In additiona to the several safety protocols in place for players and fans this NHL season, one notable addition to every team was implemented. The use of a taxi squad is now in place. In basic terms, every team will be able to have four to six players in reserve in the event of last … Read more
The Detroit Red Wings had plenty of new faces in the lineup and a brand new captain to kick off the 56 game 2020-21 NHL Season at Little Caesars Arena. However, not much else looked different from last season for the Red Wings. The Carolina Hurricanes badly outshot Detroit en route to a season-opening 3-0 … Read more
The Detroit Red Wings are just over 24 hours from kicking off their 95th season in the National Hockey League, and this campaign will be a unique one. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there will be no fans in attendance at any game at Little Caesars Arena, and the team will be playing a shortened … Read more
History was made today as the Detroit Red Wings announced that forward Dylan Larkin has officially succeeded the retired Henrik Zetterberg as the 37th captain in team history. Larkin becomes the first Michigan native to don the “C” for the Red Wings – not bad for a kid from the Mitten State who also played … Read more
As the regular season approaches, the Detroit Red Wings continue the process of fine tuning their roster. And among the decisions that came down from management earlier today included placing former 1st round draft selection Evgeny Svechnikov on waivers. Additionally, the team also waived the likes of Brian Lashoff, Dominic Turgeon, Turner Elson, Dylan McIlrath, … Read more
The 95th season of Detroit Red Wings hockey is set to get underway this week. And with several additions and subtractions made to the roster by GM Steve Yzerman during a busy offseason, the Red Wings will be on a mission to make last year’s abysmal 14-49-5 record a distant memory. For head coach Jeff … Read more
Detroit Red Wings general manager Steve Yzerman made the call to retain head coach Jeff Blashill for another season, despite the fact that his team compiled an NHL worst 17-49-5 record last season prior to the COVID-19 shutdown. Yzerman’s reasoning for his decision was that it wouldn’t be fair to judge Blashill’s performance as a … Read more
The Detroit Red Wings haven’t played an NHL regular-season game since March when their season was put on pause thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic. Already having been well outside of the playoff picture at that point, they and seven other teams would soon be officially shut down for the remainder of the year. Training camp … Read more
The Detroit Red Wings are preparing for the beginning of training camp for the upcoming 2020-21 NHL season, which is slated to begin January 13. And fans will see that this year’s edition of the team will look noticeably different than the squad who earned the unfortunate distinction of being the worst Red Wings team … Read more
For fans of the Detroit Red Wings who were hoping that GM Steve Yzerman would bring aboard his former linemate and Jack Adams Award-winning coach Gerard Gallant back to Hockeytown, they didn’t get the answer they wanted. In fact, Yzerman has given a vote of confidence to head coach Jeff Blashill, declaring it unfair to … Read more
Detroit Red Wings GM Steve Yzerman has been busy since the start of free agency, bringing aboard several new faces including the likes of forwards Bobby Ryan and Vladislav Namestnikov, as well as defenseman Troy Stecher and Jon Merrill, and goaltender Thomas Greiss. Embed from Getty Images Of course, that was proceeded by a busy … Read more
The Detroit Red Wings 2019-20 season was shut down in early March thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic. At the time of the shut down, the team had the unfortunate distinction of owning the NHL’s worst record by a large margin. Of course, this meant that they had no chance of participating in the Stanley Cup … Read more
As you have probably heard by now, longtime Detroit Sports radio personality Jamie Samuelsen passed away on Saturday following a long battle with colon cancer. On Sunday, Detroit Red Wings head coach Jeff Blashill released an emotional statement on the passing of Samuelsen. “I was shocked and saddened to hear the terrible news of the … Read more
On Wednesday, Steve Yzerman met with reporters (virtually, of course) and he was asked about whether or not Jeff Blashill would return as head coach in 2020-21. Yzerman said that nothing has changed and that he had no plan to move on from Blashill. A day later, Blashill also met virtually with reporters and he … Read more
One of the biggest decisions Steve Yzerman had to make this offseason was whether or not he would keep Detroit Red Wings head coach Jeff Blashill for another campaign. On Wednesday, Yzerman met with reporters via a virtual press conference and when asked if Blashill would be back for the 2020-21 season, he confirmed that … Read more
On Wednesday, Detroit Red Wings GM Steve Yzerman had a virtual meeting with the media. During the meeting, Yzerman was asked if Jeff Blashill will be back for the 2020-21 season. Yzerman said that his thoughts on Blashill have not changed and that he will be the Red Wings head coach next season. Red Wings … Read more
