1. Stanley Cup Playoffs 2012: How Dangerous Is a Healthy Detroit Red Wings Team?

    The Stanley Cup Playoffs officially kick off on Wednesday night and if your team made it in, you feel my excitement...

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  2. NHL Playoffs 2012: Detroit Red Wings vs. Nashville Predators

    Thanks to Pavel Datsyuk's goal with 46.4 seconds remaining to send the game into overtime, the Detroit Red Wings secured the extra point in the standings that was needed in order to clinch the fifth seed against the Chicago Blackhawks Saturday night...

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  3. Detroit Red Wings: Home Ice Advantage Is Not Something to Be Taken Lightly

    For Detroit Red Wings fans, there has been some speculation as to whether the Red Wings should "throw games" in order to drop to sixth overall and play the winner of the Pacific ...

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  4. Detroit Red Wings: Not All Blame Can Go on Ty Conklin for His Woes This Season

    With all due respect to Ty Conklin , he's not the goalie he was in the 2008-09 season. Then again, the Detroit Red Wings have fallen apart defensively as well since Jimmy Howard's dynamite start to the season...

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  5. Steve Yzerman Is the Perfect Choice for Executive Director of Team Canada

    Team Canada 's men's hockey team would seem to have a motto: "if it ain't broken, don't "fix" it." So by that motto, bringing Steve Yzerman back as general director would be a seemingly no brainer move...

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  6. Detroit Red Wings: Tomas Holmstrom Is More Than Deserving of Masterton Trophy

    Detroit Red Wings player Tomas Holmstrom recently passed the 1000-game mark in his NHL career. Holmstrom, originally drafted 257th overall in the (no-longer-existing) 10th ...

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  7. Detroit Red Wings: What Can They Do About Their Egregious Special Teams?

    The Detroit Red Wings have just one point in the standings in their last five games. They have dropped to fifth place in the Western Conference behind the Nashville Predators ...

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  8. Detroit Red Wings: Hitting Rock Bottom Must Help Return Team to Pre-Slump Form

    The Detroit Red Wings have been getting hammered on the scoreboard (and really every other way possible) lately...

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  9. Detroit Red Wings: Mike Ilitch and the 4 Best NHL Owners

    Mike Ilitch has done it all for Detroit. Since buying the "Dead Wings" (as they were called) in 1982 for $8 million dollars, Ilitch has seen the Red Wings win four Stanley Cups since 1997 and has helped bring hockey back to "Hockey Town"...

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  10. Winter Classic Alumni Game 2013: 5 Reasons Steve Yzerman Must Play

    The 2013 Winter Classic between the Detroit Red Wings and the Toronto Maple Leafs will be held at Michigan Stadium on January 1, 2013...

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  11. Detroit Red Wings: 5 Reasons Brendan Smith Could Replace Ericsson Next Year

    The Detroit Red Wings traded away Mike Commodore on NHL trade deadline day on Monday, and brought up rookie defenseman Brendan Smith...

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  12. Detroit Red Wings: Getting Top Seed in Western Conference Might Be Impossible

    The Detroit Red Wings are in a battle. That battle is not for the playoffs, which they will at this point almost assuredly make for the 21st straight NHL season, but instead it is for the top seed in the Western Conference...

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  13. Detroit Red Wings: Grading Their Moves at the Trade Deadline

    For the Detroit Red Wings , it was just another average trade deadline. There were no real moves to speak of, with the only Red Wings trade happening with a player leaving Detroit...

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  14. NHL Trade Rumors: 4 Reasons Red Wings Need to Make a Move

    With the NHL Trade Deadline approaching, the Detroit Red Wings seem to have lost their groove at just the inopportune time. The Red Wings had their 23 game win streak snapped last week by the Vancouver Canucks in a 4-3 shoot out decision...

    Isaac Smith Written by Isaac Smith about over 1 year ago 2,703 reads 56 comments

  15. NHL Trade Rumors: Detroit Red Wings Must Make Most of Last Open Roster Spot

    The Detroit Red Wings traded away their first round selection in this year's draft plus prospect Sebastien Piche, in a three team deal involving the Colorado Avalanche and the Tampa Bay Lightning ...

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  16. NHL Trade Speculation: Does Hal Gill to Nashville Set Up a Ryan Suter Trade?

    As the NHL Trade Deadline draws closer, the Nashville Predators have made pretty big waves as far as trades are concerned by picking up Hal Gill and a conditional fifth-round ...

    Isaac Smith Written by Isaac Smith about over 1 year ago 361 reads 11 comments

  17. NHL Trade Speculation: 6 Depth Forwards the Detroit Red Wings Should Pursue

    The NHL trade deadline is now less than a week away so that means some sleepless nights for some general managers as they try to acquire (or giveaway) that last piece to gear up for the playoffs...

    Isaac Smith Written by Isaac Smith about over 1 year ago 2,579 reads 30 comments

  18. NHL Trade Deadline: Why Flyers GM Paul Holmgren's Trades Hurt Team in Long Run

    Philadelphia Flyers GM Paul Holmgren continues to confuse fans with his trades and his message that he sent last year during free agency...

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  19. Detroit Red Wings Trade Rumors: Why Pavel Kubina Is Worth the Risk

    The Detroit Red Wings have reportedly submitted an offer for Tampa Bay Lightning defenseman Pavel Kubina ...

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  20. Detroit Red Wings: 5 Reasons to Not Panic About Jimmy Howard's Broken Finger

    Detroit Red Wings goaltender Jimmy Howard has been out with a broken finger since the Red Wings shootout win against the Vancouver Canucks on February 2nd...

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  21. Detroit Red Wings: 5 Ways to Help Struggling Power Play

    The Detroit Red Wings are closing in on an NHL record for consecutive home wins. Some of these wins have been quite unforgettable, in regards to how the games have been decided...

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  22. Detroit Red Wings Trade Speculation: 6 Reasons to Avoid Trading for Zach Parise

    The Detroit Red Wings have salary cap space to burn. No, that's no typo. In case you, the reader, have been living under a rock all hockey season, the Detroit Red Wings had about $5...

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  23. Detroit Red Wings Trade Speculation: 5 'Heavy' Players to Pursue

    The Detroit Red Wings are tops in the Western Conference—well, for the moment, anyway. With three more points than Vancouver (Vancouver has a game in hand on Detroit) and ...

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  24. NHL All Star Game: 15 Greatest Moments of All-Star Weekend

    The 2012 NHL All-Star Weekend in Ottawa is history. I was fortunate enough to be able to get a media credential from Bleacher Report, and got to see some pretty cool sights...

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  25. NHL All-Star Game 2012: Live Coverage and Analysis from Ottawa

    The 2012 NHL All-Star Game has finally arrived. The NHL All-Star Game features Team Alfredsson against Team Chara, with Team Alfredsson winning last night's All-Star Skills Competition by a final score of 21-12...

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