Playoffs Result: First Round Loss (4-1) to the Tampa Bay Lightning
East: 26-20-8 West: 15-10-3
Atlantic: 17-10-3
Metro: 9-10-5
Pacific: 8-4-2
Central: 7-6-1
The Red Wings offseason was filled with a bit of change but no external additions to the defense. Darren Helm re-signed at the last minute to remain a Wing, when it looked like he may have been moving on. Detroit traded the contract of Pavel Datsyuk to the Arizona Coyotes to create cap space in unrestricted free agency. There ended up being no sweepstakes on July 1 for Steven Stamkos after he re-signed with the Tampa Bay Lightning which led to the most significant addition Detroit being Frans Nielsen.