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If you’ve ever wanted a drawing from me, now is the time to get it. I’m opening up commissions, ideally to raise a bit of money to a certain winter event coming up. Details behind the cut. (And don’t worry, I should be posting a few more Red Wing cartoons here soon-ish, and as always, […]
This afternoon, the Detroit Red Wings announced a few more participants for this upcoming Winter Classic’s Alumni Game. Viacheslav Fetisov, Sergei Fedorov, and Vladimir Konstantinov have committed to representing the Wings at Comerica Park, adding a touch more nostalgia to the game that will already be rife with it. Their Russian Five “linemate” Igor Larionov […]
At the beginning of this offseason, the normally reserved Ken Holland said something that many of us had been waiting to hear for a long, long time: “We’ve going to be active and aggressive in free agency.” Really, he had no choice. Nick Lidstrom’s retirement and Brad Stuart’s need to be with his family meant Holland was […]
As #SuterWatch clears Day 3 without any answers, seemingly more questions have begun to arise around the financial factors weighing on the 27 year-old defenseman. We now know that both Detroit and Minnesota sent representatives to Suter Farms in Madison, WI today, and the report from Helene St. James is that the Wings elevated their […]
In light of yesterday’s acquisition of former Toronto Maple Leafs goaltender Jonas Gustavsson, the incumbent number two netminder in Detroit has asked the Red Wings to trade him to a team where he’ll be able to play NHL minutes. Joey MacDonald stepped in very admirably when Jimmy Howard went down with an injury last season […]
With 18 hours to go before the Detroit Red Wings change the course of a franchise that needs some new direction, there’s only one thing to do. Drink. No seriously, start drinking. It’s the only way you’ll get through a night with whoever you decide to hang out with without completely pissing them off. Dinner […]
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Adam Oates is having a better day than you. The former Detroit Red Wing was named the newest head coach of the Washington Capitals this morning. A few hours later, he was elected into the Hockey Hall of Fame. Pretty excellent day. In other Hall of Fame news, Brendan Shanahan was passed over in favor […]
After just one season behind the Red Wings bench as an assistant to Mike Babcock, Jeff Blashill has left his post to accept the head coaching job for the Grand Rapids Griffins. So he’ll remain with the organization, obviously, but it’s hard to ignore that it’s a little bit odd after only one season. We […]
The Red Wings took care of their most important restricted free agent on Tuesday morning. Darren Dreger reported the following, via Twitter: Without scouring the twitterverse to see if this is already out…Darren Helm agrees to 4 year, $8.5 deal in Detroit. The averages out to a cap hit of $2.125M until the conclusion of […]