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Detroit Red Wings: 5 Players Who Need to Get Off to Fast Starts in 2011-12
October 8th, 2011
Any die-hard Red Wings fan might compare the night before a new season is like the night before Christmas—it's a long 24 hour wait.The NHL opened the 95th season on Thursday, but Detroit Red Wings fans had to wait one more night.But if Detroit Red Wings fans thought this offseason was ...
NHL: Brendan Shanahan Already Making a Better Mark Than Predecessor Campbell
September 23rd, 2011
NHL Senior Vice President of Player Safety Brendan Shanahan has wasted little time in getting off on the right foot in his new role as NHL disciplinarian.Shanahan and NHLPA representative Mathieu Schneider released a couple videos about the new boarding rules as well as illegal hits to the head.Not surprisingly, ...
Detroit Red Wings: 5 Best Fighters in Franchise History
August 13th, 2011
For the past 20 seasons the Detroit Red Wings have made the playoffs, and for quite a few of those seasons, they have at least made it to the conference finals, winning four Stanley Cups over that span.Many look back on Detroit's great players like Gordie Howe, Steve Yzerman, and ...
Detroit Red Wings: Why Ty Conklin’s Days as a Journeyman Have Come to an End
August 6th, 2011
Ty Conklin, welcome back to Detroit—it's been a long time coming.Even before Chris Osgood retired July 19, Detroit fans have been eagerly awaiting the announcement of signing a backup goalie.There were numerous names thrown around like Tomas Vokoun, Jose Theodore and Brian Boucher, but Conklin, for some reason, seems to ...
Detroit Red Wings: How Will Brian Rafalski’s Retirement Affect Defense Pairings?
August 5th, 2011
Most Detroit Red Wings fans went into this offseason with some big questions that needed to be answered.But no question was bigger than, "will Nick Lidstrom retire?"Obviously now know that Captain Nick will come back for another season, but his longtime partner on the ice, Brian Rafalski will not return.Rafalski ...
Detroit Red Wings: Who Will Make Up This Year’s 3rd and 4th Line?
August 4th, 2011
The Red Wings always seems to get some big game performances from their third and fourth lines during the season and in the playoffs, and it is critical that such success continue if Detroit is to have another respectable season and ...
NHL Free Agency 2011: 4 Signed Defensemen That Will Break out Next Season
July 9th, 2011
The NHL changes every year.From the trap defense to the new NHL, it seems that the offensive and defensive styles of defensemen seem to change from decade to decade.With the creation of the "New NHL" or post-lockout NHL, the League took a drastic turn to try and increase the scoring.With ...
NHL Free Agency 2011: 5 Best Value Signings so Far
July 9th, 2011
Last Friday marked the kick off of NHL Free Agency 2011.As some teams opened up their checkbooks and started signing free agents, people began to raise eye brows at some of the length and dollar figures of some of the contracts that were signed.As a Red Wings fan, I was ...
Detroit Red Wings: Redemption, Momentum, Bragging Rights Up for Grabs Sunday
April 8th, 2011
With Detroit having already locked up the Central Division a few games ago with that 4-2 win against Minnesota, playoffs are on the mind of most Red Wings fans. After Detroit's abysmal performance tonight against Chicago—giving up a goal on the first shift of the game, three goals in the ...
NHL: With Headshots Mounting, Is It Time for Colin Campbell To Step Down?
March 11th, 2011
Since the rule changes following the lockout, the speed of the game in the NHL has increased significantly.Everybody who knows anything about physics knows that when something increases its speed, there is a bigger ending momentum and ultimately impact.Rule 48 was implemented in that late stages of last season to ...