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Reviewing the Niklas Kronwall Penalty

We're a little less than 24 hours removed from Friday's Red Wings-Blackhawks game, which saw Chicago claw its way back into the series with a 4-3 overtime win, while a lot of the debate has been centered around Niklas Kronwall's devastating hit on Martin Havlat. While Havlat was knocked six ways from Tuesday, Kronwall was...

Ducks Aim for Upset of Reigning Champs

(Getty Images) Two years ago, a much more heralded Anaheim Ducks team took out Detroit on their way to a Stanley Cup. This time, the Ducks enter a series against the Red Wings as perhaps the most-feared eighth seed in NHL playoff history. That said, they're still an eighth seed, and a decided underdog. Is this the end of...

Wings' Rafalski to Miss Series Opener

The Detroit Red Wings are one of the deepest offensive teams in the NHL. Unfortunately for them, they don't boast similar defensive depth. Instead, they tend to lean on their puck possession and scoring to mask some flaws along the blue line and in goal.As a result, news that veteran puck-moving defenseman Brian Rafalski...

Video: Brad Stuart's Hit on R.J. Umberger

The Detroit Red Wings are having their way with the Columbus Blue Jackets in their Western Conference Quarterfinal series, jumping out to a commanding 3-0 lead thanks to a 4-1 win on Tuesday night. Speaking of which, midway through the second period, Detroit's Brad Stuart dished out a crushing (and clean) hit on Columbus'...

Wings Still Focused on Nash

In hockey, the home team gets the last line change before a faceoff. This typically means the coach of that team will be able to pick the line-on-line matchups throughout the game.For a team like Columbus, one that only has one really lethal line, this can be a major deal. While Rick Nash was shut down in the first two...

BradStuart News From the Web

05/22/12 NHL Free Agency: Could Red Wings' Brad Stuart Return... Source: Bleacher Report Defensemen Brad Stuart 's departure from the San Jose Sharks in 2005 was unexpected and unceremonious.
05/10/12 More from Red Wings GM Ken Holland abot Nicklas... Source: Kukla's Korner "I don't really need to know until the middle of June, Red Wings GM Ken Holland told ESPN.com Thursday.
04/27/12 News and Notes: Around the rinks Source: The Globe and Mail - Toronto ON - Canada The Chicago Blackhawks are an interesting case study, heading into the off-season, because they've followed their 2010 Stanley Cup win, with two consecutive years in which they've squeaked into the playoffs and then bowed out in the opening round.
04/27/12 Red Wings afternoon news: revisiting Franzen's... Source: Kukla's Korner Updated with Joey MacDonald injury news at 4:53 PM : Despite our comments to the contrary regarding one Johan Franzen's comments about the wheels falling off the Big Red Machine, I thought that Franzen's suggestion that the Wings struggled down the stretch in no small part due to, as he told MLive's Ansar Khan, a lack of self-confidence and plain old forgetting how to enjoy themselvesâto the point that the Wings' swagger and ability to somewhat loosely and confidently bounce back from adversity, especially without the "morale officers" that were Kris Draper and Chris Osgood in the mix, yielded late-season stumbles and perhaps a snowballing effect which yielded the return of the Detroit's early-regular season paper-thin level of self confidence.