Winning It In Motown

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

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