Month: February 2025

Anxiety and depression remain vicious foes

I’m sorry that I was unable to cover tonight’s Red Wings-Blue Jackets game.

I have been dealing with a bad attack of anxiety and depression, and it incapacitated me.

I’m still feeling unwell, and I know that the timing is inconvenient, but mental illness is a vicious foe, and I will get back to work as soon as my stupid brain chemistry lets me out of this painful moment.

Thank you for your readership and your time.

Charitable Tweet of note: Detroit Red Wings Foundation holding a charity auction

The Detroit Red Wings are holding a charitable auction to raise funds for the Detroit Red Wings Foundation:

Tweet of note: Red Wings to wear Stadium Series jerseys on March 4th and March 12th

Per WXYZ’s Brad Galli:

The Wings host the Carolina Hurricanes on March 4th, and the Buffalo Sabres on March 12th.

Also:

Video: Ben Chiarot, Alex DeBrincat and coach Todd McLellan speak after the Red Wings-Blue Jackets morning skate

The Detroit Red Wings held their morning skate ahead of tonight’s game against the Columbus Blue Jackets (7 PM EST start on FanDuel SportsNet Detroit/FanDuel SportsNet Columbus/97.1 FM), and Cam Talbot will start this evening, opposite Daniil Tarasov.

Michael Rasmussen’s earliest return date might be Saturday’s Stadium Series game, per coach Todd McLellan.

After the morning skate, defenseman Ben Chiarot, forward Alex DeBrincat and coach Todd McLellan spoke with the media:

Tweet of note: Nicklas Lidstrom’s stats in the 00’s

Per the NHL:

Tweet of note: WXYZ’s Galli interviews Simon Edvinsson after his two-goal game

Per WXYZ’s Brad Galli comes a 1:30 interview with Simon Edvinsson, who discusses his two-goal game vs. Minnesota:

Post-morning skate Tweets: Rasmussen day-to-day, progressing

The Detroit Red Wings held a morning skate ahead of tonight’s game against the Columbus Blue Jackets (7 PM EST start on FanDuel SportsNet Detroit/FanDuel SportsNet Columbus/97.1 FM).

Michael Rasmussen was a limited participant, and it appears that Cam Talbot will start this evening.

The post-morning skate media availabilties involved some Stadium Series teasers…

And NHL.com’s “On Tap” article’s hyping tonight’s game as well:

Columbus Blue Jackets at Detroit Red Wings (7 p.m. ET; FDSNOH, FDSNDET)

Before the Blue Jackets and Red Wings take it outside Saturday in the 2025 Navy Federal Credit Union Stadium Series at Ohio Stadium, they serve up a preview at Little Caesars Arena, starting a two-game series with massive playoff implications. The Red Wings (30-22-6) hold the first wild card into the Stanley Cup Playoffs from the Eastern Conference, two points ahead of the Blue Jackets (28-22-8), who hold the second wild card. Center Adam Fantilli has four points (two goals, two assists) in a three-game point streak for Columbus. Forward Alex DeBrincat will look to extend his point streak to eight games (11 points; five goals, six assists) for Detroit, which has at least one point in 11 of its past 12 games (9-1-2).

Anyway, Rasmussen remains “day-to-day”…

Continue reading Post-morning skate Tweets: Rasmussen day-to-day, progressing

Emmitt Finnie’s back, and blazing for Kamloops

Detroit Hockey Now’s Kevin Allen updates the statuses of Red Wings prospects Emmitt Finnie, Dmitri Buchelnikov and Carter Mazur. At the present moment, it’s assumed that Finnie, who is the captain of the WHL’s Kamloops Blazers, will turn pro after this season:

Finnie’s return from injury [last night, posting 2 goals and 1 assist] is critical to the Blazers’ hopes of qualifying for the WHL playoffs. With 11 games remaining in the WHL schedule, the Blazers trail the Seattle Thunderbird by three points for the final WHL playoff spot.

Dating to before he was injured, Finnie boasts eight goals in his past seven games.

They’re 10th in the WHL Western Conference and trail the Seattle Thunderbirds for the eighth and final playoff spot by three points.

If Kamloops doesn’t make the playoffs, the presumption is Finnie would report to the Grand Rapids Griffins.  The WHL season ends March 23, almost a full month before the AHL season ends.

The Griffins have had trouble scoring goals recently and Finnie shows 31 goals and 70 points in 45 WHL games this season. Finnie has the potential to be a major success story for the Detroit scouting staff. He was drafted in the seventh-round, 201st overall, in the 2023 draft.  He has developed beyond what a team would expect for a seventh round pick.

Continued; at 6’1″ and 195 pounds, Finnie isn’t overly big, but he’s stocky, and he’s incredibly fast.

Weather forecast update for the Stadium Series: it’s going to be cold!

Per the Columbus Dispatch’s Nathan Hart, it’s going to be colder at the Stadium Series than previously thought:

The weather for Saturday’s Blue Jackets outdoor hockey game is taking a turn toward wintery.

The Blue Jackets will face the Detroit Red Wings in the 2025 Navy Federal Credit Union NHL Stadium Series at Ohio Stadium, which is home to Ohio State’s national championship football team and more commonly known around Columbus as simply “The Shoe.”

Originally, the National Weather Service in Wilmington forecasted Saturday would be partly sunny with a high of 45. That’s not the case anymore.

A forecast released Thursday predicts there will be a chance of snow flurries after 1 p.m. Saturday, and the high will be near 35. There will also be a northwest wind blowing at 13 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. It will still be partly sunny.

Continued

Red Wings-Blue Jackets morning skate Tweets: Rasmussen skates but won’t return yet; Talbot starts vs. Columbus

The Detroit Red Wings face the Columbus Blue Jackets in the first game of an impactful home-and-home series tonight at Little Caesars Arena (7 PM EST start on FanDuel SportsNet Detroit/FanDuel SportsNet Columbus/97.1 FM).

The Red Wings hit the ice at LCA just before 10:30 AM, with Michael Rasmussen preceding them (good news in terms of his recovery)…

But it doesn’t appear that he’s ready to return…

Cam Talbot will start tonight…

Continue reading Red Wings-Blue Jackets morning skate Tweets: Rasmussen skates but won’t return yet; Talbot starts vs. Columbus