Jittery Danny DeKeyser felt good to be back on ice with Red Wings
Updated Jan 01, 2021;
Posted Jan 01, 2021
Red Wings defenseman Danny DeKeyser was limited to eight games last season due to back surgery. (Mike Mulholland/MLive)
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Danny DeKeyser was up at 5:30 in the morning on New Year’s Day after a restless night, like a rookie approaching his first training camp, not the eight-year NHL veteran and second-longest tenured Detroit Red Wing that he is.
But Friday was like starting all over again for the 30-year-old defenseman. While his teammates have been away from the game for an extended time due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been even longer for DeKeyser.
Anthony Mantha: Red Wings ‘stronger, bigger, faster,’ ready for high-tempo camp
Updated Dec 31, 2020;
Posted Dec 31, 2020
Detroit Red Wings forward Anthony Mantha took some power-skating lessons in the offseason. (Mike Mulholland | MLive.com)Mike Mulholland | MLive.com
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The Detroit Red Wings front office, coaching staff and fans will be happy to hear players maximized their 9½-month offseason.
Anthony Mantha likes what he has seen during three months of informal skating sessions with most of his teammates.
“Everyone is stronger, bigger, faster,” Mantha said. “We had so much time on our hands that if you weren’t stronger and faster you kind of wasted time this summer.”
Steve Yzerman eager to see Red Wings’ camp readiness after long offseason
Updated Dec 28, 2020;
Posted Dec 28, 2020
Red Wings general manager Steve Yzerman is eager to see players back on the ice in formal practices. (Ansar Khan/MLive)
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Detroit Red Wings general manager Steve Yzerman, while discussing the long offseason and training challenges presented by the pandemic, said in the summer “We’ll see who wants to be a hockey player.”
They are about to find out as training camp begins Thursday at Little Caesars Arena. It will be the first time since March 11 players and coaches will be together formally as a team on the ice.
Red Wings’ Steve Yzerman talks captaincy, players from Europe, roster decisions
Updated Dec 23, 2020;
Posted Dec 22, 2020
Detroit Red Wings forward Dylan Larkin (71) waits to be introduced before their NHL game against the Dallas Stars at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, on Sunday, October 6, 2019. (Mike Mulholland | MLive.com)Mike Mulholland | MLive.com
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The Detroit Red Wings will have a captain for the upcoming season, as planned, general manager Steve Yzerman said Tuesday.
Due to the unusual nature of the season – no fans at Little Caesars Arena, at least at the start, and no formal in-person news conferences – due to COVID-19, there was some speculation that the Red Wings might prefer to wait until the start of the 2021-22 season to give the newly named captain a more fitting introduction.
Originally posted on Pro Hockey Rumors | By Gavin Lee | Last updated 12/22/20
Detroit Red Wings GM Steve Yzerman held a conference call with reporters (video link via the Detroit Free Press), and among the major announcements was that both Joe Veleno and Moritz Seider will stay in Sweden until the end of the SHL season instead of returning for training camp. Filip Zadina, Filip Hronek, Gustav Lindstrom and Mathias Brome, who are all also out on loan, will be brought back.
Veleno, 20, is playing for Malmo in the SHL, where he has 11 points in 21 games so far. The 30th overall selection in 2018 had an up-and-down AHL debut last year when he scored 23 points in 54 games but still has a very high ceiling as a two-way center who could be a staple in the Red Wings lineup for years to come. Leaving him in Europe certainly would suggest that the Red Wings believe he has more developing to do before really pushing for an NHL roster spot, though