sportingnews.com - 10/9/2009
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First, the Red Wings lost a ton of offense with the off-season defection of Marian Hossa, Jiri Hudler and Mikael Samuelsson. Now, with the news that Johan Franzen will undergo surgery to repair a torn ACL and is out at least four months, the offense in Detroit thins out even more. I just got ...
tedstake.com - 10/11/2009
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tedstake.com —
That game looked like a game played between
grownups and some spoiled teenagers. When you play Detroit...
- in Detroit - you can’t give them 5 power plays with stick based penalties. Everyone knows that. Read this blog post to see some good ...
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Yuck
nhl.com - 10/11/2009
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nhl.com —
They may be without one of their best
forwards for the next four months, but don't feel...
sorry for the Detroit Red Wings . One day after learning that Johan Franzen would be lost for most of the season with a knee injury, the Wings stifled Alex ...
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Capitals at Red Wings
ourhistory.canadiens.com - 10/11/2009
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ourhistory.canadiens.com —
Ever wonder what would have happened had Gordie
Howe played for the Canadiens alongside the likes of...
Maurice Richard and Jean Beliveau? Believe it or not, it almost became a reality in the fall of 1946. > During a scouting trip that year that ...
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Howe could you?
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Mike Babcock takes out ye olde Ouija board to reconfigure Red Wings' lines
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... and Tomas Holmstrom, that responsibility will fall to Valtteri Filppula or Henrik Zetterberg. Zetterberg was centering the second line between Todd Bertuzzi and Daniel Cleary, but the star forward is a versatile player and has played with Datsyuk many times in the past. Regardless of what happens, Filppula will get a promotion from his third-line center duties to a top-six job either on the top or second line. "I'm tinkering with that right now," said Babcock. The Sporting News's Craig Custance weighed in on the issue as well.
Ken Holland rules out possibility of Red Wings signing Brendan Shanahan
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... October 09, 2009, 6:15PM The New Jersey Devils and former Wings forward Brendan Shanahan ended their professional relationship recently, and his free-agent status had the Sporting News's Craig Custance wondering whether the Red Wings, now unencumbered by Johan Franzen's salary and in need of some scoring punch, might bring the 40-year-old back to Detroit for a curtain call. Red Wings GM Ken Holland didn't hesitate in issuing a reply: October 9, The Sporting News : "I'm not looking at him," Holland told SportingNews.com. Franzen will be placed on long-term injured reserve ...
Previews: White out in Phoenix; Quebec City meets with Bettman
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... needs to break out. Oh, and forget about those Brendan Shanahan rumors. We all know how lethal the Washington offense is, but through the first four games their defense has been porous, allowing 15 goals, something which Capitals coach Bruce Boudreau ...
Previews: Whiteout in Phoenix; Quebec reps meet with Bettman
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... needs to break out. Oh, and forget about those Brendan Shanahan rumors. We all know how lethal the Washington offense is, but through the first four games their defense has been porous, allowing 15 goals, something which Capitals coach Bruce Boudreau ...
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