Uncategorized 19 November 2009

I’ll have something longer on Shanahan this week, but for now I just wanted to point out an article on NHL.com about Shanny when he was in St. Louis.  I think it really just captures what kind of player Shanny was, and why cities like St. Louis and Detroit fell …

 game recap 19 November 2009

So, this is a little extra snarky.
Goals were as follows:
Detroit: Henrik Zetterberg (Leino, Lebda); Br–(err, wait.  We’ll get to that.)
Dallas: Mike Ribeiro/Jonathan Ericsson (Just kidding.  Not really.  Oh damn, this is getting out of hand. pp; Richards, Robidas); Niskanen (Richards, Neal); Loui Eriksson (pp; Neal, Modano)
Pluses
+ Brad May won a …

 stars of the week 16 November 2009

Every Monday (I hope) I want to post my picks as the Red Wings’ three stars of the week.  This is clearly a biased endeavor, and may or may not take actual statistical accomplishments into account.
#3: Dan Cleary
2-3-5 for this past week, and was +7.  He’s rounding into form, finally, …

 game recap 15 November 2009

I had wondered before last night’s game if it the be as chippy and intense now that Pronger has left the Ducks.  Clearly, he was a big part of their identity (particularly given that they’ve been something of a mess this season).  They do still have guys like Perry and …

 game recap 13 November 2009

I’ll be honest, I sort of zoned out halfway through this game.
Goals were as follows:
Detroit: Tomas Holmstrom (pp; Zetterberg, Datsyuk); Henrik Zetterberg (Stuart, Kronwall); Niklas Kronwall (EN; Howard, Stuart)
Vancouver: Mason Raymond (pp; Bieksa, Kesler)
Pluses
+ Jimmy Howard.  He had a good game.  I didn’t feel confident, per se, but I …

 game recap 12 November 2009

On this Veterans Day/Remembrance Day, a moment to thank all those who’ve served.
Edited to add goals, which I initially forgot.  Which makes me realize there were fewer points all around gathered by the Red Wings, as a lot of goals were scored off of turnovers from CBJ, which means a …

 Uncategorized 11 November 2009

According to TSN’s Bob McKenzie, Detroit has picked up winger Drew Miller off waivers from the Tampa Bay Lightning.
Twitter: “Detroit claims Drew Miller on waivers from Tampa.”
I know absolutely nothing about Miller, other than he’s related to Ryan Miller.  And he won a Stanley Cup with Anaheim in 07.

Here are …

 Stevie 9 November 2009

They say why bother trying to rephrase something when someone’s already said it better, or best.  So here are links to some of the superlative blog posts and articles I’ve read the past few days about our beloved #19, The Captain, the incomparable Steve Yzerman.
(In no particular order, other than …

 Uncategorized 8 November 2009

I headed up to Toronto this weekend for the Hockey Hall of Fame festivities.  Saw the game against the Leafs (see previous post on this).  But more importantly, I got to attend an autograph session with the Red Wings at the HHOF.
I took an early flight and went straight to …

 game recap 8 November 2009

Well that sucked.
Goals were as follows:
Detroit: Dan Cleary (Rafalski, Lidstrom)
Toronto: Wayne Primeau (Orr, Finger); Phil Kessel (White, Blake); Jeff Finger (Stempniak, Stajan); John Mitchell (pp; Kessel, Beauchemin); Alexei Ponikarovsky (Grabovski, White)
Trying a new format here for my game recap, and it’s going to be my plus/minuses of the game.  Yes, …