{"id":556469,"date":"2026-04-20T02:18:42","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T02:18:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/556469\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T02:18:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T02:18:42","slug":"3-free-agent-destinations-for-red-wings-james-van-riemsdyk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/556469\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Free-Agent Destinations for Red Wings&#8217; James van Riemsdyk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEj7v0yfpnJUPp0WNq_O6PduE_tt90fCelZfhlXtDBL1CKnwjEu13dCz-IhwQAUqyfDTcWpEG2kVKwYlFJILFioebifM0IAfuoVxZ3AuJ-Cc1U2isjfzJ2yzYvIO6KsOj-gOj4QCwMszETKqBk2XEhB0AZ-mhgKcIpvJGRHCrfCluYgQKy28QYdb0Cprkf7W\/s4752\/USATSI_28601185.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"James van Riemsdyk, Detroit Red Wings\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"3343\" data-original-width=\"4752\" height=\"281\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/USATSI_28601185.jpg\" title=\"James van Riemsdyk, Detroit Red Wings\" width=\"400\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Detroit Red Wings are entering the summer with multiple pending free agents. One of them is veteran forward James van Riemsdyk. The 36-year-old winger proved to be a solid depth addition for the Red Wings this season, as he had 15 goals and 31 points in 72 games.<\/p>\n<p>Yet, with the Red Wings missing the playoffs, they could look to make changes and move on from van Riemsdyk. If the 2007 second-overall pick becomes an unrestricted free agent (UFA), these three teams could look to sign him.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Tampa Bay Lightning\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Lightning could use more scoring in their bottom six, so it would be understandable if they targeted a veteran forward like van Riemsdyk this summer. He could slot nicely on their third line and power play if signed. Yet, even if he served as an extra forward on a cheap one-year deal, that would not be a bad thing for the Bolts.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles Kings\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Kings are another team that could take a chance on a veteran forward like van Riemsdyk this offseason. There is no question that they need more depth scoring if they hope to be better in 2026-27, so van Riemsdyk could be a solid player for them to add to their roster this summer.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Colorado Avalanche\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Avalanche should also be watched if van Riemsdyk hits the free-agent market this offseason. He would give their bottom six more scoring and could work well on their second power play unit as a net-front presence. Joining the Avalanche would also give him the chance to play for one of the NHL&#8217;s biggest contenders.<\/p>\n<p>photo credit:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 Timothy T. Ludwig-Imagn Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Detroit Red Wings are entering the summer with multiple pending free agents. One of them is veteran&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":556470,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5101],"tags":[599,93,5137,5,4,3358,5138],"class_list":{"0":"post-556469","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-detroit-red-wings","8":"tag-detroit","9":"tag-detroit-red-wings","10":"tag-detroitredwings","11":"tag-hockey","12":"tag-nhl","13":"tag-red-wings","14":"tag-redwings"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116434640336237339","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/556469","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=556469"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/556469\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/556470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=556469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=556469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=556469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}