Winning It In Motown

Red Wings Rumblings New Start Time The season opener tomorrow at LCA has a new start time. Puck drop is now slated for 8 PM ET. The change was due to the Detroit Tigers pushing their postseason series with Cleveland to at least game four. So if you’re going downtown tomorrow for the game, give yourself extra time. It’s gonna be WILD. Watson Clears Waivers As expected… Source … [Read more...] about Quick Hits: The Season Opener Eve Edition

Red Wings Rumblings Good Monday morning, folks! Red Wings hockey officially starts this week! We talked about it a little yesterday, but the Wings made some significant roster decisions over the weekend, including defenseman Justin Holl on waivers and forward Marco Kasper to the Grand Rapids Griffins, among others. One thing I didn’t mention after yesterday’s announcement was … [Read more...] about Quick Hits: The Opening Week Edition

Holl-long, goodbye. The Red Wings are waiving defenseman Justin Holl in year two of his three-year contract at $3.4 million AAV. The Wings aren’t going to get a full $3.4 million’s worth of cap relief with this move. They’ll get a cap savings of just north of a million dollars — that’s enough to fit in another player. Expect that Austin Watson will be the addition here… Source … [Read more...] about Red Wings waive Justin Holl

Red Wings Rumblings Rough game for the Red Wings last night against the Maple Leafs. The offense struggled to get anything going, which ultimately resulted in a 2-0 loss. No time to think about it, because the Wings are back in action tonight — Hosting the Ottawa Senators at LCA. You can find the recap here, and here’s a quote from head coach Derek Lalonde: “Despite the … [Read more...] about Quick Hits: The Salary Cap Myth Edition

Puck Drop for the Red Wings’ Regular Season is officially less than a week away! I thought a fun final exercise of the preseason would be to prognosticate early season results. By ‘early season’, I’m talking roughly the first quarter of the season thru American Thanksgiving. The media has really liked to harp on the importance of being in playoff position at that point in the … [Read more...] about Predicting the Red Wings Early Season Performance