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Take That Sergei

by Paul on 11/19/09 at 05:06 PM ET
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from Mike Stone at The Stoney Express at Mlive,

Look, there is no doubt Sergei Fedorov was one of the greatest players to ever play for the Red Wings. I also believe there were people who treated him differently and did not give him enough credit because he was Russian. But, please Sergei, let’s not revise history here. You were also very jealous of people like Steve Yzerman and Brendan Shanahan. You certainly did not play 100 percent all of the time.

I believe the fans who booed you when you came back as an opponent were idiots. You were one of the best playoff players ever in Detroit and should have No. 91 retired someday.

But please, Sergei, do not play the diva card now. I do not buy it. The organization and the majority of the fans loved you and still do. If there is anyone who appears to be jealous, it is you, so let it go. Jealousy does not become you.

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Explaining The Brad May Non-Goal

by Paul on 11/19/09 at 01:53 PM ET
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from Dan Rosen of NHL.com,

NHL Senior Vice President of Hockey Operations Mike Murphy explained Thursday on NHL Live! why the controversial no-goal call by referee Dennis LaRue in the Detroit-Dallas game Wednesday night was not reviewable.

Brad May had an apparent game-tying goal 6:24 into the third period waved off because LaRue had intent to blow the whistle, which is different from actually blowing the whistle, Murphy said. The Red Wings went on to lose, 3-1.

“In this particular case what happened is we (in the League’s video replay room in Toronto) see the puck in the net and call the video goal judge and say, ‘Blow the horn and get the referee over here. We see a puck in the net that hasn’t been ruled a goal,’ “ Murphy said. “At that point the referee comes over and we have a discussion. They came to us and said, ‘My intent to blow the whistle was there, I have this play dead before the puck crosses the goal line,’ No more needs to be said. Once we hear that, video review is out of the process. It’s a call made on the ice and it’s a non-reviewable call. It’s a whistle blown by the referee and it was blown or the intent to blow it was before the puck crossed the goal line.”

Murphy agreed that the puck did go into the net, but having not spoken to LaRue yet he could only assume that the referee lost sight of the puck when it hit goalie Alex Auld’s pad and that’s where the intent to blow the whistle comes into play.

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Can’t Argue With Babcock’s Logic

by Paul on 11/19/09 at 10:10 AM ET
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Babcock on the Brad May non-goal because of intent to blow the whistle.

In case you missed the play, watch it at A2Y.

12:04pm, added the video from the Stars feed below…

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At Peace With The Cup

by Paul on 11/19/09 at 08:38 AM ET
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from Larry Wigge at the Sporting News,

It’s a warm and humid Saturday afternoon in early August 1997 in Toronto. The sky is cloudy. Weathermen are talking about the possibility of thunderstorms. But for Brendan Shanahan, it is the most peaceful time he has spent in months.

The fun-loving Red Wings left winger has relived the team’s first Stanley Cup since 1955 every day in some way since Detroit swept Philadelphia on June 7 that year. Each player gets to spend time with the Cup—and the loquacious Shanahan celebrates the championship with friends and acquaintances, raising it above his head in front of hundreds of people.

But that’s just window dressing. Shanahan saves a special time for himself, the Cup and his father, Donal, who died of Alzheimer’s disease in 1990. After arriving at his father’s grave Aug. 9, Shanahan chokes on his words, he’s so overcome with emotion:

“Dad, look what I’ve got.”

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Underrated Goals By The Wings

by Paul on 11/16/09 at 07:46 AM ET
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from The Triple Deke,

Igor Larionov and the Statue of Liberty can sit this one out. These are the most underrated Wings goals of the 2000s—or in other words, five goals that I have somehow arrogantly determined you aren’t remembering enough. That’s what “most underrated” is, right?

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My choice is Dan Cleary, game 7, WCF 2009 Semi, not WCF…

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Z With Three

by Paul on 11/15/09 at 08:36 AM ET
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Free curly fries for everyone.

Henrik Zetterberg with the hat trick to top off a five point night and Wings fans are happy too.  Arby’s offers free curly fries if a Wing gets a hat trick.

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A Look At The Wings

by Paul on 11/14/09 at 08:40 AM ET
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from Ansar Khan of Mlive,

Here are five pressing questions regarding the Red Wings:

1. Were the past two games a turning point in goaltender Jimmy Howard’s career?

For Howard, it’s a matter of confidence and consistency. His performance was a huge boost, not only for his own confidence but for the team’s confidence in him. After playing well in Columbus Wednesday, he stole Thursday’s game against Vancouver.

In his past seven periods, plus a 5-minute overtime, Howard has only allowed two goals, stopping 66-of-68 shots in 145 minutes (.971 save percentage)....

2. What are the chances the Red Wings acquire Anaheim goalie Jean-Sebastien Giguere?

Non-existent....

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Morning Line

by Paul on 11/13/09 at 05:45 AM ET
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Going back to the turn of the century, no other franchise comes close to matching the Wings’ 82-game consistency, or the frequency with which they followed it up in May and June.

-Jamie Fitzpatrick.  More at Jamie’s Hockey Blog.

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Losing Miller No Big Loss For Bolts

by Paul on 11/12/09 at 03:59 PM ET
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from Damian Cristodero of Lightning Strikes,

Let’s start by saying this: the loss of wing Drew Miller to the Detroit Red Wings through waivers is not going to change anything about how the Tampa Bay Lightning does this season. Miller, good defensively, was pretty much invisible offensively with zero points in 14 games. Certainly, Paul Szczechura, called up from AHL Norfolk, can do just as much, and I bet will do more.

But we should also note that all that is left of the trade of Evgeny Artyukhin to the Ducks in exchange for Miller is now a 2010 third-round draft pick. We will wait and see how that pays off.

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Wings Claim Drew Miller

by Paul on 11/11/09 at 12:27 PM ET
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per Bob McKenzie’s Twitter,

Detroit claims Drew Miller on waivers from Tampa.

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