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The Maturation of Jimmy Howard: How he became one of the NHL’s best goaltenders
Jimmy Howard is less than 150 games into his career as an NHL goaltender. This is just the second season he’s gone in knowing ahead of time that he was the number one guy between the pipes for the Red Wings. Almost two years ago to the day, Jimmy Howard took over for the struggling Chris Osgood and has not relinquished his crease since. In 2009-2010, he played 63 games, winning 37 of them. The following … Read entire article »
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Wings Have Questions Heading Into Season
It has been a long four months since the Boston Bruins hoisted Lord Stanley’s mug that June night in Vancouver. Now, we are mere hours from puck drop on another NHL season, a fresh slate for all 30 teams with aspirations of glory. The Red Wings have been yearly favourites to win it all since the early 90s, and that hasn’t change this season. Sure, some of the familiar faces – Draper, Rafalski, Osgood – may be … Read entire article »
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What are you looking forward to from the ’11-12 Red Wings? And a bit of self-promotion…
Let me start by saying that I hate the summer. Completely, utterly, entirely loathe the stretch of months from the time hockey season ends until, mercifully, the puck drops on the pre-season some time in September. The last few years have been especially difficult with the “early” exits the Wings have made (oh my god we are spoiled as Wings fans). Seeing as it’s been something like 10 days since I’ve updated this thing, and people … Read entire article »
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Ty Conklin Signed to backup Howard
Yesterday was another marker on a highway that is nearing it’s end. Chris Osgood retired, joining Kirk Maltby and Darren McCarty in post-hockey Wings affiliated work. Kris Draper is likely going to join that trio shortly, as there doesn’t seem to be any place for him on the roster. Whenever the two Swedes, Nick and Homer, eventually hang ‘em up, it will mark the end of an era of dominance that is into it’s third decade. This group of players have figured significantly into the Red Wings winning four Stanley Cups over the last 15 years, as well as grooming young players to continue the run in their stead. … Read entire article »
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Chris Osgood to Retire, Mentor Goalies
Word came down Monday morning that Ken Holland and Chris Osgood had scheduled a media conference call for noon Tuesday. Later on, the Detroit Free Press announced that Osgood would be returning for one more season. Apparently, they jumped the gun a little bit, as now we have a report surfacing including quotes from Osgood’s agent that he is, in fact, going to retire. He has also accepted a job mentoring the organization’s young goalies, it is believed. Click here to read the full article from MLive. The article also claims that Ty Conklin will be signed to backup Howard for the year. With MacDonald’s contract kicking to one-way next year, one would think he’d be the backup for 2012. Obviously, we’ll keep you up to date on the news as it … Read entire article »
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Joey Mac is Back!
This morning, the Detroit Red Wings agreed to terms with 31 year old Joey MacDonald on a deal that will keep him in the Red Wings organization for the next two years. The 6′, 197 pound goaltender from Nova Scotia served his second tour of duty with the Red Wings last year. He originally signed as an undrafted free agent in 2002, and split time as the Grand Rapids Griffins goaltender with Jimmy Howard and Drew MacIntyre. He posted a career best .917 save percentage and 2.58 GAA this season in 15 appearances for the Wings. Since being claimed off of waivers by the Boston Bruins in February, 2007, MacDonald has also played in the Islanders and Leafs organizations. He has played in 83 NHL games in his career, as well as … Read entire article »
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Red Wings Off-season Preview: Goalies
Since being eliminated from the playoffs little more than a week ago, the Detroit Red Wings front office has been hard at work preparing for the off season. With 9 of the 24 players who were regular members of the Red Wings roster this season entering unrestricted free agency, there is plenty of work to be done. Over the next week or so, I will take on each component of the Wings lineup, from goaltending, to defense, to the forwards. Today, we’ll look at who Ken Holland and Co. will turning to as a backup for starter Jimmy Howard. … Read entire article »
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Red Wings Playoff Stars
You know the deal by now. I pick three stars every game the Wings play, and at the end of the season we added them up and found out that Henrik Zetterberg (3), Pavel Datsyuk (2) and Jimmy Howard (1) were the stars from October to April. But once the calendar flipped to playoff season, who would rise to the top? Would it be the same cast of players getting the job done, or would someone else challenge them for supremacy? Read on to find out! … Read entire article »
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Incredible Third Period Forces Game 6
That third period of hockey was one for the memory bank. With their season on the line, the Red Wings threw everything they had at the Sharks and came from behind in improbable fashion to send the series back to Motown for Game 6. … Read entire article »
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Not Quite Finished Yet!
It felt fitting to borrow a line from one of Detroit’s icons, Eminem, to succinctly sum up the end of that game. It was a frantic, chaotic, messy, and exciting end to a game that saw the Wings go up three goals early, give up a goal in each of the three periods to square it up, before Darren Helm caused the Joe Louis Arena’s top to blow. … Read entire article »
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