Winning It In Motown

Red Wings Rumblings I think this team may finally be breaking me. As I watched last night — a 4-1 loss in Philadelphia (one guy scored all four goals for the Flyers!!) where the Red Wings showed zero pulse until the closing minutes only to get scored on twice with an empty net, I thought to myself “why am I watching this?” That’s the first time I have felt such a way since the … [Read more...] about Quick Hits: The Fading Fast Edition

The Red Wings are staring at a handful of winnable games over the next week or so, and that starts tonight in Philadelphia against the 13-12-4 Flyers. You know the drill with these games in the City of Brotherly Love — the Wings historically have not performed well in this arena, and Philly has several players that are absolutely lethal, like rookie Matvei Michkov. Source … [Read more...] about Game Day Updates: Red Wings vs Flyers

Red Wings Rumblings Hopefully you’re still buzzing from the win over Buffalo. Relatively quiet around Red Wings world, though a couple of items — such as prospect forward Max Plante getting a chance to be on the 2025 U.S. National Junior Team. Or how about something that everyone expected — former Red Wing Luke Witkowski is the “spark” that the SHL’s Skelleftea club has … [Read more...] about Quick Hits: The Cap Crap Edition

They did it!! The Red Wings snapped a five-game losing streak in Buffalo on Monday night in OT by a score of 6-5. This marks the SEVENTH game in a row for Detroit that was decided by just one goal. It wasn’t pretty — some shaky goaltending was countered with big performances from the top line of forwards and some surprising depth scoring. Copp Picks Up Two Andrew Copp scored … [Read more...] about Game Notes: Red Wings Edge Sabres in Shootout

The Red Wings are on a slide right now and are in desparate need of points. The margin is thin right now — they are technically within reach of a playoff spot, but just arm’s reach within bottom of the barrel. Dire times, indeed. Ville Husso is getting his third-straight start tonight. Sebastian Cossa will serve as his backup. Can’t blame the coaching for this decision — Husso … [Read more...] about Game Day Updates: Red Wings vs Sabres