SERGEI FEDOROV

The Detroit Red Wings have been reluctant to raise Sergei Fedorov’s number to the rafters at Little Caesars Arena, yet one Las Vegas oddsmaker listed the Hall of Famer as the favorite to be the team’s next coach. BetOnline lists Fedorov as a 7-2 favorite to become the Red Wings’ next coach, ahead of experienced NHL coaches Pete DeBoer (4-1), Bruce Cassidy (9-2) and Barry Trotz (6-1), and former Swedish national coach Rikard Gronborg (6-1). Fedorov won three Stanley Cups with the Red Wings during 13 seasons with the team from 1990-2003 and is the most recent Detroit player to win the Hart Trophy as league MVP (1993-94). Feodrov was cheered when the Red Wings honored him during a pregame ceremony in 2015, one night after he was inducted into the Hall of Fame. Here is the complete list of odds to become the Red Wings’ next coach, according to BetOnline.com.

Steve Yzerman hoisted the Stanley Cup for the first time 25 years ago on this date, and the Detroit Red Wings drained the demons of past playoff disappointments, ending a 42-year championship drought. The Red Wings defeated the Philadelphia Flyers 2-1 at Joe Louis Arena to complete the Cup Final sweep. The Red Wings won the opener 3-2 in Philadelphia and were never really threatened in the series. Joe Kocur: President of the Detroit Red Wings Alumni Association and runs the Joe Kocur Foundation for Children. Darren McCarty: Serves as sort of an ambassador for Red Wings, making appearances and playing in alumni games.

Artemi Panarin and Frank Vatrano each had a goal and two assists and the New York Rangers beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-2 in Game 2 on Thursday night to even the best-of-seven first-round series.

The new Detroit Red Wings vice president of hockey operations is an old favorite: Nicklas Lidstrom.

The four were honored Friday as Michigan Treasures during the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame induction ceremony at the MotorCity Casino Hotel Sound Board. It was something we never expected, but it was great.”After the Red Wings signed Kocur midway through the 1996-97 season, Bowman put him, Draper and Maltby together. Draper, Maltby and McCarty are among only five players (Lidstrom and Tomas Holmstrom the others) who played on all four of the Red Wings’ most-recent Stanley Cup-winning teams. It’s a great honor.”Maltby chuckled when someone remarked that The Production Line (Sid Abel centering Gordie Howe and Ted Lindsay) is the only unit more famous in Red Wings’ lore than The Grind Line. “The Production Line, they’re all in the Hall of Fame, world-class players,” Maltby said.

Here’s a gem we found in the Local 4 Vault recently: Interviews with Detroit Red Wings legends Steve Yzerman, Scotty Bowman and Sergei Fedorov ahead of the 1993-94 NHL season.

We’re about a month out from the NHL’s Seattle Kraken expansion draft. Now’s a good time to get a handle on what to expect and how this will affect the Detroit Red Wings roster.

Here’s a quick little quiz about the man, the myth, the legend: Sergei Fedorov.

May 31, 2002 is one of the most legendary moments in Detroit Red Wings history.

1997 Season: Red Wing captain Steve Yzerman leads teammates around the ice with the Stanley Cup. (Photo by Bruce Bennett Studios via Getty Images Studios/Getty Images)I am looking for stories about the Detroit Red Wings. But all Red Wings fans, young and old, have special memories from Olympia Stadium, Joe Louis Arena, LCA to share. Let’s hear about it:I’ll feature these stories in the Dear Red Wings newsletter, so be sure to share story and check that box to sign up! Related: Memorable Red Wings moments at Joe Louis Arena

Anytime you can have something unique, it’s a special group.”The Red Wings defeated the Flames 3-0. “We never had a plan to, ‘Let’s get a Russian Five,’ until we got Igor,” Bowman said. “We were looking for defense depth and somebody came up with the idea of Slava Fetisov,” Bowman said. They weren’t easy to play against.”When Bowman was coaching a junior team in Ottawa in 1956, a touring Russian team consisting of older players defeated his club 10-1. “I saw these guys plays and, Oh, my God!”A decade later, Red Wings fans had the same reaction to the franchise’s very own Russian Five.

The Rangers defeated the Capitals 6-5 in overtime; Zibanejad scored five goals. And, the last put him in the New York Rangers' record books and delivered them a big-time victory. Zibanejad is the first Rangers center with at least 35 goals in a season since Hall of Famer Eric Lindros in 2001-02. Zibanejad joined Don Murdoch (Oct. 12, 1976) and Mark Pavelich (Feb. 23, 1983) as Rangers with five goals in a game. That came after Zibanejad scored on a rebound with 1:42 remaining to give New York a brief 5-4 lead.

DETROIT I went with my wife and daughter the other night to see "The Russian Five." RELATED: Red Wings 'Russian Five' documentary goes to big screenI remember interviewing Red Wings General Manager Jimmy Devellano many times. I remember when Sergei Fedorov arrived, but I had forgotten the international stir it caused when he defected from Russia to join the Red Wings. We knew so little of the enormous professional and personal trials he faced both on and off the ice. If you were a fan in 1997, youll remember the joy of that Stanley Cup championship that scratched a 42-year itch.

The Lightning boast a 59-15-4 record, just three wins shy of the league's regular season wins record of 62. The Detroit Red Wings set that record back in 1995-96 when they went 62-13-7 for a total 131 points. The 1976-77 Montreal Canadiens held the regular season wins record at 60 before the Red Wings broke it nearly 20 years later. The Canadiens still hold the all-time single season points record of 132 because they had only 8 losses and 12 ties that season. The difference between the 1995-96 Red Wings and Lightning is that the Red Wings had to settle for seven ties.