Derek Lalonde

Analyzing the Red Wings’ Trade Deadline and What it Means for the Future

The week entering the 2023 NHL Trade Deadline, it seemed as if the Red Wings, for the first time in seven seasons, wouldn’t be actively moving players off the NHL roster for draft capital. On Saturday, February 25th, Detroit held on to the final Eastern Conference Wildcard position and had games on teams such as […]

Red Wings Sign Jake Walman to a Three-Year Extension

On Tuesday morning, the Detroit Red Wings announced they had signed pending unrestricted free agent Jake Walman to a three-year contract extension with an average annual value of $3.4 million. Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman reported word of a potential extension last night after the Red Wings’ 6-2 loss to the Ottawa Senators Monday night. While Red […]

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Wings Flying in the Right Direction

If someone were to tell you at the beginning of the season that the Detroit Red Wings would be in the second wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference as of Friday, February 24, you probably would have told them that they were crazy. Well, do not look now, but as of this writing (Friday, February […]

Red Wings Sign Olli Maatta to a Two-Year Extension

On Thursday, the Detroit Red Wings announced they had signed defenseman Olli Maatta to a two-year, $6 million ($3 million average annual value) contract extension. The 28-year-old was signed as a free agent to a one-year, $2.25 million contract this past summer as Detroit overhauled their blueline under Derek Lalonde and Bob Boughner. Over the […]

Red Wings Recall Jakub Vrana

On Tuesday, the Detroit Red Wings announced they had recalled Jakub Vrana from Grand Rapids and placed Lucas Raymond on injured reserve. David Pagnotta of The Fourth Period was the first to report that Vrana would return to Detroit. In practice last week, Raymond suffered a lower-body injury in a collision with Ben Chiarot and […]

How Jake Walman has Revamped Detroit’s Blueline

After the 2022 NHL Trade Deadline, the feeling surrounding the Detroit Red Wings’ moves was positive. They acquired mid-to-late-round picks for depth players Vladislav Namestinkov and Troy Stecher and garnered their largest return for veteran defenseman Nick Leddy. Leddy was traded to the St. Louis Blues at 50 percent retained ($2.75 million) along with Luke […]

Red Wings Place Alex Nedeljkovic on Waivers

On Sunday afternoon, Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman reported that the Detroit Red Wings had placed goalie Alex Nedeljkovic on waivers. Nedeljkovic had just rejoined the Red Wings at practice on Sunday after completing his two-week conditioning stint in the AHL with the Grand Rapids Griffins, posting a record of 3-2-2, a goals-against-average of 2.30, and a […]

After returning to the Detroit Red Wings roster, Robby Fabbri has breathed life into the team

The Detroit Red Wings recently welcomed back a member of the team’s third line, C/LW- Robby Fabbri, who had been rehabbing from a third torn ACL injury. Fabbri has been a big boost to a Red Wings team that needed one. Three goals in four games played do not tell the whole story. Robby Fabbri […]

Tough losses have the Detroit Red Wings looking to reset

Consistency is what every sports team strives for. Consistency is not a find it and put it down goal; it is a find it and try to perfect it. The Detroit Red Wings have had some tough losses and, in the midst of it, have lacked consistency. Looking to shake out of the rough patch, […]

The Detroit Red Wings must overcome slow starts

Trends come and go. For the Detroit Red Wings one trend has to go, slow starts. Sure the Red Wings came back and beat both the Pittsburgh Penguins and Ottawa Senators, but not before the team dug themselves in a hole. The team was unable to come back when they fell behind in Buffalo, justifying […]