In the next few years, the Red Wings really need some of their defensive prospects to pay off, especially the ones taken in the top half of the draft. One of these prospects is the Finnish left-hander Kasper Kotkansalo.
Read More →Filip Zadina is in an interesting situation. He’s coming to an organization that really likes to grow and over-ripen their prospects in the minors, but they’re currently rebuilding “on the fly” and are in desperate need for young goal scorers. Enter Filip Zadina.
Read More →The RFA contract magic continues with Anthony Mantha, while other major extensions (magical and not-so-amazing included) happen around the league. Tune in as the Winged Wheel Podcast fires that sweet, sweet offseason content straight into your ears. Patreon WWP Apparel iTunes Soundcloud RSS Feed Stitcher YouTube Facebook Follow us on Twitter: @BradKrysko, @RyanHanaWWP, @HockeytownEvan
Read More →The 2017 entry draft was a big one for the Detroit Red Wings. After a brutal end to their quarter decade long playoff streak, the team closed the doors to their treasured Joe Louis Arena. A rebuild was closer than it’s been in my lifetime as the team had their first top-10 pick since 1991….
Read More →Michael Rasmusen has put himself in the position to make the Red Wings 2018-19 roster out of camp. Rasmussen has missed parts of the past two seasons in the WHL with the Tri-City Americans due to injury but didn’t allow that to stop him from playing at over a point-per-game pace and putting together a…
Read More →The second major restricted free agent has been locked up. On Wednesday afternoon The Red Wings came to terms with Anthony Mantha on a bridge deal.
Read More →If the NHL product in Detroit isn’t entertaining in the 2018-19 season, certainly down the road in Grand Rapids can’t be much worse.
Read More →Would you rather have one Pavel Datsyuk‘s cap hit for one more year (as a fled-to-the-KHL retiree) and Jakob Chychrun, or Dennis Cholowski and Filip Hronek? That’s essentially the debate that Detroit had internally with themselves at the 2016 draft, where they eventually traded away the 16th pick away to Arizona along with Joe Vitale…
Read More →The frontrunner to land a job on the blueline, Hronek is the most skilled and easily considered the top defensive prospect the Red Wings have. His future can be bright, but it all depends on the development and nurturing of that skill.
Read More →The Karlsson saga continues as Detroit makes their own roster moves. Tune in as the Winged Wheel Podcast covers all of the hot-topics and F5-worthy issues in the world of hockey. Patreon WWP Apparel iTunes Soundcloud RSS Feed Stitcher YouTube Facebook Follow us on Twitter: @BradKrysko, @RyanHanaWWP, @HockeytownEvan
Read More →Joe Hicketts has always been defined by his size. The 5’8” left-handed defenseman went undrafted because he was deemed too small for the NHL. When the Red Wings signed him to an entry level deal in 2014-15, he was determined to prove everyone wrong. This determination has brought him a gold medal at the 2014-15…
Read More →After this morning’s news of sixth overall pick Filip Zadina signing an entry-level deal with the Detroit Red Wings, and The Athletic’s Craig Custance reporting the NHL ruling he was on loan to Halifax, a number of things went through my head. Firstly, I selfishly hoped the Red Wings would leave Zadina in the AHL for…
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