I’ve looked at a couple different options Detroit can pursue if Dominik Hasek decides to retire. The organization has made it clear they want him back next season and there is no question he’d be the obvious choice out of all the options available to Detroit. But what if Dom decides he doesn’t […]
May 31st, 2007
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Red Wings recruit Darren Helm and his Medicine Hat Tigers teammates just lost the Memorial Cup in a hard-fought 7 game series. But in the Tigers’ playoff run he has won accolades and gives you reason to think he’s going to have a bright future in Detroit. Here are some articles on Helm.
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May 31st, 2007
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There has been some talk on players who might have an interest in playing for the Red Wings. George over at Snapshots linked to this Atlanta-Constitution Journal article that mentions a former Red Wings forward might have an interest in coming back to Detroit.
…Slava Kozlov is being rumored to be on the Red Wings […]
May 30th, 2007
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Yesterday I took a look at one option Detroit might pursue if Dominik Hasek decides to retire. Another option would be to give top prospect Jimmy Howard a shot to compete with Chris Osgood for the top spot in Detroit. The Red Wings have compared Howard’s development to Ryan Miller. Let’s see […]
May 30th, 2007
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I noticed over at the Red Wings Central message board that Detroit has to sign several prospects by Thursday or those prospects will become free agents. Matthew Wuest is short and to the point in his comments in this article.
* The Red Wings could lose the rights to 10 prospects on Friday: Christofer Lofberg, […]
May 29th, 2007
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Yesterday I took a look at one scenario where Dominik Hasek comes back and the Red Wings make an effort to keep most of their free agents. But that approach is based entirely on Hasek coming back to play for the 2007-08 season. What happens if he decides to retire again?
If that happens […]
May 29th, 2007
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Ken Holland and Jim Nill are on a mission from God
The Red Wings were very competitive in their Western Conference Finals series against Anaheim. What types of moves do they need to make to try and better position themselves next season? I will consider a couple different scenarios over the next couple […]
May 28th, 2007
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This year’s Stanely Cup Finals is a matchup between two teams that have not won the Stanley Cup since being admitted into the NHL. In the case of Ottawa the Senators won several professional hockey championships when they were rocking the Challenge Cup back in the days when they were known as the Silver […]
May 28th, 2007
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I have published grades for each quarter of the season. You can review those grades here. Since the Red Wings played 18 playoffs games that works out to nearly 1/4 of the regular season. Ansar Khan of MLIVE and Bruce MacLeod of the Macomb Daily also have grades for the playoffs. […]
May 27th, 2007
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Simmons: Tanks for Nothing!
Every once in a while I’ll read an article and mentally file it away. The reason is more or less to see how the conceit of the article worked out for the author. With the NBA lottery draft order set it seems like a good time to go back and […]
May 26th, 2007
Categories: Pistons . Author: Dave . Comments: 1 Comment