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DETROIT RED WINGS OPENING WEEKEND RECAP | 2025-2026 HOT TAKES



Opening Night/Weekend is in the books, and the Detroit Red Wings are already giving fans plenty to talk about. From the lows of their season opener to the highs that followed, we break down all the ups and downs from the first two games of the year. What went right, what went wrong, and what it all means moving forward.

We’re also diving into some spicy hot takes! Both ours and ones submitted by YOU the fans! Covering everything from breakout players to bold season predictions. Buckle up, because the overreactions are in midseason form already.

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✅ Recapping Opening Night and the weekend matchups
✅ Early takeaways from the Red Wings’ first two games
✅ The biggest surprises (and disappointments) so far
✅ Our and fan-submitted hot takes for the 2025 season

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11 Comments

  1. I agree that one of copp or compher has to go they are too similar of players and they need someone that can help bring up mbn rather than bring him down. Why havent they touched on Buium and the danielson injuries? hopefully something is in the works after the next few games

  2. Yzerman should try to trade for Mattias Samuelsson to help bolster the defense.
    Trade proposal:
    Detroit trades Jonatan Berggren and Erik Gustavsson to Buffalo for Mattias Samuelsson.
    Detroit Red Wings defense line-up:

    Johansson Seider
    Edvidsson ASP
    Samuelsson JBD
    Chariot

  3. Danielson will be perfect for Nygard on the 3rd line. That is incoming IMO. BTW, game 2 was great but Seider/Chiarot is a horrible 1st pairing and Chiarot is still out of position over and over again. He is going to kill Seider's career if they keep them together much longer. Seider looks lost and slow. Seider is NOT a great skater, he needs to be paired with a mobile defenseman. Aljo is potentially good if they cant find better

  4. Carlo, Give me a fing break, it is not like this the 2nd game we have seen Chiarot…we have years of watching this guy. Chiarot is the Drew Henson of the NHL (old Michigan example for us oldies), looks like a pro but has a 10 cent head and falls apart as soon as a real game starts. Look at Domi's 3rd goal. Chiarot and Seider were almost literally rawdogging each other in front of Talbot. These are 1st pairing D looking that silly. Neither of them took the skater with the puck and in the end they decided to hug each other

  5. I’m at the point where I’m ready to spend a 1st or 2nd for an upgrade on either the forward or defensive end if it gets us a good player under 27. You can definitely find an upgrade for Chiarot without spending more than a 2nd and you can probably get a couple 3rds for bergy and a 6th for Gus

  6. The political situation has Canadians avoiding travel to the US, and by situation I mean Trump. Whether you like him or not as a US citizen, you have to understand that Canadians aren't fond of his tariffs and even less happy about his talk of claiming Canada as a state.

  7. AlJo played a lot of minutes last year on the second pair so I don't know why he couldn't handle first pair minutes this year.

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