Not great news on the heels of the information that Troy Stecher is out until the Olympic break:
No surgery for Mitchell Stephens, but he will be out until at least the Olympic break as well. #LGRW— Daniella Bruce (@daniellabruce_) November 23, 2021
Injury updates. #RedWings pic.twitter.com/bwDlQJRDl9— Detroit Red Wings (@DetroitRedWings) November 23, 2021
Not good not good, per Carley Johnston:
Troy Stecher had wrist surgery and will be out at least until the Olympic break, per Coach Blashill @DetroitRedWings— Carley Johnston (@carleykjohnston) November 23, 2021
The Detroit Red Wings face the St. Louis Blues tomorrow evening (7:30 PM on Bally Sports Detroit Plus/Bally Sports Midwest/97.1 FM), and the Wings practiced with their “normal” lines today at Little Caesars Arena’s Belfor Training Center.
After practice, the Wings spoke with the media…
Robby Fabbri said its been good to step away for a couple of days and get the rest they needed. Also said the upcoming lighter schedule allows for more practice time, giving the team a chance to work on things and tighten some things up. #LGRW @DetroitRedWings— Daniella Bruce (@daniellabruce_) November 23, 2021
Wow, didn’t even realize this is the first time Fabbri will be playing against the Blues since the trade. He said him and a group of guys are getting dinner tonight. #LGRW— Daniella Bruce (@daniellabruce_) November 23, 2021
Robby Fabbri said he’s had the Blues circled on his calendar. It’ll be the first time playing them since he was traded. #LGRW @DetroitRedWings— Carley Johnston (@carleykjohnston) November 23, 2021
Robby Fabbri will face the Blues for the first time since they traded him to the Red Wings.
He’s planning dinner with a dozen former teammates tonight. pic.twitter.com/pshD7CMiBm— Brad Galli (@BradGalli) November 23, 2021
Ken Kal also expressed optimism about the Wings’ status:
Continue reading Tuesday’s post-practice Tweets: Fabbri getting ready to face the BluesThe Detroit Red Wings play the St. Louis Blues tomorrow evening (7:30 PM EST start on Bally Sports Detroit Plus/Bally Sports Midwest/97.1 FM), and I usually keep these little AP reports 24 hours before the teams’ morning skates to myself, but what’s fun if I can’t share a “secret story?”
St. Louis Blues (10-6-2, first in the Central) vs. Detroit Red Wings (8-9-3, fifth in the Atlantic)
Detroit; Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. EST
FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Red Wings +120, Blues -144; over/under is 5.5
BOTTOM LINE: Detroit aims to stop its four-game skid with a victory over St. Louis.
The Red Wings are 5-2-2 at home. Detroit averages 8.6 penalty minutes per game, the ninth-most in the Eastern Conference. Filip Hronek leads the team serving 24 total minutes.
The Blues have gone 5-3-1 away from home. St. Louis ranks fourth in the Western Conference averaging 3.3 goals per game, led by Jordan Kyrou with eight.
The teams match up Wednesday for the first time this season.
TOP PERFORMERS: Lucas Raymond leads the Red Wings with 19 points, scoring seven goals and registering 12 assists. Hronek has six assists over the last 10 games for Detroit.
Kyrou has 18 total points while scoring eight goals and totaling 10 assists for the Blues. Brandon Saad has seven goals over the last 10 games for St. Louis.
LAST 10 GAMES: Red Wings: 4-5-1, averaging 2.5 goals, 4.2 assists, three penalties and 6.3 penalty minutes while giving up 3.1 goals per game with a .907 save percentage.
Blues: 4-5-1, averaging 2.9 goals, 5.3 assists, 2.6 penalties and 6.8 penalty minutes while giving up 2.9 goals per game with a .901 save percentage.
INJURIES: Red Wings: Troy Stecher: day to day (undisclosed).
Blues: Brayden Schenn: day to day (upper body).
As the Red Wings’ three-day break wraps up today, I’ll be leaving the condominium around 3 PM to pick up our pre-prepared turkey breast meal from Busch’s in South Lyon, and then I’m headed out grocery shopping if my health holds up.
I’m still not feeling “back to normal” after contracting a bad cold, and I’ve got a sore arm from my COVID booster (Yay, booster!), but my mental outlook has improved significantly since this past gloomy weekend, so this week and weekend, I’m hoping to slowly but surely “get back to normal.”
