Happy New Year’s Detroit Red Wings fans! They’ve uncharacteristically propelled themselves into playoff talks to begin this season. After breaking their 25-year playoff streak, the Red Wings have found themselves…
No stranger to dropping bombshells, Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman revealed in his recent “32 Thoughts” column that the Arizona Coyotes are listening to offers for 23-year-old defenseman Jakob Chychrun. The news…
If you are disappointed that Filip Zadina hasn’t been producing, how do you think he feels? This is a player who is always enthusiastic when he scores, and is always…
Welcome to Red Wings Wednesday Weekly! In this weekly column, we will take a look at the Red Wings’ most-recent week of play, identify any players and/or trends that stood out,…
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…
The Detroit Red Wings season begins on Thursday, Oct. 14, against the defending Stanley Cup champion Tampa Bay Lightning. With the 23-man roster finalized and only time separating everyone from…
United States Canada Sweden Russia Finland Switzerland Germany Medal Round: Best of the Projected 2022 Olympic Rosters With NHL players heading to the 2022 Winter Olympics, the Czech Republic could…
I wrote an article about the Detroit Red Wings possible first-line combination of Tyler Bertuzzi, Dylan Larkin, and Jakub Vrana on Aug. 15. The feedback I got was pretty positive,…
The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) World Championships have often been considered a consolation postseason for non-playoff players. However, coming off a shortened season, the 2021 tournament had a different feel…
The job of every general manager, head coach, scout and many others within an NHL organization is to evaluate players. These evaluations can be the difference between a player starting…
As a whole, the Detroit Red Wings improved this season. But what about the individual players? Prior to the 2020-21 campaign, I outlined benchmarks for Detroit’s young core – goals…
Welcome to Red Wings Wednesday Weekly! In this weekly column, we will take a look at the Red Wings’ most-recent week of play, identify any players and/or trends that stood out,…