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Detroit Red Wings Must Avoid ‘Luongo-Schneider 2.0’ Drama with Howard, Mrazek
June 7th, 2015
With all of the conversation regarding the Detroit Red Wings' coaching situation, the Wings' goaltending situation and subsequent problem has somewhat fallen by the wayside.
The Wings' attempt to replace Mike Babcock this offseason—Helene St. James of the Detroit Free Press reports that the team is close to signing Grand Rapids ...
Detroit Red Wings Make Right Decision in Allowing Mike Babcock to Explore Market
May 8th, 2015
TSN's Bob McKenzie has reported that the Detroit Red Wings will permit other teams to talk with pending-free-agent coach Mike Babcock until "late May."
While this may seem as though Detroit is giving up on the Babcock sweepstakes for next season, this is not the case. Ken Holland pointed out his ...
Detroit Red Wings Need to Heed Mike Babcock’s Advice Despite Possible Departure
April 30th, 2015
While the speculation is continuing regarding Mike Babcock's future with the Detroit Red Wings, the Wings' management should take notes on Babcock's post game Game 7 comments.
Mike Babcock didn't really need to say anything following his team's Game 7 defeat to the Tampa Bay Lightning on Wednesday night. His Red Wings had ...
Detroit Red Wings Need to Start Preparing for Pavel Datsyuk’s Departure Now
April 3rd, 2015
Detroit Red Wings fans and players have all respectfully enjoyed watching and playing with "The Magician" Pavel Datsyuk in Detroit for the past 13 seasons.
While Red Wings fans seem to be focused on the 24 straight years of making the playoffs (and rightfully so, as it is the longest such ...
Detroit Red Wings: Still Time to Turn Page on April Fools’ Joke That Was March
April 1st, 2015
The Detroit Red Wings should be hoping that this April Fools' Day marks the beginning of a turnaround for the team after the month of March amounted to little more than a joke.
The Red Wings will look to do something Thursday night against the Boston Bruins that they didn't do a ...
Gustav Nyquist: An Encapsulation of the Detroit Red Wings Lost Swagger, Identity
March 20th, 2015
Gustav Nyquist and the Detroit Red Wings are in a weird spot after 70 games in their 2014-15 NHL season.
After going 64 games without back-to-back regulation losses this season, the Red Wings have not so quietly lost six of their last 10 games in regulation, losing in back-to-back games in ...
Detroit Red Wings: How Long Will Jimmy Howard Be ‘The Guy’ in Net?
March 17th, 2015
If there is one thing that the Detroit Red Wings players, fans and management have learned this season, it is that when healthy, the Red Wings have the deepest goaltending trio in the NHL.
But as big of a blessing as that could appear, over the past two months, the Detroit ...
3 Moves the Detroit Red Wings Should Have Made at the Trade Deadline
March 9th, 2015
The Detroit Red Wings made a pair of moves at the 2015 NHL trade deadline, picking up Erik Cole and Marek Zidlicky while not giving up anyone on their active roster.
But the Wings have won just once in three games since then, losing back-to-back games in regulation for the first ...
Detroit Red Wings’ Remainder of February Schedule to Determine How Good Team Is
February 8th, 2015
The Detroit Red Wings sit in first place in the Eastern Conference, tied in points with the Tampa Bay Lightning with two games in hand.
But it goes without saying that the Detroit Red Wings need to be in first place in the division given the Wings' upcoming schedule.
For the remainder of ...
Detroit Red Wings Fans Shouldn’t Be in a Rush to See Prospects into NHL Just Yet
January 24th, 2015
The Detroit Red Wings' 2014-15 NHL season has some shades of last season mixed into it in terms of injuries providing opportunities for younger players to show what they bring to the table in hopes of cementing themselves as full-time NHL players.
Petr Mrazek, Xavier Ouellet and Teemu Pulkkinen have all ...