The Canes gave Ehlers a six-year, $51 million deal. That was enough to land the former Winnipeg Jets player in Carolina. The Red Wings missed out on all of the big-ticket free agents this summer.

Red Wings sign James van Riemsdyk With the market growing sparser by the hour, the Wings signed left wing James van Riemsdyk for one year, $1 million, about two and a half hours after opening. The ...

A large percentage of unrestricted free agents sign the first couple of days the market is open, but several always remain available in August. The Detroit Red Wings have $12 million in cap space ...

The Detroit Red Wings lose rights to former draft pick and Michigan State captain Red Savage as he signs with Sabres AHL affiliate.

The Detroit Red Wings should target a particular Michigan native, top-six winger, according to a notable NHL insider.

It’s just a hair under a whole year away from the 2026 NHL free agency pool, but with the changes to the cap and the CBA, it’s never been a more important time for GMs to look into the future.

He was then reacquired before the 2024-25 season, but was allowed to hit NHL Free Agency last summer, where he joined the Buffalo Sabres. Meanwhile, Burakovsky is a bit of a reclamation project.

And that mindset is a key component that van Riemsdyk aims to bring to the Detroit Red Wings, who signed the 36-year-old forward to a one-year free-agent contract on July 2, in the 2025-26 season.

After the 2025 NHL Draft, as the focus shifted to the looming frenzy around free agency (and trades to accommodate it), Detroit’s seventh-year GM was clear in acknowledging that — while the ...