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Line Combos
from Chris Nichols of Sportsnet, How might the lines look when the season opens now that we’ve gone through free agency, a few trades and the draft? No coach likely has his lines set in stone yet, which means this is all a guessing game right ...
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 Downey signs contract with Red Wings
Downey signs contract with Red Wings
Leamington native Darren McCarty might have to accept the same fate as Aaron Downey if he hopes to return to the Stanley Cup champion Detroit Red Wings. The 33-year-old Downey signed a one-year contract with the Red Wings Wednesday, but it will come ...

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Too Many Wings
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Red Wings sign RW Downey to 1-year deal
The Detroit Red Wings signed tough-guy right wing Aaron Downey to a one-year contract on Wednesday. Downey signed with Detroit last season and played in 56 games. He has spent parts of eight seasons with the Boston Bruins, Chicago Blackhawks, Dallas ...
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Interview with Alex Delvecchio (audio)
For those of you who missed the earlier post, I interviewed Red Wings Hall-of-Famer Alex Delvecchio at his Birmingham-based business on Monday. I must first say that he was one of the nicest, most accommodating people I have ever met, and it was an ...
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Busy summer changes face of the Wings | Freep.com | Detroit Free Press
It has been an interesting summer for the Stanley Cup champion Red Wings. They've lost more staff than players and will enter training camp with a roster arguably stronger than last season's. Goalie Dominik Hasek and forward Dallas Drake retired, and ...
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 The Red Wings’ Biggest Rival: the Ducks?  Here’s Five Reasons Why…
The Red Wings’ Biggest Rival: the Ducks? Here’s Five Reasons Why…
The Chief over at Abel to Yzerman has created a bit of a project to pass the summer dead time, trying to categorically determine who really represents Detroit’s best current rival . He starts his study with the Colorado Avalanche, the first of ten ...
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Detroit Athlete of the Decade Tournament: Round One
Detroit has become known as one of the best sports cities in the country, supporting four major franchises (three of which have been very successful recently). In the past decade, the city has brought home two Stanley Cups, and NBA Title, an ...
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Sabres Ranked Too Low
from Mike Harrington at Sabres Edge, Quite an exciting day to get the mail and get my copy of the annual yearbook from The Hockey News.... Be sure to check out their conference predictions on Page 64. They pick Detroit to win the Stanley Cup ...
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THN Yearbook: Sabres 11th in the East
Quite an exciting day to get the mail and get my copy of the annual yearbook from The Hockey News. I totally recommend it for anybody (full disclosure: I'm not on their payroll but our intrepid John Vogl is their...
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Downey to sign two-way deal
Forward Aaron Downey will be back in the Red Wings organization this season, agreeing to terms on a two-way contract that will pay him $575,000 when he's with the Red Wings and $100,000 when he's with Grand Rapids. Vice president and assistant general ...
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 Joined in Progress = *expletive deleted*
Joined in Progress = *expletive deleted*
The national broadcast schedule is out and the Avalanche will be featured 13 times . Unlucky 13. The ol' one-three. Yep, let's try and focus on an ill-conceived superstition than the fact that, once again, the Avalanche's season opener will be ...
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 Video -  Colorado Avalanche do battle with Red Wings 1996-97
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Video - Colorado Avalanche do battle with Red Wings 1996-97
Claude Lemieux's hit on Kris Draper commences the blood battle; McCarty cheap shots Lemieux, but then shows he's no stranger to turtling after McSorley chall...
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 Scoring Line forwards for the Red Wings?
Scoring Line forwards for the Red Wings?
We can assume a couple things: one, if Mike Babcock decides to keep the top line of Zetterberg, Datsyuk and Holmstrom together then it’s a sure bet Franzen, Filppula and Hossa will play together; and two, that the inevitable injuries that occur ...
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Downey Close To Re-signing With Wings
from George Sipple of the Detroit Free Press, Forward Aaron Downey will sign a two-way contract to remain with the defending Stanley Cup champion Red Wings. Advertisement The NHL Players Association web site no longer lists Downey as unsigned. ...
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 FOX Sports on MSN - NHL - Red Wings have set themselves up to repeat
FOX Sports on MSN - NHL - Red Wings have set themselves up to repeat
The defending champion Detroit Red Wings will likely be the consensus pick to become the first club since the 1998 Red Wings to repeat, although that was a considerably different version from the club that won it all this year. Most experts will point ...
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Forward Aaron Downey close to signing two-way pact with Wings | Freep.com | Detroit Free Press
Forward Aaron Downey will sign a two-way contract to remain with the defending Stanley Cup champion Red Wings. The NHL Players Association web site no longer lists Downey as unsigned. The web site lists Downey as a Wing with compensation of $575,000 ...
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Red Wings NHL 09 Ratings
While many of you out there are still celebrating the recent Maddenoliday (myself included), new information is coming out on EA Sports' latest in their NHL series, which is arguably the best sports video game on the market. Unfortunately, most of my ...
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 Hasek, Hudler, Kopecky, and a Czech-and-Slovakian soup
Hasek, Hudler, Kopecky, and a Czech-and-Slovakian soup
The Stanley Cup spent this past weekend in the Czech Republic and then Slovakia. On Friday, the recently-retired Dominik Hasek had a private party with the Cup, and Red Wings forward Jiri Hudler tagged along with Stanley as he headed...
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Zetterberg brings the Cup to Njurunda, Timra
Henrik Zetterberg spent the weekend with the Stanley Cup, spending Saturday celebrating in private, and spending the vast majority of Sunday sharing the Cup with his hometown of Njurunda, Sweden, and nearby Timra, where he played for Timra IK. SVT.se...
