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More Lessons from Motown’s Model Franchise

Detroit's Champions Gather Around the Cup. Edmonton's Loser Gather Around Brandy Bottles in Calgary Restaurants (Michael Righi: Wikipedia Commons)

In the first part of this two part series, I invited readers to peruse Detroit GM Ken Holland’s Nine Secrets to Stanley Cup Success and compared the Red Wings’ winning formula over the last decade to the approach of the Edmonton Oilers, a club currently mired in last place in the Western Conference. In the [...]

Jan 10 2010 | Posted in Detroit Red Wings,Edmonton Oilers,Northwest,Top Story,Uncategorized,Western Conference | Read More »

12-Year, $73 Million Contract Keeps Zetterberg In D-Town

After leaving last night’s 3-2 overtime loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets in the first period with back spasms I imagine Henrik Zetterberg did something like this. He slowly got up, did a couple jumping-jacks, walked over to a mirror and repeated the following words over and over again to himself: Seventy-two million. That’s how [...]

Jan 28 2009 | Posted in Central,Detroit Red Wings,Top Story | Read More »

More Lessons from Motown’s Model Franchise

12-Year, $73 Million Contract Keeps Zetterberg In D-Town

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