The St. Louis Blues acquired forward Jacob de la Rose in a late Wednesday night trade. In exchange, the Detroit Red Wings acquired forward Robby Fabbri.
This was more so a trade for depth. Both players are young players, who will had depth to their respective new team.
Robby Fabbri controls the puck against Nick Schmaltz against the Chicago Blackhawks (Getty Images)
de la Rose is a 24-year-old center. He was a second-round pick by the Montreal Canadiens in the 2013 NHL Entry Draft.
This season, before the trade, he appeared in 16 games. He also had one goal and three assists for four points. He also had a 3 +/- and 4 PIM (penalties in minutes).
He has experience playing in the NHL with the Red Wings and the Montreal Canadiens. He played four seasons with the Canadiens from 2014-15 through 2017-18.
Fabbri is a 23-year-old center. He was a first-round draft pick by the St. Louis Blues in the 2014 NHL Draft.
He has spent time in the NHL the last four seasons with the Blues. This season, he has appeared in nine games. He has gone goal for one point. Fabbri also has two PIM and -4 +/-.
Steve Yzerman is returning to the Detroit Red Wings. The Hall of Famer has been named the team’s General Manager.
He has replaced Ken Holland, who was the team’s GM. Holland is not leaving the franchise, though.
Steve Yzerman takes the ice against the Colorado Avalanche during the 2016 Coors Light Stadium Series Alumni Game (Getty Images)
Holland has been promoted to the team’s Senior Vice President.
“This is a truly exciting day for the Detroit Red Wings, we are thrilled to welcome Steve Yzerman back to Hockeytown,” said Ilitch. “Steve has produced tremendous results as a General Manager in the National Hockey League, as well as an executive in international competition. He is a smart, driven, competitive and determined executive with outstanding leadership skills, as demonstrated both over his playing and management careers.
“Steve and Ken have proven to be two of the most successful general managers of their era, and to have Steve leading our hockey operations and Ken providing valued support is a tremendous advantage for our organization. I believe we took a strong management team and made it even stronger today.”
Yzerman had been in an advisory role during the final year of his contract with the Tampa Bay Lightning during the 2018-19 season. He was replaced by Assistant General Manager Julien BriseBois, who took over as the team’s GM.
Before stepping down on Sept. 11, 2018, he spent nearly eight-years as the team’s Vice-President and General Manager. He was hired by Tampa Bay on May 25, 2010.
Following the end of his career, he also was the Red Wings Vice-President and Alternate Governor. In a 2016 story in The Detroit News, Red Wings owner Mike Ilitch admitted to attempting to promote Holland to name Yzerman as the team’s GM.
However, Holland, who had been the team’s GM since 1997, declined the promotion.
He spent his entire 22-year career with the Red Wings. His career began in 1983 before ending in 2006.
During his tenure, the team won three Stanley Cup Championships.
The 53-year-old Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada native appeared in 1,514 games during his playing career. He had 692 goals and 1,063 assists for 1,755 points.
Yzerman also had a 184 +/- and 924 PIM.
He was a 10-time All-Star during his career. Yzerman also was the first 18-year-old to be selected to an All-Star Game in 1984.
In addition, he won the Lester B. Pearson Award in 1989 and the Conn Smythe Trophy in 1998. He added the Frank J. Selke Trophy in 2000. In addition, he also won the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy in 2003 and the Lester Patrick Trophy in 2006.
Besides winning three Stanley Cups as a player, he won the Stanley Cup as an executive in 2008.
At the time of his retirement, he was first in Red Wings history in assists, second in goals and points and fourth in games played. He was also second in seasons and games played with one franchise.
He is the longest tenured captain for a team in NHL history at 19 seasons and 1,303 games. The Red Wings retired his No. 19 on Jan. 2, 2007.
The Philadelphia Flyers were in desperate need of a goalie. They were down to their third-string net minder.
The Flyers acquired help late on Monday night. They pulled off a deal with the Detroit Red Wings to acquire Petr Mrázek.
Both sides began negotiations early on Monday. The Flyers gave up a fourth-round draft pick in the 2018 NHL Draft.
