Winning It In Motown

Red Wings Rumblings It’s Red Wings game day again, and the vibes are not great! Detroit is winless in the month of March — currently on a six-game losing streak with Buffalo coming into LCA tonight. Despite being on a nasty skid, the Wings played one of their best games of the season against Ottawa on Monday, they just ran into Linus Ullmark who put up a Vezina-caliber … [Read more...] about Quick Hits: The ‘Need a Win’ Edition

The Red Wings will have a new face in the lineup tonight — Steve Yzerman acquired Craig Smith last week in a deal that sent Joe Veleno to Chicago. Detroit is on an ugly losing streak right now, yet still have a shot at making the playoffs with less than 20 games to go in the regular season. The Senators are in the second wild card spot, but not too far ahead from where … [Read more...] about Game Day Updates: Red Wings vs Senators

The Red Wings are losers of five in a row with 19 games left on the schedule. Technically Detroit is still in the mix for a wild card spot, but the margin of error is razor-thin at this point. Each and every game is “important” this time of year — especially for a team who technically bought assets at the trade deadline. Let’s talk about that — the trade deadline. I feel we’ve … [Read more...] about Quick Hits: The Post-Trade Deadline Grind

The NHL Trade Deadline is set for 3:00 PM ET today and we’re already seeing the big names come off the list. Given the returns we’ve seen on some trades, it’s pretty clear that it is a seller’s market. With inflated prices for players who aren’t carrying much term, we can assume that Steve Yzerman is content with quietly sitting on the sidelines this year. Perhaps a sound … [Read more...] about 2025 NHL Trade Tracker: Red Wings Have Needs in Seller’s Market

The trade deadline has come and gone and as we’ve covered here, it was fairly quiet for the Red Wings, who are gearing up for a road game against the Washington Capitals tonight. Here’s my quick take, sure to go over well: the sky is not falling. The biggest names moved — Mikko Rantanen and Brad Marchand — had some say in where they ended up. Players like that aren’t coming … [Read more...] about Game Day Updates: Red Wings at Capitals