Red Wings coach Derek Lalonde appears on the ‘Coincidental Minors’ podcast

I’m posting it because the relatively new coach of the Red Wings posted it. Per the gents’ website...

Coincidental Minors: Luc & Max G.

“Coincidental Minors” is the “Spittin’ Chiclets” for kids! Hockey fanatic brothers; Luc (9) and Max (8), give their take on current events in the NHL and mix in some fun humor as they take listeners on a ride through all things hockey…legends of the game, hockey cards, goal horns, knee hockey battles…you name it! If it involves a stick and a puck, the boys will cover it!

New Episode! https://t.co/LIow3X1Nbn— Coincidental Minors Hockey Podcast for Kids (@CoincidentalMi1) August 1, 2022

You can listen to the episode here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1797927/11061671, or on a bunch of streaming services.

Give the boys a follow on Twitter while you’re at it.

Roughly Translated: Alex Tanguay speaks with le Soleil about coaching with the Red Wings

Red Wings assistant coach Alex Tanguay recently took part in a hockey camp in Quebec with Chicoutimi Sagueneens assistant general manager Bryan Lizotte, and Tanguay spoke with le Soleil’s Mikael La Lancette regarding his participation in said camp, his status as a coach with the Red Wings, and much more. Here’s a rough translation of the article, which is in French:

Alex Tanguay thrives with the Red Wings

“Hey, that’s a Red Wings logo!” says a young hockey player to his friend, pointing his fingertip to the Michigan team’s crest on the top of the hockey pants of Alex Tanguay, assistant coach of the Red Wings since last season.

At the Wendake Sports Complex, where Bryan Lizotte’s “Ecole Releve Hockey CCM” is taking place this week, participants born between 2008 and 2015 weren’t even born when Tanguay, 42, lifted the Stanley Cup above his head in 2001.

The curiosity surrounding the new professional affiliation of the native of Sainte-Justine makes the oldest who’ve followed his career smile, whether with the Avalanche, the Flames, the Canadiens, the Lightning or the Coyotes. For them, he needs no introduction, but for the new generation…It’s a little different!

To add to the confusion, supply problems emerge, and the new member of the Red Wings organization still wears his old gloves from the Iowa Wild, where he was an assistant coach from 2019 to 2021.

It’s impossible, therefore, for the youngest kids to know who’s really skating in front of them. The former forward, who played more than 1,000 games in the NHL, doesn’t mind. Even his own sons, Blake and Samuel, are unaware of several parts of his brilliant professional career. “When they give [Dylan] Larkin high fives [in the Red Wings’ locker room], they forget about dad pretty quickly!” laughs the father of three young children. “I have some VHS tapes left to show them [my sporting exploits]!”

Continue reading Roughly Translated: Alex Tanguay speaks with le Soleil about coaching with the Red Wings

Mills’ notebook: Kasper discusses pluses of playing in the SHL

DetroitRedWings.com’s Jonathan Mills filed a late-Monday-night notebook which discusses Marco Kasper’s experiences playing with Rogle BK of the Swedish SHL, which were made during Kasper’s appearance at the Wings’ summer development camp last month:

Buoyed by his support system and self-confidence, Kasper handled himself well in the SHL last season by tallying seven goals and four assists in 46 regular-season games. He also recorded six points and a plus-4 rating in 13 postseason contests, helping Rogle BK reach the SHL Semifinals.

Prior to joining Rogle BK, Kasper collected 13 points in 12 games for the club’s Jr.-20 team, including a goal and two helpers in a playoff game.

When reflecting on his first full season in the SHL, Kasper said he learned a lot about specifics within the game.

“I think we play a fast-paced game,” he said. “(We) try to get out of the o-zone fast and go and get the puck deep, and then work in the offensive zone as much as possible to create scoring chances from there. It’s been great playing there.”

As a result of embracing Rogle’s system and structure, Kasper feels he is a better player than who he was before the 2021-22 campaign.

“I think I’ve developed over the year,” Kasper said. “We always have a really good team in Rogle, so I think just trying to fit into the team again (this season), trying to do our best as a team and taking responsibilities too.”

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Allen wonders which Red Wings skaters might lose out to strong rookie pushes

Detroit Hockey Now’s Kevin Allen wonders aloud whether several members of the Red Wings’ roster currently slated to start the upcoming season in the NHL might lose their spots to young players who compete for and win roster spots:

After watching defenseman Moritz Seider dominate in the Swedish Hockey League in 2020-21, the Red Wings brass was confident he would earn a roster spot last fall.

General manager Steve Yzerman was less sure about Lucas Raymond. He was younger and less experienced than Seider. But Raymond was so impressive in training camp and preseason that he forced the Red Wings to keep him.

That could happen again this season with another rookie or two.

