Darren McCarty News

Detroit's director of amateur scouting didn't make his appearance at Joe Louis Arena until Friday morning's prospect camp session, and while Red Wings GM Ken Holland and assistant GM Jim Nill have been otherwise occupied with Jiri Hudler's contractual situation and the NHL's summer Board of Governors meetings, respectively, that doesn't mean that ...

Another link to the classic Red Wings-Avalanche rivalry is gone. It was bad enough when Patrick Roy, Steve Yzerman, Claude Lemieux and Darren McCarty were skating off the scene, retiring, and taking so much emotion with them.

Darren McCarty has reached the end of his tenure as a Detroit Red Wing, and the Windsor Star's Dave Waddell reports that the Wings have decided to not bring McCarty back because he, like Chris Chelios before him, has finally given way to the organization's younger players: July 7, Windsor Star : "We'll probably have to cut ties," Holland said.

As someone who follows the Red Wings on an explicitly subjective basis, I can't deny that the salary-cap induced changes that will follow the 12 PM EDT start of free agency sting, and I could go on about the fact that the actions of GM's during the unrestricted free agent period have screwed up the NHL's salary structure more than a salary cap ever ...

As MLive.com's own Ansar Khan notes, if the Red Wings' higher-profile free agent forwards leave the organization, and the team loses Jiri Hudler to a restricted free agent offer sheet as well, the Wings will find themselves down a couple of forwards.

DetroitRedWings.com's Lisa Hickock posted a reminder regarding the Red Wings' Youth Hockey Camp, which includes instruction by Jiri Fischer, Jim Bedard, Jim Paek, and Darren McCarty: June 30, DetroitRedWings.com : The Red Wings will hold their 2009 Youth Hockey Camp, sponsored by Warrior, with two two-day sessions, July 13-14 and July 15-16 at Joe ...

As reported on Monday night, the Red Wings have made their final offer to Marian Hossa and his agent, Ritch Winter, and while it's not necessarily fair to paint the agent as the "bad guy" when the player ultimately decides his future, he seems to understand what role he plays in the eyes of Red Wings fans.

NHL veteran Claude Lemieux has become an American citizen. The Canadian-born Lemieux swore his allegiance to the United States on Friday, saying he wants to share citizenship with his family.

The Detroit Free Press's Mark Snyder reports that former Red Wings defenseman Chris Chelios made a fashion statement at Thursday's Tigers game... June 26, Detroit Free Press : Former Red Wing Chris Chelios, a Chicago native, threw out the first pitch and was joined near the mound by Darren McCarty and Kris Draper.

The Detroit Red Wings have officially cut ties with veteran defenceman Chris Chelios.

With the NHL Entry Draft approaching this Friday and Saturday , a few Red Wings-related tidbits popped up on the radar screen, but as they're really tidbits ... I might suggest that you take note of the fact that USA Today is holding a chat with the Red Line Report's Kyle Woodlief on Wednesday at 1 PM; TSN's Bob McKenzie will hold a "mock first ...

Pavel Datsyuk's record should speak for itself. His back-to-back 97-point seasons were preceded by back-to-back 87-point campaigns.

The Detroit News's Greg Krupa laments the fact that Red Wings forward Pavel Datsyuk doesn't receive the kind of press that Alex Ovechkin and Sidney Crosby , despite the fact that Datsyuk's elite level of play has garnered him nominations for the Hart Trophy , Selke Trophy , Lady Byng Trophy and lester b. pearson award , all of which will be doled ...

Tomas Holmstrom doesn't know much longer he'll play. He does know another injury-plagued season like this one, and he might not have a choice.

Defending the Stanley Cup is even harder than most Red Wings fans thought. That became readily apparent after Detroit won the first two games of this year's Stanley Cup Final at home, but lost four of the next five to surrender the Cup to the Pittsburgh Penguins following a 2-1 setback in Game 7 Friday night at Joe Louis Arena.

Some players go their entire careers without ever being just one victory away from a Stanley Cup championship.

The hockey world could find out Tuesday night if Marian Hossa was right. Last year Hossa was a Penguin, watching the Red Wings lift the Stanley Cup.

Every now and then, Kirk Maltby will see a photo of the 1997 Red Wings Stanley Cup championship team and smile.

Dan Bylsma and Mike Babcock were on the same side in the 2003 Stanley Cup finals, Bylsma a diligent penalty killer for the then-Mighty Ducks and Babcock a rookie NHL coach who unexpectedly led a team that put defense first to a Game 7 against the New Jersey Devils .

"You know a ' and I'm not trying to avoid any questions anyone asks me a ' but I'm a big believer in us," said the Detroit Red Wings head coach yesterday.