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The 8-9-and-3 Detroit Red Wings will battle the 10-6-and-2 St. Louis Blues tomorrow at Little Caesars Arena, and, after two days off, the Red Wings are practicing at the Belfor Training Center this morning. MLive’s Ansar Khan was the first to weigh in with a Tweet from today’s practice:
#RedWings practice lines heading into tomorrow’s game vs. St. Louis at LCA:
Bertuzzi-Larkin-Raymond
Fabbri-Suter-Zadina
Namestnikov-Rasmussen-Erne
Smith/Rowney-Veleno-Gagner
DeKeyser-Seider
Leddy-Hronek
Oesterle-Lindstrom
Staal is not skating. He’s missed two games with injury. pic.twitter.com/OGfCoZK52I— Ansar Khan (@AnsarKhanMLive) November 23, 2021
#RedWings power play units:
1. Bertuzzi (net front), Fabbri (bumper), Larkin-Raymond (flanks), Seider (point).
2. Erne (net front), Suter (bumper), Hronek-Zadina (flanks), Leddy (point). pic.twitter.com/7Uf9BxGTzT— Ansar Khan (@AnsarKhanMLive) November 23, 2021
WXYZ’s Brad Galli said, “Hello” ahead of the Wings’ two-game Thanksgiving week home-stand…
Red Wings back home after their road trip. Practice today at Little Caesars Arena pic.twitter.com/KkDyW9ZdWO— Brad Galli (@BradGalli) November 23, 2021
Update: More from Galli:
Post-practice work: Red Wings top line working together at the end of this video clip pic.twitter.com/PUFcpgQQfg— Brad Galli (@BradGalli) November 23, 2021
Via Bally Sports Detroit’s YouTube page and the Jamie Daniels Foundation comes this commercial-free version of the Celebrity Roast of Brett Hull:
The silent auction is still up for an hour, too:
Do you like golf? There are so many golf experiences that can be yours if you go bid for them now! Our silent auction closes at 12 pm. https://t.co/P972w3fRKk pic.twitter.com/Spfj8m9exI— Jamie Daniels Foundation (@JDanielsFund) November 23, 2021
Ahead of today’s Champions Hockey League game in which Frolunda HC will battle the Adler Mannheim, Rakapuckar.com’s Henrik Lehman penned an article discussing the ascent of Red Wings prospect Theodor Niederbach. What follows is roughly translated from Swedish:
Continue reading Roughly translated: Rakapuckar’s Henrik Lehman expects more from Theodor Niederbach. So does Theodor.The Athletic’s Max Bultman lays into the “fancy stats” this morning, using Dom Luszczyszyn’s Game Score Value Added model to predict when Lucas Raymond and Moritz Seider become star players:
Again, it’s early — with incredible starts by both players playing a large role in the underlying calculations above — but Dom Luszczyszyn’s GSVA model projects that, as early as next season, both Seider and Raymond could be turning in star-level impact for the Red Wings. Seider is already on track for it this season.
And even while significant caveats are needed this early into their careers, that is a substantial development for Detroit’s big-picture trajectory. Because for all the Red Wings’ many needs during this rebuild, finding players of that “star” caliber has been by far the biggest.
Sure, Seider’s play over the past two seasons made clear that he was on track to be a key piece for Detroit, entering this season with a clear path toward becoming a top-pair blueliner. And Raymond’s skill, smarts and competitiveness have been evident since long before he was even drafted. But the difference between having high picks turn into good players and having them turn into great ones is significant for a rebuilding team.
The great ones are just so hard to obtain — and doing so is perhaps the most difficult variable in determining just how long the process might take.
We won’t know for some time yet, of course, whether Seider and Raymond are truly stars. They have a lot of proving yet to do, both this season and beyond.
But for the sake of projecting their potential importance to the Red Wings’ rebuild, let’s say for now that they do turn out approximately as Luszczyszyn’s model thinks they could. What would that mean for Detroit’s timeline?
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Former Red Wings director of pro scouting Mark Howe spoke with the Detroit News’s Mark Falkner in a subscriber-only article, discussing Howe’s decision to retire from his scouting position:
In typical Mark Howe fashion, his recent retirement announcement was almost an afterthought and done as quietly and under the radar as the way the 66-year-old former defenseman with the Detroit Red Wings conducted himself during a 48-year career in professional hockey.
This past summer, Howe walked into Steve Yzerman’s office and told the Red Wings’ general manager that he was stepping down as the team’s director of pro scouting after 16 seasons.
“I think Stevie was set back a little bit when I told him,” Howe said. “Then I brought up the same thing to him that I used to ask my dad about retirement. I said, ‘Steve, you were a player. Why did you retire?’ And, in his words to me, he said, ‘I get it.'”
Howe’s last day on the job was June 30, 2021. And with that, the son of Red Wings legend Gordie Howe ended his own Hockey Hall of Fame career without much fanfare or even a press release. Just a handshake and recognition of a job well done.
“I can remember asking dad, ‘How do you know when it’s time to retire?'” Howe said. “His answer would always be, ‘Well, you’ll know.’ I would say, ‘Dad, that’s a stupid answer and you’re not helping me one iota.’ He said, ‘Don’t worry. You’ll know.’
“In 1995, I was headed home from a game that we won convincingly. I did my job as a fifth or sixth defenseman. I played my 16 minutes but then I said, ‘Wow.’ It just hit me. I said I know it’s time to give this game up. I just didn’t have the same feeling anymore. So I called dad and said, ‘Well, thanks. I get it. Thanks for the advice.'”
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