The Detroit Red Wings have enjoyed tremendous success drafting Russians, but the war in Ukraine adds difficulty to doing so this year. “Russian players were hard to assess and evaluate because it was difficult early to get in there and then you weren’t getting in there at all, or going there,” Yzerman said Tuesday. “There’s
Red Wings EVP & GM Steve Yzerman (9:18) speaks ahead of the 2022 NHL Draft this week. Join the Word on Woodward’s Art Regner & Ken Kal as they break down the news live from Little Caesars Arena. Presented by Bud Light
The Chicago Blackhawks have a whole host of things to do this offseason. Now armed with a full-time GM in Kyle Davidson and a new head coach in Luke Richardson, the Blackhawks could be heading for some turbulent waters over the next few seasons in which this duo will need to lead them through. Among
With just under a week left until the 2022 NHL Draft, there are still a couple more names worth mentioning for the Detroit Red Wings and their 8th overall pick. One of those names is Conor Geekie, an 18-year-old center from Canada. His name may ring a bell since his older brother, Morgan Geekie, is
Now that the Stanley Cup Final is over, the Detroit Red Wings are back in action, with the 2022 NHL Draft quickly approaching. Steve Yzerman, Kris Draper, and Detroit’s scouting staff have been hard at work preparing for another opportunity to bolster the organization’s rebuild. They’ll enter the 2022 draft with 10 picks, including: So
Ken Kal predicts who the Red Wings will take with the 8th overall pick – Red Wings [embedded content] I don’t know if Cutter Gauthier falls to us or if I specifically want to take a kid who doesn’t project to make the league in the next 2-3 years. I also don’t know if that’s
Detroit — The NHL Entry Draft is always a difficult exercise to try and predict — but never more so than this year. This is a good class, one with many players who could potentially break through and become quality players, but it’s difficult to separate or differentiate many of the prospects. Even at the head
Detroit Red Wings radio play-by-play announce Ken Kal tells us how he thinks things will shake out for picks 1-8 in this year’s first round of the NHL Draft on July 7, 2022
The Detroit Red Wings need help at center. Captain Dylan Larkin has cemented himself as a quality top-line center who would be an elite second-line center if the Red Wings found someone who could slot in above him. Therein lies the problem, since the Red Wings have been unable to find another top-six center, with
On Thursday, shockwaves went through the collegiate sports world as both USC and UCLA were accepted into the Big Ten Conference in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The move will be in full effect by 2024, but the implications are massive as two historic programs are not only leaving the Pac-12 Conference but will
Who will the Detroit Red Wings select with the eighth-overall pick in the 2022 NHL Draft? We’ll find out for sure on Thursday. But in the meantime, Devin Little and I are here to make the case for our guys – Matthew Savoie and Brad Lambert, respectively. Let’s set the stage. We’ll assume that the
The Detroit Red Wings enter this week’s 2022 NHL draft with 10 picks, ranging from No. 8 overall to No. 212. When general manager Steve Yzerman steps to the podium to announce that first pick, he’ll be doing so with his fanbase’s confidence after hitting on each of his first two picks: defenseman Moritz Seider
Perhaps the answer was right in front of us all along. “I find it difficult to hire people that you don’t really know,” Detroit Red Wings general manager Steve Yzerman told the media in regards to who he might hire as the successor to former head coach Jeff Blashill. He elaborated further by mentioning that
Now that Steve Yzerman has his head coach in place, the real offseason heavy-lifting begins. In a rare development, Detroit appeared in Elliotte Friedman’s “32 Thoughts” Sunday where Friedge riffed on a couple of key boxes Yzerman is looking to check off in the coming days and weeks. Building Behind the Bench Derek Lalonde spoke