2004–05 Detroit Red Wings season

The 2004–05 Detroit Red Wings season would have been their 79th National Hockey League season; however, it was cancelled as the 2004–05 NHL lockout could not be resolved in time to save the season.

2004–05 Detroit Red Wings
Division	Central
Conference	Western
2004–05 record	Did not play
Team information
General manager	Ken Holland
Coach	Dave Lewis
Captain	Steve Yzerman
Alternate captains	Nicklas Lidstrom Brendan Shanahan
Arena	Joe Louis Arena
Minor league affiliate(s)	Grand Rapids Griffins Toledo Storm
← 2003–04 2005–06 →

Offseason

Schedule

The Red Wings regular season schedule was announced on July 14, 2004.^[1]

2004–05 schedule[2]
Preseason Game Date Opponent 1 September 26 Boston Bruins 2 September 28 @ Colorado Avalanche 3 September 30 @ Boston Bruins 4 October 1 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 5 October 2 @ Dallas Stars 6 October 5 Colorado Avalanche 7 October 7 @ Dallas Stars 8 October 9 Toronto Maple Leafs 9 October 10 @ New York Rangers
Regular season Game Date Opponent 1 October 14 @ Edmonton Oilers 2 October 16 @ Vancouver Canucks 3 October 20 Carolina Hurricanes 4 October 22 Chicago Blackhawks 5 October 23 @ New Jersey Devils 6 October 25 Anaheim Mighty Ducks 7 October 27 Dallas Stars 8 October 29 @ Atlanta Thrashers 9 October 30 @ Nashville Predators 10 November 2 Edmonton Oilers 11 November 5 @ Columbus Blue Jackets 12 November 6 Phoenix Coyotes 13 November 9 Los Angeles Kings 14 November 11 @ Washington Capitals 15 November 13 Columbus Blue Jackets 16 November 17 @ San Jose Sharks 17 November 19 @ Anaheim Mighty Ducks 18 November 20 @ Los Angeles Kings 19 November 24 Calgary Flames 20 November 26 Minnesota Wild 21 November 27 @ St. Louis Blues 22 November 29 San Jose Sharks 23 December 1 Columbus Blue Jackets 24 December 3 Chicago Blackhawks 25 December 4 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 26 December 6 St. Louis Blues 27 December 8 @ Colorado Avalanche 28 December 10 @ Vancouver Canucks 29 December 11 @ Calgary Flames 30 December 14 Chicago Blackhawks 31 December 16 Vancouver Canucks 32 December 17 @ Chicago Blackhawks 33 December 19 Ottawa Senators 34 December 21 New York Islanders 35 December 26 @ St. Louis Blues 36 December 27 @ Dallas Stars 37 December 29 @ Phoenix Coyotes 38 December 31 Vancouver Canucks 39 January 2 @ New York Islanders 40 January 5 Nashville Predators 41 January 8 @ Colorado Avalanche 42 January 9 @ Chicago Blackhawks 43 January 11 @ Boston Bruins 44 January 13 Nashville Predators 45 January 15 Toronto Maple Leafs 46 January 17 Dallas Stars 47 January 19 Calgary Flames 48 January 21 @ Dallas Stars 49 January 22 @ Phoenix Coyotes 50 January 26 @ Chicago Blackhawks 51 January 29 Colorado Avalanche 52 February 1 Anaheim Mighty Ducks 53 February 3 @ Edmonton Oilers 54 February 5 @ Calgary Flames 55 February 9 Los Angeles Kings 56 February 15 Buffalo Sabres 57 February 17 St. Louis Blues 58 February 19 @ Tampa Bay Lightning 59 February 20 @ Florida Panthers 60 February 23 New Jersey Devils 61 February 26 San Jose Sharks 62 February 27 @ Nashville Predators 63 March 1 Edmonton Oilers 64 March 3 Montreal Canadiens 65 March 5 Pittsburgh Penguins 66 March 8 Phoenix Coyotes 67 March 10 @ Minnesota Wild 68 March 11 @ Columbus Blue Jackets 69 March 13 Colorado Avalanche 70 March 16 Nashville Predators 71 March 19 @ San Jose Sharks 72 March 21 @ Anaheim Mighty Ducks 73 March 22 @ Los Angeles Kings 74 March 24 St. Louis Blues 75 March 26 New York Rangers 76 March 28 @ St. Louis Blues 77 March 31 @ Nashville Predators 78 April 1 Columbus Blue Jackets 79 April 3 @ Philadelphia Flyers 80 April 6 @ Columbus Blue Jackets 81 April 8 Minnesota Wild 82 April 10 @ Minnesota Wild

Transactions

The Red Wings were involved in the following transactions from June 8, 2004, the day after the deciding game of the 2004 Stanley Cup Finals, through February 16, 2005, the day the 2004–05 season was officially cancelled.^[3]

Trades

The Red Wings did not make any trades.

