Red Wings Rebuild: Contend or Continue Tear Down? Tony Wolak | May 23, 2022 Heading into the 2022 offseason, the Detroit Red Wings find themselves at a crossroad. They seem to be emerging from their rebuild with a competitive roster, but are not yet…
Grading Steve Yzerman’s Tenure as Red Wings GM Tony Wolak | May 9, 2022 It turns out that Detroit Red Wings general manager Steve Yzerman and I have a few things in common. No, really. There are a handful of parallels with our current…
Red Wings’ Front Office Shake-Up Offers New Opportunities Devin Little | February 4, 2022 Good organizations breed good people. You see examples of that in every industry, but especially in sports. Mere days after a certain Original Six franchise came under fire yet again,…
Red Wings Bring Nicklas Lidstrom Home as Vice President of Hockey Operations Tony Wolak | January 11, 2022 On Tuesday afternoon, the Detroit Red Wings announced that Hall-of-Fame defenseman Nicklas Lidstrom was coming home to Hockeytown. Now more than a decade after he retired, Lidstrom is set to…
Red Wings Front Office Brings Championship Mentality to Current Team Charlie Lapastora | September 22, 2021 Who else replays those 1990s and 2000s Detroit Red Wings moments whenever you see the front office staff either step to the podium, take in a hockey game from the…
Detroit Red Wings Need to Trust Yzerman’s Deals at the Deadline Kyle Knopp | March 23, 2021 Trust the Yzerplan. The phrase is repeated over and over again, like a broken record, drilled into the collective minds of Detroit Red Wings fans everywhere. Yet there is a…
Diving Into the Detroit Red Wings’ No-Trade Clauses Tony Wolak | February 23, 2021 A couple years into his tenure as general manager of the Detroit Red Wings, Steve Yzerman hasn’t doled out nearly as many no-trade clauses (NTCs) as his predecessor, Ken Holland,…
Yzerman Expects Red Wings to Progress & Perform in 2020-21 Season Peter Ploshehanski | January 5, 2021 From the moment Steve Yzerman was officially announced as the new general manager of the Detroit Red Wings, fans were delighted. Sitting in front of the Detroit sport’s media on…
Red Wings’ 3 Worst Contracts for 2021 Tony Wolak | December 1, 2020 A year ago, the Detroit Red Wings had several names in the running for “worst contract” on the team. That’s not the case anymore. Steve Yzerman has quickly revamped Detroit’s…
Red Wings Revamp Roster, Address Key Concerns Tony Wolak | October 12, 2020 Before the offseason kicked off, the Detroit Red Wings were faced with four key questions. Through free agency and internal roster management, general manager Steve Yzerman was able to resolve…
Red Wings Salary Cap Snapshot Tony Wolak | August 10, 2020 Finally, the Detroit Red Wings have cap space. After spending much of the salary cap era splurging on bloated contracts, the organization now prioritizes prospects and bargain finds when filling…
The Grind Line: Red Wings’ Top Free Agent Targets Tony Wolak | July 13, 2020 What’s The Grind Line? Apart from the once-famous line of Kris Draper, Kirk Maltby, and either Joe Kocur or Darren McCarty, The Grind Line is also The Hockey Writers’ weekly…
