Winning It In Motown

On August 27th, Red Savage was announced to be the new captain of the men’s ice hockey team at Michigan State University. In just his second season with the Spartans, Savage is the lone senior on the team and will serve his captaincy alongside three alternate captains- Karsen Dowart, Tiernan Shoudy, and Matt Basgall. Red Savage started his collegiate career at Miami University … [Read more...] about Red Savage Named MSU Spartans Captain

Red Wings Rumblings Some reporting on Raymond and Berggren Here we have a report from a report from The Fourth Period that states Lucas Raymond and the Red Wings are “not close” in contract negotiations and Jonatan Berggren is likely to be traded. There’s gonna be a lot of discourse on the matter, so I’ll just rifle off my hot-take theater in a couple of bullet points: All … [Read more...] about Quick Hits: The ‘It’s Only A Report’ Edition

A funny thing happened late last month when the Red Wings re-signed Joe Veleno. “Two years at $2.275 million?!” said a person who is imaginary but representative of pockets of fans on social media. “But the models had him closer to $2 million! This ~$250,000 overpay is yet another example of how poorly the Red Wings’ rebuild is going!” It’s been much of the same for most of the … [Read more...] about An Optimist’s Guide to the 2024-25 Red Wings

Red Wings Rumblings MBN Shows Off Detroit’s 2024 first-round pick, forward Michael Brandsegg-Nygard, is starting preseason exhibition with a bang over in Sweden. MBN had a huge two-goal game this weekend that showed just how much skill and offensive upside he has. Here’s the highlight reel, courtesy of LGRWProspects on Twitter/X: MBN is set to join the Red Wings for … [Read more...] about Quick Hits: The Preseason Primer Edition

Red Wings Rumblings Datsyuk on Blast Some (more) controversy surrounding Pavel Datsyuk to talk about.. The Ukrainian Canadian Congress (UCC) is blasting the Hockey Hall of Fame and calling for his disqualification to be a hall-of-famer. At issue, is Datsyuk’s alleged attendance of a tournament that was dedicated to the memory of two who were apparently killed in Russia war … [Read more...] about Quick Hits: The One-for-One Edition