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On the blueline, it's a Red Wings world
Snapshots — Sports Illustrated's Darren Eliot suggests that the NHL has become a league in which offensive defencemen have become integral to teams' offensive games, and it should come as no surprise that the Detroit Red Wings are the model upon which most teams base their "jump into the rush": October 27, Sports Illustrated : If you haven't noticed, in the fourth season of the league-wide crackdown on hooking, holding and interference, the NHL game is fast. It's really fast -- which, of course, was the desired result. And while some aspects regarding style of play were predictable, many of ...

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Winging It In Motown — ... Sports Illustrated reporter Darren Eliot argues that the rules formed after the lockout to limit obstruction has, in fact, helped teams encourage their defensemen to become more offensive. He uses the Red Wings as an example to prove his case: ...