Ice hockey
Simon Edvinsson: Contract Talks With Red Wings Turn Tough
The Detroit defenceman trained with Frölunda in Sweden as he remains a restricted free agent open to an offer sheet from another club.
Ice hockey
The Detroit defenceman trained with Frölunda in Sweden as he remains a restricted free agent open to an offer sheet from another club.
Valeri Nichushkin's goal and assist led Columbus to a 4:2 pre-season win at Detroit, who remain without a captain after stripping Dylan Larkin.
Detroit forward Dylan Larkin is back at camp after an upper-body injury, months after his June trade request and the loss of the captaincy, and may stay all season.
Toronto analyst Sid Seixeiro called Detroit captain Dylan Larkin's refusal to discuss his trade request with the media cowardice and childishness.
The 30-year-old forward, stripped of Detroit's captaincy, says he may never reveal why he asked for a trade and denies reports naming Vegas, Florida, Minnesota and Dallas.
Detroit forward Dylan Larkin, recently stripped of the captaincy, will rehab an upper-body injury with the team, GM Sean Horcoff says, hoping for a pre-season return.
The 47-year-old replaces Steve Yzerman, who left in July to become senior adviser to owner Chris Ilitch as the club continues its search for a permanent hockey operations chief.
Larkin will attend Detroit's training camp despite requesting a trade in June; the club opened talks on captaincy and his future only once new hockey operations leadership is named.
The Canadiens forward won the Cup four straight years from 1957 to 1960 and later played for Boston, Detroit and Minnesota before retiring in 1968.
Red Wings forward Alex DeBrincat says the team's view of captain Dylan Larkin hasn't changed after his trade request, adding the decision is now Larkin's to make.
The 23-year-old Swedish defenceman, a restricted free agent, wants Detroit to name a new GM before resuming contract talks ahead of training camp.
Spartak Moscow have released forward Evgeni Svechnikov without giving a reason, after the 29-year-old scored 16 points in 34 games last season.