- The Detroit News
Red Wings sign winger Evgeny Svechnikov to one-year extension
The Detroit Red Wings signed winger Evgeny Svechnikov to a one-year contract extension on Sunday. Terms of the deal were not disclosed but Svechnikov was scheduled to become a restricted free agent after the season. Svechnikov, who was the Red Wings’ first-round pick in 2015, missed the entire 2018-19 season with a knee injury but returned this year, recording 25 points in 51 AHL games with the Grand Rapid Griffins and no points in four games in Detroit.
- Winging It In Motown
Quick Hits: The Closing Window Edition
Mahovlich made his NHL debut Dec. 28, 1965, earning an assist in a game at Boston. He struggled to be a consistent threat offensively, and spent time with the Wings and in the minor leagues. During the 1967-68 season, Frank Mahovlich, already a four-time Stanley Cup champion with the Leafs, joined the Wings.
- Detroit Free Press
Detroit Red Wings could really be haunted by NHL's second draft lottery. Here's how
Detroit Red Wings GM Steve Yzerman on a Zoom call following the news he'll pick fourth in the 2020 draft. As the qualifying round of the 2020 NHL playoffs concludes, teams with a great deal of talent have emerged as contestants for the next stage of the draft lottery. That’s the subject of this edition of the Detroit Red Wings mailbag.
- The Detroit News
'Easy decision': Red Wings loan forward Filip Zadina to Czech team
The Detroit Red Wings have loaned another top prospect to a European hockey team to continue their development during the COVID-19 pandemic. Forward Filip Zadina, the sixth overall pick in 2018, will play for HC Ocelari Trinec of the Czech Extraliga, the highest-level hockey league in the Czech Republic. Last week, defenseman Moritz Seider, the sixth overall pick in 2019, was loaned to the Mannheim Eagles of the top league in Germany, the Deutsche Eishockey Liga.
- Winging It In Motown
Quick Hits: The Coming from Detroit Edition
Official assignments for two kids who will be able to take advantage of some extra playing time before the start of next season with the expectation that they’ll be able to return for the season. Haven’t seen this for Veleno just yet but it’s still on the table. Fitzhugh became a hockey fan from listening to Ken Kal call Detroit Red Wings games.
- Silver Seven
Weekly Question: What to do with all this time off?
With some leagues kicking off in Europe and 24 NHL teams getting deeper into this strange summer playoff reality, what do the Ottawa Senators do with all this time off? The Tentative Timeline As reported by Elliotte Friedman and many others earlier this summer, we’re expecting the NHL to kick off the 2020-21 season in December. With this, and the AHL start of December 4th in mind, there are a few avenues the Senators could be exploring to ensure they’re providing ample opportunity for prospect d...
- Winging It In Motown
Quick Hits: The Justice for Jamie Edition
Ligotti “generated millions of dollars by preying on patients seeking substance abuse treatment,” Acting Assistant Attorney General Brian C. Rabbitt of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division said in a statement about the charges. Zadinaberg shared this in yesterday’s QH, but I want to make sure everybody gets a chance to see it. The kind of things Ligotti is charged with are inhumane, cruel, and predatory.
- Fort Worth Weekly
Black, Gold, and Red Penguins
My interests in hockey and film don’t often intersect, but with the NHL back on the ice, Universal Studios is putting out Red Penguins, a documentary by Gabe Polsky. I came into it thinking it would be about the great Russians who have played for the Pittsburgh Penguins: Alexei Kovalev, Sergei Zubov, Sergei Gonchar, Evgeni Malkin. Instead, it spins a fascinating story about the Penguins’ attempt to break into the Russian hockey business in the early 1990s, immediately after the breakup of the So...
- The Detroit News
Red Wings loan top draft pick Moritz Seider to Mannheim during pandemic
Red Wings top prospect Moritz Seider is staying home in Germany for the short term. With Detroit out of the playoffs for the fourth straight year and American Hockey League players like Seider sidelined by the COVID-19 pandemic, Red Wings general manager Steve Yzerman loaned the 19-year-old German defenseman to the Mannheim Eagles in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL), Germany's top-tier men's league.
NHL Atlantic Standings
| GP | W | L | OTL | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 70 | 44 | 14 | 12 | 100 | |
| 70 | 43 | 21 | 6 | 92 | |
| 70 | 36 | 25 | 9 | 81 | |
| 69 | 35 | 26 | 8 | 78 | |
| 71 | 31 | 31 | 9 | 71 | |
| 69 | 30 | 31 | 8 | 68 | |
| 71 | 25 | 34 | 12 | 62 | |
| 71 | 17 | 49 | 5 | 39 |
- x
- - Clinched Playoff Spot
- z
- - Clinched Conference