Video: Ken Daniels and Mickey Redmond recall their ‘Hockey Night in Canada’ beginnings on the ‘100% Hockey’ podcast

Red Wings broadcasters Ken Daniels and Mickey Redmond discussed their beginnings as Hockey Night in Canada correspondents on John Shannon and Darren Millard’s “100% Hockey” podcast. It’s 46 minutes long. Enjoy:

PWHL Detroit’s Hilary Knight speaks with the Wings’ media corps

PWHL Detroit’s Hilary Knight was at Little Caesars Arena today to speak with the media, per Shap Shots/EliteProspects’ Sean Shapiro…

And Detroit Hockey Now’s Bob Duff provided some highlights from her 7-minute press conference, which the Free Press’s Helene St. James also captured on video (non-embeddable):

“To be a part of a place . . . a place where it just feels like Hockeytown,” Hilary Knight said. “Such an iconic place to play. So really looking forward to taking the ice here. I was just geeking out when we were on the bench looking up at the Jumbotron and being like, ‘This is my new home.’”

Another thing we noticed. Knight and Detroit PWHL GM Manon Rheaume? Seems that they get along.

“I wouldn’t be here unless Manon had the vision, right?” Knight said. “I think when we hopped on that Zoom, or maybe it was a Teams, I don’t remember. But I ended that call, and immediately, I was like, this vision is incredible. Like, I want to be a part of this.”

Oh, and one last thing. The superstar player and the iconic GM also appear to be on the same page in discussing the direction of the team.

“Honestly, just the vision, trusting Manon,” Knight said. “She wants to be successful right from the start. So that’s super exciting.

“The other staff members (Coach Josh) Sciba, everything’s sort of just shaping up in a beautiful way. And so when we were having those conversations, it got me really excited and enough to be like, hey, like, I want to be here for years.”

Duff continues…

Simon Edvinsson’s not for sale

Since Red Wings defenseman and restricted free agent Simon Edvinsson’s agent, Peter Werner, told Expressen’s Gunnar Nordstrom that, “We are patiently awaiting for a new general manager” for his client to re-sign with Detroit, there’s been chatter that Edvinsson might be offer-sheeted (despite the fact that the Red Wings have $19.57 million in cap space) or traded.

Today, the Hockey News’s Jonathan Bailey suggests that the Philadelphia Flyers could swoop in and take the 23-year-old Edvinsson off Detroit’s hands, be it via trade or via an offer sheet:

Continue reading Simon Edvinsson’s not for sale

Daily Faceoff’s Ellis ranks the Red Wings’ prospect pool as the NHL’s 6th-best crop

Daily Faceoff’s Steven Ellis took on the massive task of providing in-depth profiles of each and every one of the NHL’s 32 teams’ prospect pools, including the Detroit Red Wings’ prospects.

Today, he briefly ranks every team’s prospect pool from 1 to 32, and it’s surprising to see him ranking the Red Wings so highly:

6. Detroit Red Wings (2025: 11th)

Notable Prospects: Trey Augustine, Michael Brandsegg-Nygård, Carter Bear

The Red Wings are still trying to figure out where the franchise is going. This club is still trying to make the playoffs for the first time in more than a decade. And the Atlantic looks extremely dangerous heading into this season. It’s going to be an uphill battle to get back to the glory days, but Detroit has one of the best prospect pools in hockey to help make that work. Detroit’s pipeline almost has a bit of everything. From top-rated goaltenders to quality wingers and shutdown defenders, Detroit is in a good spot moving forward. It’s up to the new GM to fill in the gaps to get this fanbase back in the rink for an extended spring play session.

Continued; The Athletic’s Corey Pronman ranked the Red Wings’ prospect pool as the NHL’s 15th-best, and today, Bleacher Report’s Hannah Stuart ranked the Wings 18th-best.

Talking about William Wallinder

Red Wings prospect William Wallinder faces a make-it-or-head-back-to-Sweden season this fall.

At 24 years of age, the 6’4,” 209-pound defenseman is out of waiver-exempt options, so he has to make the Red Wings’ roster–beating out both Axel Sandin Pellikka and free agent signing Jacob Bryson–to ensure that his future remains in Detroit.

It’s possible that he’d be picked up on waivers if he’s waived, but another season spent in Grand Rapids would most likely mean that the former Rogle BK defenseman would head back home to Sweden to chase a bigger paycheck in his mid-20’s.

Anyway, Detroit Hockey Now’s Kevin Allen profiles the late-blooming defenseman this morning…

Continue reading Talking about William Wallinder

’32 Thoughts’ discusses the Red Wings’ managerial search today

Sportsnet has posted a “Surprise” episode of the “32 Thoughts” podcast this morning (audio link), with Elliotte Friedman and Kyle Bukauskas addressing the Red Wings’ managerial search 13 minutes into today’s episode.

