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Red Wings coach Mike Babcock unequivocally named one Wings defenseman as his team's best blueliner thus far--Brad Stuart, as he told Detroit News's Chris McCosky: December 9, Detroit News : "He's been our best D-man, night in and night out this year, no question," coach Mike Babcock said Wednesday morning.

Here are the totals from Tuesday's Red Wings' Red Kettles stations - no surprise, Ken Holland and Mike Babcock won yet again .

It's time to ring them bells with the Red Wings. For the fourth straight year, Wings players and management officials will serve as Red Kettle Bell Ringers for the Salvation Army throughout the metro area Tuesday from 5-7 p.m. Ken Holland and Mike Babock will be at Hiller's in Northville.

DetroitRedWings.com's Kelly Kearly posted a press release worth repeating regarding the Red Wings' participation with the Salvation Army's annual holiday charitable drive, noting that five players, Wings GM Ken Holland, and Wings coach Mike Babcock will head out into the community to tend the Salvation Army's familiar red kettles--across Metro ...

The Detroit Red Wings were sluggish at the start, got more sloppy as the game progressed and ended up squandering two points in familiar fashion, by committing too many turnovers and failing to generate enough offense.

Todd Bertuzzi had a goal and an assist and Jimmy Howard made 29 saves to lift the Detroit Red Wings to a 4-1 win over the Dallas Stars on Monday night.

The Detroit News's Chris McCosky inquired as to the job security of a pair of Red Wings players on Monday, and Red Wings coach Mike Babcock issued a commentary which you can assume applies to every player on the Wings' third and fourth lines: November 30, Detroit News : Every game is an audition for Red Wings like Derek Meech and Justin Abdelkader.

Despite a slightly sprained wrist , Red Wings defenseman Jonathan Ericsson has slowly rebounded after a tremendously difficult start to his first full NHL season, and the Calgary Sun's Steve MacFarlane posited a unique profile of Ericsson through the eyes of his teammates, who believe that "Big E" can become a truly dominant defender: November 28, ...

The Sporting News's Craig Custance duly noted that the Red Wings' loss of Niklas Kronwall does not mean that the team plans on bringing back Chris Chelios: November 23, The Sporting News : The Red Wings will be without Niklas Kronwall for at least a month but won't be turning to former Red Wings defenseman Chris Chelios for help.

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.