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The youthful Red Wings have continued to show their growth in the 2013 postseason, and showed in Game 2 they can battle with the league's best. Now, can they put together another strong effort against the Stanley Cup favorites?

Blog | Conversation | May 20, 2013

The last time Original Six rivals the Detroit Red Wings and Chicago Blackhawks met in the playoffs was in the 2009 Western Conference finals, with the Blackhawks the young bucks still figuring things out and the Red Wings the veteran contenders en ro...

As is seemingly the case every season, the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs had something for everyone, Scott Burnside writes

Craig Custance examines what to watch for in tonight's Game 7 between the Anaheim Ducks and Detroit Red Wings.

Blog | Conversation | May 12, 2013

DETROIT -- The Anaheim Ducks knew it wouldn't be easy to end the Detroit Red Wings' season. Anaheim coach Bruce Boudreau's explanation included a phrase he used multiple times during this series: This Red Wings team has championship blood. It...

DETROIT -- It would have been worse if nobody mentioned it. Detroit Red Wings forward Damien Brunner didn't sleep much on Saturday night after Ryan Getzlaf picked him clean in front of Jimmy Howard to score a back-breaking goal in the Anaheim Ducks' ...

Craig Custance looks back at the many accomplishments of Jim Nill during his time with the Wings and focuses on the job that lies ahead as the new GM of the Dallas Stars.

Blog | Conversation | April 30, 2013

Our guess is that a lot of folks will tag this series as an upset special. Part of that will be the fact the Red Wings rolled into their 22nd straight playoff tournament by winning four straight under trying circumstances after flirting with disastro...

Craig Custance dives into his mailbag to answer readers who raise concerns about the Detroit Red Wings' roster challenges, and he examines whether the Florida Panthers should select Nathan MacKinnon if they land the No. 1 pick in the 2013 NHL draft.

Blog | Conversation | April 26, 2013

The win will have to wait, but the doubt as to whether or not Nikolai Khabibulin can be effective this season is gone, writes Craig Custance.

Kings-Red Wings Preview

Henrik Zetterberg scored three goals, and his second assist of the game set up Pavel Datsyuk's tiebreaking goal at 9:38 of third period to help the Detroit Red Wings beat St. Louis 5-3 on Friday night.

Here's the question facing Nashville coach Barry Trotz: Should he bring back forwards Alexander Radulov and Andrei Kostitsyn following one-game suspensions.

Craig Custance writes that the Detroit Red Wings could go after big-name potential free agents Ryan Suter and Zach Parise this offseason, and also offers up some second-tier targets the team might pursue.

Blog | Conversation | April 25, 2012

Hockey Prospectus makes a case for and against the Nashville Predators winning the Stanley Cup.

Story | Conversation | April 22, 2012

It's too easy to just say, it's a changing of the guard in the Western Conference. It's not that simple anymore. The cap system seven years out has introduced so much parity that the construction and deconstruction of teams is a different process now.