The Detroit Red Wings’ general manager search just lost a prominent name.
Jeff Greenberg, who has been running the Detroit Tigers as their GM since 2023, is withdrawing from consideration for the vacant Red Wings job, according to an NHL source who told Detroit Hockey Now that Greenberg relayed the decision to Tigers beat writers in a group text. Elliotte Friedman later confirmed it on social media.
Detroit Tigers GM Jeff Greenberg - citing his commitment and desire to finish what he’s started- has withdrawn from consideration for the vacant Red Wings position.
The search continues minus one legit contender
- Elliotte Friedman (@FriedgeHNIC) September 7, 2026
Greenberg is 40 and has NHL front office experience, having been hired in 2022 as assistant GM of the Chicago Blackhawks. His path to that point ran through baseball, starting with internships with the Pittsburgh Pirates and Arizona Diamondbacks after growing up in Pittsburgh. In 2012, the Chicago Cubs brought him in as an intern in baseball operations.
He climbed the ladder with the Cubs from there, becoming director of baseball operations in 2018, then director of professional scouting in 2019. A year later, he was promoted to assistant GM before making the move to the Blackhawks in a similar role.
The Ilitch family owns both the Red Wings and the Tigers.
With Greenberg out of the mix, the Red Wings’ search still has no GM in place, and the timeline is getting tight after speculation they might have a hire by Labor Day. One name that continues to surface is Florida Panthers assistant GM Brett Peterson.
Peterson joined Florida in 2020 and became the NHL’s first Black assistant general manager. He also has a connection to Detroit’s organization from his playing days, when he appeared for the AHL Grand Rapids Griffins in 2008-09.
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