The Detroit Red Wings are generating serious buzz heading into this season’s trade deadline, and it’s about time. For the first time in years, it feels like GM Steve Yzerman is in a strong position and his “Yzerplan”, which many didn’t understand, is coming into fruition.
If you follow the Detroit Red Wings and have been on social media at all in the last couple of years, then you probably know that the general sentiment around forward Andrew Copp is mixed at best.
The Detroit Red Wings are in an interesting position leading up to the trade deadline. They sit third in the Atlantic Division but are only seven points away from the postseason cutoff entirely.
The Detroit Red Wings’ 2026 NHL Trade Deadline will be a unique one in the Steve Yzerman era. The Wings have been battling near the bottom of the Atlantic Division, with the former captain attempting to return them to prominence through drafting and development.
In the lore of the NHL, it's the Stanley Cup-winning teams that are remembered the most from seasons past. Yet, when looking back on the best of the best
It was Nick Kypreos who broke the news earlier this week about what the cost for Robert Thomas is. What Kypreos described as “astronomical,” I describe as “why haven’t we done this yet?” The asking price right now, according to Kypreos, is three assets that are all at the level of top 15 picks in their respective drafts.
There’s no question it’ll remain an uphill battle after the Olympic break, but the Detroit Red Wings appear poised to return to the Stanley Cup playoffs for the first time in a decade.
There’s a lot to like about how the Detroit Red Wings’ 2025-26 season has played out thus far. Detroit owns the eighth-best record in the NHL at 33-19-6, and their star players—Dylan Larkin, Lucas Raymond, Alex DeBrincat, Moritz Seider, and John Gibson—have led the charge.
Welcome back to the latest edition of NHL Rumours here at Last Word On Hockey. In this edition, the talk will turn to the Detroit Red Wings. The Wings went quiet into the Olympic break.
In NHL history, jersey numbers have often become synonymous with legendary players. Number “88”, for example, has become a highly recognized number thanks—in large part—to Patrick Kane.
For the first time in 12 years, NHL players are competing at the Winter Olympics. The Detroit Red Wings will have three players representing their home countries, each on a different team.
The Detroit Red Wings probably could not have asked for a better spot to be in ahead of the nearly three week Olympic break. Through 58 games in 2025-26, Todd McLellan’s club is 33-19-6 and third place in an ultra-competitive Atlantic Division.
Artemi Panarin is the talk of the town right now, but in total honesty, I don’t see Detroit being the team to go out there and get him. Not that I don’t like the player, I do.
Welcome to another edition of NHL Predictions! In this matchup, the Detroit Red Wings take on the Utah Mammoth. Each day, our writers here at Last Word On Hockey analyze the day’s games and provide in-depth analysis.
Last year, Detroit Red Wings captain Dylan Larkin was not pleased with how the trade deadline played out. “It was hard that we didn’t do anything,” Larkin said at his end-of-year media availability.
It seems a little premature to say all of this about the same guy I made a hit-piece about just a few months ago. But simply put, I wasn’t wrong. John Gibson was one of, if not the worst, goaltenders in hockey.
Marco Kasper scored 33 seconds into the game, John Gibson made it stand, and the Detroit Red Wings beat the Colorado Avalanche 2-0 in Denver on Monday night.
Detroit Red Wings’ general manager Steve Yzerman doesn’t like to mortgage the future to acquire pieces at the trade deadline. He has built most of the roster through draft and development, and while it was a long slog for fans, the payoff is becoming massive this season.
A talented minor-league veteran is staying in his home state for a little bit longer. On Sunday, the Detroit Red Wings announced that the team has signed forward Sheldon Dries to a two-year, two-way contract extension.
One of the best players in hockey history has equaled a significant milestone. On Tuesday night, Detroit Red Wings forward Patrick Kane tied Mike Modano’s record for the most points by an American-born player in NHL history, posting the 1,374th point of his illustrious career.