Friday’s Future Wing: Teemu Pulkkinen
Name: Teemu Pulkkinen
Number: No. 56
Height: 5’11”
Position: Left Wing
Shot: Right
Age: 22
Draft: (2010) 4th round, No. 111 overall
Octopi Hockeytown – #15 – 8/8/14
This week on the episode No. 15 of Octopi Hockeytown, host Austin Goodman discusses the importance of signing the current restricted free agents.
The Red Wings currently have two restricted free agents that have yet to be re-signed, Landon Ferraro and Danny DeKeyser. The only unrestricted free agent left to re-sign is Daniel Alfredsson. In the first segment, Goodman discusses the importance of each restricted and unrestricted Red Wing free agent.
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Octopi Hockeytown – #14 – 8/3/14
The 14th episode of Octopi Hockeytown is here.
Host Austin Goodman is back. But this time, he is explaining a brand new plan created by the Ilitch family.
The Detroit Red Wings are looking to create more than just a new home for their team. Christopher Ilitch and his father, Mike Ilitch, are trying to create a brand new schema in the city of Detroit which will include a new world-class arena, neighborhoods, shops, jobs, internships and much, much more. Read More…
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Tatar Signs Three-Year Extension
Following a breakout season, Tomas Tatar, 23, signed a three-year, $8.25 million contract with the Detroit Red Wings, according to Helene St. James of the Detroit Free Press.
Tatar, a native of Ilava, Slovakia, was drafted in the second round of the 2009 NHL Entry Draft. After being drafted at No. 60 overall, Tatar spent his first three years playing for the Grand Rapids Griffins in the American Hockey League. Read More…
Friday’s Future Wing: Xavier Ouellet
Name: Xavier Ouellet
Number: No. 61
Height: 6’1”
Position: Defense
Shot: Left
Age: 20
Draft: (2011) 2nd round, No. 48 overall
Octopi Hockeytown – #13 – 7/23/14
On this week’s episode of Octopi Hockeytown, host Austin Goodman, explains the Red Wings depth chart, more specifically, the team’s influx of forwards and how each player will come into play during the 2014-2015 campaign.
After the first segment, at about 15 minutes into the show, Austin takes a quick turn in direction and takes the show back to the nightmare of free agency. The Red Wings have still not acquired a right-handed defenseman, yet they still have made other moves that could keep fans happy for now.
Throughout the last 12 minutes of this 13th edition of Octopi Hockeytown, Austin will talk about the Red Wings transactions from the past week including a final segment on ex-Penguins assistant coach Tony Granato, the Red Wings newly signed assistant coach.
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Friday’s Future Wing: Petr Mrazek
Name: Petr Mrazek
Number: #34
Height: 6’1”
Position: Goaltender
Shot: Left
Age: 22
Draft: 2010, 5th round, No. 141 overall
Octopi Hockeytown – #12 – 7/17/14
This week on Octopi Hockeytown, Austin Goodman once again dives into offseason conversation. The show will hit all the big topics.Why did the Red Wings resign Kyle Quincey and Daniel Cleary? Why do players not want to come to Detroit anymore? Goodman discusses his theory on the Red Wings’ moves and the situation in the front office as well as behind the bench.
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Friday’s Future Red Wing: Anthony Mantha
Name: Anthony Mantha
Number: #39
Height: 6’4”
Position: Right wing
Shot: Left
Age: 19
Draft: 1st round, No. 20 overall
Octopi Hockeytown – #11 – 7/9/14
A week of free agency has passed and Austin Goodman, host of Octopi Hockeytown, has a lot to say about the rejection that the Red Wings organization faced on the first day of free agency.
Through the first 10 minutes of the show, Austin talks about the first week of free agency, why the Wings were shunned and where their potentials ended up.
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The Pact – #38 – 7/7/14
The U.S. is out of the World Cup, MLB All-Stars have been announced, and the Red Wings did nothing in free agency.
