Hossa assesses his linemates, and Babcock tosses out an old 'line'
Snapshots —
... I say this to you guys all the time: The truth today isn't the truth tomorrow. So I'm going to watch and see what happens. We know we have really good players, and we have a lot of them. There are only 23 that can be here, so I don't know how that's going to work out, but what I do know is that the best players get to play, and that'll be the same this year." Babcock does plan on starting from scratch in rebuilding the Wings' work ethic, as he told the Detroit News's Dave Dye... September 20, Detroit News : "I'm not a big believer there's carryover from year to year as far as ...
Let the Hossa Hilarity Begin (EAT IT, Detroit!)
The Steel City Sports Fan (Penguins Edition) —
detnews.com (online site for the Detroit News) has another article on Marian Hossa, but this one I find more amusing than the others. It reports that he skipped going golfing with his new teammates because of "tightness in his back" last Thursday. Problems with his back - eh? Could this be the beginning of a nagging problem that will keep him from helping (or even hinder) Detroit make it's second run at the Stanley Cup? I can only hope! Although an even more fitting ending would be the Penguins and Redwings making it through the playoffs for a repeat SCF, but this time the Penguins win the Stanley Cup and Hossa will try to come back because it will make the Penguins the ...
