Posts About "Adam Almqvist"

Is Detroit Still "Home, Swede Home"?

March 24th, 2015 The Detroit Red Wings and Swedish-born players: a match made in hockey heaven. Under the guidance of Director of European Scouting, Hakan Andersson, Detroit has been able to draft some of their more prominent players out of Sweden. A long list that includes Nicklas Lidstrom, Henrik Zetterberg, Niklas Kronwall, Johan Franzen and Gustav...

The 2014 Grand Rapids Griffins Offseason Gameplan

April 9th, 2014 Earlier in the month, I outlined what I thought was the best possible offseason gameplan for the Detroit Red Wings. Today, I want to focus on the minor league club because there are still many significant decisions to be made in terms of re-signings and who will join the Griffins from the CHL. I'll preface this real quick with who I...

Adam Almquist: Detroit's Budding Swedish Yoda

September 20th, 2013 “Size matters not”...Yoda If Master Yoda were a sophomore AHL defenseman, he would be Adam Almquist. Even Almquist’s ears, while not freakishly enormous or green, have a Yoda-ish appearance. Detroit has long believed that the size of a player’s brain, not his torso, is what makes him valuable. Almquist piled on the...

The Complete Twitter Guide To The Detroit Red Wings

March 23rd, 2012 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 users, you can find...