Picks and prospects will prove to be valuable commodities leading up to the NHL trade deadline. GMs of teams that emerge as buyers (seemingly the vast majority of the league) might have to dangle key assets to land the perceived difference making players they desire in their quest to hoist hockey’s Holy Grail. In no way am I ...
As one Czechoslovakian winger leaves Detroit, another steps in. Last night was Tomas Tatar’s season debut in a Red Wings sweater against Calgary, and it was also Jiri Hudler’s debut at the Joe in something other than a Red Wings sweater. Interestingly enough, Tatar found himself competing against Hudler in his season debut, while at the time ...
Chicago is speedy. St. Louis is dirty. Nashville is both. The only reprieve will come against a Nash-less Columbus. Detroit will play each of these teams nearly SEVEN times over the next few months. It will be bloody. It will be messy. It will be fast and fierce. Players who remained stagnant, that ...
The requisite juices for coming up with something creative, especially a nickname, are not flowing the way they should be when “Tatar Tot” is the best moniker one comes up with when composing a post on Tomas Tatar. That’s when Google comes in handy. A clever fan extrapolated “Sauce” from “Tartar” when attempting ...
Just four days into the latest Gary Bettman orchestrated NHL lockout and four Detroit Red Wings are confirmed to be headed overseas. Russian paper Sovietsy Sport reports that all-star forward Pavel Datsyuk has signed a contract to play with CSKA Moscow of the KHL for the duration of the lockout. And according to a report ...
So Russia looks poised to capture another World Championship later today as they face Slovakia in the final. Now they have been tested at times in the tournament but it seems every time a team gets close, the Russians find a way to close with a hard finishing kick. Russia was tied with Sweden in ...
The seven game round robin seemed to take forever but it is at long last over. Early in the morning, the 2012 World Championships will take place for those of us in North America. That 6am ET start time may be a bit much for most but for the hockey diehards out there, they will ...
Teemu Pulkkinen, Calle Jarnkrok, Tomas Tatar, Tomas Jurco, Gustav Nyquist, Riley Sheahan; You’ve likely heard those names before. They’re some of the Detroit Red Wings’ most exciting prospects, all potential NHL stars, and all acquired via the draft. They have another thing in common as well, they’re all forwards. The Red Wings have been able ...
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last 6 years, you’ve heard of, and are likely on, the social networking service known as Twitter. As the popularity of Twitter has grown, so to has the number of celebrities, world leaders, athletes, and other “important” people using the site. Now at over 350 million ...
With the trade deadline fast approaching, the talk surrounding the Detroit Red Wings has primarily been focused on what holes they’ll look to fill, and what pieces they may add for the stretch run. However, little acknowledgement has been given to the fact that you must give in order to receive, that in order to ...
