The 2025 NHL offseason is officially underway, and we’ve already seen some movement. Players like Ryan Donato have been kept from NHL Free Agency. And we’ve seen trades involving the likes of Chris Kreider and Erik Haula.
The 2025 Stanley Cup Final is over, which officially means we are in the hockey offseason. Teams like the Detroit Red Wings began their offseason work awhile ago, though.
It has been a long time since the Detroit Red Wings have been relevant, and it’s time for that to change. For close to a decade, the Red Wings have been an afterthought in the NHL, failing to make the playoffs in each of the past nine seasons.
The Detroit Red Wings in the 2024-25 season missed the playoffs by five points extending their playoff drought to nine consecutive seasons. The Red Wings were led by Lucas Raymond who had 80 points on 27 goals and 53 assists.
Over the course of the Detroit Red Wings’ teardown and rebuild, they have parted ways with a number of players whose names and faces are still etched in the minds of fans to this day.
Given the make-up of this year’s free agent class and the high amount of buyers, it’s likely that the Detroit Red Wings will need to pursue trades to improve their roster this offseason.
The Detroit Red Wings made some intriguing signings a year ago, but now it appears they're looking to move one of those players in Vladimir Tarasenko after a disappointing first season with the team as a big time free agency addition.
Detroit Red Wings 2023 sixth-round selection goalie Rudy Guimond is no longer committed to Yale University, per Mark Divver of NHL.com. The Moncton Wildcats, Guimond’s QMJHL team, also announced his return.
Will Horcoff wasn’t born when his father played in the 2006 Stanley Cup Final with the Edmonton Oilers. But you better believe it: he grew up an Oilers fan.
Dimitri Buchelnikov was a key pick for the Red Wings in the 2022 NHL Draft, but now a trade in the KHL means he may be years away from coming to the league.
The Detroit Red Wings announced Tuesday that the club has signed goaltender Michal Postava to a two-year, entry-level contract. The undrafted 23-year-old
It has been nearly a decade since the Detroit Red Wings accepted that they were at the end of their competitive window and began the long, arduous process of rebuilding.
We’ve reached the point in the offseason where I put together my game plan for the Detroit Red Wings. Not predicting what the Red Wings will do this summer, but rather what I think they should do.
The Detroit Red Wings could make a splash in NHL Free Agency this summer. They are well-positioned to make noise through any means. They have $21.34 million in available cap space, according to PuckPedia.
The Detroit Red Wings missed the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the ninth consecutive season, and know they must make changes. Ultimately, they fell short again and hope to get the right pieces to get back into the postseason party.
Free agency is now under a month away, and teams are looking ahead to when it opens. There will be several impact players set to hit the open market in July, while many teams also have key restricted free agents to re-sign.
In the past, I’ve highlighted one player per offseason that the Detroit Red Wings should pursue in a trade. Matt Roy was the target in 2023 and Yegor Sharangovich was the focus last year.
The Detroit Red Wings announced Tuesday that they have signed Jesse Kiiskinen to a three-year, entry-level contract beginning in the 2025-26 season. Kiiskinen was originally selected by the Nashville Predators in the third round of the 2023 NHL Draft and was acquired by the Red Wings in exchange for Andrew Gibson.
Above all else, the Detroit Red Wings need more top-of-the-lineup players this offseason. Unfortunately, though, there aren’t many of those available in this year’s free agent class.
The Detroit Red Wings may have fallen in the draft lottery, going from the 12th to the 13th pick in the first round, but they should still have plenty of quality options available to them when they are on the clock.
Detroit Red Wings general manager Steve Yzerman confirmed there is “strong mutual interest from both parties” in bringing veteran forward Patrick Kane back to the team for the 2025-26 season.
The Detroit Red Wings may have missed the playoffs for an eighth consecutive year, but General Manager Steve Yzerman and Head Coach Todd McLellan made one thing abundantly clear in their end-of-season media availability: this team wants more.
Detroit Red Wings captain Dylan Larkin is making headlines this week. Larkin spoke with the media over the weekend and publicly criticized the team’s lack of action at the 2025 NHL trade deadline.