With the Detroit Red Wings missing the playoffs this season, Red Wings fans will have to sit through another postseason without their favourite team. Watching the playoffs without any kind of emotional investment is not the same, but you would be hard-pressed to find a hockey fan who fully supports the practice of bandwagon jumping.
Detroit — There’s potentially a new candidate in the Red Wings’ search for a head coach. And it’s a pretty big, somewhat unexpected, name. Coach Barry Trotz was relieved of his duties Monday morning by the New York Islanders, suddenly becoming one of the bigger available names out there as far as head-coaching candidates. Trortz,
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, Patrick Brown, Kyle Knopp and Delaney Rimer are the muckers who make up
Ten Potential UFA Forwards Who Could Interest GM Steve Yzerman – DetHockeyNow As a rebuilding team, the Red Wings aren’t going to be chasing after older stars like Patrice Bergeron, Evgeni Malkin and Claude Giroux. But the Red Wings need help at center, and they wouldn’t mind another scorer. “So much uncertainty, and then we
The Detroit Red Wings missed the playoffs for the sixth straight season. However, this is one of the most important playoff series for the Red Wings and their undetermined future. The Detroit Red Wings are not in the Stanley Cup playoffs for the sixth straight season. Not really a shocker, but still a bummer. I
Ten seconds remained in the season and Tyler Bertuzzi had just clanked a shot off a goal post. Sam Gagner got the puck, had an open net — and made a pass to Bertuzzi. When Bertuzzi’s second attempt at 30 goals crossed the goal line on April 29 in Newark, New Jersey, his Detroit Red Wings teammates
Detroit — The season didn’t go as planned for the Red Wings. This was a season the Wings were expected to inch closer to a playoff berth and take another step forward in the rebuild. There were positives. Just not enough of them, not nearly enough, and ultimately it cost Jeff Blashill the head-coaching job
Gene Myers | Special to Detroit Free Press In the spring of 1997 — a quarter-century ago — the Detroit Red Wings embarked on their quest to end a 42-year Stanley Cup drought. The Free Press has commemorated that historic quest with a new book: “Stanleytown: The Inside Story of How the Stanley Cup Returned to
ON TODAY’S PODCAST: Episode 70 Ted Kulfan previews next week’s NHL draft lottery with the odds of the Red Wings selecting Shane Wright, updates the coaching search to replace Jeff Blashill and Saginaw Spirit GM Dave Drinkill is the interview guest to talk about Michael Misa, the 15-year-old center who was granted ‘exceptional status’ to
Red Wings’ Alex Nedeljkovic vows ‘It’s not going to happen again’ – Mlive “My job is to stop the puck. Obviously, I didn’t do it enough this year,” Nedeljkovic said. “We were (second-to) last in the league in goals against. Obviously, that’s not good enough. It will be better. I’ll just tell you that right
What a season it was for the Detroit Red Wings. They began their third year under general manager Steve Yzerman with a rousing performance at home; Tyler Bertuzzi scored four times, Dylan Larkin scored the first goal and rookies Lucas Raymond and Moritz Seider earned points in their NHL debuts. Those four players carried their
The Detroit Red Wings forward, Robby Fabbri, has been apart of the Red Wings organization for the last couple years. After his career started with the St. Louis Blues, he later was traded to the Red Wings in exchange for Jacob de la Rose. Since that point, Fabbri has been really been trying to find
Gene Myers | Special to Detroit Free Press In the spring of 1997 — a quarter-century ago — the Detroit Red Wings embarked on their quest to end a 42-year Stanley Cup drought. The Free Press has commemorated that historic quest with a new book: “Stanleytown: The Inside Story of How the Stanley Cup Returned to
There are only three certainties in life: death, taxes and the Red Wings not gaining spots in the draft lottery. With that being said, the most disappointing day as a Red Wings fan is upon us. The 2022 NHL Draft Lottery is coming up on Tuesday, May 10th as some ping pong balls will decide