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Detroit Red Wings On the Mend, Second Half Starts with Familiar Faces Returning

The NHL All-Star Game has come and gone, and Nick Lidstrom showed us once again that he is brilliant by picking the correct players to play for him and get a win...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...
Via Bleacher Report  |  January 31, 2011

Remembering: Steve Yzerman

I suppose a guy whose last name starts with the letters "Yz" was destined to be unique. Steve Yzerman did it the "right" way, folks—like very few others have. The "right" way, you may ask? Well, maybe I should call it the "ideal" way...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...
Via Bleacher Report  |  January 30, 2011

Nicklas Lidstrom, Jimmy Howard Deals Top Detroit Red Wings Free Agent To-Do List

Aaahhh...the All-Star Break. As every Red Wing not named "Nicklas Lidstrom" is now either confirming their flights to warm, sandy destinations, arranging their bar-hopping plans with ...Begin Slideshow
Via Bleacher Report  |  January 28, 2011

Steve Yzerman Winning Again, This Time as Tampa Bay Lightning Exec, No Surprise

It’s a different type of competitiveness now. These days, Steve Yzerman doesn’t go into the corners, he goes into an office. He doesn’t try to win face-offs, he tries to win players...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...
Via Bleacher Report  |  January 22, 2011

Detroit Red Wings Will Sign Evgeni Nabokov, but He'll Never Be a Red Wing

Multiple sources, including TSN.ca and the NHL's media site, are reporting that the Red Wings are about to sign veteran netminder Evgeni Nabokov to an undisclosed deal that would see him return to the NHL...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...
Via Bleacher Report  |  January 20, 2011

Detroit Red Wings: Howard and Holmstrom Out, Is It Time To Panic??

If you are a Detroit Red Wings fan, you are counting down the days until Pavel Datsyuk and Dan Cleary come back. But now, you are marking on your calendar of when Brad Stuart, Chris Osgood and Mike Modano come back...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...
Via Bleacher Report  |  January 15, 2011

Red Wings Face Big Test Heading into Home-and-Home with Blue Jackets...Really

Hockey, like life itself, is filled with challenges you never think are that daunting until they're staring you in the face...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...
Via Bleacher Report  |  January 14, 2011

Todd Bertuzzi: Like Him or Not, He's Aging Well with Detroit Red Wings

There are some who follow the National Hockey League who will never get over Todd Bertuzzi . To those folks, he’s not a hockey player, he’s an incident...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...
Via Bleacher Report  |  January 14, 2011

Detroit Red Wings: With Osgood Gone Long Term, Howard Needs To Step Up

Detroit Red Wings backup goaltender Chris Osgood underwent successful surgery on his groin yesterday in Philadelphia...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...
Via Bleacher Report  |  January 12, 2011

Red Wings' Brad Stuart Sidelined with Broken Jaw: Head Shot Deserves Suspension

In what has become an all too familiar scenario for the Red Wings this season, they win a game, only to lose an important player in the process...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...
Via Bleacher Report  |  January 08, 2011

Detroit Red Wings Debate: Nicklas Lidstrom vs. Steve Yzerman

When looking into Detroit Red Wing lore, many great names come to mind. When asking who are the best Red Wings in team history, the first name that pops up into mind is Gordie Howe...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...
Via Bleacher Report  |  January 07, 2011

Pavel Datsyuk Injury: 3 Red Wings Who've Stepped It Up and 3 That Still Need To

On December 22, Red Wings fans everywhere got what was the equivalent of a lump of coal in their stocking for Christmas...Begin Slideshow
Via Bleacher Report  |  January 06, 2011

Jimmy Howard, Detroit Red Wings: Important Week Ahead

The Detroit Red Wings were flying high once again, coming home from a great road trip winning all three games. They took down the Minnesota Wild who were in the midst of a three-game winning streak, winning 4-1...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...
Via Bleacher Report  |  January 04, 2011

Detroit Red Wings Goalie Jimmy Howard Is Facing Late-Onset Sophomore Slump

It was the thing every Detroit Red Wings fan dreaded and every Winged Wheel-hater hoped for over the summer—Jimmy Howard's sophomore slump...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...
Via Bleacher Report  |  January 03, 2011

President's Trophy Race: Red Wings, Canucks, Flyers and Penguins Out In Front

The President's Trophy is an accomplishment teams will aspire to. However, in the NHL it is almost a pointless award. Yes, it gives you No. 1 seeding throughout the playoffs, but it does not earn you a bye...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...
Via Bleacher Report  |  December 31, 2010

Chris Osgood Is Mr. 400: Red Wings Goalie Earns Milestone in Fairytale Fashion

It might just be a common trait among all people that, when it comes to personal milestones, we prefer they come via some dramatic scenario. Think about it...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...
Via Bleacher Report  |  December 28, 2010

Dan Cleary Joins Pavel Datsyuk in Detroit Red Wings Sick Bay: Out at Least Month

To this point in the Red Wings season, not a whole lot has transpired that reminds one of last year's nearly disastrous campaign. The Wings sit atop the Western Conference, rather than just outside the playoff picture...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...
Via Bleacher Report  |  December 27, 2010

Pavel Datsyuk Gone a Month for Detroit Red Wings: Dark Cloud with Silver Lining?

Make no mistake about it, losing Pavel Datsyuk for four weeks is a monumental blow to the Detroit Red Wings ...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...
Via Bleacher Report  |  December 23, 2010

Detroit Red Wings Prospects We Will Get To See at the WJHC

The World Junior Hockey Championships are just around the corner and are slated to be held in Buffalo. Personally, I am not sure how big the WJHC is in the United States but I ...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...
Via Bleacher Report  |  December 22, 2010

NHL's Winter Classic Wonderland: The Perfect Christmas Gift for All 30 Teams

To be quite honest, I never really got the idea behind writing a Christmas list. Even as a kid, the process of writing down the gifts I wanted other people to buy me seemed selfish and a little narcissistic...Begin Slideshow
Via Bleacher Report  |  December 19, 2010

Los Angeles Kings vs. Detroit Red Wings: The Quicker Way to Victory

Detroit’s high-powered offense threw 51 shots at Kings netminder Jonathan Quick but failed to score a single goal on Monday night at Joe Louis Arena. Los Angeles netted five...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...
Via Bleacher Report  |  December 16, 2010

Detroit Goalie Jimmy Howard Gaining Red Wing Swagger

Dave “The Hammer” Schultz, for those old enough to recall, was a bruising winger for the Philadelphia Flyers’ “Broad Street Bullies” teams of the 1970s...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...
Via Bleacher Report  |  December 11, 2010

Montreal Canadiens VS. Detroit Red Wings: Jimmy Howard Stops Habs' Comeback Bid

Before last night's match between the Canadiens and Red Wings at Joe Louis Arena, I had a lot of discussions about the game online. Some felt that the Habs were due for a stinker while others thought this was a game destined for a shootout...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...
Via Bleacher Report  |  December 11, 2010

Detroit Red Wings Losing Streak, Plus December Schedule May Equal Trouble Ahead

By Game 23 of this season, the Red Wings led the Central Division by seven points, sat atop the Western Conference with 36 points, and had obtained a 17-4-2 record...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...
Via Bleacher Report  |  December 09, 2010

This is More Like It: Detroit Red Wings Dismantling Rest of the NHL

We now return you to your regularly scheduled Detroit Red Wings programming. The salad days, after a one-year hiatus, are back. This is what we’re used to in Hockeytown, and missed so badly last season...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...
Via Bleacher Report  |  December 01, 2010
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