Month: September 2026

Tweet of note: Red Wings ‘mic up’ a talkative Anton Johansson

The Red Wings just posted a clip of prospect defenseman Anton Johansson “mic’ed up” during the Red Wings-Blue Jackets prospect tournament game. Johansson’s quite vocal:

Update: The Red Wings posted a 5:12 video of Johansson “mic’ed up”:

Tweets of note from the third day of the Red Wings’ 2026 training camp: Wings get down to business with their ‘NHL lineup’

Updated 2x at 12:34 PM: The Detroit Red Wings took to the ice at Little Caesars Arena’s BELFOR Training Center this morning to participate in their third day of training camp.

Here are the Tweets/X posts of note from Saturday’s on-ice sessions.

This post will be updated repeatedly, so “stay tuned!”

Anyway, MLive’s Ansar Khan led us off…

And The Athletic’s Max Bultman joined the fray:

Update #1:

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Tweets of note: Pierre LeBrun ponders whether Patrik Laine might ‘fit’ with the Red Wings

Today’s first Tweet of note comes from The Athletic and TSN’s Pierre LeBrun, who posited a “spitball” theory as to where unrestricted free agent forward Patrik Laine might end up:

Laine, a 28-year-old forward, has averaged about 20 goals while playing 50-some NHL games over the course of 2023-2025. He missed most of last season with injuries and because the Habs decided to scratch him, so the 6’5,” 216-pound winger is rumored to be waiting for a contender to take a chance on him…But he’s still unemployed this fall.

I really don’t know whether I’d suggest that he’s any sort of “fit” in Detroit. I don’t see him choosing to sign with a middling team like the Red Wings, because the scuttlebutt suggests that the mercurial forward is hoping to land with a contending team, and that’s my gut feeling. Stranger things have happened, however…

Red Wings look to score more goals at even strength

The Athletic’s Max Bultman offers a set of observations regarding the Red Wings’ training camp this morning.

Bultman discusses the Red Wings’ early lines, Viktor Arvidsson’s “fit” with his new employer, the play of William Wallinder and Anton Johansson, the opportunity for Nate Danielson to make the team, and Detroit’s desire to increase their even-strength scoring:

The Red Wings are surely hoping [Viktor] Arvidsson will help with five-on-five scoring, which has been a glaring weakness in recent seasons. Last season, Detroit ranked 30th in the league with just 2.13 goals per 60 minutes at five-on-five. Meanwhile, 42 of Arvidsson’s 54 points last season came at five-on-five, which would have been second on the Red Wings, behind only Alex DeBrincat.

To that end, it was good to see plenty of scoring in the first scrimmage Thursday. In that first 50-minute session, DeBrincat scored two goals (and, to my eyes, has been the most noticeable forward thus far), Finnie scored on a redirect at the net, forwards Wilmer Skoog and ThĂ©o Rochette got on the scoreboard, defensemen Justin Faulk, Ronnie Attard and Shai Buium all had tallies (though Buium’s may have been tipped), and Moritz Seider scored a game-winner on a blast from the point before shushing the opposing bench.

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Two DHN things: Moritz Seider discusses Patrick Kane’s departure; early indications of the shape of the Red Wings’ lineup

Of note from Detroit Hockey Now’s Bob Duff this morning:

  1. Duff spoke with J.T. Compher and Moritz Seider regarding former Red Wings forward Patrick Kane’s return to the Chicago Blackhawks. Seider’s comments are particularly noteworthy:

“I think it’s really cool for me personally to see him back in his original colors,” Detroit defenseman Moritz Seider said. “Of course we’re going to miss him, but obviously we’ve got great additions. We have a really good team. But yeah, with one eye, I’m excited, obviously watching the Blackhawks and Patrick Kane.”

Seider also thinks that the amount of time it took Kane to make a decision on the direction for his hockey future is an indication of how much the Red Wings came to carry a place close to his heart.

“I think he took a lot of time thinking about coming back here, and it just shows how much this organization means to him, how much the locker room means to him,” Seider said.

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Late evening line: the optimism of youth

Red Wings defenseman Simon Edvinsson is all of 23 and-a-half years old, and when he spoke with the media today, his answer as to how Dylan Larkin’s situation happens to be affecting the team was that of a young, optimistic man. I hope that what Edvinsson told the Hockey News’s Michael Whitaker is true:

Meanwhile, Edvinsson said he doesn’t believe Dylan Larkin’s trade request will be a distraction for the team. Larkin remains with the Red Wings but is currently inactive after suffering an off-ice injury.

In fact, Edvinsson believes the situation could ultimately bring the group closer together.

“I don’t think it’s going to be a distraction,” Edvinsson said. “Everybody’s here to play hockey and do their own business; everyone has themselves to worry about. I know one thing is that when we play our first game, and hopefully Dylan’s ready to go by then, I know he’ll work as hard as everyone else on the ice.

And I think it’s going to make the team closer, somehow, because we’re going to see how hard Dylan will work, and he’ll see how hard we work for him, and it’ll bring the team together. I’m not worried.”

Continued; I get that this team runs on an “us against the world” mentality, and I certainly hope that there’s a Big Red Machine that manages to hum along without a discordant note, but I’ve seen this kind of situation “go wrong” many ways as well.