Even though the Red Wings currently boast 27 players with NHL experience on their roster, Yzerman has said he will find a way to keep a rookie if he earns a place on the team.

As the Hall-of-Famer points out, it would be a good problem to have if one of the rookies asserts himself the way Raymond did.

Continued, with discussions as to whether Simon Edvinsson, Jonatan Berggren, Elmer Soderblom, Albert Johansson, Pontus Andreasson might leave Jordan Oesterle, Steven Kampfer, Joe Veleno, Givani Smith or Adam Erne might lose their spots…

WJC Notes: Cossa makes Team Canada’s cut; Mazur, Savage will play for Team USA; Buium bows out

Hockey Canada named its World Junior Championship roster about an hour ago, and Sebastian Cossa will reprise his role as one of the team’s goaltenders [edit: as will Donovan Sebrango, on Canada’s defense]…

And Team USA named Shai Buium, Carter Mazur and Red Savage to their preliminary 27-man roster for the World Juniors on yesterday, but FloHockey’s Chris Peters reports that Buium had to bow out:

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DHN’s prospect profile of the morning involves an ‘unknown quantity’ in Maximilian Kilpinen

As Detroit Hockey Now’s audit of the Red Wings’ prospect pipeline continues, we come to one Maximilian Kilpinen, a 6’1,” 179-pound center who was picked 129th overall by the Wings this past July.

Kilpinen didn’t take part in the Wings’ summer development camp, so Detroit Hockey Now’s Nate Brown offers a brief summary of the Orebro center’s game:

Playing in Sweden, Kilpinen checked off two common boxes of Yzerman’s drafting strategy: playing overseas and being a forward. The former is a theme through four seasons; The latter, the theme of the 2022 draft. In all, Kilpinen was one of seven forwards taken in nine picks. Kilpinen is on the left wing and with Örebro HK J20 he had 25 points (14-11) in 27 games. Some outlets have also shown him as a center.

NHL Central Scouting listed Kilpinen as the 61st best European skater out of 157 total. He wasn’t even listed in the midterm rankings.

Continued; Kilpinen needs to establish himself as a young player at more than the Swedish J20 level next, and he’ll take his game through there.

Take the compliments where you can get ’em

TSN’s Travis Yost deems the Red Wings’ depth at left wing to be an NHL-average in terms of the quality thereof, but he issued a compliment toward the Wings in an article which surveys the depth at left wing possessed by every team:

On a brighter note: two Atlantic division teams in Ottawa and Detroit have made huge investments at this position. The Senators bringing in 41-goal scorer Alex DeBrincat gives them a ferocious top-six, whereas Detroit has four reliable left-wing options, including Tyler Bertuzzi, Jakub Vrana, Dominik Kubalik, and Adam Erne that head coach Derek Lalonde will surely play with. I think this is a very intriguing group and, with some improvement at the centre position, could surprise to the upside next year.

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Red Wings sit 20th in The Score’s power rankings

The Score’s staff compiled a list of power rankings reflecting each and every team’s offseason roster moves, and the Red Wings come in at 20th out of 32 teams:

20. Detroit Red Wings (32-40-10): The Red Wings addressed needs at all position groups this summer and the “Yzerplan” looks to be in great shape. It’s not the end of the world if Detroit misses the playoffs this coming season, but it’s fair to expect some progress.

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David Perron speaks with The Athletic’s Rutherford about his departure from St. Louis

New Red Wings forward David Perron spent three stints in St. Louis with the Blues, and he spoke with The Athletic’s Jeremy Rutherford regarding his decision to sign with the Red Wings this past July:

“I’m still in a little bit of shock that it didn’t work out, just kind of the way the years went,” Perron said. “I guess if you see my performance declining or something, then you’re like, ‘Maybe there’s something there.’ That’s still like raw to me. I had to let some of the dust settle and I guess I still have to let that happen.”

In 2020-21, the third of Perron’s four-year, $16 million contract with the Blues, he had 19 goals and a team-high 39 assists, and his point-per-game pace of 58 points in 56 games also led the club. He missed the playoffs with COVID-19.

Prior to the start of the 2021-22 season, a team source said that Perron was offered a two-year, $8 million contract ($4 million AAV) that was declined. Another source familiar with the negotiations said it was a one-year, $4 million offer, and after a successful season, he was looking for a longer contract.

“I didn’t understand why that offer was made, but I was respectful,” Perron said. “There’s a pecking order and I understand (Blues general manager Doug Armstrong) had to re-sign Colton Parayko; he signed eight years and deserved it.

“So yeah, the progression of the young guys, and maybe (Blues coach Craig Berube) wasn’t sure about me. Maybe my performance as I get older, like you don’t want to get burned. We kind of wanted to see some things.”

Continued (paywall) and worth your time…