Bob Duff

Windsor

Writer and Sports Columnist at Freelance

Writer for https://t.co/q8bHh4yM8t. Freelance columnist at Hockey News/Published Author

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Articles

Sandin Pellikka, Brandsegg-Nygard Joining Griffins

1 week ago | detroithockeynow.com | Bob Duff

The Detroit Red Wings have assigned 2023 and 2024 first round draft picks Axel Sandin Pellikka (drafted 17th, 2023) and Michael Brandsegg-Nygard (15th, 2024) to the Grand Rapids Griffins. At one point, the Red Wings considered bringing them to Detroit to play after their Skelleftea team was knocked out of the Swedish Hockey League playoffs. But the Red Wings opted to send them to the Griffins who are trying to secure third place in the AHL Central Division to earn a first-round playoff bye.
DeBrincat Another Red Wings Player Who Benefitted From Coaching Change

1 week ago | detroithockeynow.com | Bob Duff

Patrick Kane has spoken often about how much the arrival of Todd McLellan as Detroit Red Wings coach meant to him getting his game back. Now, Kane’s partner in crime is also emphazing how much the move from Derek Lalonde to McLellan behind the Detroit bench has helped enhance his time to shine. DeBrincat scored his 37th goal of the season in Monday’s 6-4 win over the Dallas Stars.
What if Red Wings Had Put Berggren on Top Line Sooner?

1 week ago | detroithockeynow.com | Bob Duff

As the Montreal Canadiens continue to try and squander what for all intents and purposes looked to be a certain playoff spot, it’s easy to ask what if on behalf of the Detroit Red Wings. What if they’d won more than once in four meetings with the Canadiens? In fact, you can always play the what if game when it comes to sports. What if the New York Rangers had opted to sign 15-year-old Gordie Howe when he attended their training camp? Hey, here’s another one.
Berggren Battling for His Red Wings Job?

1 week ago | detroithockeynow.com | Bob Duff

For Detroit Red Wings forward Jonatan Berggren, next season probably started a month ago when coach Todd McLellan was looking to make big plays to help push his team in the playoffs. As the Red Wings prepare for an offseason that will include changes to revamp the Detroit offense, Berggren goes into tonight’s game against the Dallas Stars with one goal in the past 20 games. In professional sports, last impressions are more important than first impressions.
McLellan: Red Wings Took Too Much For Granted

1 week ago | detroithockeynow.com | Bob Duff

The outcome determined, now it’s time for some harsh, brutal assessment of the 2024-25 Detroit Red Wings season. Already, Detroit coach Todd McLellan is firing the first salvo. He believes his team was guilty of complacency. “The players have to give more when they’re here, and we have to value every moment that we’re in it,” McLellan told reporters after practice on Sunday. “I don’t think we did that all the time.
Fedorov Rates Red Wings Low

1 week ago | detroithockeynow.com | Bob Duff

Sergei Fedorov was a star for the Detroit Red Wings. He won three Stanley Cups and a Hart Trophy while wearing the winged wheel. He looks from afar as his old team is missing the playoffs for a ninth straight season and offers a Shania Twain-like take on the Red Wings. They don’t impress him much. “They seem stuck,” Fedorov told Russian website RG.org. “They have a good coach (in Todd McLellan), but no strong goalie tandem and not enough key players. Gretzky, Ovi, Crosby… and Datsyuk?
Sandin Pellikka Doesn’t Know When He’ll be Joining Red Wings

1 week ago | detroithockeynow.com | Bob Duff

When he will be playing for the Detroit Red Wings is still up in the air for defenseman Axel Sandin Pellikka. Next week? Next season? He says he doesn’t know. “I will go over eventually, but I don’t know when,” Sandin Pellikka told Swedish website Aftonbladet. His agent says it will be sooner rather than later. “Axel Sandin-Pellikka will travel to the USA and Detroit in the next few days, Sandin Pellikka’s agent Claes Elefalk told Swedish media site Flokbladet.
Red Wings McLellan Needs To See More From Players

1 week ago | detroithockeynow.com | Bob Duff

The Detroit Red Wings are teetering on the brink of official elimination from the Stanley Cup playoffs for the ninth successive season. Regardless, coach Todd McLellan and his staff are continuing their evaluation of the team. Lately, they aren’t enamored with how the equation is adding up for certain players. “We need more from individual players in certain situations,” McLellan said on the team’s website.
Could pari-mutuel wagering on NASCAR help harness racing?

1 week ago | harnessracingupdate.com | Bob Duff

View The 2025 Videos HereThe Stronach Group’s 1/ST Technology has signed a deal to bring pari-mutuel betting to stock car racing. by Bob DuffThe recent news that NASCAR was moving toward a system of offering pari-mutuel wagering on the sport’s racing is intriguing on a number of levels. Certainly, it would be fascinating to see stock car racing offering the same style of fluctuating and changing odds that have been popularized for decades in wagering on harness racing.
Red Wings Are Second Best . . . And Second Worst Yet Again

1 week ago | detroithockeynow.com | Bob Duff

The script was a familiar one for the Detroit Red Wings. Start fast. Get the jump on the opposition. Grab the lead. Then fade away like a sprinter in a distance race. For the third successive loss, the Red Wings took a 1-o lead. Alex DeBrincat’s 36th goal of the season gave Detroit the advantage. It was the 10th time this season that DeBrincat opened the scoring for the Wings.