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One of the commenters in the A2Y liveblog (PaulInMiamiBeach at 11:03 ET) brought up something that’s been in the back of my mind as I watch Pavel Datsyuk and Marian Hossa play together like long…
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onthewings has posted a new entry on: On the Wings
I’ll be part of the FanHouse panel liveblogging the Wings/Sharks game night if you want to stop by. If you’re like me and you watched the Wings lose to the Ducks last night, you’re p…
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Update (7:46 PM): It looks like the Leino call-up is on hold, at least for the time being. George Malik has the details. Basically, the Griffins jumped the gun. Meanwhile, Leino posted three assists t…
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Megan and I didn’t get back from the Griffins’ home opener* until the start of the third period of the Wings/Hawks tilt, so we missed the knee-on-knee collision between Chicago’s Br…
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From Friday’s home game versus Atlanta: From Saturday’s game in Chicago: I’m not sure which play excites me more: Hossa’s owning Mathieu Schneider and Kari Lehtonen, or the v…
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Tonight’s the night we’ve been waiting for all summer: the 2008-2009 season opener. In addition to being the first game, tonight’s the night they raise the Stanley Cup championship b…
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Update (2:50 PM): MacLeod now reports that Leino and Ericsson have been demoted. Quincey is sticking around while the team looks for trading partners. This leaves the Wings with a 22-man roster, with…
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I thought so. I’m sure this report does wonders for Quincey’s morale, though. I don’t know about him, but I’d prefer to find out that I’ve been traded than to find out I&…
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… This year, my season preview is over at the FanHouse. … Bruce MacLeod has a great post up on the roster situation. It’s definitely worth your time.
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… How typical of Robert Lang was it that he took an offensive-zone penalty for the Habs right off the bat? The same goes for his somehow-not-called slashes on a Ville Leino rush in OT. Typical…
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“I’ve already said and I repeat — until it is a top league, even though it is progressing, I will play overseas.” That’s Pavel Datsyuk speaking to a Russian news outlet (…
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Visual evidence of Marian Hossa in the Winged Wheel, albeit the practice version. Are you excited yet? (via A2Y, LGW).
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Great news: the Wings have agreed to terms with team morale-booster Aaron Downey, who will sign formally a two-way contract soon. He’ll get $750,000 when he’s in Detroit and $100,000 when…
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I’ve got a post up at the FanHouse on today’s re-siging of Valtteri Filppula.
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