There is also a conditional pick in the mix. Should the Flyers re-sign Mrázek, they will give the Red Wings a conditional third-round pick in the 2019 NHL Draft.
The 26-year-old has spent his entire career with the Red Wings. He was their 141st overall pick in the 2010 NHL Draft.
Mrázek is making $4 million this season in the final year of his two-year, $8 million deal with the Red Wings. Detroit is retaining 50%, $2 million, of his salary in this trade.
He is the third Czech player on the Flyers. He joins Radko Gudas and Michal Neuvirth.
Neuvirth was injured on Sunday against the New York Rangers. The Flyers were already without Brian Elliott, who is expected to return in March after having cord muscle surgery.
He was 5-3-2 in his last 10 games with the Red Wings. He also had a 2.01 goals against average and a .937 save percentage.
After a Stanley Cup win with the Pittsburgh Penguins, 13-year veteran Trevor Daley has signed with the Detroit Red Wings. He has received a three-year deal, $9.5 million contract.
Daley spent the first 11-years of his career with the Dallas Stars after being drafted 43rd in the 2nd round of the 2002 draft.
Trevor Daley (Getty Images)
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Daley then spent the first half of the ’15-’16 season, playing for the Chicago Blackhawks, where he played 29 games accumulating 6 assists.
He was then traded to the Penguins for the second part of the season, where he played 53 games accumulating in 6 goals and 16 assists.
He returned to Penguins for the ’16-’17 season, playing an important role in their success as a team collecting 5 goals and 14 assists in 56 games.
In his 13-year career, Daley has played in 894 games during the regular season accumulating 78 goals, 200 assists, and a +/- of 22.
Detroit, this past season, did not make the playoffs for the first time since the 1990 season for what seems like an overwhelming amount of reasons. A lackluster defense had to be at the top of the list of reasons.
”As we headed into free agency, one of the areas we really wanted to address was our blue line,” Red Wings general manager Ken Holland acknowledged. ”We felt we had to do something.”
Daley decided to head to the Motor City after the Red Wings expressed their interest in making him a priority and their plans to get back into the playoffs.
Daley expressed his respect for the team and their history, ultimately signing with them.
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Abdelkader was going to be a free agent on July 1st if he didn’t reach a new contract with the team. His contract that was running out was a four-years, $7.2 million.
The 28-year-old will be 36-years-old at the end of this contract. Plus, it’s a lot of money to give to him.
He’s been with the Red Wings since 2007. However, this season, he has four goals and three assists.
Last season, he had a career-high 23 goals and 21 assists in 71 games. His previous high was 10 goals in a season, which came in 2012-13 and 2013-14.
Today is Halloween around the United States. Around the country, people are ready for this holiday, as they attempt to spook their friends, families, or even children.
Some just play pranks on each other, while others go all-out in their costumes’ to look scary.
The Philadelphia Flyers got into the Halloween spirit when the Equipment Manager Derek Settlemyre pranked many of the players. He told all of them to open a cooler, then they were all surprised.
Once the players opened the cooler, they saw a snake, before freaking out. It was a fake snake, but they all still freaked out. It is not clear when the prank took place, before it was uploaded to FlyersTV.
Thankfully for them, they won’t have to experience what’s in the cooler during practice, or even games, because there won’t be any snakes on the ice. But if they’re at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Mich. playing against the Detroit Red Wings they may have to deal with an octopus if one of the Red Wings players score a hat trick.
The team is 4-6-0 on the young season. They lost last night to the Tampa Bay Lightning, 4-3, in Tampa.
The team will return to the ice tomorrow as they travel to take on the Florida Panthers at 7 pm on TCN.
Gostisbehere is filling in for both Braydon Coburn and Andrew MacDonald. Both could miss up to four weeks, which will give the youngster more time to prove his self to Ron Hextall, the Flyers GM, to stay beyond that point.
Head Coach Craig Berube used him wisely, as he only played 12:27 minutes. While he was out there, he looked good offensively with nice passes to his teammates. In addition, he also had a shot on goal.
