Andreas Lilja News

After the Red Wings announced that they signed Ville Leino to a 2-year, $1.55 million deal, Red Wings GM Ken Holland stated that the Wings simply believe that Leino can step into a full-time role, if not as a top-six forward, then as a third-liner. The Free Press's Helene St.

The Oakland Press's Pat Caputo questioned whether Red Wings forward Jiri Hudler is really worth $2-3 million on the open market, suggesting that Ken Holland should pass on signing him...And as Hudler could garner a $3.5 million salary, I don't see why Holland shouldn't at least attempt to get a $2-2.5 million deal done.

After saying goodbye to the Detroit Red Wings, defenseman Chris Chelios hopes to find an employer, preferably in the Eastern Conference, after July 1st, but the Sporting News's Eric McErlain questions whether Chelios's legs can still carry him... June 25, The Sporting News : At a press conference at his restaurant in Detroit, Chelios told the ...

These last few weeks, I've been seeing our region through the eyes of a tourist.

Okay, I just cleaned the 330 or so comments that have been made over the last 36 or so hours out of my email inbox, and I believe that I need to deal with some blog-related business for a minute.

As noted on Thursday , the ECHL confirmed that the Detroit Red Wings will renew their affiliation with its Toledo franchise, now known as the Toledo Walleye .

The pain of Friday's Game 7 loss in the Stanley Cup final remains fresh for the Detroit Red Wings, who gathered for a team picture Monday at Joe Louis Arena Players collected their personal belongings and several did so knowing it could be for the last time in Detroit.

This is the offseason where the salary cap finally starts to hit home for the Red Wings.

They turned a ton of grit into 35 pounds of silver. They did it one shift at a time and one period at a time and they did it together.

Red Wings forwards Mikael Samuelsson and Jiri Hudler plan to follow the same routine today as they have all season, even though today is like no other in their careers: They'll be playing Game 7 of the Stanley Cup finals for a chance to repeat as champions.

Petr Sykora News: Sykora could miss Friday night's Game 7 of the Stanley Cup finals with a right foot injury sustained during his first playing time in more than a month.

MLive.com's own Ansar Khan and Michael Zuidema spoke to Red Wings defenceman Andreas Lilja on Thursday, and he delivered disturbing news: June 11, MLive.com : Red Wings defenseman Andreas Lilja said his headaches have been "really bad'' the last couple of days, after having experienced some improvement in recent weeks.

A pair of Red Wings weren't on the ice for the final practice of the season Thursday.

It wasn't just that the Penguins came unglued; it was that the Red Wings were renewed.

PITTSBURGH -- The Red Wings are as baffled as anyone, and though not having a certain big Swedish defenseman available is one explanation, it's not the answer.

Three months ago, they all were skating with the Grand Rapids Griffins. One by one, each was recalled by the parent club Detroit Red Wings and given a chance to play in the playoffs, until Justin Abdelkader, Jonathan Ericsson, Darren Helm and Ville Leino were together once again.

The crowd at Mellon Arena won't wait for Marian Hossa to touch the puck tonight in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup finals before they begin booing him.

Sidney Crosby may have no goals for the Pittsburgh Penguins in the first two games of this Stanley Cup finals, but then again, neither does the Red Wing checking him, the two-way forward Henrik Zetterberg.

Jonathan Ericsson will have a pretty good tale to tell his grandkids someday. Ericsson scored for the Detroit Red Wings in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup finals, helping them beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-1 to take a 2-0 lead, and got the best of superstar Evgeni Malkin three times on the same shift.

The Detroit Red Wings might not be back in the Stanley Cup finals, with a chance to become the first repeat champions in 11 years, if they had not given goaltender Chris Osgood an unusual midseason break.