Tag: Detroit Red Wings

Morning Hits: Maple Leafs, Blue Jackets, Flyers, and Canucks

Mike Zeisberger of the Toronto Sun: Mike Babcock on his decision process to leave the Red Wings and join the Maple Leafs. “It wasn’t one day, it was 12 days,” Babcock said of the period in which he mulled over…

Mark Easson

Morning Hits: Trade Deadline, Sarich, Red Wings, and Predators

Renaud Lavoie: The NHL Trade Deadline will be February 29th at 3:00 PM ET. Scott Cruickshank of the Calgary Herald: Veteran defenseman Cory Sarich is wanting to return to the NHL after missing all of last season due to a…

Mark Easson

Rumors II: Raanta, Hurricanes, and Red Wings

Greg Wyshynski of Yahoo! Sports: Antti Raanta lost his backup job to Scott Darling during last year's Stanley Cup playoffs, and he wasn't happy with it according to a readers translation from a Finnish paper. “I was really hoping Nashville…

Mark Easson

Rumors and Notes: Red Wings, Hurricanes, Flyers, and Capitals

Ansar Khan of MLive: Red Wings coach Jeff Blashill has indicated that Brad Richards will center their top line with Henrik Zetterberg and Justin Abdelkader until Pavel Datsyuk is able to return. Datsyuk is expected to be ready anywhere from…

Mark Easson

Rumors and Notes: Glencross, Abdelkader, Kruger, Winnik and the Leafs

On Curtis Glencross, from Eric Francis of the Calgary Sun: In 2011, Glencross inked a four-year, $10.2 million deal, accepting a smaller contract to remain in his preferred city and with the Flames. Now a free agent again, and still…

Sean Tierney

Rumors and Notes: Devils, Red Wings, and Flames

Rich Chere of NJ.com: Devils GM Ray Shero will likely invite at least one player to training camp on a tryout, but it won't be either Scott Gomez or Steve Bernier. "That's not a direction I'm looking to go at…

Mark Easson

Morning Hits: Kane, Sydor, Datsyuk, Sharks, and Islanders

Stefano Esposito of the Chicago Sun-Times: Patrick Kane has met with investigators from the Erie County District Attorney's office according to unnamed law enforcement sources. Kane's attorney was there, and one source in the News' story said a detective from…

Mark Easson

Rumors II: Alfredsson, Zuccarello, Robidas, Howard, Roy and Yakupov

On Daniel Alfredsson's return to Ottawa from Ian Mendes at TSN.ca: Alfredsson is set to join the Senators' front office in the hockey operations department. After a tumultuous breakup between the Sens and Alfredsson, the long-time captain left for Detroit…

Sean Tierney

Rumors II: Coyotes, Senators, and Red Wings

Craig Morgan of FOX Sports Arizona: The Coyotes and Mikkel Boedker settled on a one-year, $3.75 million deal earlier this offseason. Coyotes GM Don Maloney said that Boedker's health and untapped potential helped lead to a one-year deal over a…

Mark Easson

2015-16 Detroit Red Wings Top 10 Prospects

The Red Wings are widely regarded as one of the premier franchises in the NHL, in part because of their remarkable streak of 24 consecutive appearances in the playoffs. Another reason the Wings are regarded so highly is their commitment…

Peter Harling

Rumors: Stamkos, Kopitar, Bruins, Glencross, and Andersson

Craig Custance of ESPN: The Lightning and Steven Stamkos haven't started contract extension talks. The Kings and Anze Kopitar have exchanged initial numbers, but that is about as far along as they've progressed. Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane's contracts that kick…

Mark Easson

Rumors and Notes: Wings, Jets, Ducks, Blackhawks, and Coyotes

Ansar Khan of MLive: Red Wings Jimmy Howard will likely have to outplay Petr Mrazek in the preseason and at the start of the regular season to win back the No. 1 job. The Wings decided not to trade Howard…

Mark Easson