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Found June 21, 2012 on Kukla's Korner: Yardbarker Blogger Network
PLAYERS: Jim Nill,  Nicklas Lidstrom
TEAMS: Detroit Red Wings
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The NHL Draft takes place tomorrow and Saturday in Pittsburgh (TSN covers the draft in Canada; NBC Sports Network and then CNBC will air the 1st round, which starts at 7 PM EDT on Friday, and the NHL Network and NHL.com will cover rounds 2-7 on Saturday starting at 10 AM), and the Red Wings’ have the 49th overall pick in the second round and then the 20th overall pick in rounds 3-7 (picks 80, 110, 140, 170 and 200), and Red Wings assistant GM Jim Nill will make the final calls as the amateur scouts go over their lists over the next 36 hours. Nill told the Windsor Star’s Dave Waddell something surprising: for the first time in a long time, the Wings will alter their blueprint somewhat, having decided that Nicklas Lidstrom’s departure and the playoff successes of bigger teams that play chip-and-chase hockey mean that size and toughness will finally trump the team’s “small but skilled” model it’s stuck to for the past 15 drafts: Continue reading "Red Wings’ asssistant GM Jim Nill...
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