The Daily: Ex-Red Wings Player Out for Season; Is Zetterberg Next?

Monday turned out to be a bad day for a couple of former Detroit Red Wings. The Calgary Flames confirmed right wing Anthony Mantha will be out for the remainder of the season because of an ACL injury. He will have surgery on Thursday.

Meanwhile, the Chicago Blackhawks placed Andreas Athanasiou on waivers. Athanasiou shows no points in five games this season.

Mantha had four goals and seven points in 13 games before going down with an injury. He suffered the injury last Tuesday in a 3-2 overtime win against Montreal. The Flames signed him to a $3.5 million one year deal in the offseason to play on a line with Jonathan Huberdeau (10 points in 16 games).

Anthony Mantha has apparently left the game due to this hit pic.twitter.com/bMI2itqDR3

— Matt Drake (@DrakeMT) November 6, 2024

Red Wings In Case You Missed It

Detroit is second-to-last in NHL penalty killing. Bob Duff looks at how badly this is hurting the team.

Duff also believes that Red Berenson deserves Hall of Fame recognition for the impact he has had on hockey. He was both a player and coach with unique accomplishments.

Pavel Datsyuk hopes that Henrik Zetterberg will be joining him in the Hall of Fame at some point. It’s not difficult to build a strong case for Zetterberg.

Red Wings Extra

Coach Derek Lalonde’s team (6-7-1) starts a four-game road trip Wednesday in Pittsburgh. The Red Wings will travel to California to play the Anaheim Ducks (Friday), Los Angeles Kings (Saturday) and San Jose Sharks (Monday).  Based on winning percentage, the Penguins (.412), Ducks (.429) and Sharks (.382) are below Detroit (.464) in the standings. The Red Wings rank 30th out of 32 NHL team with a goal production of 2.43 goals per game.

Hockey Now Network

Boston: The Bruins sent Matthew Poitras to the AHL on Monday. Boston Bruins.

Buffalo: Tage Thompson, on a 56-goal pace, and defenseman Mattias Samuelsson were both injured in the loss to Montreal. Buffalo Sabres.

Pittsburgh: Dan Kingerski writes that something is “horribly wrong” with the Pittsburgh Penguins.

San Jose: Sportsnet hockey insider Elliotte Friedman links San Jose goalie Mackenzie Blackwood to a possible trade to Colorado. San Jose Sharks.