The U.S. fell to Belgium in the knockout round of the 2014 FIFA World Cup and the panel is curious if America will keep watching after Team USA is gone?
Also, is Miguel Cabrera the only Tiger deserving a start in the Midsummer Classic? Were all deserving Tigers awarded a roster spot? Can Porcello slip in with help from Detroit…and Chicago?
Finally, the Detroit Red Wings were turned down by at least five different defensmen in their free agency search for a blueliner. Were the Wings simply going after unreachable talent or are players preferring anywhere but Detroit and Babcock’s bench?
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Wings Rejected in Free Agency, Still Optimism for next Season
The Detroit Red Wings were rejected at the start of free agency on July 1, 2014. The team went after four different players that ended up elsewhere for a variety of different reasons.
At the beginning of free agency, general manager Ken Holland understood that he needed to acquire a middle-tier winger along with a top-tier right-handed defender, but the Wings came out empty handed.
Friday’s Future Red Wing: Alexey Marchenko
The Detroit Red Wings have a organization full of developing prospects that they have either drafted or picked up internationally throughout the years.
Alexey Marchenko is a 22-year-old, right-handed defenseman who has accumulated a plus-two rating and two penalty minutes against the Dallas Stars on Jan. 4, 2014.
Hasek, Modano 2014 Hall of Fame Class Inductees
For the seventh consecutive year, a former Detroit Red Wing has received a nomination to be inducted into the NHL Hall of Fame.
The class of 2014 Hall of Fame induction ceremony will be held at the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto, Ontario in November. This year, the Red Wings are being represented by longtime Dallas Star who ended his career as a Red Wing, Mike Modano and Dominik Hasek, who won two Stanley Cups with Detroit.
Octopi Hockeytown – #10 – 6/30/14
Austin Goodman, host of Octopi Hockeytown, is back behind the microphone for the first offseason edition of Octopi.
Austin’s first segment discusses what the Wings have already done in this offseason, up through the first 10 minutes of the show. Then Octopi takes a shift in gears, focusing on the 2014 NHL Draft, more specifically, which Wings were picked up in this year’s draft.
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Octopi Hockeytown NHL Mock Draft
The Detroit Red Wings will have the No. 15 pick overall in the 2014 NHL Draft on Friday, June 27 at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia.
The first round will take place Friday and then rounds 2-7 will be hosted throughout the day on Saturday.
Since the Red Wings drafted Martin LaPointe at No. 10 overall in the 1991 NHL Draft, they have not had a higher draft pick than they do this year. At No. 15, the Wings have options to fill holes at the center position, winger position or the blue line.
Alfredsson Looks to Return for 19th Season
The Detroit Red Wings are working hard in the front office to solidify a roster that would guarantee a playoff appearance in the 2014-2015 season.
Throughout most of this offseason, general manager Ken Holland has been waiting to hear from Daniel Alfredsson on whether or not he wants to return for a 19th season in the NHL. On Monday, Holland told the Free Press that Alfredsson called him and said, “He wants to play again.”
Wings Pick up 21-Year-Old Czech Forward
The Detroit Red Wings have began their push towards improvement, looking towards a more successful 2014-2015. Last season the team exited the playoffs in the first round against the Boston Bruins.
During this offseason, the Red Wings have already proved that they mean business when it comes to reshaping their franchise in order to win the Stanley Cup. Before resigning goaltender Jonas Gustavsson and buying out Jordin Tootoo, the Wings made their statement internationally, picking up a forward from Czech Republic’s top league.
Coaching Extensions and Departures
The Red Wings franchise goes much deeper than just the players that put on the Winged Wheel night in and night out. Beyond the hunt for free agents, the formulation of contracts and devising a plan to meet the salary cap, general manager Ken Holland alongside head coach Mike Babcock work to create both a great dynamic in the Wings locker room as well as their AHL affiliates.
Beyond Babcock and Holland is a long list of coaches and developers that help create young prospects into NHL superstars. The Red Wings have lived by a motto of playing three years in the AHL before playing in the NHL.
