From the NHLPA:

NHLPA GOALS & DREAMS AND CLARK PARK COALITION TO CELEBRATE FORMER NHLPA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR BOB GOODENOW’S LEGACY

… NHLPA Goals & Dreams to unveil a meaningful contribution supporting the next generation of hockey players at Clark Park

TORONTO (September 9, 2026) – The National Hockey League Players’ Association’s charitable arm, NHLPA Goals & Dreams, and the Clark Park Coalition will host a special community hockey event on September 15 to celebrate the enduring legacy of former longtime NHLPA Executive Director Bob Goodenow.

The event will bring together Clark Park youth hockey players and their families, members of the Goodenow family, NHLPA representatives, Clark Park leaders, former NHL players and community partners for an evening celebrating hockey’s ability to inspire, connect and create opportunity.

As part of the event, NHLPA Goals & Dreams will make a special announcement in support of Clark Park Coalition’s hockey program, a multi-season contribution to help more Detroit youth experience the game for seasons to come. The full details of the donation will be revealed during the event.

From the Grand Rapids Griffins:

GRIFFINS 2026-27 SINGLE-GAME TICKETS ON SALE NOW

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – Single-game tickets for each of the Grand Rapids Griffins’ 36 regular-season home games at Van Andel Arena are on sale now through griffinshockey.com/tickets.

Under fourth-year head coach Dan Watson, the Griffins will begin the home portion of their 72-game slate on Friday, Oct. 9 against the Manitoba Moose with the Home Opener presented by Huntington Bank.

Griffins tickets can be purchased through the following methods (all purchases subject to a convenience charge):

• Online through griffinshockey.com/tickets;
• On the Griffins app, available for iPhone and Android;
• In person at The Zone at Van Andel Arena, beginning Oct. 1 (open 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday);
• By phone at (616) 774-4585 or (800) 2-HOCKEY.

Daily Faceoff’s Paul Pidutti posted a list of his “High Noon” rankings of the NHL’s top 40 defensemen, which includes data from the last three seasons of NHL activity in order to rank defensemen proportionally. Here’s what he has to say about Red Wings defenseman Moritz Seider, who he ranks #20th…

Moritz Seider (#20), Detroit: Seider was exceptional last season by any measure, earning his fifth place finish in Norris voting and a handful of down-ballot Hart votes. If his ranking was based on 2025-26 alone, he’d be #9 in High Noon. But that was the first season the now 25-year-old topped 50 points or garnered Norris votes. While his special teams play is still shaky, Seider’s a great bet to shoot into the top 10 in 2027. He’s the real deal.

It’s worth noting that Simon Edvinsson also cracks Pidutti’s top 40 at #38, though there’s no comment about his ranking.

According to WXYZ’s Max White, “The Spot” Detroit 20 will air the Detroit PWHL franchise’s games this upcoming season:

The Spot Detroit – Detroit 20 will be the official broadcast partner of PWHL Detroit during its inaugural season, bringing the team’s games to free, over-the-air television in Detroit.

The partnership is part of a larger partnership between the PWHL and Scripps Sports, which is part of The Spot – Detroit 20’s parent company, E.W.Scripps. The Spot – Detroit 20 is also the broadcast partner of the Detroit Pistons.

Under the partnership between Scripps Sports and the PWHL, Scripps Sports will produce and televise a featured Saturday “Game of the Week” that will air exclusively in the U.S. on ION.

ION will also return as the exclusive home of the league’s Walter Cup Finals.

Continued

The Free Press’s Carlos Monarrez suggests that it’s a good thing that Jeff Greenberg exited the Red Wings’ GM search on Monday, and Monarrez’ second reason behind his reasoning is pertinent:

Let’s hope this indicates Ilitch will hire a true hockey person, meaning an NHL executive with extensive experience in a winning organization.

Those qualifications should be table stakes. But what I hope distinguishes a new GM with championship-caliber bona fides is having enough power and respect from Ilitch and his top aides to be left alone to do their job.

Even if that comes to fruition, I suspect the new GM will have to do things differently than Yzerman by keeping Ilitch in the loop better, explaining personnel strategy more clearly and embracing analytics.

In business parlance, it’s called managing up. In the vulgate of normal folk, it’s called smooching.

It’s an important skill for every working person with a boss. If the Wings’ next GM deploys this skill effectively, he may not only get Ilitch on his side a lot faster, but he might do something even far more impressive, like getting his owner to regularly attend games.

Continued (paywall);

I’m not expecting a miracle in terms of Christopher Ilitch spending as much time with the Red Wings as he spends time with the Detroit Tigers, but I do agree that aligning the front office with Ilitch’s sports practices is a logical course of action.

It’s not “managing up” or “smooching” as much as it is simplifying the managerial process, and that makes sense.

The rest of Monarrez’ rationale is worth reading, but this portion of his column is truly pertinent to the GM search.

On Monday, MLive’s Ansar Khan suggested that the Red Wings should simply hire interim GM Shawn Horcoff full-time to get their search process done and over with as training camp and the preseason are rapidly approaching.

This morning, Detroit Hockey Now’s Bob Duff suggests the same thing:

At this juncture, that might be the wisest course of action. The Wings could even give it to Horcoff on an interim basis for one year, and then begin the search for a GM anew next offseason.

If the Wings were planning on putting someone new in charge this close to the season, wouldn’t they have done it by now? Then again, if Horcoff were their first choice, wouldn’t he have been appointed by now?

