Lucas Raymond

Red Wings benefitting from Filip Hronek’s hot start

Towards the end of the 2021-22 season, a large portion of the Red Wings fan base (including myself) was wondering about the future of Filip Hronek. After seemingly coming out of nowhere and developing into a top-four offensive-defenseman, Hronek struggled in a reduced role with the emergence of a Moritz Seider last season. So far, […]

Red Wings finish long road trip with two wins

The Detroit Red Wings picked up five of a possible six points during the most recent games of their longest road trip before Christmas. The Red Wings started the week with a 3-2 overtime loss in Anaheim on Tuesday night. Detroit roared back with a convincing 7-4 win in San Jose and followed that up […]

Bertuzzi and Walman return to the Red Wings lineup

The return of Tyler Bertuzzi to the Detroit lineup couldn’t have happened at a better time. After three consecutive losses, the Red Wings were looking for the added inspiration of having Bertuzzi in the lineup. The Red Wings played two good periods and once again folded in the third period as the Ducks forced overtime […]

Raymond starts producing for Red Wings

After a slow start to his sophomore season, Lucas Raymond is starting to contribute on a nightly basis for the Detroit Red Wings. Since he entered the NHL, Raymond has played on Detroit’s top line with Dylan Larkin. This year, the duo started the season with Tyler Bertuzzi, but after Bertuzzi was injured, Dominik Kubalik […]

Player Profile: Lucas Raymond

The Detroit Red Wings are off to a solid start. Young players are stepping up and, so far, are avoiding the dreaded “Sophomore slump.” For a Red Wings team nearing the end of a long and somewhat brutal rebuild, players like Lucas Raymond become the focal point of the Red Wings going forward. The young […]

Five Observations of Detroit’s Strong Start

With all of the significant off-season additions such as Ville Husso, Andrew Copp, and David Perron, many expected the Red Wings would improve on their 32-40-10 record from last season. But through 13 games, the Red Wings have been one of the league’s best stories, currently sitting with a history of 7-3-3 and second in […]

October Recap for Rebuilding Red Wings

The Detroit Red Wings finished the month of October with mixed feelings after a relatively strong start to the season. The Red Wings played nine games and finished with a 4-3-2 record. After Monday’s humiliating 8-3 loss in Buffalo, the Red Wings remain in the mix for the final Wild Card birth in the playoff […]

Current lineup is now struggling in Detroit

The Detroit Red Wings started the season with a 3-0-2 record, and everything looked like it was going Detroit’s way. Fast forward four days, and it seems like the season is starting to spiral into an uncontrollable tailspin. Two miserable losses in three days can make a team feel inept. A team that has missed […]

Red Wings: Kubalik is filling in nicely for Bertuzzi

When the free agency period opened in July, the Detroit Red Wings were looking to add skill at a reasonable cost. On the first day of free agency, the Red Wings signed 27-year-old Dominik Kubalik to a two-year deal. Kubalik has always had the potential to be a gifted player. During his rookie season in […]

Ten ‘first impressions’ of the 2022-2023 Red Wings

The Detroit Red Wings are off to a fast start to the 2022-2023 season. The Red Wings have earned six out of a possible eight points during the first four games of the season. The only blemishes on the season are two overtime losses at the hands of Chicago and Los Angeles. The Red Wings […]