Ted Kulfan reviews the Red Wings' free agency and draft additions, Filip Zadina's options and forrmer Michigan Tech and Red Wings forward Steve Coates is the podcast guest.
Coates, who retired this year after 43 years as a broadcaster with the Philadelphia Flyers, played five career NHL games and scored one goal with the 1976-77 Red Wings, the worst team in franchise history since the league went to a 70-game schedule in 1950.
Detroit went 16-55-9 under coaches Alex Delvecchio and Larry Wilson, losing the final 11 games of the season including a 4-3 loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins when Coates scored his only goal on Denis Herron on April 2, 1977.