Slump, injuries wear on Wings' Holmstrom

by Susan SlusserFiled under: Red WingsIt's officially the offseason, meaning the time is right to look into the future. We'll be running our division-by-division preview of the offseason beginning later in the week, but we wanted to give the two top dogs their own space. Today: the summer outlook for the Red Wings. Tomorrow, the Stanley Cup champion Penguins.The Red Wings came within...

More Stanley Cup Final Reaction From Detroit Michael Rosenberg compares Marian Hossa’s career playoff numbers to those of Pavel Datsyuk, in an attempt to put a positive spin on Hossa’s poor post-season. The Wings know that they have to rest up a bit before starting to workout this summer. Here is a look at the Wings’ roster heading into [...]

DETROIT -- During the Red Wings' Stanley Cup run, fans raised $17,335 for the Detroit Red Wings Foundation during the 2009 Red Wings Beard-a-thon. In all, a total of 591 Red Wings' fans decided to “grow one for the team” and over 517 f...

President Obama announced Sunday that he will bail out another failing Detroit business: the Red Wings. "It's apparent with the Detroit Red Wings play in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals that they need help from this administration," Obama said. "We have to be proactive, we can't wait for things to spiral out of control." Detroit lost Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals on their home...

Datsyuk is a finalist for four awards, two more than any other player in the league. So, why isn't the soft-spoken dynamo from Yekaterinburg, Russia, mentioned in the same breath as Ovechkin and Crosby?

In the aftermath of the disappointing finish to the 2009 playoffs, the Red Wings and Marian Hossa have to look at what's best for them.

Detroit -- When Marian Hossa came to Detroit, he had Monday playing out a little different.

For the second straight year, Marian Hossa has come up short, losing in the Finals. But this time, it was even more painful, a 2-1 loss.

Henrik Zetterberg says it was disrespectful for Penguins captain Sidney Crosby not to shake hands with all of Detroit's players after Pittsburgh won the Stanley Cup.

What is it that usually makes us call a player selfish? Being a merc, signing with a crappy team for a big payday, right? So why are we suddenly chastizing Hossa for signing with the team he felt gave him the best chance to win?

((HT: TSN))A day after being criticized by Detroit Red Wings forward Kris Draper for not shaking hands with Nicklas Lidstrom after Game 7, Sidney Crosby gave his side of the story. "My intentions were to shake hands," Crosby told the Pittsburgh Post Gazette. "That we didn't wasn't me trying to avoid it. "That's the last thing I'd want to do. By no means was I trying to avoid shaking...