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Scouting the Detroit Red Wings: Brian Rafalski
Scouting the Detroit Red Wings: Brian Rafalski
Part of a series of scouting reports on the 2009-10 Detroit Red Wings. Today's profile: Brian Rafalski
Scouting the Detroit Red Wings: Brian Rafalski
Scouting the Detroit Red Wings: Dan Cleary
Scouting the Detroit Red Wings: Dan Cleary
examiner.com — Part of a series of scouting reports on the 2009-10 Detroit Red Wings. Today's featured player: Dan... Cleary (more) Scouting the Detroit Red Wings: Dan Cleary
Scouting the Detroit Red Wings: Nicklas Lidstrom
Scouting the Detroit Red Wings: Nicklas Lidstrom
examiner.com — Part of a series of scouting reports on the 2009-10 Detroit Red Wings. Today's featured player: Nicklas... Lidstrom. (more) Scouting the Detroit Red Wings: Nicklas Lidstrom
NHL's Top 50: Brian Rafalski (No. 45)
NHL's Top 50: Brian Rafalski (No. 45)
nhl.fanhouse.com — by Adam Gretz FanHouse's Adam Gretz takes a look at his top 50 players in the NHL... . No. 45 is Detroit Red Wings defenseman Brian Rafalski . Even at the age of 35, Brian Rafalski is still getting better, statistically speaking anyway, as his ... (more) NHL's Top 50: Brian Rafalski (No. 45)
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Brian Rafalski foils both his opponents and Red Wings partner Nicklas Lidstrom
Snapshots — Brian Rafalski excels as an undersized defenseman because he plays his position to his strengths, using his skating speed, offensive awareness, and aggressive play as Nicklas Lidstrom's perfect foil. The Detroit Examiner's Mike Mouat takes note of Rafalski's proficiency in his l atest Red Wings scouting report : July 25, Detroit Examiner : Rafalski established career highs in assists (49) and points (59) this past season and scored 34 points (6-28) in the final 42 games of the season, while playing fewer minutes per game (23:10) than he has in the past three ...

Dan Cleary and the Red Wings' 'second unit' need to step up offensively
Snapshots — ... and Brian Rafalski . In moving on to the "second line" trio of Dan Cleary (today's subject), Johan Franzen, Valtteri Filppula, and #3 and 4 defensemen Niklas Kronwall and Brad Stuart, he begins a discussion of the Wings who will be counted upon the most to fill in the offensive voids created by the losses of Marian Hossa, Mikael Samuelsson, and Jiri Hudler: ...

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