With every offseason comes chatter involving all sorts of players from around the NHL. More often than not, this talk amounts to nothing more than rumors and hearsay. Of course, every now and then, these rumors come to fruition. For the Detroit Red Wings, almost all of that offseason chatter surrounds one player, and it’s
Tyler Bertuzzi
What’s The Grind Line? Apart from the once-famous line of Kris Draper, Kirk Maltby, and either Joe Kocur or Darren McCarty, The Grind Line is also The Hockey Writers’ weekly column about the Detroit Red Wings. This week Tony Wolak, Devin Little, Patrick Brown, and Kyle Knopp are the muckers who make up THW’s forechecking
One of the most uniting things in the game of hockey is when the “eye test” camp and the “fancy stats” camp can agree. Through the first six games of the Detroit Red Wings’ season, the player that unites these two lines of thinking is their newly-named captain, center Dylan Larkin. This isn’t new, though.
Maneuvering to sign young stars in the NHL has become somewhat of an art form since the salary-cap era began. There’s the need to appease the team’s future without rattling its existing core. Also, the deal needs to fit within the constraints of the team’s cap space. Finally, there’s the concern of driving up the
What is the Washington Capitals’ biggest trade deadline need? J.J. Regan of NBC Sports Washington (mailbag): Assessing what may be the Washington Capitals’ biggest need is the most essential thing of their trade deadline. Some argue that need is little or no. That may be true. On the other hand, defense seems to be a
Can the New York Islanders fill their third-line hole? Arthur Staple of The Athletic: The Islanders could use some offensive depth as there is a clear hole on the third line. There are some options to fill it. Some are easy and some are not so easy. They could do everything from bringing up Oliver
During the end of last season, the Detroit Red Wings’ top line of Tyler Bertuzzi, Dylan Larkin, and Anthony Mantha worked wonders, all achieving career highs in 2018-19. On paper, the top line of Bertuzzi-Larkin-Manthaseems to be a lock. They’ve played together multiple times in the past and seem to have each other’s styles figured
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Holland won’t be heading to Edmonton Darren Dreger: It is believed that Ken Holland has withdrawn his name from being an option for the Edmonton Oilers vacant GM position. He would have been a good option for the Oilers. A position with Seattle is intriguing. Will Lightning staff be following Yzerman out the door? Joe
DETROIT — The Detroit Red Wings ended a third straight season without a post-season bid, counting on a core of players 24 years old and younger to end the post-season drought next year. Dylan Larkin, Andreas Athanasiou, and Tyler Bertuzzi each set career highs for scoring and Anthony Mantha matched his highest point total. Dylan