The Detroit Red Wings are ready to take the next step in their rebuild after a busy summer. But how do you quantify that next step? We can do so by setting goals for the season – similar to corporate annual planning. The Red Wings are technically a business, after all. We’ll start with Detroit’s
Red Wings’ Elmer Soderblom has some competition: Meet all NHL teams’ tallest players – Freep Toronto Maple Leafs: F Curtis Douglas, 6-9 The hulking former Windsor Spitfire finally clicked last season with the Leafs’ AHL affiliate, putting up 13 goals, 21 assists and 86 penalty minutes in just 67 games. He’s fighting for the Leafs’
As the Detroit Red Wings are amid their 2022 preseason schedule, all eyes tend to be on Elmer Soderblom, Jonatan Berggren, and Filip Zadina but don’t forget about 22-year-old Joe Veleno. Joe Veleno is someone who can get lost in the bottom six shuffle at times but has a real opportunity over the next week
In the 2019 NHL Entry Level Draft, the Detroit Red Wings selected Elmer Soderblom in the sixth round with the 159th overall pick. Soderblom has been playing in Sweden for the Frolunda hockey team ever since. This year he is getting his shot at a spot on the team, and I think he is making the
The Detroit Red Wings took a well-deserved and much-needed day off Sunday, an opportunity for everyone to get a break before the last week of the exhibition season. The Wings have another four games to go: Monday at home against the Pittsburgh Penguins, Wednesday at Washington, Friday at home against the Toronto Maple Leafs, and
NHL exhibition: Detroit Red Wings (2-2-0) at Pittsburgh Penguins (1-3-0) When: 7:30 p.m. Monday. Where: Little Caesars Arena. TV: Bally Sports Detroit Extra. Radio: None (radio affiliates). ⋅ BOX SCORE Game notes: The Wings have three more preseason matchups before their regular season begins Oct. 14 vs. the Montreal Canadiens. They beat the Chicago Blackhawks,
Detroit — Joe Veleno certainly became bigger physically last season and the added strength helped him reach the NHL. But at the same time, Veleno felt there was a drawback. For the strength Veleno picked up, he lost some speed. “It affected my speed a bit,” Veleno said. “I was still pretty fast, but I
Lighter and hopefully faster, Joe Veleno makes push for Red Wings job – MLive “I think the game now has just gotten a lot faster,” Veleno said. “I thought I was a little bit too heavy last year. I feel really good at the weight I’m at now. You got to be able to skate
Of all the returning players on the Detroit Red Wings, no one needs a fresh start more than Filip Zadina. Four years have passed since he was taken No. 6 overall, a draft slot that comes with a great deal of expectations. Zadina himself stoked the excitement with a draft-night pledge that showed the personality
Lucas Raymond had a goal and two assists, all in the third period, as the Detroit Red Wings beat the Blackhawks, 3-0, the Wings’ fourth preseason game on Saturday in Chicago. Alex Nedeljkovic stopped all 14 shots he faced over the first two periods. Sebastian Cossa made seven saves in the third period to preserve
Entering the NHL as a rookie in 2020-21 as a member of the Dallas Stars, Jason Robertson didn’t generate a lot of hype early on. Having been passed through the entire first round of the 2017 Draft, it didn’t seem as though anyone viewed him as a player with the potential to become a superstar.
Detroit — Goaltender Ville Husso made his exhibition debut Friday and if Husso can maintain the level of play he displayed, the Red Wings will be quite happy. Husso stopped all 13 shots he saw from the Washington in the Capitals’ 2-0 victory. Victor Brattstrom replaced Husso halfway through the game, which is the norm
Forget the memes of “Hot Girl Summer” — it’s time for “Tall Guy Fall.” *No, we are not actually rooting for tall guys to fall. Instead, as baseball season, dominated the past few weeks by the 6-foot-7 Aaron Judge’s chase of the American League home run record, turns to hockey season, we’re reminded that the
Joe Veleno speaks with the media following morning skate at the BELFOR Training Center inside Little Caesars Arena.