All the usual on-the-road footage, but it’s only when it leaves the tourbus and delves into the family baggage that this doc takes off.
Miles Kane, Birdy, Yacht
On the morning when Patrick Eaves would have become an unrestricted free agent for the first time in his young career, he elected for the certainty and stability of the place that he has called home for the last two years.
On the eve of free agency, the Red Wings have come to terms with Jonathan Ericsson, meaning they will return five of their top 7 defensemen from last season. Ruslan Salei will not be offered a contract, and Brian Rafalski has opted out of the last year of his 5 year, $30M contract for retirement. Ericsson was taken by the Wings at 291st overall, the last pick in the 2002 draft. Ericsson’s will be under contract with the Wings for three seasons, at a cap hit of $3.25M.
Iceage are four friends, ages 18 and 19, from Denmark. Their debut LP, New Brigade, has actually been out in their home country since January, with a much smaller, limited run coming to the United States earlier this year. On it, they’ve located a pu…
I was offered an opportunity to write a guest post for Center Ice Chat, which is run by Kyle Bauer of DSN Radio. This is the first of what I hope will be many entries on his site. Take a minute to read my post, and then browse around his site. Don’t forget to come back here afterwards though!
New Jersey chillwaver needs to can the cleverness and let his pop soul slip the chains of esoterica
Another teen star for the bland collection
Country to the core
Yesterday, I brought you an article by NBC Sports, where the Wings were given top marks for their 9 player draft class, all of which were taken in the second round or later on Saturday afternoon.
Today, Yahoo! Sports gets in on the game, offering up some praise of their own for the Red Wings and their ability to locate, evaluate and harvest talent.
Another wonderful New Zealand export
Missing the beat once again
The Wings completed their 2011 Draft by taking their fifth defenseman of the day, most of which have been over 6’2″.
Marchenko is no exception, at 6’2″, 185 pounds.
The Wings continued what has become a theme this year. They drafted a player who is:
-Big
-Playing in the CHL
-From the former Czechoslovakia (he’s from the Czech Republic though, while Jurco and Tvrdon are from Slovakia)
Quick, name the best quality about defenseman Nick Lidstrom!
If you said the calm, simple, almost effortless way he plays the game, you’d be right.
