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Not to be missed in the thrill of the Detroit Red Wings 6-4 win over the Anaheim Ducks Saturday night is Tomas Tatar and his hat trick. Tatar’s three goals were a welcome sign to a team that has been having scoring woes all season long. Tomas Tatar’s Hat Trick Is Welcome Sign of Things To Come […] READ MORE
Vancouver Canucks general manager Jim Benning has made it clear that despite signing Loui Eriksson to a six-year deal worth $36 million, the Canucks are still searching for a scoring winger. “We’d like to add a proven scorer who brings some grit to take the pressure off Sven, so he can keep developing at his […] READ MORE
It started with an upstart 1990-91 squad that was led by a 25-year old captain by the name of Steve Yzerman, coached by Bryan Murray in his first of three seasons behind the Detroit bench. Taking building blocks like 20-year old Sergei Fedorov, 21-year old Nicklas Lidstrom, 24-year old Vladimir Konstantinov along with Yzerman under […] READ MORE
If it’s broke, it definitely needs to be fixed. For the Detroit Red Wings, their forward lines were among the broken, scoring two goals or fewer seven times in 13 games to begin the 2016 calendar year. In fact, they sat among the bottom ten in the league in goals scored and were involved in […] READ MORE
“I could keep plugging him in every other game or every third game but I think ultimately if we just take a little time away to get Jurco’s game back to where I think it’s going to be, he could become a real effective player for us.” -Jeff Blashill At one point in time, Tomas […] READ MORE
Welcome to Puck Drop Preview 2015-16, where our hockey department gives you a detailed look at each team from around the NHL leading to the start of this hockey season and offers our insight and analysis. Makes sure to stick around until the end of the series, where we’ll offer our full predictions for the […] READ MORE
The Goose, normally loose as a Red Wing was loose as an restricted free agent this offseason. Today it was announced that he is staying put in Hockeytown. Red Wings sign Gustav Nyquist to 4-year deal worth reported $19M — Yahoo Sports NHL (@YahooSportsNHL) July 10, 2015 The 25-year old had his coming out party […] READ MORE
It’s still hard to believe that 2005 was a decade ago. At the time, the Detroit Red Wings head coaching position was vacant, like it was this past offseason. The Wings found their man in Mike Babcock then, and have found their man in Jeff Blashill as his successor now in 2015. Both coaches carried […] READ MORE
“I thought our team played so hard. I felt terrible, as bad as I’ve felt as a Red Wings coach after the loss in Tampa and yesterday.” – Mike Babcock It’s been more than a week since the Detroit Red Wings were eliminated from the Stanley Cup Playoffs, failing to get out of the first […] READ MORE
Let’s go back to February 28th. The Red Wings just capped one of the toughest road trips of the season at 4-1-1, beating the likes of Chicago, San Jose, a desperate Dallas team, and the then-best team in the NHL, the Nashville Predators. They were a point away from snagging the number two seed and […] READ MORE