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My name is George Malik, and I'm the Malik Report's editor/blogger/poster. I have been blogging about the Red Wings since 2006, and have worked with MLive and Kukla's Korner. Thank you for reading!

Friedman mentions Kirill the Thrill in his ’32 Thoughts’ column

Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman mentioned Red Wings prospect Kirill Tyutyayev in his “32 Thoughts” column this morning. Here’s hoping that the raw, AHL-only-contracted prospect pans out:

28. Dylan Larkin called it on Kirill Tyutyayev. “He can score,” the Red Wing said during the NHL/NHLPA media tour in Chicago. Larkin added you never know how someone is going to do until you see him in games, but when they skated together before camp Tyutyayev impressed the Detroit captain with his nose for the net.

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Red Wings-Blue Jackets post-morning skate Tweets: Rasmussen day-to-day, Bertuzzi not ready

After today’s Red Wings and Blue Jackets’ morning skates, ahead of tonight’s game (7 PM EDT on DetroitRedWings.com/ColumbusBlueJackets.com/97.1 The Ticket/97.1 The Fan), we received not-so-great injury news from coach Jeff Blashill:

Coach Blashill said Michael Rasmussen is still day to day and will not play tonight or tomorrow. @DetroitRedWings #LGRW— Daniella Bruce (@daniellabruce_) October 6, 2021

Michael Rasmussen remains day to day. Won’t play tonight or tomorrow.— Ethan Sears (@ethan_sears) October 6, 2021

Tyler Bertuzzi practiced this week & will practice today, but is not playing tonight. Blashill said we will see where it goes from there. @DetroitRedWings #LGRW— Daniella Bruce (@daniellabruce_) October 6, 2021

Blashill said there is a chance that both Bobby Ryan and Lucas Raymond make the roster. He said “If you play great hockey, you don’t get denied.” @DetroitRedWings #LGRW— Daniella Bruce (@daniellabruce_) October 6, 2021

Blashill says Rasmussen continues to be day-to-day, will not play tonight/Thursday. Bertuzzi is practicing today, will not play in Columbus, but Blashill did leave door open for Bertuzzi possibly playing tomorrow. #RedWings— Ted Kulfan (@tkulfan) October 6, 2021

Red Wings report that they’ll be streaming tonight’s game

Good news from the Red Wings’ website: Tonight’s game, which was a radio-only affair, will be streamed on DetroitRedWings.com:

Preseason game #6.

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Ken Kal and Paul Woods will be covering tonight’s game as well:

We are on the Radio tonight and Thursday. Join Paul Woods and yours truly at 6:45pm from Columbus tonight as the ⁦@DetroitRedWings⁩ face off against ⁦@BlueJacketsNHL⁩ Hear the game ⁦@971theticketxyt⁩ pic.twitter.com/vchcJGGNNG— Ken Kal (@KenKalDRW) October 6, 2021

Red Wings-Blue Jackets morning skate Tweets: Wings’ lineup available

The Detroit Red Wings face off against the Columbus Blue Jackets this evening (7 PM EDT on 97.1 the Ticket), and Ken Kal Tweeted out tonight’s lineup…

Tonight’s Red Wings line up vs Columbus. pic.twitter.com/DxgUwuf8wg— Ken Kal (@KenKalDRW) October 6, 2021

As did The Athletic’s Max Bultman…

Morning skate lines from Detroit’s game group

Zadina-Larkin-Raymond
Erne-Veleno-Ryan
Berggren-Stephens-Barber
Smith-Rowney-Elson

Renouf-Seider
Lashoff-Stecher
Sebrango-Lindstrom
Brubacher— Max Bultman (@m_bultman) October 6, 2021

And MLive’s Ansar Khan:

#RedWings lineup for tonight’s preseason game at Columbus: pic.twitter.com/Hbz9VN5Ol6— Ansar Khan (@AnsarKhanMLive) October 6, 2021

Update #1: We’ve seen this before:

Larkin and Raymond working on their no-look passes to each other pic.twitter.com/n22b3QmwFb— Max Bultman (@m_bultman) October 6, 2021

Roughly translated: Nicklas Lidstrom speaks with Expressen regarding the use of painkillers in the NHL

Expressen’s Albin Julin and Adam Johansson spoke with several former NHL players regarding Robin Lehner’s accusations that former NHL teams handed out prescription medication on demand, and Nicklas Lidstrom addresses his situation with the Red Wings.

What follows is the pertinent part of Julin and Johansson’s article, roughly translated from Swedish:

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It’s a radio game tonight

The Free Press’s Tyler J. Davis posted a mini Red Wings-Blue Jackets game preview ahead of tonight’s match-up (7 PM EDT start), and he confirms that tonight’s game will not air on TV anywhere.

Tonight’s game is a radio-only affair in both the Red Wings and Blue Jackets’ marketplaces, with 97.1 the Ticket and Columbus’ 97.1 The Fan being the only places broadcasting the game.

Here’s Davis’ game preview:

Game notes: The Wings meet the Blue Jackets in a rematch of Saturday’s exhibtion. Detroit won that one convincingly, 5-1, behind two goals from Dylan Larkin. Larkin is unlikely to play Wednesday, but Lucas Raymond may. Raymond, the Wings’ 2020 first-round pick, leads the team with six points in just three preseason games. 

The Wings have two more exhibitions following Wednesday’s contest. Fans will get one final look at potential starters in a Thursday night home meeting with the Pittsburgh Penguins. Detroit closes the preseason on the road vs. the Buffalo Sabres before the Oct. 14 season opener vs. the Tampa Bay Lightning.

Thursday’s game airs on Bally Sports Detroit, but I’m not sure whether the Sabres’ website will stream Saturday’s game or not. In any case, for tonight, at least, we’ll have to leave the goals to our imaginations, which seems a little silly in 2021.

Duff explains how the ‘Detroit Red Wings’ moniker was born

Detroit Hockey Now’s Bob Duff explains how, 89 years ago today, the Detroit Red Wings were officially born:

Detroit’s NHL team was born as the Cougars and became the Falcons but it wasn’t until the team was christened the Red Wings that the franchise truly arrived in the NHL.

It was on October 5, 1932 that the announcement was made that henceforth, Detroit’s NHL team would be known as the Red Wings.

“Detroit Falcons became the Detroit Red Wings in the National Hockey League and John Ross Roach of New York Rangers became the regular goaltender for the Motor City troupe as the new hockey interests started housecleaning and remodeling for the 1932-33 season,” Windsor’s Border Cities Star reported of the October 5, decision to rename the team.

The story continues…