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The Grind Line: Red Wings Next Big Move
March 5th, 2018 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 column about the Detroit Red Wings. Jacob Messing, Griffin Schroeder, and Tony Wolak are the muckers who make up THW’s forechecking unit and sound off on...
Don't Expect These Red Wings to be Moved
January 31st, 2018 For the Detroit Red Wings, the 2018 NHL trade deadline represents yet another opportunity to build on their rebuild. Like last year, general manager Ken Holland will attempt to sell off veterans and rentals for prospects and picks. For fans, the deadline also represents a chance to deal players who have fallen out of favor. The common...
Red Wings Trade Thoughts: Rebuilding or Draft Spot?
November 13th, 2017 Say what you want about the general manager of the Detroit Red Wings, but we’ve seen a different Ken Holland over the past year. For someone who has scarcely traded in the past, Holland has managed to unload Brendan Smith, Tomas Jurco, Steve Ott, Thomas Vanek, Riley Sheahan and Ryan Sproul in six separate deals over the past nine...
Red Wings Facing Significant Salary Cap Issues
July 24th, 2017 Now that Tomas Tatar’s new contract has been signed, the Detroit Red Wings have some maneuvering to do before the 2017-18 NHL season begins. With the Slovakian winger set to earn $5.3 million next year, Detroit’s projected team cap hit comes to $75,329,167 – $329,167 over the salary cap maximum. That number excludes Johan...
3 Keys to Red Wings’ Four-Game Winning Streak
October 24th, 2016 The Detroit Red Wings struggled to a 0-2-0 start to begin the 2016-17 season, and it looked like it could be the start of a long season. However, the Red Wings have rattled off four wins in a row, looking like the Red Wings teams of the late 2000s in two of those wins. The defense looked shaky in the Red Wings’ first two losses,...
Chris Chelios Back on the Ice for the Red Wings
November 12th, 2015 At the age of 53, Chris Chelios is a little too old experienced to put a sweater back on, but he’s on the ice and he’s teaching Detroit’s defense some new things. It was announced back in June that the Hall-of-Famer would be a part-time assistant for Detroit; he would be on the ice during practice and be eyes above (for a...
