Welcome to my Detroit Red Wings Rebuild Role Models series, where over the next couple of weeks, I will be outlining several recent or ongoing team rebuilds across the NHL to begin figuring out what works and what doesn’t when it comes to rebuilding a team. If we can identify some of the strengths and weaknesses
Red Wings hire Jay Varady as assistant coach – NHL A native of Cahokia, Ill., Varady made his head coaching debut with Ducs d’Angers in France’s Ligue Magnus from 2011-13, finishing with a 37-10-3-2 record as the team won a regular-season title and reached the playoff final in 2012-13. Ducs D’Angers is a badass name.
The Detroit Lions, Detroit Pistons, Detroit Red Wings and now the Detroit Tigers have all secured premium young talent as draft season nears its end. Nothing can excite the fanbase of four struggling franchises like new faces. Detroit franchises combined for six first-round picks in 2022 drafts. The Lions nabbed Michigan football defensive end Aidan Hutchinson and Alabama wide receiver
Detroit — This NHL offseason promised to be wild and woolly and, so far, hasn’t disappointed. Another flat salary cap has forced teams — and players — to adjust accordingly, with a flurry of movement. Some teams have taken advantage much more than others. In many cases, teams had to let go of younger restricted free agents just to
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 Devin Little, Kyle Knopp, Delaney Rimer and Rob Klein are the muckers who make up THW’s forechecking unit and sound off
Derek Lalonde has added assistant Jay Varady to the Detroit Red Wings‘ coaching staff. Most recently head coach of the American Hockey League Tucson Roadrunners, Varady joins Lalonde, associate coach Bob Boughner and goaltending coach Alex Westlund as new faces for the 2022-23 season. Alex Tanguay was retained from former coach Jeff Blashill’s coaching staff. Varady
Detroit — The Red Wings’ coaching staff continues to take shape. The Wings announced the hiring of Jay Varady as an assistant coach on head coach Derek Lalonde’s staff on Monday. Varady, 44, has spent the last four seasons as a coach in the Arizona Coyotes organization, including three seasons (2018-20 and 2021-22) as head coach of
Red Wings LHD Jake Walman has elected for arbitration — Max Bultman (@m_bultman) July 17, 2022 Pretty common thing for RFAs with arbitration rights to do. This sets the contract length at one year and gives him a bit of negotiating leverage. His shoulder surgery won’t factor too heavily, but to be honest the most-common
A lot can change in a day. And in the Red Wings case, it did. After being one of the worst teams in the NHL over the last 3 years, the Red Wings have pushed just about every available button so far this off-season to try to get better. Of course we will not see
The Detroit Red Wings brought in some help from Ann Arbor in free agency. The Detroit Red Wings spent plenty of money on the first day of free agency. General manager, Steve Yzerman did a great job at identifying the Red Wings’ biggest needs and giving out money to players to fill glaring holes on
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Detroit Red Wings general manager Steve Yzerman had a busy start to July: He hired a new head coach, acquired a goaltender, and signed three forwards and three defensemen in free agency. It’s as aggressive as Yzerman has been since being named GM of the Wings in April 2019, and a sign that the team is
Associated Press Pittsburgh — The Pittsburgh Penguins acquired defenseman Farmington Hills native Jeff Petry and forward Ryan Poehling from the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday in exchange for defenseman Mike Matheson and a fourth-round pick in 2023. Born in Ann Arbor and raised in Farmington Hills, Petry played at Orchard Lake St. Mary’s in high school and at Michigan State
Andrew Copp comes home to fill many roles for Red Wings – MLive “I think I’ve gotten a lot better over the years,” Copp said. “Felt like (offense) was always kind of in there, just wasn’t something I was asked to do too much. Whether it was playing in a checking role or concentrating on