Month: August 2026

Per the Detroit Red Wings:

UPDATE: The Detroit #RedWings today acquired forward Sutter Muzzatti from the Nashville Predators in exchange for future considerations.

Additionally, the Red Wings have signed Muzzatti to a two-year, entry-level contract. pic.twitter.com/GAonDwOwvm

— Detroit Red Wings (@DetroitRedWings) August 20, 2026

Muzzatti, 23, is a 6’6,” 229-pound forward from Okemos, Michigan.

He spent 3 seasons playing for Rensselaer Polytechic Institute, and this past season, he played for Notre Dame, posting 13 goals and 19 assists for 32 points in 37 games played (while accumulating 42 penalty minutes).

Update: From FightingIrish.com:

Continue reading Red Wings acquire Sutter Muzzatti from Nashville for future considerations, sign Muzzatti to 2-year contract

The land of Red Wings fandom has been in a panic since Detroit Hockey Now’s Bob Duff claimed that the Red Wings haven’t interviewed a single candidate for GM/president of hockey operations as of yet while Duff appeared on the NHL Network.

Today, the Winged Wheel Podcast’s Ryan Hana contradicted Duff’s report with different information:

Multiple sources confirm that the Detroit Red Wings' GM/PoHO process is indeed already underway, with interviews having already taken place and continuing today. #LGRW

— Ryan Hana (@RyanHanaWWP) August 20, 2026

Despite Detroit sports radio’s desire to insist that the sky is falling over the Red Wings’ organization, and Wings fans’ panic about the front office situation, it makes absolutely no sense to assume that the Wings haven’t interviewed anyone because we haven’t heard about interviews taking place yet.

We don’t hear a whole hell of a lot about what takes place in the organization’s front office, period, and assuming the worst simply because “it’s quiet” is simply an inaccurate, pessimistic guess.

Update: Per The Athletic’s Max Bultman:

Good get by Ryan here. I don't know the specific interviewees, but I will say that some of the external names on my radar on this stage include Florida AGM Brett Peterson and San Jose AGM Jeff Kealty, and I continue to wonder about Carolina's Darren Yorke and Tyler Dellow as well https://t.co/5VyFpfTkej

— Max Bultman (@m_bultman) August 20, 2026

Via Red Wings Prospects on Twitter/X, Wings prospect and Timra IK forward Eddie Genborg spoke with Sundsvalls Tidning’s Albin Sjoberg regarding an undisclosed injury which has sidelined Genborg for the SHL’s preseason thus far.

It’s a behind-the-paywall article, but Hockeysverige.se’s Simon Eld provides us with a peek behind the paywall while informing us of Genborg’s status:

Uncertainty – after the injury: “It’s a little unclear”

An injury suffered during last season’s conclusion in the AHL has caused problems this summer for Eddie Genborg. Now the Timrå prospect gives a new answer regarding the uncertainty about whether he starts the 2026/27 season.

“It’s a bit unclear, so I can’t say too much,” the 19-year-old told Sundsvalls Tidning.

Continue reading Roughly translated: Eddie Genborg’s still battling an injury suffered last spring in Grand Rapids; Genborg still hopes to start the SHL season with Timra IK

Of Red Wings-related note this morning:

1. Detroit Hockey Now’s Kevin Allen suggests that, should the 2019 NHL Draft be re-done, Red Wings defenseman Moritz Seider would have been the 1st overall pick:

We start with the fact that Seider recently won the Rod Langway award as the league’s top defensive defenseman in 2025-26. He has also developed into a quality offensive defenseman. Last season, only 10 NHL defensemen put up more points than the 60 Seider showed on his resume.

In his five NHL seasons, Seider averages 181 hits and 185 blocks per season. He has been a full-service NHL defenseman.

This puts Seider over the top: He has played 100 percent of his team’s games since entering the NHL. His durability has been extraordinary. And there’s also his leadership. Detroit Hockey Now believes when Larkin is traded, Seider will be Detroit’s next captain.

2. Along the same lines, Sports Illustrated’s Jayd Serdy posted a list of 5 Red Wings who can win individual NHL award trophies this upcoming season, and his only realistic pick is #53:

Continue reading Three things: two Moritz Seider quips, and the Roast of Chris Osgood live auction is, well, live…

The Red Wings’ weekly newsletter included a picture of the team’s October 4th giveaway to fans attending the Red Wings-Winnipeg Jets game, in the form of a Sergei Fedorov bobblehead;

It looks pretty slick, white skates included.

