TSN/The Athletic’s Pierre LeBrun reported that the NHL held a conference call today with all 32 NHL teams’ general managers and head coaches today…

The NHL has a Zoom call/meeting with all 32 GMs and head coaches today at 1 pm ET. This meeting was held in person last September in Detroit but it was decided to do it online instead this year, easier for everyone involved.

— Pierre LeBrun (@PierreVLeBrun) September 8, 2026

And Frank Seravalli reports that Red Wings interim GM Shawn Horcoff represented Detroit on the call:

Sounds like assistant GM Shawn Horcoff was representing the @DetroitRedWings on the #NHL’s virtual call today with GMs and head coaches.

Their search for Steve Yzerman’s successor continues.

— Frank Seravalli (@frank_seravalli) September 8, 2026

Red Wings defenseman Simon Edvinsson spoke with Aftonbladet’s Anton Johansson (the reporter, not the defenseman) about his contractual situation with Detroit and more topics. Here’s a rough translation of their conversation from Swedish:

Swedish NHL star: “What to do?”

Simon Edvinsson, 23, is in a special situation.

The defensive star is without a contract and has no one to negotiate with.

“It’s been standing still for quite a while now,” he said.

Simon Edvinsson calls us up after sitting for a while in the sauna.

As usual, the Gothenburger has prepared as well as he can for the upcoming hockey season.

But this time he’s in a strange position.

Edvinsson’s rookie contract with the Detroit Red Wings expired this spring. After two successful seasons in the NHL, he has grown to become one of the NHL’s most promising defensemen, and a new contract with a juicy pay rise was to be expected.

He himself and many others probably thought it would be solved by now. But with the NHL premiere less than a month away, he stands without a contract with Detroit, and he has no one to negotiate with.

The reason is that Steve Yzerman resigned as Detroit General Manager in mid-July — and the club hasn’t found a replacement.

“It’s a special situation. I haven’t seen anyone else who’s been in a position like this before, when there’s not even anyone to talk to this late in the summer. What to do about it? There is not much you can do. It will be to try to take it day by day, and hope that it will soon work out,” he says.

Sportsnet’s Ryan Dixon offers “best and worst-case scenarios” for every Atlantic Division team today, and here’s what he discerns might happen for the Detroit Red Wings, good and bad alike:

Detroit Red Wings

Key additions Viktor Arvidsson, W; Daniil Tarasov, G; Keegan Kolesar, W

Key subtractions Parick Kane, W

Cap space today $19,572,084

Best case A home-run trade involving captain Dylan Larkin and soft reset

Worst case Being the worst team in a strong division by some margin

Training camp may be right around the corner, but there are still so many questions in Detroit. The Wings still have not named a successor to former GM Steve Yzerman and it’s unclear if the new person has a chance to save the marriage with captain Dylan Larkin, who requested a trade following last season.

Per TSN/The Athletic’s Pierre LeBrun:

Hearing that RFA Simon Edvinsson intends to still be at Detroit’s training camp next week even if still unsigned. Patiently waiting for the Red Wings GM situation to iron itself out before resuming negotiations.

— Pierre LeBrun (@PierreVLeBrun) September 8, 2026

That’s a hell of a leap of faith by Edvinsson and his agent in Europe, Peter Werner, who told Expressen’s Gunnar Nordstrom that the pair are “patiently waiting for the new general manager” earlier this summer.

Update: Per MLive’s Ansar Khan:

Defenseman Simon Edvinsson intends to report to Detroit Red Wings training camp next week even if he doesn’t have a contract in place.

“That’s the plan right now; still need to get his visa finalized this week,” J.P. Barry, Edvinsson’s agent, said on Tuesday.

Detroit Hockey Now’s Bob Duff posted 5 unique storylines about the Red Wings’ prospects who will be participating in this upcoming weekend’s prospect tournament, including the following:

Christensen Went on a Championship Run

Defenseman Justice Christensen signed an AHL contract with the Grand Rapids Griffins. He also played in last year’s rookie series against the Dallas Stars, back then as a free agent.

Christensen is a hockey world champion, which in itself isn’t necessarily unique among the NHL prospects that will be on display at this tourney. That is, until you learn how he won his world title.

In the summer of 2025, Christensen, then a defenseman with the WHL Prince Albert Raiders, captained Canada to the World U20 ball hockey gold medal. He talked about his other hockey passion in an interview on the Raiders’ Facebook page.

“There’s similarities for sure,” Christensen said. “But it is a little bit slower and [you need] a little bit more patience waiting for those plays to open up, because you’re moving a little slower.”

Duff continues with four more storylines…

The Detroit Red Wings will host the Dallas Stars, Columbus Blue Jackets and Pittsburgh Penguins as Detroit holds a 3-game round robin prospect tournament this upcoming weekend at the BELFOR Training Center under Little Caesars Arena.

The vast majority of NHL teams hold or participate in prospect tournaments of some sort, so NHL.com’s Mike G. Morreale offers an list of prospects to watch around the NHL this weekend, including one Red Wings goaltender:

Trey Augustine, G, Detroit Red Wings

Where to watch: NHL Prospects Tournament, Little Caesars Arena (Detroit); Sept. 12-15

Augustine (6-foot-1, 183 pounds) combines technical polish, composure and fierce competitiveness, qualities that make him Detroit’s top prospect. He finished 24-9-1 with a 2.11 goals-against average, .929 save percentage and three shutouts as a junior at Michigan State, earning consecutive Big Ten Goaltender of the Year honors. The position always requires patience, but the Red Wings are excited about Augustine’s consistency in collegiate and international pressure situations that should provide the 21-year-old a chance to start for Grand Rapids of the American Hockey League this season.

