Tigers GM Jeff Greenberg pulls out of Red Wings search
Sportsnet's Elliotte Friedman reported September 7 that Detroit's baseball GM is no longer a candidate to run the Red Wings.
Jeff Greenberg is staying in baseball. The Detroit Tigers general manager has withdrawn his name from consideration for the Red Wings' vacant hockey operations job, Sportsnet's Elliotte Friedman reported September 7.
Greenberg, 40, reports to Scott Harris, the Tigers' president of baseball operations, and has been their GM for three seasons. He also knows hockey: the Chicago Blackhawks employed him as an assistant GM in 2022-23. The Ilitch family owns both the Tigers and the Red Wings, which made the crossover logical.
The Red Wings opening dates to July, when Steve Yzerman stepped down after seven seasons in charge, none of which ended in a playoff berth. Detroit's post-season drought now stretches a decade.
Whoever takes the job inherits an immediate problem. Early in the off-season, Dylan Larkin, then the captain, asked for a trade. The Red Wings have said they will open the season without a captain, and Larkin said he would report to training camp and talk about the team's direction with its new leadership.
Greenberg's own summer has been rough on the other side of the parking lot. He still has plenty to handle in Detroit: the Tigers dropped out of the American League playoff race after sending ace Tarik Skubal to the Dodgers in a deadline trade.