The Wings will have to balance the knife’s edge of building a newer leadership group with supporting their disgruntled former captain, both on and off the ice, until he’s not here any more.

Want to help revamp the Red Wings’ analytics department? There’s an open job which you may apply for

I stumbled upon this by accident. The Red Wings posted a job for an entry-level data engineer on Teamworkonline.com, and it sure sounds like Detroit’s analytics department is looking for an innovative person or two to lend a helping hand…

JOB SUMMARY: The Detroit Red Wings are currently seeking a full-time Data Engineer. This role will be responsible for supporting all internal data and infrastructure initiatives within Hockey Operations. This position will report to the Director of Statistical Analysis within Hockey Operations.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: Manage the consumption, storage, and maintenance of all hockey data. Design automated processes to oversee data integrity and query performance on a regular basis. Migrate/modernize existing legacy pipelines and build new ones to improve integration of disparate data sources and improve ease of use for integration of data into software tools and analysis pipelines. Oversee the integration of data into all hockey analytics and software systems. Maintain expertise in modern data management techniques within the fast-paced hockey technology landscape.

Apply if you are qualified (and only if you are qualified)…and good luck!

Video ‘short’: Gibson and Tarasov at work

It’s always interesting to see goaltenders up close, and the Red Wings posted a Tweet/YouTube “short” which showcases a very comfortable John Gibson and a slightly less comfortable Daniil Tarasov doing their jobs during training camp.

It should be noted that Tarasov’s adjusting from Vaughn goalie gear to True Hockey gear, which explains the wee bit of hesitancy in his glove stops:

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Red Wings believe they’re able to overcome Patrick Kane’s departure

The Hockey News’s Michael Whitaker asked several Red Wings players how the team will react to this summer’s loss of free agent forward Patrick Kane to his previous employer in the Chicago Blackhawks. Kane was a true “rink rat” in the most positive sense of the term, and he leaves a lasting legacy of hard work and self-improvement impressed upon the Red Wings’ players:

“Unbelievable hockey player, great person, great mentor for a lot of guys in this room,” said J.T. Compher. “We wish him the best, obviously going back to an organization that he means a lot to… he’ll be missed.” 

Defenseman Moritz Seider acknowledged that while Kane’s departure was difficult for the Red Wings, he understands why the veteran forward ultimately chose to return to Chicago. 

“Hard, but obviously I can’t really blame the guy,” Seider said. “It’s an unreal contract he got offered, and I’m really happy for him. It’s really cool for me personally to see him back in his original colors, but I think he took a lot of time to think about coming back, and it just shows how much this organization means to him, and how much the locker room meant to him. Of course we’re going to miss him, but we’ve got great additions and a really good team.”

Wings coach Todd McLellan also weighed in…

“He’s Patrick Kane,” said coach Todd McLellan. “He is a sure-fire Hall of Famer; he’s a winner. He does things a certain way; he practiced as hard as he could, and he was really good in the locker room. He was a tremendous teammate. That’s why he keeps prolonging his career. Chicago wanted him back, and good for him and good for Chicago to recognize that.”

With McLellan telling Whitaker that the departures of Kane, James van Riemsdyk, Travis Hamonic and David Perron leave a leadership void which must be filled internally:

“That’s a lot of years and a lot of experience that people, players, even coaching staff, leaned on and looked to,” McLellan said. “It’s time for some change and time for Razor (Lucas Raymond), (Alex) DeBrincat, Mo (Moritz Seider), Simon (Edvinsson) – these guys to take more of it on. They’re the veterans now; they’re done being kids. They’re men, and they need to take more of it on. We need to have a group of people pushing that from the level that we’re at right now, plus from underneath. And we hope we’re going to get that from the group.”

HSJ in the evening: coach McLellan on Edvinsson’s pluses; Seider on mega-contracts; Kasper’s new gig

Of evening Red Wings-related note from the Free Press’s Helene St. James’ Friday training camp notebook:

  1. Red Wings coach Todd McLellan had this to say about Simon Edvinsson’s presence at training camp despite #77’s status as a restricted free agent:

“I give that young man a lot of credit,” coach Todd McLellan said. “He could be at home in Sweden, waiting and biding his time. He came over and he wanted to be with his teammates. He’s not signed right now. That’s not his fault. We haven’t had a lot of ability in the organization to get all that stuff done. So give him credit. He’s come over. And now it’s time for our organization to work fast with him, and fair.”

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“We see the size of his skating ability,” McLellan said. “He’s got a real good shot. He jumps in at the right time. His hockey IQ has improved a lot. He reads plays better. He kills plays faster. He’s a little quicker in and around the net. And I would say if he had those, the disaster moments that we all have, whether it’s coaches or players, they’re fewer and far between. So he’s come a long way, really, when you think about it.”

Edvinsson, listed at 225 pounds on the camp roster, described himself as being, “probably in the best shape I’ve been in my life. I’m a little bit heavier and I feel like I got more control now over the movements and I feel like that can make me a better threat on the offensive blue line and I feel like that can make me a better threat to come out of the home zone as well so it’s just small things but I think in general it feels pretty good.”

2. Moritz Seider also spoke with St. James regarding the explosion in terms of salaries being paid to young players in the NHL:

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