Ted Lindsay Foundation Celebrity Golf Outing to take place on September 10th

The Detroit Red Wings have announced the details of the Ted Lindsay Foundation Celebrity Golf Outing, which will be held on September 10th, 2018 at the Detroit Golf Club in Detroit, MI:

Here’s Patrik Rybar’s 2018-19 season goalie mask

Here’s Patrik Rybar’s 2018-19 season goalie mask, as painted by Peter Wolf:

Centre Ice Arena auctioning off a playing spot in annual ‘Celebrity and Alumni’ game

Centre Ice Arena is holding a charity auction whose prize is a playing spot in the facility’s annual training camp “Celebrity and Alumni” game:

On Filip Zadina having ‘something to prove’

The Hockey News’s Matt Larkin posted a list of five players who have much to prove during the 2018-19 season, and here’s what Larkin had to say about Red Wings prospect Filip Zadina:

FILIP ZADINA, DETROIT RED WINGS

Most rookies need to manage their expectations if they jump to the NHL as teenagers. Not Zadina. If he makes the Red Wings, he has every intention of lighting up the scoresheet. Openly angry that he fell to the sixth overall pick in June’s draft after most prognosticators had him going third or fourth, Zadina spoke out against the teams that passed on him, vowing to “fill their nets with pucks.” It just happens two of those teams, the Habs and Ottawa Senators, share a division with Detroit, so he’ll have many chances. If he makes the team, he gets his first crack at revenge Oct. 15 when Detroit visits the Bell Centre in Montreal. That’ll be appointment viewing.

Wyshynski discusses teams’ ‘Mount Puckmore’ lineups

ESPN’s Greg Wyshynski posted a lengthy article in which he discusses the “Mount Puckmore” lineups for the Atlantic Division’s NHL teams:

Detroit Red Wings

Gordie Howe, RW (1946-1971)
Nicklas Lidstrom, D (1991-2012)
Ted Lindsay, LW (1944-57)
Steve Yzerman, C (1983-2006)

Potential replacements: Pavel Datsyuk, C (2001-16); Alex Delvecchio, C (1950-74); Sergei Fedorov, C (1990-2003); Chris Osgood, G (1993-2001, 2005-11); Terry Sawchuk, G (1949-64); Henrik Zetterberg, C (2002-18)

Puckmore coach: Scotty Bowman (1993-2002)

Puckmore GM: Jack Adams (1927-62)

When you have 800 goals to your name, your face is going to be up on a dang mountain. Joining Howe is his linemate “Terrible” Ted, a player so tough that the NHL developed the elbowing penalty to limit his particular talents. Yzerman and Lidstrom were the faces for two decades of Detroit dominance, both having played over 1,500 games with the Red Wings. It’s hard to make a case for anyone else over these immortals.

Wyshynski continues, and there are voting options for the various teams’ “Mount Puckmore” lineups.

Khan examines Danny DeKeyser’s 2018-19 possibilities

MLive’s Ansar Khan discusses Danny DeKeyser’s 2018-19 season this morning:

2018-19 outlook: DeKeyser’s offseason goal as always is to gain strength to help him win more puck battles. He said he’s comfortable with his weight.

DeKeyser’s strength is skating, so it took him a while to feel comfortable after missing five weeks with a fractured ankle. He was a minus-10 in his first 10 games after returning from the injury and then posted a plus-13 rating over the final 52 games. He was more consistent the second half of the season.

The Red Wings need DeKeyser to be a shutdown defender who can get the puck out of the zone quickly, like he was earlier in his career before taking a big step back in 2016-17.

The team planned on pairing DeKeyser with Trevor Daley heading into last season, but the injury changed things. Daley spent most of season playing alongside Jonathan Ericsson while DeKeyser was with Nick Jensen much of the time.

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Red Wings assistant GM Ryan Martin appears on the latest ‘Red and White Authority’ podcast

If you’re interested in spending an hour with the Red Wings’ assistant GM, Ryan Martin, and DetroitRedWings.com’s Arthur J. Regner..

Wings assistant coach Dan Bylsma’s finally allowed to be a fan of his favorite team

Red Wings assistant coach Dan Bylsma spoke with the Grand Haven Tribune’s Len Painter regarding his circuitous route to his home-state team:

“I grew up a Red Wings fan,” he told me in a telephone interview last week. “It’s been a long time since I’ve been a fan.”

His allegiance to the red and white jersey switched when he became a professional hockey player and coach for other National Hockey League teams.

The connection to the Red Wings came after Bylsma worked as an assistant coach alongside Red Wings head coach Blashill during the 2018 International Ice Hockey Federation (IHF) World Championships in Copenhagen and Henning, Denmark. Blashill’s U.S. team won the bronze medal, defeating Canada, 4-1. Bylsma was in charged of the team’s power play.

“I’ve known Jeff over the years from clinics and at the world championships,” Bylsma said.

After the U.S. team’s success in Denmark, Blashill liked the idea of Bylsma joining the staff. Bylsma agreed to a three-year contact with the Red Wings.

He’ll be working with the Red Wings’ power play and forwards, somewhat of a change for Bylsma, who earned a reputation as a strong defensive player during his playing days.

He laughed when I reminded him of his reputation as a defensive-orientated player. “I coached the power play when I was an assistant coach with the New York Islanders,” he reminded me.

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Tri-City Americans name Michael Rasmussen captain for their 18-19 campaign

The Red Wings may believe that Michael Rasmussen will make the team this upcoming season, but Rasmussen’s WHL rights-holder, the Tri-City Americans, is betting that their captain will return for one more season in the “Dub”:

Kennewick, Wash. – Tri-City Americans General Manager Bob Tory announced today the team’s leadership group for the 2018-19 season.

“We have been blessed with tremendous leaders over the years that have helped elevate our culture,” stated Tory.

Each season we have been able to have a carryover of our leadership group by having younger players added to the core group.

This season the team will be led by Captain Michael Rasmussen and Nolan Yaremko.

Nolan will wear the captain “C” while Michael is away with the Detroit Red Wings. Nolan is a four-year veteran of the hockey club.

Assisting Nolan this year and wearing an “A” will be Parker AuCoin, Kyle Olson, Sasha Mutala, and Roman Kalinichenko.

AuCoin and Olson are also four-year veterans, and Sasha and Roman are entering their second seasons with the club.