from Helene St. James of the Detroit Free Press,
The Detroit Red Wings have veered from their usual path when it comes to Evgeny Svechnikov, a former first-round pick who has struggled to make an impact.
Svechnikov was added to the taxi squad …
from Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet,
– Seeing Paul Byron (two more years, $6.8 million in cash) and Adam Henrique (three more years, $17.5 million) clear waivers sends two very clear messages. First, there aren’t many teams interested i…
from Mike Harrington of the Buffalo News,
That means veteran Jeff Skinner was a healthy scratch for the game against the New York Islanders in Nassau Coliseum. Skinner has no goals and one point in 14 games this season and just 18 goals in his las…
from Ted Kulfan of the Detroit News,
Mathias Brome hadn’t scored in 17 games, hadn’t earned a point, but he didn’t panic.
Brome is 26, an undrafted free agent who signed with the Red Wings, and has played professionally in th…
from Ted Kulfan of the Detroit News,
“He’s done a pretty good job of understand he has to be a complete player, that the goal is to try to win the game,” coach Jeff Blashill said. “You’re not going to score every shift and you&rs…
from Eric Francis of Sportsnet,
The latest tempest in a teapot surrounds a 5-1 beatdown by the Vancouver Canucks that finished without any apparent pushback or emotion late in the proceedings. Outplayed in three of four games against a scuffling o…
from TSN,
St. Louis Blues goaltender Jordan Binnington is currently playing out the final season of a two-year, $8.8 million contract signed after he backstopped the Blues to their first-ever Stanley Cup in 2019.
The 27-year-ol…
from Steve Simmons of the Toronto Sun,
William Nylander is like buying furniture from IKEA with the instructions somehow missing from the package.
You know you have all the parts — you see them in front of you — you just have no re…
from Helene St. James of the Detroit Free Press,
This year, though, the Wings’ goal differential is minus-19. At this point last season, it was minus-33.
“There were times last year we got scored on, it felt like 10, or we lost a g…