PRESEASON OUTLOOK Yzerman signed every vet in the Worls, like nine free agents July first and they were all good, not great but replacing people who were not. A modest improvement was expected with the hope that they would fight for a wildcard playoff spot.   FINAL RECORD 41-32-9 91 points, tied with Washington for the final playoff spot, Washington made the playoffs with the tiebreaker   STRANGE STAT OF THE YEAR I can argue that very few players meant as much as Dylan Larkin meant to Detroit. He missed 14 games including a horrible stretch late, without him in the lineup the Wings w ..read more

Ever had to recover from a gut punch that lasted a month and a half? Not the recovery. The punch. You're watching it happen in slow motion, knowing that fist is gonna make contact and you're gonna double over, but you can't stop it? Welcome to 2023-2024 Red Wing hockey.   3 games ago, the odds were that if we won out, our chances were 94% that we make the playoffs. Only one problem: There was a 6% chance that we wouldn't make them. And like our lottery luck, we got caught in the 6%.   It hurts.   The difference of 6% is the lesson. Washington had almost the same scenar ..read more

Gibson played last night and led Ducks to upset !  I need Red Wings to cash 3 parlays!  Jinx away ..read more

Hey Yaves64 just wanted to pass on a happy birthday to you. Hope the day is full of joy ..read more

This is Patrick Kane's 17th season in the NHL. He currently stands at 451 goals, which makes him 49 goals shy of 500. His slowest path to 500 goals looks like this:   49 goals divided by 4 seasons =   17th season - 12 goals 18th season - 12 goals 19th season - 12 goals 20th season - 13 goals   https://www.nhl.com/redwings/player/patrick-kane-8474141   ..read more

  Patrick Kane signs 1-year, $2.75 million contract with Red Wings 35-year-old forward attempting comeback from hip surgery June 1 https://www.nhl.com/news/patrick-kane-signs-one-year-contract-with-detroit-red-wings   Patrick Kane signed a one-year, $2.75 million contract with the Detroit Red Wings on Tuesday.   The forward, who turned 35 on Nov. 19, has been recovering from hip resurfacing surgery June 1. He was shown skating and working out in a video released Sept. 27 by Creative Arts Agency, the firm that represents him. The video showed him going through ful ..read more

Back when the Vegas Golden Knights first came into the league, the draft lottery was so tilted in their favor that they went to the Stanley Cup Finals that year (only to lose). But I remember wanting them to lose, because they were basically GIVEN a team. They didn't have to work at all to build a team other than select from a field of significantly more talent than bottom feeder teams (like us) had. They were basically provided a team.   At the time, the players they were given weren't considered top-tier players other than James Neal and Marc-Andre Fleury. But it was a collection of mid ..read more

Well, only one preseason game left to play until they start counting, and it should be an interesting one since most, if not all, of the lineup will be the team we will carry into the regular season, with maybe one or two more switches at most. Here are my thoughts so far:   The Wings that impressed me so far: 1. Ghost - He is making such an impact on the PP. @yave1964, if he keeps this up, you'll be right about it being an upgrade from whatshisname...having a hard time remembering...   (Yes I know Hronek's name; just having a little fun with it for effect.)   1a. The PP ..read more

I was really looking forward to seeing the annual Red-White Game marking the end of training camp. The first period, all 5-on-5 ran as expected, as it seemed most of our better veterans were on the Red squad. Daniel Sprong hit a nice one-timer after a cross-ice pass from Veleno right around a minute into the game, and I was thinking maybe we were going to see some scoring. We did see one more goal in the 5-on-5 by the Red team, and there were some nice saves and more than a couple of posts hit. But not as much scoring as there could be.   But don't worry, the second period consisted of 16 ..read more

LAST SEASON  35-37-1080 points, 12th in conference, 13 points out of a playoff spot. minus 39 goals against   ADDITIONS Debrincat gives the Wings a 40 goal scorer. Compher comes aboard as a middle six center. Alex Lyon and James Reimer were brought in to back up Husso in net. The defense is rebuilt with Holl signed for three years, a trade for Petry, Gostisbehere replaces Hronek as the power play quarterback. Daniel Sprong, Klim Kostin and Christian Fischer bring skill and talent to the bottom six.   DEPARTURES Zadina was released after basically being a dud. Kubalik was shipped ..read more