Detroit Red Wings forward Jakub Vrana has returned to the team following his reinstatement from the NHL/NHLPA’s Player Assistance Program. Vrana has only played in two games for the Red Wings this season registering a goal and an assist and has not played since October 15th on the road against the New Jersey Devils. The…… MORE
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Red Wings announce 23-man Opening Night roster
The Detroit Red Wings open up the 2022-23 regular season on Friday night at home against the Montreal Canadiens and recently announced their Opening Night 23-man roster prior to its first game of the season. The biggest storyline to come out of the Opening Night roster announcement is rookie Elmer Soderblom making the team. The…… MORE
Red Wings Re-Sign Filip Zadina To Three-Year Contract
The last piece of the Detroit Red Wings puzzle has officially been re-signed for the next few seasons. The 22-year-old Zadina was drafted by the Red Wings with the 6th overall selection in the 2018 NHL Draft and has appeared in 160 career NHL games totaling 25 goals and 36 assists. With the signing of…… MORE
Red Wings, Jake Walman Avoid Arbitration, Agree To One-Year Deal
The Detroit Red Wings and Defenseman Jake Walman have agreed on a one-year, one-way contract extension and will avoid an arbitration hearing. Initially, Walman was asking for around $1.7 million on a one-way deal, while the Red Wings offered a two-way deal at $775,000/$225,000. Walman, the 26-year-old, appeared in 19 games for the Red Wings…… MORE
Red Wings Sign Defenseman Robert Hagg To One-Year Contract
The Detroit Red Wings made another small move to try and bolster the team’s depth in signing Defenseman Robert Hagg to a one-year deal. Hagg, the 27-year-old native of Sweden, has appeared in 314 career NHL games recording 14 goals and 45 assists to go with a plus-six rating. Hagg was drafted in the second-round…… MORE
Red Wings & Griffins Announce Five-Year Affiliation Extension
It was pretty much a no-brainer decision. The Detroit Red Wings and Grand Rapids Griffins have announced a five-year affiliation extension that runs through the 2026-27 season. To date, the Red Wings-Griffins affiliation has been in place for 20 years and features the most convenient NHL/AHL affiliation in terms of proximity with Little Caesars Arena…… MORE
Red Wings Re-Sign Chase Pearson To A One-Year, Two-Way Contract
The Detroit Red Wings have re-signed one of their former draft picks in Chase Pearson to a one-year, two-way deal. Pearson, the Georgia native, was selected by the Red Wings in the fifth-round (140th overall) of the 2015 NHL Draft when Ken Holland was still general manager of the team. The soon-to-be 25-year-old played in…… MORE
Red Wings Hire Jay Varady As Assistant Coach
The Detroit Red Wings were not done with piecing together its coaching staff around new head coach Derek Lalonde as the team recently announced the hiring of Jay Varady as assistant coach. Varady spent three of the last four seasons as the head coach of the Tucson Roadrunners, the American Hockey League affiliate of the…… MORE
Michigan Native Andrew Copp Highlights Big Free Agency Haul For Red Wings
Steve Yzerman is apparently tired with the lack of goal scoring and physicality his Detroit Red Wings have displayed since he took over as general manager in April of 2019. Once the free agency period got underway at noon on Wednesday, Yzerman and his front office staff hit the phones hard and struck numerous deals…… MORE
Former Red Wings Head Coach Jeff Blashill Hired As Assistant Coach In Tampa Bay
It didn’t take long for former Detroit Red Wings Head Coach Jeff Blashill to land back on his feet in the National Hockey League. The 48-year-old was the bench boss in Detroit for seven seasons from 2015-22 and was let go right after the conclusion of the 2021-22 season. Blashill also guided the Red Wings’…… MORE
