Month: September 2024

Red Wings release training camp roster and schedule

Per the Detroit Red Wings on Twitter:

Here’s the press release:

RED WINGS RELEASE 2024 TRAINING CAMP ROSTER AND SCHEDULE

  … Sixty-Eight Players Hit the Ice From Sept. 19-22 in Traverse City …

DETROIT – The Detroit Red Wings today released their training camp roster and schedule, comprised of 68 players who will hit the ice on Thursday, Sept. 19 at Centre ICE Arena in Traverse City, Mich., for four days of camp before beginning their eight-game preseason schedule with a road game against the Chicago Blackhawks on Wednesday, Sept. 25.

The Red Wings will bring 37 forwards, 22 defensemen and nine goaltenders to Traverse City to participate in daily on-ice practices. Following the team’s annual Red & White Game on Sunday, Sept. 22, the Red Wings will break camp to return to Detroit ahead of the exhibition slate, which is highlighted by home games against the Chicago Blackhawks (Friday, Sept. 27 at 7:00 p.m.), Pittsburgh Penguins (Saturday, Sept. 28 at 7:00 p.m.), Toronto Maple Leafs (Thursday, Oct. 3 at 7:00 p.m.) and Ottawa Senators (Friday, Oct. 4 at 7:00 p.m.).

A limited number of tickets remain for select training camp events. Tickets for all events are available on https://mynorthtickets.com/organizations/centre-ice. Ticket prices are as follows:

·       Training Camp Practice (Thursday, Sept. 19): $20 general admission

·       Training Camp Practice (Friday, Sept. 20): $20 general admission

·       Training Camp Practice (Saturday, Sept. 21): $30 general admission

·       Red and White Game (Sunday, Sept. 22): $25 standing-room, $45 reserved seating or mezzanine

The Red Wings will open their annual NHL Training Camp with the 2024 Training Camp Season Preview Party, presented by Porsche Detroit North, on Wednesday, Sept. 18, at Delamar Traverse City. This exciting new event provides guests with incredible opportunities to meet Red Wings players, coaches and personalities, and hear directly from team leadership ahead of the 2024-25 season. Hosted by Red Wings TV broadcasters Ken Daniels and Mickey Redmond, the Season Preview Party also features a silent and live auction, as well as a VIP package that includes an exclusive meet and greet with Red Wings Executive Vice President and General Manager Steve Yzerman and Head Coach Derek Lalonde, and reserved seating with a Red Wings player for the season preview show.  Proceeds from the event benefit Involved Citizens Enterprises (I.C.E.), a 501(c)3 non-profit organization providing affordable skating programs to Northern Michigan.

Select 2024 Training Camp merchandise will also be available for purchase in the arena store on the upper level behind the concession stand. For more information on tickets or merchandise, please call Centre ICE Arena at (231) 933-7465 or visit www.centreice.org. 

No Seider on the roster: edit: Seider is on the roster as a RFA:

Update: Here’s the schedule:

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Video: NHL Network’s Grimson discusses Raymond’s re-signing, Seider’s situation

NHL Network analyst Stu Grimson discussed the Red Wings’ re-signing of Lucas Raymond–and the Wings’ need to re-sign Moritz Seider–on the NHL Network last night.

I was able to post a link to this video on NHL.com last night (NHL.com no longer makes its videos embeddable), but the NHL Network posted Grimson’s 5:49 take on both of the Red Wings’ young stars this afternoon:

WDIV’s Scillian interviews Bob Probert’s daughters ahead of airing of ‘Tough Guy’

WDIV is airing the Bob Probert documentary Tough Guy tonight at 9 PM, and ahead of the airing, WDIV’s Devin Scillian interviewed Probert’s daughters, Tierney and Brogan, about their father’s legacy and the film itself.

It’s a 12:11 interview:

Seider ist mit der Adler

In case you missed the TSN 1050 interview with Adler Mannheim coach Dallas Eakins that was posted a couple of hours ago, Daily Faceoff’s Frank Seravalli confirms that Red Wings restricted free agent Moritz Seider remains in Germany, practicing with his former team:

Wings’ GM expects ‘progress in all areas’ this season

MLive’s Ansar Khan reexamines some of the comments made by Red Wings GM Steve Yzerman during yesterday’s press conference, including his expectations for the team as a whole:

“I want to see progress in our team as a whole, progress in all the areas we’ve always talked about and progress individually from our younger players,” Yzerman said. “As long as we’re moving in the right direction, I think it’s positive. Obviously, making the playoffs would be another positive step, so I’ll worry about that as the season goes along. We’ll see how much progress we’re making.”

Barring a surprise or injuries, the Red Wings’ 23-man roster appears set, once defenseman Moritz Seider is signed. The competition during the four-day camp at Centre I.C.E. Arena and eight-game preseason that starts Sept. 25 at Chicago is mainly for ice time and roles on special teams, as well as lineup spots on defense and the goaltending pecking order.

The Red Wings, despite ranking 24th in goals against per game, missed the playoffs on a tiebreaker with Washington. The mandate for coach Derek Lalonde, entering his third season, is to lower the goals against.

“I think we need to be a better defensive hockey club,” Yzerman said. “Your special teams have to be good. Our special teams both improved last season and we scored more goals. We gave up too many to make the playoffs. You can get by maybe not having the best power play, but you better be solid in all the other areas. You can get by not having maybe the best penalty killing unit, but you better be solid in other areas. But the key is, I think ultimately for long term success, is to be a good defensive hockey team.”

