Blashill, Red Wings prepare for season

Most immediately, it means finding a new partner for Green for tonight’s exhibition against the Toronto Maple Leafs at Joe Louis Arena (7:30, FS-Plus).

The game that really solidified Howard’s seat on the bench was his final regular season start in Montreal when he allowed three soft goals in an overtime loss.

“We’ll let the competition play itself out, but I think the thing about competition is it doesn’t end at any point; it remains throughout the season and that goes for everybody”, Blashill said. Then the last three years it was a really unique relationship that I got to have in the American League with the NHL head coach.

“I learned from it, I grew from it and used it for motivation over the summer to just get ready to come in here and give myself a chance to play”. Petr Mrazek played the entire 60 minutes for the Red Wings and turned aside 36 shots on goal. “All I can do is play my best and hope to have another opportunity and take it every time”. “But that’s no excuse”. I do find myself looking foward to the Toronto media’s reaction to the game, just to see how extreme (in either direction) they swing. Until that day arrives, Xavier Ouellett will be playing alongside Green when they finish preseason play against the Toronto Maple Leafs. Babcock’s replacement, At 41, Jeff Blashill-a Detroit native-was promoted from Detroit’s AHL Grand Rapids affiliate and is only a few years older than several of the Wings’ top players.

“We were on the phone a couple times a week, ” Blashill added. That includes practice. We play a lot of small games in practice and he’s been good in those games.

“I don’t think it’s a big issue that I was out for a week”.

Detroit Red Wings General Manager Ken Holland announced on Friday that defenseman Danny DeKeyser will be out 3-4 weeks with a foot injury.

The Leafs’ prospect pool is very deep, with a lot of exciting, high upside players but majority likely won’t reach their ceilings.

“I think I can be right there”, Larkin said. “I’d rather have a lot of great players at every position and I think we got two really good goalies”. However, he suffered a groin injury and while he was able to return from that, he was inconsistent. I have a very good friendship with Mike, a ton of respect for him as a coach.

Ouellet has appeared in 25 National Hockey League games over two seasons in Detroit, 21 of which came last season.

“Not as much as I would have liked”, Blashill said. Obviously, as we have seen, it does work when everybody’s on the same page. Teemu Pulkkinen and Landon Ferraro both need waivers to be sent down, and the Wings do not want to risk losing either. After dropping the Wings off Wednesday afternoon in Pittsburgh, Red Bird III flew to Texas to pick up the Detroit Tigers and ferry them to Chicago, for their season-closing series against the White Sox.