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by Paul on 06/09/09 at 08:32 AM ET
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from Paul Hunter of the Toronto Star,
Not only do players want to come, they want to stay. Stars such as Henrik Zetterberg and Johan Franzen worked creative, albeit lucrative, long-term deals in order to reserve a spot in Motown.
Goaltender Chris Osgood came back after leaving. So did Dominik Hasek, who retired again but not before winning a Cup.
That potential influx of players each summer allows the Wings to keep potential future stars such as Darren Helm, Jonathan Ericsson or Justin Abdelkader on the outside looking in until they are definitely ready or needed for salary cap purposes.
Despite that ability to sign new talent or consistently discover it through the draft, the Wings have four players who could win their fifth Stanley Cup with the team tonight. Nicklas Lidstrom, Kris Draper, Tomas Holmstrom and Kirk Maltby are all looking for thumb rings. A fifth, Darren McCarty, was on those first four Detroit winners. McCarty played only 13 games this season and practises with the subs but the Wings could ask for his name to be included on the Cup.
To have a core of name players stay that long and have success – along with a GM in Ken Holland who has held that post since 1997-98 – only adds to the image of Detroit as a stable franchise.
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