# 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.

## Schedule

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

### Trades

The Red Wings did not make any trades.

### Players acquired

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

### Players lost

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

### Signings

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

## 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.
| 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) |