Posts About "Steve Ott"
Steve Ott Retires & Joins Blues as Assistant Coach
May 25th, 2017 After 848 games, veteran forward Steve Ott has retired from the NHL, the team announced Thursday. After a long playing career split between the Dallas Stars, Buffalo Sabres, St. Louis Blues, Detroit Red Wings and Montreal Canadiens. The retirement wasn't the biggest news of the day, however, as Ott was also hired by the Blues as an...
Role Players Key for Canadiens
March 7th, 2017 At the National Hockey League trade deadline, Marc Bergevin put blinders on and decided to stay away from adding offensive players. He would have liked to add more offense but the trades weren't there, so instead he got tougher. Bergevin set his sights on acquiring a variety of role players to change the identity of the Montreal...
The Grind Line: Red Wings' Trade Deadline Grades
March 6th, 2017 For the first time since the 1990-91 season, the Detroit Red Wings are likely to miss the playoffs. Currently, the team sits in the basement of the Eastern Conference standing, with a record of 25-27-11, 10 points behind the New York Islanders for the last wild card spot. Even if the Wings manage to go on an unbelievable run during the...
Red Wings Trade Ott to Canadiens
March 1st, 2017 The Detroit Red Wings have traded veteran forward Steve Ott to the Montreal Canadiens in exchange for a sixth-round draft pick in 2018, the Red Wings announced early Wednesday morning. The team held him out of their lineup Tuesday night against the Vancouver Canucks as a precaution, and he now finds himself going from a team sitting in...
5 Red Wings Most Likely to Be Traded
February 23rd, 2017 This is uncharted territory for the Detroit Red Wings. After struggling for most of the season, the Red Wings had already backed themselves into a corner once the calendar turned to 2017. Now, with the 2017 NHL Trade Deadline looming, Detroit has all but solidified their stance as a "seller," considering their last-place standing in the...
Preview: Tough Ducks January Continues With Red Wings
January 4th, 2017 The Anaheim Ducks continue a critical month of January on Wednesday night at Honda Center against a beleaguered Detroit Red Wings team. Although Detroit is coming off a gutsy come-from-behind win in the Centennial Classic, they've largely been a mediocre outfit since the start of the season, struggling to find any sort of...