Continued; in all honesty, short prospect tournaments just aren’t the best place to evaluate goalies.They earn one or two starts over the course of a handful of games, and they’re often adjusting to a higher level of competition, so they can be very good, very ordinary, or very mediocre, and it just doesn’t matter in the long haul.

Long story long, however, we’ve all been told that Augustine is not a goaltender to “sleep upon,” regardless of how next weekend goes for him.

Augustine’s proven himself to be a clutch goaltender with Michigan State, and he got his feet wet with the Grand Rapids Griffins last spring as well, so he should be ready to go this month, both at the prospect tournament and during training camp.

MLive’s Ansar Khan suggests that the Red Wings ought to hire interim general manager Shawn Horcoff as the team’s GM and/or president of hockey operations, given that training camp is a week and-a-half away, that Simon Edvninsson has yet to be re-signed, and given that the Dylan Larkin situation hangs over the team like a black cloud:

If they have no external candidates they’re sold on, or if no top candidate wants to leave his current team this close to the season, why not put Shawn Horcoff in charge?

That could be Red Wings governor and CEO Chris Ilitch’s best option at this point – promote Horcoff, if not permanently then at least on an interim basis.

Horcoff knows the organization as well as anyone, having worked for three years as assistant GM for the Red Wings and the GM of the AHL Grand Rapids Griffins. Horcoff worked alongside former GM Steve Yzerman and assistant Kris Draper in all hockey operations matters as well as handling day-to-day responsibilities for the Griffins – personnel decisions, contract negotiations, player movement.

He is currently handling the Red Wings day-to-day operations.

Khan duly notes that the Red Wings’ timing in terms of relieving Steve Yzerman of his duties in the middle of the summer (July 15th) to supposedly look over 100+ candidates for the job via the Turnkey ZRG firm put the Wings on their back foot in terms of being able to swing for top managerial talent, and he offers the following names as potential GM candidates:

Assistant GMs Brett Peterson (Florida), Jeff Kealty (San Jose) and Scott White (Dallas) are among the names that have been floated as candidates.

Continued;

I’m not certain what to say here. There’s a very solid argument for hiring at least an interim GM who will be allowed to negotiate contracts and make trades given the team’s inertia over the past summer, and given that inking a secondary scorer in addition to re-signing Edvinsson and resolving Larkin’s situation wouldn’t be a bad idea…

But do the Wings make a hire for the sake of expediency here, or do they “wait for the right guy?” (or gal?)

That’s the choice that Chris Ilitch and the Red Wings’ hockey operations department faces at present.

Sportsnet’s Rory Boylen offers “one thing to remember” about each and every one of the NHL’s 32 teams ahead of training camps beginning next week, and he says this regarding the Detroit Red Wings:

Detroit Red Wings: Captain Dylan Larkin still has a trade request hanging out there

As Friedman reported in early June, Larkin had requested a trade out of Detroit with five years left on his contract, writing that there were two critical factors: “Detroit’s inability to make the playoffs, and a somewhat frosty relationship between the captain and the team’s top hockey executive.”

Since then, Steve Yzerman has vacated the GM seat, but no one has yet replaced him. There is no indication Larkin has rescinded that request, or that he will give the Red Wings freedom to cast a wide net in working around his no-trade clause. Training camp is right around the corner and if left unfinished, this could create an awkward reunion. Will Larkin report and/or rescind? Will he allow Detroit more trade options? Can he remain captain? Who is even making these calls?

Continued;

1. He’s going to report;
2. We don’t know.
3. We don’t know.
4. We don’t know.

That’s why Red Wings fans are so frustrated right now.

Do you agree with TSN’s BarDown blog? They’ve suggested on Twitter/X that the Red Wings’ 2001-2002 Stanley Cup Championship team may be one of the greatest teams ever assembled:

The 2001-02 Red Wings were stacked with legends and capped it off by lifting hockey’s ultimate prize. 🏆

Is this one of the greatest teams ever assembled, if not the greatest? 👀 pic.twitter.com/ZjRWX04HKj

— BarDown (@BarDown) September 7, 2026

Updated 2x at 3:21 PM: Aunt Annie has been sick all day, so I’m catching up here.

Anyway, per TSN:

Detroit Tigers general manager Jeff Greenberg told reporters on Monday that he has removed himself from consideration to take over as the Detroit Red Wings head of hockey operations.

Greenberg has been the general manager of the Tigers since 2023, leading the team to two playoff appearances in his three seasons. Detroit is on pace to miss the playoffs this season, holding a 78-84 record entering Monday’s action.

The 40-year-old manager said that he admires the Red Wings organization and was honoured to be considered, but is committed to finish what he started with the Tigers.

Prior to joining the Tigers, Greenberg was an associate general manager with the Chicago Blackhawks in for the 2022-23 NHL season. He also served as an assistant general manager with the Chicago Cubs from 2020 to 2022 working his way up in the organization from a baseball operations intern beginning in 2012.

The Red Wings are looking for a new head of hockey operations after Steve Yzerman exited his role in July, moving into a senior advisor to governor and CEO Chris Illitch.

And MLive’s Evan Woodbery:

News: Tigers GM Jeff Greenberg has removed his name from consideration for the head of hockey operations position with the Red Wings.

— Evan Woodbery (@evanwoodbery) September 7, 2026

Greenberg has been Tigers GM since Sept. 2023, when he was hired from front office of NHL's Chicago Blackhawks. He said he admires the Red Wings and was honored to be considered, but is committed to Tigers.

— Evan Woodbery (@evanwoodbery) September 7, 2026

Update at 3:16 PM: Elliotte Friedman confirms…