Posts Tagged ‘ Detroit Red Wings ’

Ken Campbell: Best the Wings will ever be?

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June 8, 2009

The link failed to import for some reason, but this is from Ken Campbell’s blog at The Hockey News:  Ask Detroit Red Wings GM Ken Holland about it and you get a terse, “I’m not going there.” Ask Red Wings veteran Kris Draper and you get the death stare.(Trust me, I got it when...
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Coming Down the Pipe!: On the Fence With Ryan Ellis

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June 7, 2009

Really, really exceptionally great blog post on Ryan Ellis. Hat tip to The Copper and Blue. Here’s the beginning of it, but read the whole thing (follow the link below…).  I’ll admit it; I’m not the biggest believer in Ryan Ellis. To put this in perspective though… on The Pipeline Show we talk about...
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Scientists Reveal the Secret to Hockey’s Wrist Shot | LiveScience

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June 1, 2009

It takes less than a second, but the wrist shot in hockey is one of the hardest skills in sports to master. Just ask the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Detroit Red Wings who will face each other starting this weekend in the National Hockey League’s Stanley Cup Finals. Both teams know the value of...
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cut-and-paste of my own comment from Inside the Kings, just so I don’t forget I said it and because it’s so hard to find anything in the Inside the Kings archives

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May 17, 2009

The season after next will be interesting cap-wise, as said. Not just because of Frolov being a UFA and the cap coming down a bit, but also because both Quincey and Quick will be RFA. Next year, Fro’s hit is 2.9, Quick’s .8, Quincey’s .6,...
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Ducks GM Accused of Cross-Checking Fan

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May 15, 2009

While the players were on the ice exchanging handshakes, high above in an executive suite Ducks General Manager Bob Murray was seething over the controversial goal that ended his team’s quest for the Stanley Cup. A Detroit Police report lead to an assault investigation involving Murray. An upset and angry Murray, the report notes,...
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Pot Meet Kettle: Ducks Say Wings are (wait for it) Dirty! (GASP!)

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May 7, 2009

Anaheim accused Tomas Holmstrom of delivering a dirty elbow to the head of James Wisniewski after he had been injured by a puck to the chest Tuesday in Game 3. They said Johan Franzen cross-checked Scott Niedermayer in the back of the neck. The Red Wings’ response essentially was this: Quit your whining. “From...
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Red Wings ‘blown’ away – Puck Daddy – NHL – Yahoo! Sports

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May 6, 2009

The Detroit Red Wings were jobbed, hosed, robbed, disrespected — really, pick your terms of non-endearment — when referee Brad Watson and his intent to blow an early whistle wiped out a Marian Hossa(notes) game-tying goal late in the third period at the Anaheim Ducks in Game 3. The puck’s in the net before the whistle, but...
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Red Wings Blog completely agrees with me

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May 5, 2009

With a minute to go the Red Wings scored. Great right? No. The referee lost sight of the puck, even though it was laying right on the goal line, and blew play the play dead. Well, actually he didn’t blow the play dead, but he was thinking about it. The puck was in the back...
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Red Wings Central – Red Wings Cap Trouble Generator Allows You to See for Yourself What I’ve Been Saying About Keeping Hossa

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April 24, 2009

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Kukla’s Korner: McLellan requests to return to Wings, Retroactive to April 1 (hilarious)

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April 20, 2009

In a stunning turn of events, NHL commissioner Gary Bettman on Monday accepted the request of San Jose Sharks coach Todd McLellan to return to the Detroit Red Wings. Unaware that the playoffs had even started, Bettman admitted that McLellan’s request was unprecedented and caught him off guard. “This was a surprise,” Bettman said....
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