Winning It In Motown

The Four Nations Faceoff proved to be a great event for hockey, and a rare win for the NHL in attracting national attention during the season’s doldrums. Some Red Wings fans, myself included, were a little concerned with the timing; Detroit was red hot, and a two-week break could easily be disruptive to continuing that momentum. None of the games were particular … [Read more...] about No Slowing Down: Edvinsson Powers Red Wings to 3-2 Win in Minnesota

The Detroit Red Wings are in the Twin Cities tonight, with another meeting against the Minnesota Wild after the Red Wings blew a late lead and fell 4-3 in overtime on Saturday. The Red Wings repeated the lost lead on Sunday against Anaheim but prevailed in overtime. The result of taking three-of-four points is critical, but the Red Wings will need to make sure that does not … [Read more...] about Game Day Updates: Red Wings at Wild

The Red Wings provided an update on Andrew Copp Tuesday, after the veteran forward left Saturday’s game against Anaheim with an upper-body injury. The Wings say that Copp had successful surgery to repair his left pectoral tendon, and that he will miss the remainder of the season. The expected recovery time for this injury is 4-6 months. You can rewatch the play where Copp got … [Read more...] about Andrew Copp Out For Season After Surgery

The odd man out is, well, on his way out. The Red Wings announced Monday night that goaltender Ville Husso is being traded to Anaheim in exchange for future considerations. Husso, 30 years old, is on the final year of his contract with an AAV of $4.75 million. I expected this move to happen a lot sooner, honestly. The cold-hard fact is that Husso has been pretty inconsistent … [Read more...] about Red Wings Trade Ville Husso to Ducks

Last week, I took a stab at ranking the top 25 prospects in Detroit’s system. In the intro, I mentioned that the Red Wings’ depth is about as good as I can remember it, and there were a decent number of players after the 25 mark that I still felt were worth keeping tabs on. In the interest of completion, today I’ve compiled some progress reports on other players in the … [Read more...] about Prospect Watch: The Rest of the System