I’ve had a death in the family I’ve been dealing with but I shall return. Lots of news to catch up on.
W-1 L-1
First win in the books. Wings beat Ottawa 3-2. They played much better than the first game loss to Toronto. 19 turnovers in that game with the first goal resulting from a dumb backhand clear by Osgood to the open side of the net with a Maple Leaf there. Much better game tonite with Franzen [...]
Predictions
Well, I’ll go out on a limb and give my predictions for who might win their divisions. I’ll start in the Central because it’s the easiest. Detroit with Chicago following. Northwest-I like Edmonton but Vancouver lurks and I always watch Colorado because of past clashes. Pacific-Wow, talk about a tough division. San Jose is the [...]
Wings roster
The Red Wings are close to having the season starting roster set. Aaron Downey has been put on waivers; Ville Leino and Darren Helm have been sent to Grand Rapids, along with Jonathan Ericsson. Jimmy Howard, Darren McCarty and Chris Chelios will start the year on injured reserve. Defenseman Kyle Quincey has an afternoon meeting with Holland, [...]
Gnats
Nice night, go outside to enjoy it; and then it’s ruined by gnats flying around your head. The NHL has it’s own version of gnats, pests that skate around and harass the good players on your team. And one of them is Sean Avery, now of Dallas; who also played with the Rangers and Red Wings. [...]
One more day
The season opens tomorrow, hooray. Chelios took a shot to the leg and broke his tibia. He will miss 4-6 weeks. Chicago’s Eager, sitting on the bench swung his stick at Dallas’s Avery; who skated by and said something. Didn’t really connect but probably will get a suspension for it. The two had an altercation earlier [...]
