Another game, another young gun pots a game-winner
Most of last night’s game was a battle fought at close quarters. Neither team gave up much open ice. The Wings as usual outshot their opponent by a large margin. But the majority of those shots were perimeter shots that weren’t great scoring chances.
Detroit took […]
Tonight when the Red Wings play the Edmonton Oilers they’ll be shooting for their fourth straight win on the left coast. The teams out west have gotten off to a slow start so it looks like Detroit was sent there at an opportune time. Ansar Khan from MLIVE reports that Johan Franzen and […]
As has been widely reported, the Detroit Tigers traded Gorkys Hernandez and Jair Jurrjens to the Atlanta Braves for Edgar Renteria. The trade signals the Tigers feel their window is right now and that’s understandable with players like Kenny Rogers, Gary Sheffield, Carlos Guillen, Pudge Rodriguez and Magglio Ordonez nearing the ends of their […]
Happy Hudler sinks the Nucks
Canadian Press Photo: Richard Lam
It looks like the second line is starting to gel. Mikael Samuelsson scored a goal with 17 seconds remaining in the first period to put Detroit up 2-1. Jiri Hudler would then put a nifty move on Roberto Luongo before lifting the puck past him to […]
The Central Division has gotten off to a good start this hockey season. We’re barely 10% through the season so it’s too early to read too much into the standings. If the playoffs were to start today [heh] the Central would have three participants, with Detroit holding the #1 seed, Columbus at #4 […]
Manningham broke open the game for Michigan
Photo: MGoBlue.com
Mario Manningham has been put to good use over the past 4 games. Likely the top receiver in the country, he wasn’t thrown to very often in Michigan’s first four games. In those games he caught 19 passes and one touchdown. Here are his receiving […]
Detroit’s firepower waylaid the Sharks
This week James Mirtle wrote about the average size of each team in the NHL. We all know the Wings are the oldest team [and are assured to remain so with the re-signings of Kris Draper and Kirk Maltby]. But it turns out they’re also the smallest and lightest. […]
What has been rumored has finally come to fruition as it has been reported Kris Draper inked a new three-year deal with the Red Wings. Here are the terms as reported by TSN.
The deal will play him $1.85 million next season, $1.65 million in 2009-10, and $1.25 million in the 2010-11 campaign.
This isn’t a […]
It’s clear that the top line is one of the best if not the best in hockey. The third line is also looking pretty solid right now. The tinkering needs to be focused on the second line. It continued last night by playing Tomas Kopecky on that line. Here are the […]
Matt Ellis continued his 4-game point streak by scoring the opening goal and the ZDH line [also known as the Flying Circus line] potted two goals to help the Wings ease past Vancouver 3-2. Tomas Holmstrom proved the officials could hold him down for only so long by potting two goals. Number 96’s […]
