While the forward grouping of the lineup for the Detroit Red Wings’ 2023-24 season stood out in a bright way for the most part, the defensemen on the roster and the defensive play as a whole was one of the team’s biggest Achilles heels throughout the season.
The Detroit Red Wings are gearing up for a pivotal offseason this summer. Detroit kept themselves in contention down the stretch but couldn’t get the help they needed to make the postseason.
Another Detroit Red Wings draft pick will be displaying his wares in the Swedish Hockey League next season. MoDo Hockey announced the signing of center/left-winger Maxmilian Kilpinen to a first-team contract for the 2024-25 SHL campaign.
With the NHL moving to an $87.7 million salary cap for the 2024-25 season, the Detroit Red Wings are projected to have $29 million in cap space this summer.
With the 2023-24 season in the rearview mirror for the Detroit Red Wings, there is plenty for fans and the organization to look back on as bright spots (strong seasons from multiple players) and low lights as well (missing the playoffs for yet another season).
Detroit Red Wings GM Steve Yzerman started out singing the praises of head coach Derek Lalonde and his staff. Then all of a sudden, he was singing a completely different.
It’s hard not to read into a message sent by a player to the fan base when messages directed at an entire city from one player are usually meant to double as a thank you and a goodbye.
Red Wings captain Dylan Larkin and goalie Alex Lyon were two of the 15 players named to USA’s preliminary roster for the World Championships. Larkin will be joined up front by Ottawa’s Brady Tkachuk, Columbus’ Johnny Gaudreau and Montreal’s Cole Caufield among others.
Next season could be viewed as the year of the more for the Detroit Red Wings. That’s because the team will be dealing with so much more than they were at the outset of the 2023-24 NHL campaign.
CapFriendly.com shows Detroit Red Wings general manager Steve Yzerman with $28.8 million in cap space remaining. But that amount will evaporate quickly as he begins to sign his players he wants to keep.
Last fall, Nate Danielson also made the Detroit Red Wings roster. Currently, he’s eight wins away from making an appearance in the Memorial Cup. The center chosen ninth overall by the Red Wings in the 2023 NHL entry draft is showing 3-7-10 totals through eight playoff games with the Portland Winterhawks.
When 6-foot-5 Red Wings prospect defenseman Brady Cleveland committed to play college hockey at Wisconsin, the decision made perfect sense. He was Wausau (Wisc.) West High School student heading to an in-state school to play for Tony Granato, a coach who established his NHL credentials by playing for the Badgers in the 1980s.
It’s officially the offseason for the Detroit Red Wings. Playoffs were in reach, but, ultimately, the team fell short. Barely. “It was an exciting season,” general manager Steve Yzerman noted during his end-of-year press conference.
The reputation of Detroit Red Wings GM Steve Yzerman and his opinion of the caliber of NHL officiating is no secret. Anyone who’s spent any length of time around Yzerman knows he likes to complain to and about the work of the league’s referees.
Detroit Red Wings defenseman Moritz Seider probably doesn’t realize that it’s been 16 seasons since an NHL defenseman was able to dish out over 200 hits and block more than 200 shots in the same season.
The Detroit Red Wings missed the playoffs this year by a razor-thin margin. Because of that, this may be the first offseason in many years where Red Wings fans are still looking back what could have been different about this season rather than ahead to what the offseason will bring.
Coming up a point shy of a playoff spot this season, the Detroit Red Wings were learning some valuable lessons in what it takes to make the postseason.
Despite the Detroit Red Wings late-season slump and subsequent missing the playoffs, for a franchise record eighth consecutive season, general manager Steve Yzerman says the team made positive strides.
The Detroit Red Wings were eliminated from Stanley Cup playoff contention after winning in a shootout against the Montreal Canadiens. This is now the eighth season in a row that the team has missed the playoffs.
Captain Dylan Larkin will use the disappointment to fuel his determination and preparation to reach the Stanley Cup Playoffs in 2024-25.
With the NHL regular season over for the Detroit Red Wings, it looks like they are trying to send a player down in time for the American Hockey League postseason.
The Red Wings announced that defense prospect Shai Buium has signed his three-year, entry-level contract.
The Detroit Red Wings kept their 2024 Stanley Cup Playoff hopes alive on Monday, coming back from a 4-1 deficit and beating the Montreal Canadiens 5-4 in overtime.
The Red Wings have recalled goaltender Ville Husso from his conditioning loan to AHL Grand Rapids.
The Detroit Red Wings and veteran winger Patrick Kane have had a mostly successful collaboration this season, but where might the two sides stand when it comes to the future?
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