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History
Alex Delvecchio’s 1972-73 Season
Detroit Red Wings Trivia
Ted Lindsay and the Phantom Sniper
The Gordie Howe Hat Trick
Steve Yzerman
Top Moments at the Joe Louis Arena
Origins of the Octopus Toss
Goaltending
Recent Red Wings Goaltending Stories
Top 3 All-Time Red Wings Goaltenders
The Draft
Key Personnel
A Chat with Henrik Zetterberg
Red Wings Draft Lottery Payout: Jackpot or Jack Squat
April 20th, 2018 When it comes to the 2018 NHL Draft, the Detroit Red Wings need to be more prepared than a doomsday bunker-dweller up to their nose in canned goods. After all, this is the most important draft in a generation. The Red Wings will pick four times in the first 36 selections, including a lottery pick...
Phantom Sniper Fires Up Red Wings' "Terrible Ted"
April 19th, 2018
Red Wings Final Grades - Defense & Goalies
April 18th, 2018
Red Wings Final Grades - Forwards
April 16th, 2018
The Grind Line: New Red Wings in 2018-19
April 16th, 2018Red Wings Contributors
Jacob Messing
Tony Wolak
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The Grind Line: 5 Reasons for Red Wings Optimism
With the 2017-18 season in the books, the Detroit Red Wings will once again head into the offseason without a chance to compete for the Stanley Cup. This marks the second year in a row that the Red Wings missed the playoffs after a quarter-century of qualifying. While a rebuild is just what the doctor ordered, this is a proud franchise that prides itself on success. Missing the playoffs and inconsistent play throughout the season are not what the organization anticipated heading into the campaign. For many fans, frustrations grew over poor play, questionable lineup choices, and a lack of transparency this year. But after Detroit’s sustained, dynastic success, anything less than the Stanley Cup could be considered a failure. Hockeytown has certainly been spoiled with a quality on-ice product until recently. Despite their paltry record—which worsened from the prior year—there are positives that came out of the 2017-18 season. In this week’s edition of The Grind Line,...
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Red Wings All-Time Salary Cap Team
The Detroit Red Wings have had a lot of players come and go since the introduction of a salary cap in 2005-06, so here’s a crack at the organization’s all-time salary cap team. Given the increase of the cap ceiling from the original $39 million in its inaugural season, salaries had to be prorated to the current $75 million cap ceiling in order to include current roster players. Each player’s highest cap hit as a Red Wing from 2005 to present day was converted into the percentage of the salary cap said player cost during the season with the highest cap ceiling. That percentage was then carried over into the current $75 million cap ceiling to determine the player’s cap hit in 2017-18. For example, Steve Yzerman played in one season following the introduction of the salary cap, where he had a cap hit of $1.25 million. That cap hit accounted for 3.21 percent of the $39 million cap ceiling. That 3.21 percent is the 2017-18 equivalent of a $2.4 million cap hit for the $75...
Toronto Maple Leafs
Maple Leafs' Recent Dealings With the Red Wings
They are just hours away from each other and divisional rivals at that, but throughout the years the Toronto Maple Leafs and Detroit Red Wings have also dealt with each other when it comes to trading players. While it’s been a while since the two teams have engaged in talks - Mar. 1998 to be exact - there have been a number of moves prior to that date. With that in mind, here’s a look at the five most recent moves between the Leafs and Wings. Poni Up The last time these rivals swapped players came back on Mar. 24, 1998 when the Leafs traded away defenceman Jamie Macoun in exchange for a fourth-round pick in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft. Related: Maple Leafs' Recent Swaps With the Stars Macoun played 466 games over seven seasons for the Leafs, collecting 13 goals and 101 points over that span. He enjoyed four playoff seasons in Toronto, but never won a Cup with the team. Instead, he joined the Red Wings and played 76 games for the team over two seasons and tallied a goal...
Red Wings Goaltending
Time to Upgrade Wings' Goalie Pipeline
While the rebuild is in full swing for the Detroit Red Wings, their prospect pipeline depth seems to vary by position. In particular, Detroit does not have much going on in the goaltending department compared to their forwards and defensemen. This shouldn’t come as a shock, though. Dating back to the mid-90s, the Red Wings have not been able to draft and develop NHL goaltenders. This is evidenced by the state of the franchise’s goaltending tandem: Their one success is a 34-year-old veteran. Otherwise, they have an overwhelmed undrafted free agent. It’s true that not all draft picks work out. Very few selections go on to sustained success at the NHL level. But other organizations have had substantially more success than the Red Wings when it comes to drafting and developing netminders. Of the 18 goaltenders chosen by Detroit since the 1994 NHL Draft, only two have started more than five NHL games: Jimmy Howard and Petr Mrazek, who is trending in the wrong direction...Red Wings Archives
Phantom Sniper Fires Up Red Wings' "Terrible Ted"
Back in the 1950s, the Detroit Red Wings were nearly unstoppable. That is, until Jack Adams broke up the band. But before Adams could attempt his own rebuild, the franchise won four Stanley Cups in six years. Between 1950 and 1956, the Red Wings and the Toronto Maple Leafs met in the Stanley Cup... April 19th, 2018Steve Yzerman, The Captain
To locals he was simply known as “The Captain.” Unfortunately overshadowed by two guys named Gretzky and Lemieux over most of his career, Steve Yzerman finally got the respect he deserved in 1997 when he finally led the Detroit Red Wings to that ever elusive Stanley Cup, a drought of 42... October 17th, 2017Do You Know Your Red Wings Trivia?
Are you a die-hard Detroit Red Wings fan? Think you know all there is to know about the team? Let’s find out. We’ve dug into the past to pull out some key moments by some of the great players and coaches in the franchise’s history.
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How many... August 19th, 2017Top 3 All-Time Red Wings Goalies
The Detroit Red Wings have had some incredible goalies don the Winged Wheel over the past 90 years. Many of these masked men rank among the top goaltenders to ever play the game, so narrowing them down to the top three isn’t an easy task. When ranking the top three Red Wings goalies of... February 16th, 2017