Quality hockey reporting by the mainstream is rare these days. So when we lose a good one, it’s a sad day.
Helene St. James. Anser Khan. Ted Kuflan. They are all beat writers for the Wings; a dream job for most. Yet reading them, you get the feeling that they not only know only the very basics of hockey, but are putting the bare minimum effort in. How many times have you seen the exact same article written by the major outlets? It’s almost every day in fact. The “deep diggers” lack of actual digging is why the first blog I started to read came about, the great Abel to Yzerman. And the rest they say is history.
The Wings little brother, the Grand Rapids Griffins, was lucky enough to have one of the best beat writers in the business covering them. Michael Zuidema did a hell of a job for the Grand Rapids Press in keeping us up to date with the Griffs. He’s one of those rare beat writers who seem to get it and gave us interesting stories on the future of the Wings. Here’s a recent article showing his ability to go just a little farther than others in bringing us an interesting story.
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Yesterday we took a look at some of the forwards that may be available come February 27th. Today I would like to focus on some of the defensemen that may be available this year.
Many teams such as Chicago and Philadelphia will be looking to bulk up their D for a prolonged run in the playoffs. Could Detroit be in the market?
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Last night was a disaster. A lack of communication, poor dedication, laziness and failure to take responsibility lead to the poor performance. Each one of us here at NOHS is ashamed…
…at ourselves.
Confused? Hit the jump, it's worth it.
The trade deadline is closing in fast, and the Wings have money to burn for what presumably will be Lidstrom's last run at the cup (it won't be). We all know that Kenny hasn't had this type of money to spend at the deadline in the cap era, and it's probably burning a hole in his pocket as we speak.
That's not to say that Holland will spend just for the fun of it. "In Kenny we trust" has always been the motto for Detroit fans and we know that whatever move, or moves he makes on or before the deadline will be well thought out.
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Not a good effort by the Wings tonight. Rather than recap the game and dwell on a bunch of sorrow, I'm going to discuss why I think this happened.
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Is this our Conk replacement? Per a Bob McKenzie tweet:
Anyone want a goalie? SJ has put netminder Antero Nittymaki (sic) on waivers.
Niittymaki is a talented goaltender. Much more talented than Conklin unfortunately.
Is it worth it? Find out my thoughts and others after the jump. no comments
The Red Wings make one final stop tonight taking on the Canadiens de Montréal before Datsyuk and Howard depart for the All-Star game in Ottawa this weekend.
Detroit is riding a 7-game win streak where they recently just sat their over confident little brother in timeout by dominating the Blues 3-1 at the Joe extending their home win streak to 17.
Puck drops at 7:30 pm on NBCSN. Be sure to check out NHL 36 featuring Nick Lidstrom tonight as well at 6:30 on NBCSN
Update: Lineup and starting goalies
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I don't say this often - but thank you, Pittsburgh!
With the Pens Blog participating in our Eddie Olczyk project, and the Penguins taking care of St. Louis' game in-hand on us...those Penguins have given us two gifts in the past couple weeks. Kinda makes me feel like river dancing. Anyway, it's also always nice to see the Blackhawks lose...but damn those Predators.
Nashville has pulled even with St. Louis and Chicago at 64 points. That giant of a goalie has won nine straight games.
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Crazy week of [real] work for yours truly, so I'm going to have to keep these sporadic posts short and sweet.
Just like the old days, eh?
It's just like the old days in that Detroit ends up winning the game and the music guy giving the Blues a little jab by playing some Elton John. I can't really recap the game any better than Twig did last night, but I can tell you a short story about when I walked into the locker room last night in downtown Chicago...
Chicago Fan Teammate: "Did the Red Wings win tonight?"
Me: "Did they play tonight?"
Chicago Fan Teammate: "Yes."
Me: "Then yes, they won."
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Great 3-1 win tonight by the good guys. Blues fans will pat themselves on the back for backing a team that fights, and we'll celebrate another win. It's great to be us.
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