#Traverse City

For this week's edition of Around the Stars universe (apparently it has become a weekly thing at this point) I've decided to cover two very different question marks regarding the Dallas Stars. The first one is seemingly more important, as it directly affects the on-ice performance of a single player. The second one is mostly fun. So let's get right…

Everything right now is new for Kirill Marchenko. The hockey is new. The language is new. The food and culture are new. All that is part of the deal when high-level hockey prospects from Europe and Russia head to North America. It's a transition in just about every part of life, but the good news is Marchenko appears to be making the best of…

From the time he was four years old, when September came around P.K. Subban knew what team he was going to be playing for. In his early years in the GTHL, there was annual demand for Subban's immense talents. The phone calls were many. The annual recruitment was heavy. And then he became an NHL player, a legend of sorts, a magazine cover waiting to…

The Columbus Blue Jackets will send a talented team to the annual Traverse City Prospects Tournament again this year, highlighted by three recent first round picks. Last year it was the Cole Sillinger and Yegor Chinakhov show, as both players dominated at the tournament and propelled themselves into full-time NHL roles. With such a talented group…

Oddsmakers believe first-year Detroit Red Wings coach Derek Lalonde has a better chance this season of winning the Jack Adams Award than two-time Stanley Cup winning coach Jon Cooper. Lalonde is at 12-1 to be named NHL coach of the year in 2022-23. Those are the sixth-best odds in the field. Several veteran coaches have higher odds. Cooper's odds…

This week marks the first steps towards the 2022-23 NHL season and it starts with NHL teams assessing the future assets of their organization. Across the league, NHL clubs will fan out across the continent for rookie tournaments or series, mostly running from Sept. 15-19. Shortly thereafter, NHL players will convene at their respective training…

Back at it with part 2 of our summer Red Wings mailbag. You can read part 1 here. If Jonatan Berggren, Simon Edvinsson and Albert Johansson all show they belong during camp and exhibition games, will the team have the guts to play all three? When was the last time DRW played three young rookies at the same time? - Lars Thorsell As one of the…