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Athanasio-U-Later Blashill planning on playing Athanasiou again on Friday. Helene St. James reports

TSN reports that Andreas Athanasiou was recalled from Grand Rapids. Please let it be true.

Justin Abdelkader DET 7yr extension - AAV $4.25M 2016-17 - $5.5M 2017-19 - $5M 2019-20 - $4.75M 2020-21 - $3.5M 2021-23 - $3M Cap Friendly reported

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They just don't give a Puck!

just add a stadium series patch and call it done

I'd love it if they make it more like a sweater, kinda what the Canadiens did with their jersey's neck. Although Colorado will be wearing white so It's most likely that Detroit will be all red. I'd love to see something like this, or even better

Not in My House!

for the first 20 k fans at the Joe

It'll happen eventually, would it be poetic justice if he did it while the previous record holder is in the building? I think it gives it more meaning. Imagine a picture of Fed and Ovie together holding the record-breaking puck. That's a once in a lifetime picture.

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Abdelkader practicing with the third line. Full story

Henrik Zetterberg is one goal shy of tying Ulf Dahlen (301) for sixth on the NHL's all-time list of Swedish-born goal scorers. (@Bill_Roose tweet)

I like the way you think. Although I would switch Z and Dats

I think waking up earlier and workout at home might be the best option for me as well, since I'm practicing shooting and stickhandling at night in a nearby park ( I built myself a pvc hockey goal, got a sports radar, plus my sticks, pucks, green biscuits... and been having a lot of fun). And would rather spend my money on some training equipment rather than shell out on a gym membership.

Athanasiou's debut post game comments

Coincidence?? I think not. I don't know much about D-pairing but I believe each more experienced, or top 3 D-men should be in charge of one line each. Like Kronwall-Smith, Green-Marchenko and Dekeyser-Ericsson. So they're more balanced.

Thanks for the reply. Because of the surgeries it's hard to do push ups or exercises in which I lay facing down. I think you're right on point with the dumbbells and resistance bands. I've found some routines by Steven Wong from Wongmania and the guys from Hockey Training on youtube and think I'll start from there. Just wanted to check if all of you guys hit the gym or have a more at home workout routines.

Or the refs should start looking out not to be checked into the boards...

The turtle will never get old. It's part of our heritage. I don't like the colorado Jersey either seems kind of ...meh. So it fits them perfectly, but it gives us hope that they wont use that sash dor the wings design. They might go with a Gothic D since the Avs have the C on their chest, but one can only hope.... After last years stadium series (SJ and LA) was one of the worst I've ever seen, except perhaps for those horrible Ducks and Blues 90's jerseys. I'm currently missing the 2009 winter classic jersey (stolen in the mail) so I'm waiting to see this years design to see which one I buy first.

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