Continued (paywall)

Prospect Tournament blues

Detroit Hockey Now’s Kevin Allen discusses the possible demise of the Red Wings’ annual Prospect Tournament this morning:

Dan Cleary’s fondness for the Red Wings-hosted Traverse City NHL Prospect Tournament is rooted in both nostalgia and practicality.

“I came up to the first ever tournament here when I was in Chicago,” the Red Wings Director of Player Development said. “We drove up and stayed in one of those little motels along the water…when I was 18. So I certainly hope it stays.”

Today, Cleary’s enjoyment of the tournament comes from watching some of his team’s best young prospects measuring themselves against other top prospects. Cleary and the Detroit executives were doing that last week when the Red Wings played the Dallas Stars youngsters in two games.

“I like the idea. I know it’s only one team, but just to judge them against their peers and see where they stack up and the competition, and it sets these kids up for a great week (at training camp),” Cleary said. “… Have put a lot of value in it. I gotta be honest.”

The members of the Red Wings and Stars management teams watched that tournament knowing they may have been witnessing the end of an era. After 25 tournaments, GMs Steve Yzerman and Dallas GM Jim Nill are discussing the tournament’s future.

“The event up in Traverse City is a little bit up in the air for next year,” Yzerman said.

Continued with comments from Yzerman and Dallas Stars GM Jim Nill, who was instrumental in building up the Prospect Tournament….

Tweet of note: Good news(?) on the Axel Sandin Pellikka injury front

Red Wings Prospects on Twitter has been following Axel Sandin Pellikka’s situation as the young defenseman is battling back from an unspecified preseason injury, and it sounds like Sandin Pellikka will be able to play for a shorthanded Skelleftea AIK defensive corps when the SHL season begins this Saturday.

RWP reports that Norran.se’s Robin Lindgren passes along the information via a behind-the-Swedish-paywall article this morning:

Tweet of note: Scotty Bowman turns 91 today

NHL.com’s Dave Stubbs reports that former Red Wings coach Scotty Bowman turns 91 today:

Audio: Adler Mannheim coach Dallas Eakins on Raymond and Seider practicing with the team

TSN 1050’s “First Up” radio show hosts, Carlo Colaiacovo and Aaron Korolnek, interviewed Adler Mannheim coach Dallas Eakins this morning, and coach Eakins hosted Red Wings forward Lucas Raymond and the yet-to-be-re-signed Moritz Seider for part of August.

At the 7:20 mark, Eakins discusses the time which Raymond and Seider spent/spend with the team, stating that Seider is practicing with Adler every day as he waits for his contract to be negotiated, and that Seider is treated like a regular member of the team. It’s just a quick quip, but it’s informative:

Discussing the ‘3rd D pairing’

The Hockey News’s Connor Eargood discusses three significant “positional battles” which are of note going into training camp, including the tangle of young forwards hoping to make the roster, the goaltending situation, and the battle for time on the Red Wings’ third defensive pairing:

Of the eight defensemen, some are clearly going to be lineup regulars. Moritz Seider, when he signs an extension, will be on the top pairing, likely with Ben Chiarot or perhaps Simon Edvinsson. Outside of those two potential counterparts, it’s likely that power play specialist Erik Gustafsson will be in the lineup to run the man advantage in some capacity.

The final two spots come down to some combination of Olli Maatta, Jeff Petry, Justin Holl and Albert Johansson. The former two were lineup regulars last season, while Holl spent most of the season as a healthy scratch. Johansson cannot be sent down to Grand Rapids without going through waivers, where another team might claim him for free.

Who has the edge for a spot on what will, in all likelihood, be the bottom pairing? That’s one of the questions this training camp will seek to answer. Maatta and Petry appear to be favorites given their regularity in last season’s lineup. Maatta anchored last season’s third pairing, while Petry played most of the season on the second. A demotion out of the lineup would probably take some development — either themselves losing a step with age, or other players like Holl and Johansson proving their claim to those spots.

In the case of Holl, he’s probably this team’s seventh defenseman as it currently stands. He spent more time as a healthy scratch last season than he did in the actual lineup, but Yzerman kept him around for a reason. He’s one of just three right-handed defensemen among the eight projected NHLers, so that’s a bit of an edge.

Finally, Yzerman said Tuesday that while Johansson may be on the final roster due to his waiver eligibility, the defenseman will have to earn his way into actual games. That process commences at training camp, where all eyes will be on him and how he might factor in at the NHL level.

“Watching him in junior, watching him at the pro level in Sweden, and then in the American Hockey League, he’s adjusted at every level,” Yzerman said of Johansson. “So I’m pretty optimistic that he’ll be a good, solid defender for us. And it’s up to him to outplay one of the other guys, or wait until he gets his opportunity and impress well to stay in the lineup.”

Continued; injuries will play into the situation as well.

Injuries are guaranteed given the fact that the Red Wings will play 8 exhibition games over the course of 12 nights. That’s something I really dislike as someone who worries about the team’s players, but the team seems to want to maximize not only its player evaluations, but also its income, so the Wings play the most exhibition games in the league. Most teams play 5-7 exhibition games.