Players acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Term	Via	Ref
July 21, 2004 (2004-07-21)	Bryan Helmer	Phoenix Coyotes		Free agency	[4]
	Eric Himelfarb	Grand Rapids Griffins (AHL)		Free agency	[4]
	Brett Lebda	Grand Rapids Griffins (AHL)		Free agency	[4]
	Eric Manlow	New York Islanders		Free agency	[4]
August 16, 2004 (2004-08-16)	Pete Vandermeer	Philadelphia Flyers		Free agency	[5]

Players lost

Date	Player	New team	Via[a]	Ref
June 14, 2004 (2004-06-14)	Marc Lamothe	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (RSL)	Free agency (VI)	[7]
July 1, 2004 (2004-07-01)	Derek King[b]		Contract expiration (III)	[6]
	Steve Thomas[c]		Contract expiration (III)	[6]
July 5, 2004 (2004-07-05)	Boyd Devereaux	Phoenix Coyotes	Free agency (UFA)	[10]
July 6, 2004 (2004-07-06)	Dominik Hasek	Ottawa Senators	Free agency (III)	[11]
August 6, 2004 (2004-08-06)	Brett Hull	Phoenix Coyotes	Free agency (III)	[12]
September 15, 2004 (2004-09-15)	Anders Myrvold	Valerenga IF (GET)	Free agency (VI)	[13]
September 24, 2004 (2004-09-24)	Michel Picard	Thetford Mines Prolab (LNAH)	Free agency (III)	[14]
October 2004 (2004-10)	Ryan Barnes	Kalamazoo Wings (UHL)	Free agency (UFA)	[15]
March 3, 2005 (2005-03-03)	Kevin Miller	Flint Generals (UHL)	Free agency (III)	[16]

Signings

Date	Player	Term	Contract type	Ref
June 27, 2004 (2004-06-27)	Mark Mowers	1-year[d]	Re-signing	[17]
	Jamie Rivers	2-year	Re-signing	[17]
July 1, 2004 (2004-07-01)	Kris Draper	4-year	Re-signing	[18]
July 22, 2004 (2004-07-22)	Brendan Shanahan	1-year[d]	Re-signing	[19]
July 28, 2004 (2004-07-28)	Mathieu Dandenault	1-year	Re-signing	[20]
July 29, 2004 (2004-07-29)	Jason Williams	1-year	Re-signing	[21]
August 2, 2004 (2004-08-02)	Jiri Fischer	3-year	Re-signing	[22]
September 14, 2004 (2004-09-14)	Steve Yzerman	1-year	Re-signing	[23]

Draft picks

Detroit's picks at the 2004 NHL entry draft, which was held at the RBC Center in Raleigh, North Carolina on June 26–27, 2004.^[24]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team (league)
3	97	Johan Franzen	Right wing	Sweden	Linköpings HC (SEL)
4	128	Evan McGrath	Center	Canada	Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
5	151	Sergei Kolosov	Defense	Belarus	Dinamo Minsk (Belarus)
5	162	Tyler Haskins	Center	United States	Toronto St. Michael's Majors (OHL)
6	192	Anton Axelsson	Left wing	Sweden	Frölunda HC Jrs. (Sweden)
7	226	Steve Covington	Right wing	Canada	Calgary Hitmen (WHL)
8	257	Gennady Stolyarov	Right wing	Russia	THK Tver (Russia)
9	290	Nils Backstrom	Defense	Sweden	Stocksunds IF (Sweden)

Notes

1. In parentheses is the player’s free agency group on July 1 if applicable.^[6]
2. King retired.^[8]
3. Thomas retired.^[9]
4. Player option for a second year.

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