The 21-year-old had two assists in three American Hockey League games this season. In his Flyers debut, he had -1 in plus-minus.
“You come up with a plan that in a perfect world you can stick to, but you have to make adjustments based on circumstances,” Hextall said.
It’ll be interesting to see who Berube pairs him with moving forward. Should he be successful in his Flyers stint, he could also possibly force the team to move one of the injured players to give him more playing time this season and beyond.
By Anthony Caruso III
Posted: June 11th, 2014 at 1:48 pm EST
The Los Angeles Kings have a 3-0 lead in the Stanley Cup Finals.
They will attempt to sweep the New York Rangers tonight at Madison Square Garden. The game will be televised tonight at 8 pm on NBC Sports Network.
Stanley Cup Finals
The Kings are attempting to become the first team to sweep a Stanley Cup Finals since the 1998 Detroit Red Wings. In that Stanley Cup Finals, the Red Wings swept the Washington Capitals.
Two years ago, the Kings won their first Stanley Cup Championship in team history. In that series, they beat the New Jersey Devils, 4-2.
That year, the Kings won the Cup as a Western Conference 8 seed. They had to beat the No. 1 seeded Vancouver Canucks, then the No. 2 St. Louis Blues, and the No. 3 Phoenix Coyotes, before the Devils series.
This year, the Kings were the No. 3 seed, and had to be the No. 2 San Jose Sharks, then the No. 1 Anaheim Ducks, before beating the Chicago Blackhawks in the Western Conference Finals, before advancing to the Stanley Cup Finals.
By Anthony Caruso III
Posted: May 26th, 2014 at 6:19 pm EST
The Washington Capitals have promoted Brian MacLellan to general manager.
The team wiill officially introduce MacLellan to the media tomorrow along with new head coach Barry Trotz. MacLellan’s official title will be Senior Vice President and GM.
Barry Trotz (Getty Images)
“I am extremely honored and excited about the opportunity I have been given with the Capitals,” said MacLellan. “Over the course of my career I have worked in acquiring the necessary skills to excel in this position. We have built a solid foundation, and I look forward to implementing my ideas to get us back to competing for the Stanley Cup. Also, it is a great pleasure to welcome Barry to Washington as the new head coach of the Capitals. Barry’s teams have always played with structure, discipline and intensity, and I look forward to him leading us to success for many years to come.”
He is the sixth general manager in team history. He has spent the past 13 years within the Capitals front office after the past seven years as the Assistant GM and Player Personnel.
In his previous role, he oversaw the team’s professional scouting staff and worked closely with the Hershey Bears, the team’s American Hockey League affiliate. He was also a pro scout from 2000-03 with the Caps.
He is a former player, who won a Stanley Cup with the Calgary Flames in 1989. He played 10-years in the NHL, while playing for the Los Angeles Kings, New York Rangers, Minnesota North Stars, the Flames, and the Detroit Red Wings. He scored 172 goals and assisted on 241 goals for 413 points in 606 NHL games.
Trotz returns to the coaching ranks after spending the past 15 seasons with the Nashville Predators. He was fired by the Preds after the 2013-14 season.
“I am very excited to join the Washington Capitals and want to thank Ted Leonsis, Dick Patrick and Brian MacLellan for this opportunity,” said Trotz. “This is a great organization with a strong foundation and a tremendous fan base. I look forward to working with this group of talented players and the quality front office staff this team has assembled.”
He was previously the longest-tenure coach in the NHL at the time of his firing. In addition, he was the only head coach in the Preds history until his exit.
He is 15th on the NHL’s list of head coaching wins. He is fourth most active wins leader, only trailing Chicago Blackhawks head coach Joel Quenneville, St. Louis Blues head coach Ken Hitchcock, and Dallas Stars head coach Lindy Ruff.
He was previously a head coach from 1992 through 1997 within the American Hockey League with the Capitals top affiliate. He began as the Baltimore Skipjacks head coach in 1992, before the team moved to Portland, Maine and then coached the Portland Pirates.
He took the Pirates to two Calder Cup Finals in four years. The team won the Calder Cup Championship during the 1994-95 season.
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