He might have it (not really but just pretend). The Wings rolled with three As before. We only have two on the team.
From 2008 - 2012 it was:
Captain Lidstrom
Assistant Zetterberg
Assistant Datsyuk
Assistant Draper (till retirement)
He'll slow down for sure. But these Russians tend to last for a while too.
I think he wuda been a good Winger for Larkin. But it doesn't matter because we're no longer quick fixing and drafting the future players anyway.
Just a good analysis of a guy people didn't expect to adjust in the NHL after his original stint years ago.
This sentence from the article made me laugh...
"I don't want to say just a checker, I don't mean it in that sense but Kirk Maltby had 50 goals when he played junior and people that didn't see him play junior might not know that. "
If you EVER watched a game when Maltby played it was mentioned a FEW times he was 50 goal scorer in juniors. .....