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Per team officials, the Wings have signed free agent forward Chris Conner to a one-year deal. The 27-year-old Westland native played college hockey at Michigan Tech before turning pro in the Stars organization. He split last season between the Wilkes-Barre Scranton Penguins and the big club in Pittsburgh. In 139 total NHL games played, he […]
A few quick Red Wings-related notes this afternoon, on the fifth day of free agency: The Wings officially confirmed the signings of defensemen Logan Pyett and Garnet Exelby. The Exelby thing was rumored this morning, but the team sent out a press release confirming the reports. Both deals are for one-year and you can bet […]
Defenseman Ian White, formerly of the San Jose Sharks, has agreed to a deal with the Red Wings this afternoon. Both Khan(!) and Chuck Pleiness have confirmed that the 27 year old defenseman has agreed to a two year contract in Detroit, with an annual cap hit of $2.875 million. Although small in stature, the […]
Welcome to the 2011 NHL Free Agent Day live chat. We’ll be going all day long, so grab a chair and get comfortable. Per TPL site rules, here’s Michael Petrella’s breakdown of the cap space and needs of the Wings: The Money The Wings have $12,957,956 in cap space with 17 players signed (including Mursak […]
The NHL’s annual grab for the cash is mere hours away, so that means it’s time to get everyone on the same page and up-to-speed for the impending live chat here at TPL. As we mentioned yesterday, we’ve been pretty quiet here on the home front during all of the goings-on in the run-up to […]
Somewhere in Sweden right now, Jonathan “The $hitbox” Ericsson is sitting at a table, licking an envelope and carefully placing a stamp on the front of it. He’s taking his time writing the name and address on the front, being careful not to accidentally poke himself with the pen or get a papercut on the […]
You may have noticed that despite all the free agency talk, rumors, speculation and hand-wringing, things have been pretty quiet here at TPL. Trust me when I say that our silence doesn’t reflect a lack of interest in all of the happenings around the Red Wings. Mostly, we’ve just been busy with real life. Petrella […]
With this morning’s announcement that Columbus Blue Jackets defenseman Mike Commodore has been placed on waivers for the purposes of being bought out, speculation about his next destination is bound to heat up. TPL has learned through a source close to the Commodore camp that the Red Wings may be interested in the services of the […]
Per TSN’s Darren Dreger, the Red Wings won’t be renewing the contract of assistant coach Brad McCrimmon: In an hour or so, the Detroit Red Wings will announce veteran asst coach Brad McCrimmon won’t be back for a 4th year on the Wings bench. McCrimmon is a very good coach. Contract was up. He should […]
As was expected, the Detroit Red Wings have signed two-time Hobey Baker finalist Gustav Nyquist to a two-year, entry level contract. Financial terms of the deal have not yet been released, but I’m sure CapGeek will work some sort of voodoo magic to get them by the end of the day. Nyquist will join the […]