In their summer of discontent, the Red Wings have managed to alienate their captain, remove a franchise icon as GM, and then not come up with a plan to replace him.

And now, time has just about run out.

Even if it is the default option, going with Horcoff might be their only option.

Continued at length…To me, the team’s got a couple more weeks before not having a GM hurts, and I’d like to see them get the “right guy.” But that’s just me.

Red Wings play-by-play broadcaster Ken Daniels appears on the latest episode of the “Ozzy and Keats” podcast, discussing some hot-button issues over the course of a 54-minute appearance:

Over the course of two days, Red Wings prospect goaltender Trey Augustine has earned praise in two lists compiled by NHL.com writers.

On Tuesday morning, NHL.com’s Mike G. Morreale praised Augustine as a top prospect to watch during this upcoming weekend’s prospect tournaments; this morning, Adam Kimelman, Morreale and Sebastien Deschambeault agree that Augustine is one of the NHL’s 26 top prospects to watch during the 2026-2027 season:

26. Trey Augustine, G, Detroit Red Wings

Augustine will move into professional hockey full time this season after arguably being the top goalie in college during his three seasons at Michigan State. Selected by the Red Wings in the second round (No. 41) of the 2023 draft, the 21-year-old was 66-25-7 with a 2.40 goals-against average, .922 save percentage and nine shutouts in 99 college games. Last season he won his second straight Big 10 goalie of the year award when he was 24-9-1 with a 2.11 GAA, .929 save percentage and three shutouts, was voted the winner of the Mike Richter Award as the top men’s NCAA goalie and was a top-10 finalist for the Hobey Baker Award as the top men’s NCAA hockey player. Augustine got a taste of pro hockey last season, playing two AHL games with Grand Rapids, and will have the chance to be the No. 1 goalie there this season. Augustine’s tracking, composure and extensive international experience compensate for average NHL size (6-1, 183), and he should be ready to compete for the No. 1 job with the Red Wings potentially as soon as 2028-29.

Continued; Augustine and Michal Postava are both relatively likely to see at least a “cup of coffee” call-up by the Red Wings this season, should John Gibson or Daniil Tarasov suffer injuries, and the Wings’ future in goal does look to be quite bright between Augustine and Postava’s respective potential for success.

Updated 3x at 10:16 PM: Good news from NHL.com’s Nicholas J. Cotsonika:

Alex DeBrincat wants to stay with the Detroit Red Wings despite Dylan Larkin’s trade request, Patrick Kane’s departure and the ongoing search for a general manager.

DeBrincat, who grew up in the Detroit area, led the Red Wings in goals (41) and points (85) last season. In three seasons with them, he has scored 107 goals, 10 more than his closest teammate, Larkin.

The 28-year-old forward is entering the final season of a four-year, $31.5 million contract ($7.875 average annual value) he signed with the Red Wings on July 9, 2023. He is eligible to sign an extension, but talks are on hold due to the GM situation.

“When a new GM (is announced), I’m sure there’s going to be some conversations, but you know, as of right now, my opinion hasn’t changed,” DeBrincat said at the NHL/NHLPA North American Player Media Tour on Tuesday. “I love playing for the Red Wings. I love wearing that jersey and battling with those guys out there. My intention is obviously to stay in Detroit. We’ll see what happens, I guess.”

DeBrincat admits that he’s disappointed about losing Patrick Kane to the Chicago Blackhawks…

“It (stinks) for me and for our team,” DeBrincat said. “He was a big part of our team, obviously skill-wise but also leadership-wise. For me, he’s one of my best friends. He’s a guy I hang out with. Our kids are great friends. In that aspect of it, it (stinks). But if he’s going to go anywhere, I’m happy he went to Chicago. I feel like him going back home is probably the story that needed to be written.”

And there is this:

The players have been skating informally at Little Caesars Arena, and DeBrincat said Larkin has been around the rink. How has he been received after his trade request?

“From my perspective, he’s a great teammate, he’s a great friend of mine, and that’s a decision he made,” DeBrincat said. “That’s about as far as I’m going to go there. He’s always been a great teammate to me and a great friend. I feel like at this moment our team is definitely better with him, and he’s still our leader. He’s still one of our best players. That’s the way it is.”

Continued;

Update #1:

The Athletic’s Pierre LeBrun weighs in regarding two matters of Red Wings-related importance in Simon Edvinsson’s attendance at next week’s Red Wings training camp, as well as Detroit’s managerial search:

The expectation is that RFA Simon Edvinsson will take part in Detroit Red Wings training camp even if he remains unsigned. That’s a little unusual, but I think the player doesn’t want to fall behind, and we’ve seen in the past how missing camp has hurt other players.

Also, shorter training camps under the new CBA offer less of a ramp-up to the regular season. That could be a factor.

So Edvinsson’s plan at the moment is to show up for camp regardless of whether he’s signed.

As previously noted, Edvinsson told Aftonbladet’s Anton Johansson that he’s showing up for camp earlier today…

The holdup in talks, of course, is that the Red Wings still don’t have a GM. Detroit Tigers GM Jeff Greenberg removing himself from consideration might open the search back up. I’m surprised the Red Wings haven’t interviewed Ryan Martin yet, given his longtime work in the Detroit front office before joining the Rangers’ front office. He would seem like a logical candidate to at least speak with. Perhaps that will happen now?

Continued (paywall); I’m shocked to hear that the Wings haven’t interviewed Martin, too.