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Mattias Backman Heading Back to Dallas

Mattias Backman Heading Back to Dallas

June 10th, 2016 The Dallas Stars have re-signed defenseman Mattias Backman to a one-year deal, the team announced Thursday. While the team didn't announce the financial details of the contract, General Fanager reports that it's a $750,000, two-way deal with $170,000 guaranteed. The 23-year-old was a part of the Erik Cole trade with the Detroit Red...
Revisiting the Stars Erik Cole Trade Nearly a Year Later

Revisiting the Stars Erik Cole Trade Nearly a Year Later

February 14th, 2016 Just over a year ago, the NHL Trade Deadline was pretty quiet for the Dallas Stars. They were fighting desperately to stay in the playoff race. Therefore, it was a bit of let down when the Stars didn't acquire any immediate help. Instead they traded a reliable veteran forward who was having one of the best seasons of his career. The...
Trade Analysis: Ville Leino

Trade Analysis: Ville Leino

July 20th, 2015 The story behind Ville Leino’s NHL run is an interesting one. In 2008, the 24-year-old Leino was playing for Jokerit of the Finnish Elite League. He lead the team in scoring with 77 points in 55 games, was second in the league for scoring, and won the league’s MVP award, The Oskanen Award. His play was enough for him to be wooed by...
Is Detroit Still "Home, Swede Home"?

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...
Q & A With Alexey Marchenko Of The Detroit Red Wings

Q & A With Alexey Marchenko Of The Detroit Red Wings

March 16th, 2015 In this translated interview, originally appearing on Russian portal sports.ru, Red Wings defenseman Alexey Marchenko talked current season, playing with Pavel Datsyuk, crossing the ocean, and becoming an NHL player. * For the original sports.ru interview by Andrey Osadchenko, click here. Current Season - In spite of your...
Erik Cole: the New Justin Abdelkader

Erik Cole: the New Justin Abdelkader

March 4th, 2015 The Hockey Writers' Tom Mitsos already touched on how the Detroit Red Wings acquired LW Erik Cole and a conditional 2015 third-round pick from the Dallas Stars in exchange for prospects Mattias Backman, Mattias Janmark and a 2015 second-round pick. But let's take a deeper look at Cole as a Red Wing. While Cole isn’t considered a...
Stars Trade Cole to Detroit

Stars Trade Cole to Detroit

March 1st, 2015 The best trade deadline rental left on the board ended up getting traded tonight.  I was thinking it would come down to Boston or Nashville but the Stars traded Erik Cole to Detroit.  All the early NHL trade activity is making it look like tomorrow could be a fairly quiet NHL trade deadline day. The Deal The trade is as follows: ...
Griffins Notes: Coreau Keeps Winning, Backman Leaves for Sweden

Griffins Notes: Coreau Keeps Winning, Backman Leaves for Sweden

December 21st, 2014 GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The Grand Rapids Griffins have been without No. 1 goaltender Petr Mrazek since Nov. 6, when Jonas Gustavsson went down with a dislocated shoulder for the Detroit Red Wings. Mrazek was called up, which meant Toledo Walleye goalie Jared Coreau got the call-up from the Griffins, and he’s made the most of his...
Tyler Myers: the Rich Man's Kyle Quincey and the Wrong Man for Detroit

Tyler Myers: the Rich Man's Kyle Quincey and the Wrong Man for Detroit

November 26th, 2014 It's no secret the Detroit Red Wings have been in the market for a top-four defenseman since prior to last season's trade deadline, but have balked at the hefty asking prices across the league thus far. This year Buffalo Sabres' defenseman Tyler Myers has dominated early season NHL trade rumors and been heavily and repeatedly linked...
Tracking The Detroit Red Wings Prospects At The WJHC

Tracking The Detroit Red Wings Prospects At The WJHC

December 28th, 2011 As you may well know 2012's edition of the World Junior Championships are now underway. You are also likely aware that the Detroit Red Wings are known for their drafting excellence...

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