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Now that the Boston Bruins have been ousted from the Stanley Cup Playoffs, the main story lines surrounding the team will revolve around the future of some of their long-time defenders. Will Zdeno Chara retire? Play for another team? The future of the Bruins’ captain may not even be the most discussed feature of the […] READ MORE
The Detroit Red Wings free agent class for this upcoming summer takes away a good chunk of their roster. The team has 13 pending free agents, including eight forwards, seven of which are restricted free agents. The for-sure keepers of these seven were broken down last week. This week we’ll take a look at the […] READ MORE
A new NHL season brings with it a fresh crop of rookies, and a fresh set off hopes for the futures of nearly every NHL team. Along with helping their teams win, those rookies will also be chasing a prestigious individual award – the NHL’s Calder Memorial Trophy. The following article looks at pre-season favourites and predictions for […] READ MORE
It’s no secret that Justin Abdelkader has been the target of a lot of Detroit Red Wings fans ire. He was given a seven-year $29.75 million contract by then-general manager Ken Holland for the start of the 2016-17 season. The deal was one of several questionable contracts given out by Holland that has saddled the […] READ MORE
Welcome to the 2019 Top Shelf Prospects series. As we go through the Summer of 2019 LWOH will be featuring a team-by-team look at the top prospects in the NHL. We will be following the order of the first round of the NHL draft (as if there were no traded draft picks) and you can find […] READ MORE
The hiring of Steve Yzerman to become the Detroit Red Wings new general manager made it a good Friday for their fans. Yzerman returns to the city he spent all 22 years of his NHL career in. It’s a franchise where he brought home three Stanley Cups as a player and one as an executive. […] READ MORE
According to Gord Miller of TSN, the Detroit Red Wings will name Steve Yzerman to become their next general manager. Yzerman is expected to be introduced as the new GM in a press conference later this afternoon. Ken Holland who has been the Wings GM since 1997 will stay with the team as their Senior Vice […] READ MORE
There haven’t been many bright spots this season for the Detroit Red Wings. The team will miss the playoffs for the third straight season. However, there have been signs of life near the end of the season and Taro Hirose has played well since coming from Michigan State. Taro Hirose Starting Strong The Calgary native […] READ MORE
The Detroit Red Wings have signed college free agent winger Taro Hirose to a two-year entry-level contract. This contract carries him through the 2020-21 season. The deal comes with a base salary of 832K per year, along with 92.5K annually in signing bonuses. Hirose can also make another 850K in performance bonuses during the second year […] READ MORE
It’s that time of year. The NCAA hockey regular season is coming to a close and conference tournaments are about to begin. NHL teams are now salivating at the chance to sign the top undrafted college free agents as their teams play their final games of the season. These prospects don’t always have an impact at […] READ MORE