Setting Goalie Pipeline Expectations, Hot Seat for Lalonde, & Knowing Yzerman
The Detroit Red Wings goalie prospect pipeline is in good hands with Sebastian Cossa and how he's ready to take the next steps. Is the Wings head coach on the hot seat? What do we know about Yzerman?
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Red Wings’ Derek Lalonde Should Be on Hot Seat in 2024-25
August 2, 2024 by Evan Sabourin
The Detroit Red Wings find themselves at one of the most critical junctures in the team’s rebuild heading into the 2024-25 campaign. Having just missed the playoffs, on the final day of the 2023-24 regular season no less, the organization trudges forward with their sights set on ending an eight-year postseason drought – currently the second longest in the NHL. Head coach Derek Lalonde, entering his third year with the club, has a tall order to fill as expectations have risen in the Motor City after such a promising start to last season came up just short in the end. Detroit struggled mightily down the stretch which had many fans wondering if he was the right voice behind the bench for a team that is still trying to supplant its identity in this league. It’s a reasonable question is it not?
Red Wings’ Goaltending Pipeline: Setting Fair Expectations
August 2, 2024 by Logan Horn
The Detroit Red Wings have been missing a strong starting goaltender for many years now, with the team’s season-long save percentage landing below league average in 10 of the last 11 NHL seasons. Plenty of goalies have come and gone, from Petr Mrazek and Jonathan Bernier, to James Reimer and Alex Nedeljkovic.
Red Wings’ All-Time Greatest Lines
August 4, 2024 by Raymond Harrison
The Detroit Red Wings are one of the most decorated franchises in National Hockey League history. Throughout the years, a vast collection of top-tier talent has donned the Winged Wheel, which has led to the creation of some legendary line combinations.
While each decade of Red Wings’ hockey has produced worthy candidates, I’ve tried to limit this article to the trios that resonate the strongest with the fan base.
Without further ado, let us start with a line that epitomized the gritty side of Red Wings’ hockey.
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Red Wings: 5 Things We’ve Learned About Steve Yzerman
August 5, 2024 by Devin Little
On April 19, 2019, the Detroit Red Wings hired Steve Yzerman as their general manager (GM).
Fans were familiar with Yzerman from his days as a player and the team’s captain, but Tampa Bay is where he cut his chops as a manager. Now that his tenure in Detroit has reached five years, we can start to draw some conclusions about who he is as a manager and how he approaches the job.
Kane Is Already the Greatest American-Born NHL Player of All-Time
August 5, 2024 by Shaun Filippelli
*This archive was originally published in 2022
The 100th player in NHL history to join the 400-goal club, Patrick Kane is still far from being done dominating. Sitting in third all-time for overall production by a US-born player, he also ranks highest among active athletes on that list with time ahead of him to further his case as the most elite American ever.
