in 68 games. Food he’d eat every day if no consequences: Bacon. D Ben Chiarot Age: 31.
Head Coach Derek Lalonde’s first training camp is underway in Traverse City. With plenty of new faces and top prospects competing for roster spots, the new season of Red Wings hockey is officially underway. Presented by: @Bud Light
Steve Yzerman often watches Detroit Red Wings practices from the family room overlooking the facility inside Little Caesars Arena, but sometimes he sits where the press sits. Whatever his point of observation, Yzerman’s input is invaluable to Derek Lalonde, the man tasked by Yzerman to coach the Wings towards a more competitive future. “It’s experience,”
Hey pal. Are ya ready for some hockey? Tomorrow is the big day. We’ll finally see what this team looks like when the Habs come to town for the season-opener. Max Bultman (The Athletic) posted line combinations yesterday, maybe a small sample of what the opening night lineup will look like: Red Wings Lines today:Bertuzzi