Red Wings Prospects and the Winged Wheel Podcast have already listened in (I’ve been taking care of Aunt Annie, sorry):

Khan suggests that there’s no urgency for the Red Wings to trade Dylan Larkin

MLive’s Ansar Khan wonders whether disgruntled Red Wings forward Dylan Larkin “underestimated the Red Wings’ resolve” this morning.

Khan questions whether Larkin understood that the Red Wings feel no pressure to trade their unhappy captain for anything less than equal value, which means that Larkin may not be traded before training camp–and that Larkin may have to end up playing for Detroit this fall:

The Red Wings’ next GM would be foolish to simply get rid of him for the best offer if they can’t get fair-market value. That return ideally would consist of a top-line center – but no team is going to relinquish a top-line center unless it’s another case of a disgruntled player wanting out. And no team on Larkin’s list has such a player.

So, unless the new GM is willing to settle for futures — not a good way to start his tenure — or Larkin expands his list of teams, this saga might drag on much longer.

If any pressure is mounting as camp approaches Sept. 17-20 at Little Caesars Arena, it’s on Larkin.

The Red Wings don’t have to do anything. It’s Larkin’s call. Show up to camp, explain why you want out, relinquish the captaincy, start playing and see where this leads. Maybe a trade becomes available during the season. Maybe player and club fully reconcile and he’s here for the duration.

It would be a circus atmosphere. Fans would boo – though there’s a segment that also lauds him for saying enough is enough after 10 consecutive non-playoff seasons.

Or Larkin could hold out, get suspended without pay – perhaps for months – and make the situation even worse for everyone involved.

Continued (paywall); we’re less than a month away from training camp, and a lot can happen between now and the preseason.

Belated Tweets of note: Augustine in East Lansing and, um, thanks for the compliments?

These are a little (or a lot) late as caring for a bed-bound Aunt Annie was adventurous on Monday:

First, Trey Augustine’s getting ready for the season at “Munn” in East Lansing…

And second, I guess we owe a “Kudos” to the NHL Network for playing their assessment of Dylan Larkin’s game “straight” by describing him as, well, a Red Wing:

Bleacher Report ranks the Red Wings’ prospect pool a little below average, but offers players to get excited about

Bleacher Report asked its correspondents to rank the NHL’s 32 teams’ prospect pools, and the Red Wings finished slightly below average at 18th overall. That being said, Hannah Stuart suggests that there are at least three Red Wings prospects for Detroit fans to get excited about:

18. Detroit Red Wings

Prospects to Watch: Trey Augustine, Carter Bear, JP Hurlbert

Analysis: Keep an eye on the Detroit Red Wings. Their prospect pool has the vibe of one about to tip the balance of the ice for its parent organization. And thank god, because right now the parent organization looks a bit directionless. I don’t know what they’re doing; I’m pretty sure they don’t know what they’re doing. I think it’s okay not to know where you’re going when you don’t have a general manager, though, and they’ve got a lot of pieces in this pipeline to help move things forward.

Continue reading Bleacher Report ranks the Red Wings’ prospect pool a little below average, but offers players to get excited about

Red Wings center Marco Kasper’s definitely got a ‘prove it’ season ahead

Pro Hockey Rumors’ Bradley Keith posted a list of players who have to “prove it” in the Atlantic Division this upcoming season, and Keith included Red Wings forward Marco Kasper on his list for several solid reasons:

Marco Kasper – Detroit Red Wings

This time last year the idea of Marco Kasper being in such a standing seemed impossible, but that’s the case for the 22-year-old who had 19 goals two seasons ago, with much changing in Hockeytown since. A candidate to step up into a bonafide young star last season, it didn’t happen for the center. Suiting up for 81 games but coming away with just nine goals and 19 points, Kasper’s ice time dropped nearly two full minutes under Todd McLellan. To be fair, sophomore slumps happen, experiencing rotten luck with a shooting percentage just under 7%. The youngster who received Calder votes showed a nice improvement on the face-off dot, winning 51.5%, worthy to consider him a true pivot with second-line upside.

The wheels are officially off the Steve Yzerman plan. It’ll benefit Kasper greatly in the final season of his entry-level deal, with question marks surrounding the entire veteran core, especially 1C Dylan Larkin. If he can come in and impress during camp, the Austrian has a chance to play alongside a winger like Alex DeBrincat. Andrew Copp just turned in a career-best in assist totals at age 32, but if Detroit is ready to embrace the future, it would be smart to set up Kasper in the best possible situation, easing him into a larger role for stretches all season.

Continued; I disagree with the author’s assertion that his three candidates are “not really a prospect any more” given that Kasper is still only 21 years old, and I’m not certain that he’s going to be the Wings’ 1st line center by any stretch of the imagination…

But a whole lot of possibilities are open as the 2026-2027 season approaches, and Kasper could–emphasis on could–earn a major promotion this upcoming season.