A week after being eliminated from the playoff race for a ninth straight year, the Detroit Red Wings gathered to clean out their lockers and meet with general manager Steve Yzerman and coach Todd McLellan. It's the end game for every team in the NHL, but nobody wants to go through it in mid-April, days after the regular season ended.

It’s time for another round of NHL rumours. We’ve started the Stanley Cup Playoffs, but the teams didn’t make the post-season are still being talked about.

Veteran Patrick Kane has made it clear there is mutual interest between him and the Detroit Red Wings to sign an extension.