Winning It In Motown

The Detroit Red Wings entered the 2023-2024 regular season with a revamped lineup and slight hopes of making a push into the playoffs for the first time since the Henrik Zetterberg years. They fell short of that, obviously, but depending on who you ask — the team largely exceeded expectations in the meat-grinder that is the Atlantic Division. Today, I’m giving you my “roses and … [Read more...] about Roses & Thorns: Red Wings Season Wrap

Red Wings Rumblings Sandin Pellikka, SHL champion Skellefteå AIK did it. They won the SHL. Quite the postseason for ASP – seven points (2-5–7) in 14 games. That’s in addition to all of his brilliant performances in the WJC and International-Jr. Meanwhile, other Red Wings prospects are in postseason action today. Fire up the Stamkos Rumor Frenzy We’ve been here… Source … [Read more...] about Quick Hits: The Offseason Rumors Edition

Red Wings Rumblings Gibson inks ELC Here’s a prospect to keep an eye on. Gibson was a second-round pick in 2023 and is coming off a career year in the OHL with 44 points in 68 games. He’s big — six-foot-three, 203 pounds with a right-hand shot. Gibson plays the game like a hammer but has shown he can move the puck. Here’s a snippet from his Elite Prospects player card: … [Read more...] about Quick Hits: The Moving On Up Edition

The Grand Rapids Griffins pulled off a comeback win in game one of the Calder Cup Playoffs Saturday night. Down 2-0 in the third period, Dominik Shine got the scoring started for Grand Rapids and Red Wings prospect Amadeus Lombardi would net the game-tying goal to send it to OT: Late in overtime, Jonatan Berggren was the hero with a flukey goal — somehow slipping it past … [Read more...] about Griffins pull off comeback OT win in game 1

Red Wings Rumblings The NFL Draft is underway in Detroit and the turnout is jaw-dropping: So, after seeing this, do we think there will ever be an NHL Draft at LCA? Obviously an NHL Draft will never be on the same scale as the NFL, but with a world-class venue, kinda seems like it’s time for Ilitch to get serious and bring a marquee hockey event to downtown. Wouldn’t hold … [Read more...] about Quick Hits: The Team USA Edition