It’s no mystery in the fact that the Red Wings’ early exit from the Stanley Cup Playoffs brings plenty of speculation in regards to what needs to be addressed going into next season. Both Petr Mrazek and Jimmy Howard played well during the regular season and even with an early exit, they played well in … Read more
The Detroit Red Wings have recalled defenseman Xavier Ouellet from the Grand Rapids Griffins. He will be available for game five should the team choose to put him in the lineup. UPDATE: The Detroit #RedWings today recalled defenseman Xavier Ouellet from the @griffinshockey. pic.twitter.com/yiEwfVMIuN — Detroit Red Wings (@DetroitRedWings) April 20, 2016 Alexey Marchenko missed … Read more
The Detroit Red Wings may once again be without the services of defenseman Niklas Kronwall for an extended time. He suffered a lower body injury in the 2nd period of Detroit’s 3-2 overtime victory over the New York Rangers on Saturday afternoon and did not return to the game. Afterwards, he said he didn’t feel … Read more
Fresh off the return of defenseman Niklas Kronwall in Tuesday night’s game, the Detroit Red Wings now expect another regular to return to the lineup. Red Wings' Ericsson expected to play at Coors Field https://t.co/Ff4Y2qxaVy via @freep — Carlos Monarrez (@cmonarrez) February 24, 2016 With Ericsson’s impending return, the team sent defenseman Xavier Ouellet back to the … Read more
After announcing that defenseman Jonathan Ericsson is questionable for tomorrow’s tilt with the Boston Bruins, the Detroit Red Wings recalled Xavier Ouellet from the Grand Rapids Griffins. UPDATE: The Detroit #RedWings today recalled defensemen Xavier Ouellet from @griffinshockey. #LGRW pic.twitter.com/Pk6CAllEiw — Detroit Red Wings (@DetroitRedWings) February 13, 2016 In 38 games with the Griffins, Ouellet … Read more
Detroit Red Wings general manager Ken Holland will be working the phones leading up to February 29th’s trading deadline. But, will the Wings actually make any moves? “Before we do anything we got to get close to the trade deadline and see where we’re at in the standings,” Holland told Mlive.com. With eight games remaining on the … Read more
In a somewhat surprising move, the Detroit Red Wings have recalled defenseman Jakub Kindl, less than a month after he was waived and sent to the Grand Rapids Griffins. Red Wings calling up defenseman Jakub Kindl, expected to be available for Thursday game. Want to have seven defensemen — Helene St. James (@HeleneStJames) February 3, 2016 He isn’t … Read more
Monday’s AHL All-Star Game saw two Grand Rapids Griffins represented. Griffins captain Jeff Hoggan and defenseman Xavier Ouellet sported some pretty slick looking uniforms as members of the Western Conference’s Central Division. After participating in 4 total games, the Central Division came out as the 2016 AHL All-Star Game victors. Hoggan tallied a goal and … Read more
Remember about a month ago when I wrote about the idea of the Red Wings acquiring super-star Steven Stamkos from the Tampa Bay Lightning? I theorized that it would make sense for Detroit to offer up Tomas Tatar, Jakub Kindl, Andreas Athanasiou, and a first round draft pick to Tampa for Stamkos. It wasn’t the most popular or widely-received idea I’ve ever … Read more
After the Grand Rapids Griffins ran their winning streak to 14 with a 6-1 win on Saturday night, the Detroit Red Wings were quick to recall center Tomas Nosek and defenseman Xavier Ouellet. #Redwings recalling Ouellet and Nosek from #Griffins. #GoGRG — Pete Wallner (@petewallner) December 20, 2015 The Wings planned on calling up at least one player after the … Read more
Things in the Detroit Red Wings system are looking really good right about now. The Red Wings have recorded at least a point in 13 consecutive games, and the success is trickling down to the minor leagues as well. Since getting off to a slow start to begin the year, the Grand Rapids Griffins have turned things … Read more
The Red Wings have signed defenseman Xavier Ouellet to a one year contract extension this afternoon. Ouellet was taken by Detroit in the second round of the 2011 draft. The one way contract has a value of $715,000. With Ouellet not being exempt from waivers next season, the one year pact is a good opportunity for him … Read more
In the 2014-15 season, we saw an improved Detroit Red Wings team who was one year removed from an incredibly injury-riddled season. While they were still eliminated in the first round, they took a very good Tampa Bay Lightning team to a 7th game in the series. If it wasn’t for a suspension to Niklas … Read more
Danny DeKeyser’s leg injury that he suffered on Wednesday night against the Pittsburgh Penguins, had everyone thinking the worst. It was a little worrisome when he was seen in a walking boot, on crutches and scheduled for an MRI. Well Red Wings fans, we can breathe a sigh of relief as he is only expected … Read more
The Detroit Red Wings wrapped up training camp on Monday with their annual Red vs. White scrimmage and many of the youngsters made quite an impression. Anthony Mantha, Detroit’s 1st overall pick in 2013, potted two goals playing on a line with Tyler Bertuzzi and Andreas Athanasiou. He is champing at the bit for the puck … Read more
ESPN compiled their annual list of the top 100 NHL prospects throughout the league, and there are six familiar faces among the ranks for Detroit Red Wings fans. After being ranked 99th a year ago Dylan Larkin, Detroit’s first-round pick in 2014, now sits at 10th in the list of 100. In that time he … Read more
