Winning It In Motown

The Red Wings will look to right a three-game winless skid tonight, hosting the Buffalo Sabres at 7:00 p.m. at Little Caesars Arena. It’s been a rocky start for Detroit, but they escaped October with a 4-5-1 record. While that’s not pretty, they’re still in the thick of a glut of Eastern Conference teams playing around .500 hockey, so one good streak could go a long way. … [Read more...] about Game Day Updates: Red Wings vs. Sabres

Red Wings Rumblings Happy Friday everyone — hope your Halloween was spooky and enjoyable. You know what’s really spooky right now? The Detroit Red Wings. They got their asses whooped by the Jets Wednesday night, and while Winnipeg is the NHL’s top team right now, I found that game to be pretty deflating as a fan. I’ve seen a whole boatload of discourse on social media. Source … [Read more...] about Quick Hits: The TED Talk Edition

It’s going to be an interesting lineup for the Wings tonight after Olli Maatta was traded to Utah, and now Vladimir Tarasenko is dealing with the flu bug that has been making the rounds in Detroit’s locker room. Tarasenko will be a game-time decision. Detroit called up Austin Watson from Grand Rapids earlier today, so that would suggest that Tarasenko will miss tonight and … [Read more...] about Game Day Updates: Jets vs Red Wings

Red Wings Rumblings Well, the biggest news is the Olli Maatta trade. Read more about that here. My take here is that this was a sensible move to make. Maatta was expendable and to get a third-round pick for a third-pair LHD is decent asset management. Detroit gets a pick, a valuable roster spot (more playing time for Albert Johansson), and $3 million in cap relief. Looking … [Read more...] about Quick Hits: The Makin’ Deals Edition

A late-night move for your Detroit Red Wings, who have shipped Olli Maatta off to the Utah Hockey Club in exchange for the Rangers’ 2025 third-round pick. Tuesday practice updates forecasted that something along these lines was possible — Derek Lalonde told the media that they would need to make a roster decision once Tyler Motte was ready to return, as they were already … [Read more...] about Olli Maatta Dealt to Utah for Third-Round Pick