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 One bet that Sakic returns - The Denver Post
One bet that Sakic returns - The Denver Post
If I was a betting man and technically, I am one, because the other day I bet my buddy Chris a case of beer that the vastly overrated "The Dark Knight" would/should win no more than one Oscar I would bet that Joe Sakic will be back with the ...
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 Danny DeVito Apologizes to Chicago
Danny DeVito Apologizes to Chicago
In a statement released through his agent yesterday, actor Danny DeVito admitted to impersonating Scotty Bowman for the last ten days. He also apologized for unleashing the Reno 911 movie upon the world. On August 1st, the Chicago Blackhawks ...
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Questions for a Red Wings Legend
Thanks to a family connection, I will be interviewing Red Wings Hall-of-Famer Alex Delvecchio next Monday. I have come up with a list of questions to ask him, but I also wanted to see if any of my readers (all 15 of you) had anything they wanted me to ...
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Kopecký priviezol do Trenčína Stanley Cup
Rodák z Ilavy prebral štafetu osláv po Jiřím Hudlerovi a Dominikovi Hašekovi, ktorí si vychutnávali trofej v štvrtok a v piatok. Kopecký si hneď na raňajky z neho dal obľúbenú držkovú polievku. Program slávnosti na Mierovom námestí ...
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Greatest Hockey Legends.com The Hockey History Blog: Gretzky For Yzerman? Linden? Leetch?  ...
Which begs the question: What would have a Detroit trade look liked? Using the actual Kings' trade as a template, the asking price likely would have been the same $15 million US as well as the three first round draft picks. The Kings had Martin ...
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Half Of The Original Six
from Jason Key of the Hockey News, Seinfeld had the Summer of George. I’m predicting 2008-09 will be the Winter of Some Original Six Team. Theoretically, I’m not supposed to cheer, but deep down I’ll have a soft spot this season ...
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 American Hockey Fan Hall of Fame: Cameron Frye
American Hockey Fan Hall of Fame: Cameron Frye
Cameron Frye: As Ferris Bueller's best friend, the mild mannered Cameron Frye endures. A wonderful mimic, wingman, son, and lover of fine art, Cameron struggles under the oppressive thumb of his domineering father, until he ultimately rebels, ...
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If only Gretzky'd listened to his dad...
USA Today's Kevin Allen wrote a fantastic column about the 20th anniversary of the Wayne Gretzky trade, and, in speaking with Anaheim Ducks GM Brian Burke, he reveals that Gretzky's career could have taken a drastically different turn if he'd...
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Three wild and crazy guys enjoy their days in Stanley Cup sun
The English-language Prague Daily Monitor "got the gist" of CTK's report regarding Red Wings forward Jiri Hudler, goaltender Dominik Hasek, and the un-mentioned Tomas Kopecky's celebrations with the Stanley Cup on Thursday: August 8, Prague Monitor: ...
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Stanley Cup winners throw party in Vsetín - Prague Daily Monitor - 08.08.2008
Vsetin, North Moravia, Aug 7 (CTK) - Two Czech ice hockey players, forward Jiri Hudler and goalie Dominik Hasek, who won the NHL playoffs with Detroit Red Wings in the past season celebrated their victory with the trophy, the Stanley Cup, along with ...
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Did we stumble on what the holdup may be?
Talking to a source right now who brought up something that was VERY similar to what a former NHL Team person theorized to me earlier today... The source, who has MANY years experience in the NHL, told me this..."I just heard that Toronto wants ...
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 Could Next Year Be Close in Columbus?
Could Next Year Be Close in Columbus?
We admit it. We don’t really cover the Blue Jackets. Not sure anyone noticed. Frequent commenter and part time blogger Dan Parker called us on it. Ok then Dan, be our guest… WFNY Readers: are you fans of the Blue Jackets? It’s OK if you’re not… though I would submit that the Jackets are a team
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Stanley visits Czech Republic, Slovakia before heading to Ekaterinburg
My Czech is as good as my nonexistent Finnish, so the Stanley Cup's travels through the Czech Republic and Slovakia will likely be filed as, "I'm pretty sure this article says that..." instead of attempts at word-for-word translations. That being...
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 NHL Network To Commemorate 20th Anniversary of Gretzky Trade to Kings
NHL Network To Commemorate 20th Anniversary of Gretzky Trade to Kings
It was a day that altered the face of the NHL, and set into motion an escalation in the interest of the game Stateside. On August 9, 1988, Wayne Gretzky was traded from the Stanley Cup champion Edmonton Oilers to the Los Angeles Kings. The Kings were considered to be nothing more than a footnote to the league at the time. The trade changed the fortunes of the Kings, was a driving force
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Inside Dish: Deal shows why Holland the best
By the time Red Wings C Valtteri Filppula's new contract reaches its final season, his annual ave...
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Ex-Wing McCrimmon back as assistant coach
Associated Press DETROIT -- The Stanley Cup champion Detroit Red Wings are bringing in former defenseman Brad McCrimmon as an assistant coach. The team announced Monday it had signed McCrimmon to a three-year contract. McCrimmon spent four seasons as ...
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 Filppula Signs 5-Year Deal with Red Wings
Filppula Signs 5-Year Deal with Red Wings
Valtteri Filppula has signed a 5-year contract with the Detroit Red Wings worth $15 million. Wings GM, Ken Holland, had some nice things to say about the forward: “We love everything about him because he’s a complete player with great character, and we think he can get even better.
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