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Amongst today's Red Wings-related storylines: Red Wings GM Steve Yzerman has paid close attention to the San Jose Sharks ' top line as a potential Team Canada offense-producer ; Jarome Iginla happened to score a hat trick while Yzerman watched the Calgary Flames defeat the Los Angeles Kings ; Chris Chelios just happened to literally carry the ...

One of the unwritten rules of just about any sport involves the suggestion that any practice deemed "optional" is anything but, and while Red Wings coach Mike Babcock deemed Friday's morning skate an "optional" one, the Free Press's George Sipple reports that most of the team's players chose the "option" of going down to get a sweat on, one way or ...

Nikita Filatov, left, shown battling Brett Lebda of the Detroit Red Wings for a loose puck during a November 11 game, is being loaned by Columbus to CSKA of the Kontinental Hockey League.

Red Wings defenseman Jonathan Ericsson doesn't officially qualify as an NHL rookie because he played in a total of 27 games during the 07-08 and 08-09 seasons, but Detroit's not-so-young playoff wunderkind has found that re-establishing himself as a regular season performer involves minimizing mistakes--and Ericsson's blunder in passing the puck to ...

Detroit Red Wings forward Kris Draper expects former linemate Darren McCarty to 'call it as he sees it' as a guest analyst for Versus on Nov.

Defenseman Brad Stuart has never been concerned about a lack of power-play ice time since coming to the Red Wings in a 2008 trade with the L.A. Kings.

Brett Lebda, left, Patrick Eaves and Kris Draper of the Red Wings celebrate a goal in Wednesday's 9-1 win at Columbus.

COLUMBUS, Ohio - He put the visor back on. Detroit Red Wings forward Brad May had practiced the past two days without a visor but wore one for today's morning skate at Nationwide Arena.

Update from the Detroit Red Wings' practice on Tuesday: The team spent a lot of time working on the power play, which has struggled recently.

According to the Free Press's George Sipple, Red Wings coach Mike Babcock has given Ville Leino a promotion... November 9, Detroit Free Press : Ville Leino replaced injured forward Jason Williams on a line with Dan Cleary and Henrik Zetterberg at practice today at Joe Louis Arena.

Jeff Finger and Phil Kessel each netted a goal and an assist, and the Toronto Maple Leafs notched their first home win with a 5-1 victory over the defending Western Conference champion Detroit Red Wings.

The irony was hard to overlook: As Phil Kessel [ stats ] played his first game for Toronto and fired 10 shots on goal, the Bruins [ team stats ] offense looked more anemic than ever.

The Detroit Examiner's Mike Mouat took a gander at The Hockey News 's "Money Issue," which focuses upon the economic cluster-you-know-what that the Chicago Blackhawks will find themselves in attempting to re-sign Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane, as well as salary cap issues likely to plague a few other teams, but he reports that the Red Wings ...

The Red Wings' toughest obstacle right now might be human nature. Because when you are seemingly doing all the right things and you're not winning and your record has slipped below .500, human nature tends to push you in one of two ways.

Denver -- It's starting to feel like Groundhog Day for the Red Wings. Scoring chance after scoring chance went wanting Saturday night, especially in the third period, and the Wings' road winless streak hit four games, losing to the Colorado Avalanche for the second time in a week, 3-1. 'When you are in a situation like we are where you aren't ...

We're a few months away from February, but the Detroit Red Wings may be thinking it's Groundhog Day in October.

The first five games of the regular season were like training camp for Henrik Zetterberg, who missed most of the preseason with a strained groin.

Detroit -- With key players hurt, other key players struggling, newer players still trying to find their way and the team's on-ice structure coming apart a bit, coach Mike Babcock put forth a stabilization plan for the game against the Los Angeles Kings on Thursday.

Center Pavel Datsyuk and defenseman Niklas Kronwall did not practice with the Red Wings on Wednesday at Joe Louis Arena.

Detroit -- It's not that they've ever been taken for granted, at least not around here.