As quickly as the Red Wings can add players they are losing them to injury. Henrik Zetterberg was only supposed to be out of the lineup last night. But Helene St. James reports that his back is in worse condition than was originally diagnosed. So Detroit will be very careful and keep […]
I considered the merits of trading for Todd Bertuzzi one month ago in this article.
Man, is this ever a tough call. A couple years ago this guy was the next Brendan Shanahan. He was a beast and just lethal in front of the net. With the new rules this guy seemed likely to be a […]
I just got back from the game. Here are a couple general thoughts.
Here are the lines based on my recollection:
Filppula - Datsyuk - Holmstrom
Calder - Lang - Franzen
Hudler - Draper - Maltby
Ellis - Hussey - Langfeld
The Calder trade had a pretty quick return as Kyle Calder scored in the first 2:00 of his […]
Matt over at On the Wings has his Gameday post up. The Free Press reports that Red Wings scout Mark Howe lives in the Philadelphia area and was impressed with Calder’s play on a bad Flyers team. His input played a key role in making the trade to acquire Calder.
In the Free Press […]
Ansar Khan at MLIVE suggests Detoit will make at least one more deal. And he doesn’t think a deal for Bill Guerin is out of the question.
The Wings are still heavily pursuing St. Louis Blues forward Bill Guerin, according to a source. As of Monday night, the asking price was too high. But, the […]
Today is the final day NHL teams can make trades. The trade deadline is at 3pm eastern time. Detroit has made one trade so far, sending Jason Williams to Chicago for Kyle Calder. I have been looking at each team that is definitely out of the playoff race to try and determine […]
Many people were stunned with how quickly Brett Lebda rose through the ranks of the Red Wings system to claim a spot in the starting lineup. John McGourty’s article at NHL.com on Lebda gives you a good undestanding of the d-man’s background.
Americans should take notice of Lebda, a late arrival to the […]
I just heard about this trade during the Montreal-Toronto game. It is reasonable in terms of cost as the Wings will part with Jason Williams to acquire Kyle Calder. This is what I had to say about Calder when I looked at what Philadelphia has to offer in the way of top 6 […]
Christy over at Behind the Jersey suspects the Red Wings will go after Todd Bertuzzi.
…[The Red Wings] are more likely to get a player from the secondary market like taking a chance on Todd Bertuzzi, who has yet to play in a game since his back surgery on November 2nd.
Bill over at Abel to Yzerman […]
Ted Kulfan at the Detroit News has an article this morning on the scoring woes that have plagued the second line.
“You can’t just score on one line; you need everyone,” coach Mike Babcock said. “We need Langer’s line to pick things up for sure. That’s the challenge. You have to find a way to get […]
