Franzen to see specialist, miss Game 3 - Detroit Red Wings Hockey: News, Blogs, Photos, Audio, Schedule & Stats

Links (3)

Wings sign Finn to one-year deal
Published 5/11/2008 by Dave at Gorilla Crouch
... ended up being the free agent forward who signed with the Wings. While the word on the street was that Fabian Brunnstrom would have received a two-year deal, Leino signed a one-year contract that sounds like it is ...

Meet Ville Leino
Published 5/12/2008 by James Mirtle (noreply@blogger.com) at james mirtle
... , and sure enough, Leino's pretty impressive. The 24-year-old Jokerit sniper won the Finnish league MVP this season with 28 goals and 77 points in 58 games. I'd meant to write about him ages ago, but got caught up in the NHL playoffs and filed the name away. Let's just say I wasn't surprised when this bit of news made the rounds today: Wings sign Finnish star The Red Wings lost out on Swedish prodigy Fabian Brunnstrom on Thursday but may have landed the Finnish equivalent on Saturday, signing 24-year-old, high-scoring winger Ville Leino to a one-year entry-level contract. ...

Wings sign Finnish winger Ville Leino
Published 5/12/2008 by Christy Hammond at Behind the Jersey
... With all of the attention on the Wings trying to sign Swedish player Fabian Brunnstrom, the Wings signing of Finnish star Ville Leino appears to have gone relatively unnoticed. Leino had 77 points in 55 games (28G, 49A) in his last season in the Finnish Elite League. He finished with a +34, second in the league. ...