{"id":990262,"date":"2026-08-09T03:27:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T03:27:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/990262\/"},"modified":"2026-08-09T03:27:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T03:27:13","slug":"evening-notes-red-wings-graf-hofer-pro-hockey-rumors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/990262\/","title":{"rendered":"Evening Notes: Red Wings, Graf, Hofer \u2013 Pro Hockey Rumors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There haven\u2019t been many material updates, but<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NHLMedia\/status\/2086165551190270382\" rel=\"nofollow\"> Sportsnet\u2019s Elliotte Friedman offered<\/a> new insight into the hiring process of the next General Manager of the Detroit Red Wings. First, Friedman confirmed what was already believed to be true, that the Red Wings have hired a firm and are open to hiring a President of Hockey Operations and General Manager.<\/p>\n<p>The two new insights highlighted by Friedman are that he believes Detroit will begin interviewing candidates this week, with a firm hiring choice made relatively shortly after. Additionally, although it was already <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.prohockeyrumors.com\/2026\/08\/latest-on-red-wings-gm-search.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">reported<\/a> that <strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eliteprospects.com\/staff\/84564\/jeff-greenberg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Jeff Greenberg<\/a><\/strong>, the current General Manager of the MLB\u2019s Detroit Tigers, would have input on the Red Wings\u2019 hiring process, Friedman also indicated that he would be considered a candidate himself.<\/p>\n<p>Despite working in baseball for the last several years, Greenberg has already worked in the NHL, having served as the Associate General Manager of the Chicago Blackhawks for the 2022-23 season. He\u2019s an analytical mind through and through, which is something that the ownership group led by Chris Illitch has considerably invested in for the Tigers in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>Additional evening notes:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"longlis\">\n<li>In a recent interview with <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sharkshockeydigest.com\/san-jose-sharks-collin-graf-interview-contract-extension-top-six-marchment-stenberg\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Max Miller of Sharks Hockey Digest<\/a>, forward <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/g\/grafco01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.prohockeyrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-08-08_hr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Collin Graf<\/a><\/strong> indicated that there were no long-term extension negotiations with the San Jose Sharks. Miller quoted Graf, saying, \u201cThere were no talks about going longer. I think three years was good. I\u2019m happy with the three years,\u201d Graf said. \u201cI guess the Sharks, on their side, are the same. Three years just made sense for both of us.\u201d It was likely intentional by the Sharks, as the three-year deal leaves Graf with one year of restricted free agency. A longer contract would have enabled him to reach unrestricted free agency, giving them less leverage in retaining him.<\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AHLWranglers\/status\/2085803159239442447\" rel=\"nofollow\">According to a team announcement<\/a>, the Calgary Wranglers, AHL affiliate of the Calgary Flames, have signed forward <strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eliteprospects.com\/player\/416983\/ryan-hofer\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ryan Hofer<\/a><\/strong> to a one-year AHL deal for the 2026-27 season. Hofer, 24, has spent the last three years in the Washington Capitals organization, scoring four goals and nine points in 56 games for the AHL\u2019s Hershey Bears.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There haven\u2019t been many material updates, but Sportsnet\u2019s Elliotte Friedman offered new insight into the hiring process of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":965833,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[42],"tags":[10490,3113,63473,2993,293,397124,1328,62,1650,67,132,68],"class_list":["post-990262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-ahl","tag-calgary-flames","tag-collin-graf","tag-detroit-red-wings","tag-nhl","tag-ryan-hofer","tag-san-jose-sharks","tag-sports","tag-transactions","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/117063427616828816","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/990262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=990262"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/990262\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/965833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=990262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=990262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=990262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}