Fox Sports Detroit and the Detroit Red Wings bid farewell to Darren Eliot, a studio analyst for Fox Sports Detroit on Tuesday night. Eliot announced he was taking a job with the Vegas Golden Knights as vice president of hockey programming and facility operations.
Our Mickey Redmond bids farewell to Darren Eliot as he joins the Las Vegas Golden Knights @DetroitRedWings #MickeyMinute pic.twitter.com/aEzScvZdFs
— Bally Sports Detroit (@BallySportsDET) February 13, 2019
Eliot had been with Fox Sports Detroit since 2011, and also oversaw Little Caesars youth hockey operations for the Red Wings since 2014. With Vegas, he will be overseeing facility operations for City National Arena in Nevada, and will also be the executive director of the Vegas Jr. Golden Knights program.
Meanwhile, 97.1 The Ticket’s Kyle Bogie announced through his Twitter that former Red Wings defenseman and Hall-of-Famer Larry Murphy would be returning to the network.
Last night at the #RedWings viewing party at Motorcity Casino’s Soundboard Larry Murphy told the crowd he’ll be returning to FSD this week https://t.co/uo6UoyfMhn
— Kyle Bogenschutz (@KyleBogey) February 13, 2019
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Murphy was let by by Fox in 2013 because of, as he put it, “ratings”. He was acquired by the Red Wings from Toronto in 1997 and was a member of the 1997 and 1998 Stanley Cup winning teams, often paired on the ice with Nicklas Lidstrom.
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Red Wings decide to waive little-used forward
This isn’t the first time this has happened.
https://twitter.com/FriedgeHNIC/status/1095729966531076097
The Detroit Red Wings have made the decision to waive forward Martin Frk for the second time. He was previously waived in October of 2016 and claimed by the Carolina Hurricanes, but was subsequently waived again and re-claimed by the Red Wings.
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With one goal and four assists in 25 games this season, it’s been a struggle for Frk. He was re-signed this summer after putting up 11 goals and 14 assists in 68 games last year thanks to his strong right-handed shot, but he wasn’t able to find any kind of consistency this year.
Originally drafted 49th overall in the 2012 NHL Draft by the Red Wings, he was signed to a three-year entry level deal. During the duration of his deal, he played with the Grand Rapids Griffins and the Toledo Walleye.
