Category: Hot Take Theater

Bold Predictions for '23-'24 NHL Regular Season

By Kyle WIIM | Oct 10th 2023 | 5 min read |

How bold can we get?...

Do The Red Wings Have A Goalie Battle?

By Mike McGraw | Sep 20th 2023 | 5 min read |

Is a back-up battle brewing?...

Ranking NHL Logos

By Mike McGraw | Aug 8th 2023 | 24 min read |

Let’s argue about something trivial - who has the best set of logos!...

Why the fan in me still can’t forgive Pavel Datsyuk

By J.J. FromKansas | Jul 20th 2018 | 5 min read |

Welcome to the doldrums of the hockey offseason. We can tell we’re in the doldrums because it’s time for the annual Sergei Fedorov jersey retireme...

Despite performance, Red Wings should consider moderate selling

By Kyle M | Oct 17th 2016 | 5 min read |

The 2016-2017 NHL season is fresh, and the Red Wings have come out of the gate at the speed of a hot-air balloon on a crash course for a mountain rang...

Steve Ott Tangibly Sucks

By J.J. FromKansas | Sep 26th 2016 | 7 min read |

I’m going to make no bones about it, when the Red Wings signed Steve Ott to a one-year, $800K contract this summer, we were less-than-thrilled about...

HOT TAKE THEATER: Pavel Datsyuk’s Agent is the Real Life Arli$$

By J.J. FromKansas | Aug 12th 2016 | 5 min read |

I know that at some point, the saga of Pavel Datsyuk is going to go away and I’m going to move on. We’re already most of the way there, to be hone...

Editor’s Rant: Does Ken Holland have a plan for the Red Wings?

By Kyle M | Jul 29th 2016 | 5 min read |

Ken Holland has done remarkable things with the Detroit Red Wings over the past two decades. What he’s done is something most general managers in th...