The Athletic’s Dom Luszczyszyn posted an article containing NHL fans’ rankings of the 32 NHL teams’ front offices this morning. I can’t share everything from his report on the Red Wings, but the fan-led rankings of categories of roster management are all “C’s” and “D’s” as the Wings have dropped from 23rd to 30th in the NHL, earning a “D-” as the fans’ overall grade for the team’s front office:

A vacant GM chair makes the Red Wings difficult to rate at the moment, so consider this a final grade for the Yzerplan. And folks, it is rough.

There were many moments throughout the years where hope was high in Detroit thanks to Steve Yzerman, so let the Yzerplan serve as another lesson that tearing it down is the easy part. Actually building something is much more difficult. The public caught on to the struggles of Detroit’s front office quicker than the fan base did and it’s why it’s important to gauge how front offices are perceived from both inside and outside the base. But even within Detroit, the tide against Yzerman had already started turning last year.

There are obviously positives from the last decade, namely Moritz Seider and Lucas Raymond. But everything else on the pro and amateur side was far from ideal. The biggest issue, though, was trying to take the cake out of the oven before it was done rising. What’s left is an underbaked mess for the next guy to clean up. The Red Wings aren’t unsalvageable, but they are in a very unenviable spot post-Yzerplan.

Continued; I would not argue that fan discontent is that significant an arbiter of the need for front office changes, but there’s some validity to Luszczyszyn’s argument…

And the Red Wings do have roster issues for the next GM or president of hockey hockey operations to address through better pro and amateur scouting. Everybody knows that by now, and it doesn’t take a genius to see that–or to begin addressing that when the next GM and/or president of hockey operations is hired

Tonight, the Detroit News’s Ted Kulfan discusses the Red Wings’ depth chart on defense, following up on his examination of the Wings’ goaltending situation.

The normal accolades follow the Wings’ top pairing…

▶ [Moritz] Seider: With Dylan Larkin’s request of a trade, and his status for training camp cloudy, there’s a possibility the Wings could strip him of the captaincy and give it to Seider. It wouldn’t be surprising to see Seider become a finalist for the Norris Trophy this season if he’s healthy.

▶ [Simon] Edvinsson: The Wings don’t have a GM currently, so it’s understandable there hasn’t been a contract reached with Edvinsson, who is likely to earn himself a significant raise given the salary jump around the league. The 23-year-old set career highs for goals (nine), plus-minus rating (plus-12), ice time (22:21) and shots (88), among others. With Edvinsson and Seider, the Wings have an imposing pairing for the next decade, at least.

But things get a little more intriguing when Kulfan assesses the Wings’ 3rd-pair stalwart, Albert Johansson…

Continue reading Examining the Red Wings’ depth on ‘D’

Expert scout Will Scouch discusses the Red Wings’ top prospects today, in “pyramid” form:

Detroit Hockey Now’s Bob Duff appeared on the NHL Network today to discuss the Dylan Larkin situation and Detroit’s front office machinations:

Sports Illustrated’s Nathan Smith offers a list of 5 priorities for the Red Wings’ next GM or president of hockey operations, and I’m raising an eyebrow regarding topic #5:

5. Trade Dylan Larkin

This may be controversial to some Red Wings fans, as many have accepted that Larkin is likely coming back ahead of the 2026/27 season despite his insistence on a trade, but it’s because he’s been so demanding of a trade that bringing him back just doesn’t make sense.

Unfortunately for Detroit, to get a deal done, they would likely need to lower their asking price to get it done, as some reports have revealed they are seeking a genuine 1C as a return piece for Larkin.

Simply put, none of the teams he wants to be dealt to are going to give up their best center to land a player that has been openly disgruntled with his current team, but the new GM will now just have to bite the bullet and move Larkin to avoid all of the speculation and potential locker room frustration.

This process would be made much, much easier if Larkin expanded his trade list, but as of right now, that doesn’t appear likely, so if the team needs to take a futures-based package from Minnesota to get it done, that’s the way it should be.

The team in the short and long term is better without a disgruntled captain leading the way when he clearly doesn’t want to be there.

Continued; I’d be fine with the Red Wings flipping some “futures” to a third team for a player or players that can help the team address its center depth, but simply giving up and going for Danila Yurov, Charlie Stramel and a 1st round pick, the Wild’s rumored return…

I dunno about that.