Shapiro on the Red Wings’ GM search, or the lack thereof
from George Malik of The Malik Report,

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from George Malik of The Malik Report,
from Lyle Richardson of Spector's Hockey,
from Shap Shots (Sean Shapiro),
Today we are combining the 20/20 from two games at the prospect tournament, where the Dallas Stars beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 4-1 and the Pittsburgh Penguins prospects beat the Detroit Red Wings 4-3.
1 . I’m going to open this 20/20 with some notes from a conversation with Stars general manager Jim Nill, who took time to chat with Robert Tiffin and I during the second intermission of the first game, since some of it seems news worthy.
from George Malik of The Malik Report,
from George Malik of The Malik Report,
from George Malik of The Malik Report,
from George Malik of The Malik Report,
The Detroit Red Wings’ prospects kicked off the 2026 prospect tournament with a 4-3 shootout victory over the Dallas Stars’ prospects, rallying from a 3-1 deficit to force overtime and an 8-round shootout in which Kienan Draper was the only scorer. Jesse Kiiskinen, Noah Dower Nilsson and Theo Rochette scored the regulation time goals for
from Ansar Khan of MLive,
Kienan Draper scored in the only goal of the shootout -- in the eighth round.
from George Malik of The Malik Report,
The Detroit Red Wings’ prospects battled the Dallas Stars’ prospects at Little Caesars Arena’s BELFOR Training Center on Saturday night, kicking of Detroit’s 2026 prospect tournament. Detroit would surrender a 3-1 deficit to Dallas (Jesse Kiiskinen scored Detroit’s only goal), but rallying markers from Noah Dower-Nilsson and Theo Rochette forced OT. Overtime solved nothing, and
from The Hockey News,
While there are still several unsigned RFAs around the NHL who still don't have contracts for the season that starts in a few weeks, many more are on expiring deals that could cost their employers a lot of money.
from Shap Shots (Sean Shapiro),
The game might not have mattered, but we finally had some live NHL-affiliated hockey on Saturday when the Detroit Red Wings prospects and the Dallas Stars prospects played.
The Red Wings won 4-3, but more importantly we started to get some baseline readings on prospects for both organizations before training camp.
from George Malik of The Malik Report,
from George Malik of The Malik Report,
from George Malik of The Malik Report,
from Daily Faceoff (Frank Seravalli),
from Sportsnet,
from Sportsnet,
from George Malik of The Malik Report,
from George Malik of The Malik Report,
from the Toronto Sun,
from The Hockey News,
from Sportsnet,
from Sportsnet,
from The Hockey News,
from George Malik of The Malik Report,
from The Hockey News,
from Sportsnet,
After months of negotiations, a nixed trade, and the threat of arbitration looming, the Dallas Stars bought themselves some breathing room with Jason Robertson. Sonny Sachdeva looks at what the deal means for both parties.
from The Hockey News,
The NHL's 2026 crop of UFAs has mostly been picked up. Now, with Jason Robertson joining the UFA class of 2027, here are the other names that form a powerful group of stars who will need deals by the end of next season.
from Sportsnet,
from Sportsnet,
Jason Robertson is returning to the Dallas Stars , at least for one more season.
The Stars and Robertson agreed to a one-year, $12 million contract on Tuesday to avoid arbitration.
The deal now walks Robertson to unrestricted free agency next summer, but he is eligible to sign an extension on Jan. 1.
The Stars and Robertson had been locked in a tricky negotiation and ultimately couldn't come to terms on a long-term deal.
from George Malik of The Malik Report,
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via TSN
Wantaway Detroit Red Wings captain Dylan Larkin has added a fourth team to his list of acceptable trade destinations. MLive’s Ansar Khan reports Larkin would sanction a trade to the Dallas Stars.
from The Hockey News,
Alex Ovechkin is the NHL's all-time goals leader who decided he's not done yet. The Washington Capitals captain credited two of soccer's biggest superstars for proving that aging sporting stars can still excel.
from Sportsnet,
from Sportsnet,
from Sportsnet,
The opening of the NHL’s Signing Season was a wild one full of action despite it not being the deepest or best class of free agents. Check out how it all unfolded in our blog.
from Sportsnet,
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from Sportsnet,
from Sportsnet,