In Red Wings Land

EVERYTHING IS AWFUL FOR THE RED WINGS RIGHT NOW BUT THIS IS EXACTLY HOW IT NEEDS TO BE | The Hockey News

But the necessity of a poor campaign goes beyond the ability to land a high draft pick. It also gives Yzerman the opportunity to start the process of separating the wheat from the chaff and begin the process of refreshing a veteran roster, something the Red Wings have long needed to do.

Steve Yzerman refreshed the roster a bit last night by acquiring Brendan Perlini.

ICYMI

Red Wings acquire forward Brendan Perlini from Blackhawks | WIIM

Perlini's looking for a change of scenery and Detroit may be able to offer him minutes depending on injuries to Abdelkader/Erne and how they want to manage Svechnikov/Smith, two guys they weren't really giving a lot of minutes to over the last couple of games

— Prashanth Iyer (@iyer_prashanth) October 28, 2019

However, this is a smaller critique in the grand scheme of things because I’m not certain that even the max return for a player of Regula’s caliber would’ve yielded a player that moves the needle for the organization

— Prashanth Iyer (@iyer_prashanth) October 28, 2019

Cheers, mate: Brendan Perlini’s career journey takes him from England to Chicago | The Athletic ($)

... and now to Detroit.

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NHL making plans for potential women’s league when time is right | Sportsnet

The time is right today.