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It is not a fault, and the whole organization has it. That is why players, for the most part, want to play here.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/news/story?id=5303349

http://www.letsgowings.com/forums/index.php/topic/65716-wings-draft-in-the-third-round-of-2004-alex-edler/ He just didn't post the link. Andersson is one guy who I hope the Wings never lose. He is a huge reason the Wings have been good for so long.

When does anyone really read more than the last couple anyway? I can't source it, but I heard a mention that Maltby would not rule out Grand Rapids, if it came to that.

2010-11 PRE-SEASON SCHEDULE September 22 Wed. At Pittsburgh CONSOL Energy Center 7 p.m. EDT 24 Fri. CHICAGO Joe Louis Arena 7 p.m. EDT 25 Sat. At Chicago United Center TBD 26 Sun. NY RANGERS Joe Louis Arena 5 p.m. EDT 29 Wed. At NY Rangers Madison Square Garden 7 p.m. EDT October 1 Fri. TORONTO Joe Louis Arena 7 p.m. EDT 2 Sat. At Toronto Air Canada Centre 7 p.m. EDT 3 Sun. PITTSBURGH Joe Louis Arena 5 p.m. EDT http://redwings.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=531880&navid=DL|DET|home

Here is my take on this whole fire McCrimmon thing. How much does McCrimmon really control the defensive system of the Wings? During games, it is his job to send the pairings out that all the coaches probably agreed to be against certain lines. He gives them pointers on the bench, but this is probably just little adjustments. I assume he works with the defense in practice, but they are following the team defensive system. If everybody remembers, outside of the year the Wings won the cup in '08, their overall defense wasn't that great. Even in '07, pre-McCrimmon, they were consistently caught in their own zone for extended periods and either giving up a goal or getting a penalty. The Wings scoring depth has usually been able to cover up any defensive short falls, but they are thin on their scoring depth, now. So, this shows through more. I don't think, just changing one coach is going to fix this. I think they Wings need to just be a little smarter on the ice. They have showed signs of it, lately. They are more inclined to chip the puck out of the zone, instead of trying to force it out. They still need to work on some of their short little passes, when pressured, because they still send it to a guy who is either not expecting it or is covered, as well. I believe Chris Kunitz is still in Pittsburgh, and he was in Anaheim at that time. I can't think of any others, right now.

We will just have to wait and see. Holland said he was looking at it. He didn't say he was going to re-sign him. The Wings like to have a lot of depth available. Look at 2007 when we lost 3 defensemen to injury in the playoffs. Look at last year. What happens if we don't sign all our restricted free agents. We all like Holland as GM. One of the ways he does so well, is that he makes sure he has a lot of options available to him. Plus, Maltby was another one of those injured last year, but he played through it has long as he possibly could. When others were not in the line-up, he was there. You have to give him some credit for that.

Puck Daddy By the way, who is writing head lines, lately.

Whitney played here before, and I think he showed that he had to be on one of the top two lines, otherwise you got nothing out of him. I don't think there is room.

Puck Daddy

We have had this discussion before, but first, it is a good problem to have. That means you have multiple lines that can contribute. It puts more pressure on their line mates, because more is expected of them, which is good. First and second line guys will get top defensive pairings, so I have always like scorers on the third or fourth line, because it creates mismatches. We have seen this with Samuelsson and Hudler, producing in a lower number of minutes on the lower lines. The players just have to get over the individual issues and realize it is all about the end result which is the win.

http://blog.mlive.com/snapshots/2010/06/steve_yzermanbrian_burkedaniel.html

I think that is because Kukla is sourcing a Pens' press release.

Rexd Wings are close to re-signing Todd Bertuzzi. Could happen within next 24 to 48 hours. http://twitter.com/Real_ESPNLeBrun

Because it isn't July 1st, yet.

http://redwings.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=531838&navid=DL|DET|home

http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=337926

I guess she just wasn't looking at the time. Yzerman has been on Letterman. Shanahan has been on one. Lidstrom and Osgood took it to Leno in 08.

I believe the regular season schedule comes out on the 22nd of June.

Here here.

Isn't Moreau the guy who tried to punch Markov, when he laid that big hit against Edmonton? He swung and missed, and he popped his shoulder out of joint. If I am thinking of the right guy, he always seems to be injured.

Not all those were hip checks. Also, as someone pointed out, not all those checks were really clean, either. If you want to see some hip checks, check out a Rob Blake or Konstantinov video clip.

USCHO.com Here are a few:

Here are some more of the rules in the article that I didn't highlight in the first post