Winning It In Motown

Red Wings Rumblings After the win against Toronto, the Red Wings announced that goaltender Jack Campbell was reassigned to Grand Rapids: This is good news, obviously. It means that Alex Lyon will likely be ready to go Wednesday night against Philadelphia. The Griffins have moved Carter Gylander down to Toledo in a corresponding move. Meanwhile, Jonatan Berggren was fined … [Read more...] about Quick Hits: The Called Up, Sent Down Edition

This is obviously breaking news: the Red Wings are having a rough season. If you’re like me and you’ve been watching most or all of the games this season, you’re finding it incredibly difficult at this point to find much positivity or optimism. I’ve decided to try and do something this year’s coaching staff seemingly refuses to do: try and improve my production by changing my … [Read more...] about Defending The RebYld

I get a sense that most of the fanbase was aligned on expectations heading into Saturday night’s game against the Maple Leafs. I thought the Red Wings would play tough, but ultimately get boat-raced by a tough team. Not the case, fortunately! The Wings played a real solid game and managed to collect two points despite starting a third-string goaltender. Box Score from NHL dot … [Read more...] about Game Notes: An Unexpected Star in 4-2 win over Leafs

What are you expecting from the Red Wings tonight? They just laid an absolute egg in Philadelphia, now they’re hosting the 18-9-2 Toronto Maple Leafs tonight. My expectations? Nonexistent. Okay, so there are some changes in net again (surprise!) — Cam Talbot tweaked something, so he’s out of the lineup. Ville Husso will get the start and, because Alex Lyon is still not ready to … [Read more...] about Game Day Updates: Maple Leafs vs Red Wings

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