All Entries Tagged With: "Detroit Red Wings"
Which Mullet Do You Trust?
Barack Obama called out Patrick Kane to grow back his mullet in March 2011. Kaner quickly called his barber Carmelo Preiti to arrange his mullet for the post-season. This phenomenon worked so well during the 2010 Stanley Cup run, it was a no-brainer. Chris Campoli’s turnover to Alex Burrows in OT in game #7 vs. [...]
Hockey Independent Playoff Roundtable: 2013 Round 2 Predictions
With the second round of the 2013 Stanley Cup Playoffs set to begin just a few hours from now, five members of the Hockey Independent writing staff have come together to predict each and every first round series of this year’s postseason. The contributing authors to today’s piece will be Cris Cohen (New York Rangers), Seth Levin (New Jersey [...]
Hop on the Bus Blackhawks, Time for School
283 miles separate the Chicago Blackhawks and Detroit Red Wings home base. The Hawks will most certainly ride in style in their private jet back and forth to Detroit. However, considering Coach Q wasn’t thrilled with their 1st round performance, as he knows they can play better as a team, I would vote for an [...]
Hockey Independent Playoff Roundtable: 2013 First Round Predictions
With the 2013 Stanley Cup Playoffs set to begin just a few hours from now, four members of the Hockey Independent writing staff have come together to predict each and every first round series of this year’s postseason. The contributing authors to today’s piece will be Cris Cohen (New York Rangers), Seth Levin (New Jersey Devils), Bill Philp (Tampa Bay Lightning) [...]
Outdoor Overexposure
The Detroit Red Wings and the Toronto Maple Leafs just can’t catch a break. First, their turn in the Winter Classic spotlight is hijacked by the lockout. Now, just over a week after the re-introduction of the Original 6 matchup as the 2014 game at the Big House in Michigan on New Year’s Day, we [...]
Blackhawks: Trading Places
The post-mortem on Stan’s 2013 trade deadline has come in and some may see his performance as a premeditated attempt to an early exit in the playoffs. The reality was there were too many teams still in the race, creating a more stagnant deadline “frenzy”. After watching GMs overpay for role players and Bowman’s unwillingness [...]
You’re Welcome Blackhawks Fans!
*Picture courtesy of HockeyBroad * It wasn’t a familiar feeling in the fall of 2012 for hockey fans. There was no excitement around the battle at training camp. There was actually little to be optimistic about considering the rumours in the media that a NHL lockout was inevitable. It was a long and drawn [...]
November Showers as Hockey Talks Continue to Sour – Blackhawks Final Games
As I turn the calendar to November, I have yet to enter a fantasy hockey pool. I have yet to attend an NHL game. I have yet to blow off a social event to watch my beloved Blackhawks. Nope, instead I have been more interested in checking the website of my rec hockey league to [...]
Blackhawks Fix: Randomness for a Hockeyless October
Fine. So the season isn’t starting on time, I’ve accepted that, BUT that will not stop me from finishing my game-by-game breakdown of the Blackhawks season. I mean, I’ve come this far and quitters never prosper. Apparently the stubborn and rich do though (cough… all NHL owners… cough). It truly is a shame that we’ve [...]
Red Wings Icon Budd Lynch Passes Away
The Detroit Red Wings and the rest of the hockey community lost one of its most beloved personalities as Budd Lynch passed away early this morning at the age of 95. Lynch is survived by his six daughters, Janis, Valerie, Mary, Francey, Patricia and Lori. Born in Windsor, Ontario, Lynch joined the Essex Scottish Regiment [...]
Justin Abdelkader Signs Four-Year Deal With Red Wings
With a third NHL lockout in 17 years on the horizon, it hasn’t stopped the Detroit Red Wings from making transactions. Justin Abdelkader will remain a member of the Red Wings organization for the next four years as he signed a $7.2 million deal with the NHL team earlier today. It was the team’s second [...]
Red Wings Sign Carlo Colaiacovo To Two-Year Deal
The Detroit Red Wings, desperately in need of some blueline help since the retirement of Nicklas Lidstrom and departure of Brad Stuart, has signed free agent defenseman Carlo Colaiacovo to a two-year, $5 million deal. Last season with the St. Louis Blues, Colaiacovo scored two goals and added 17 assists with 22 penalty minutes and [...]
Hockey Indie’s Divisional Predictions – Western Conference
Hockey Independent’s divisional predictions continue on today, this time with a look at the Western Conference. Will some of the changes that took place this offsesason shift the balance of power in any of the divisions? Read on to see what members of the Hockey Independent writing staff think. Northwest Division – Alex Muscat (@AlexMuscat73) [...]
The Schedule Must Go On! The Blackhawks Games #21 – #40
Ok. No excuses now. The Hawks should be back in game shape by now and operating like the hockey robots we claim they are – right? Hopefully Dan Carcillo hasn’t ended anyone’s career, Duncan Keith and Brent Seabrook haven’t been overused by Coach Q and Corey Crawford has regained his groove as the #1 in [...]
The Blackhawks Awkward 20
If you would be so brave as to follow me into Narnia… or Never Never Land… or whichever Fantasyland of your liking we can all just go pretending that all is well in Hockeyland. We won’t worry about those meetings in Toronto where Gary Bettman and Donald Fehr take their respective warriors into the battle [...]
Red Wings Ink Two Prospects to Entry Level Contracts
Even though the Red Wings struck out in landing Zach Parise and Ryan Suter, the team’s future is secure for now as they inked two prospects to three-year entry-level contracts. Last week, the Red Wings signed their top pick in this year’s draft Martin Frk and yesterday, last year’s top pick Tomas Jurco followed suit [...]
Boston Bruins Offseason Notebook: B’s Increase Depth With Addition Of Veteran Defenseman Garnet Exelby
On Wednesday afternoon the Boston Bruins increased their organizational depth, adding former Atlanta Thrashers’ defenseman Garnet Exelby. The two sides agreed to a new one-year, two-way contract worth a total of $600,000 at the NHL level and $130,000 for American Hockey League service. The Craik, Saskatchewan native was originally drafted by the Thrashers in the [...]
While I Was Sleeping
Well, well, well… Look what the cat dragged in… It has been more than a minute since I last made an appearance in the old blogosphere but, despite my many efforts to convince myself that I was done forever, I am back. So where the hell have I been? Before we get to that, some [...]
Red Wings Sign Mikael Samuelsson, Jordin Tootoo to Multi-Year Contracts
The Detroit Red Wings brought back a familiar face and along with him will be a player who has been a thorn on the their side for a few years. Mikael Samuelsson and Jordin Tootoo signed multi-year deals with the Red Wings late Sunday afternoon. Samuelsson, who will be in his second go-around with the [...]
Red Wings and Jonas Gustavsson Agree on Two-Year Deal
The “Monster” has landed in Hockeytown. Jonas Gustavsson is coming to the Detroit Red Wings as he agreed to terms on a two-year contact worth $3 million with the club earlier this afternoon. Gustavsson, 27, who was signed as an unrestricted free agent, posted a 17-17-4 record with a 2.92 goals against average, .902 save [...]
