Chris NeubacherChris Neubacher

Being Born and Raised in Detroit City I grew up as a passionate fan of all Detroit Sports Teams. I have always loved hockey and hockey is what I always want to talk about.

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Afternoon NHL CBA Links

5 days remain until the current CBA expires and players and owners alike are starting to feel the pressure of another lockout. One of the many players to feel this pressure is Jan Mursak. A player who…Read More

No New CBA Meetings Scheduled

With less than a week to go until the current CBA expires, Owners and Players are hard at work making sure that a new deal is getting done. Good joke right? According to the Sporting News, no new meetings…Read More

Remembering the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Crash Victims

One year ago as of yesterday a plane carrying the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl hockey team crashed and killed 44 out of the 45 passengers that were on board. Among those passengers were multiple former NHL players…Read More

Should The NHL Move The Free Agency Start Date to July 10th?

Whats better than waking up in the morning to some more extremely exciting CBA talk (note the sarcasm in my typing). While the NHL and NHLPA continue to use the silent treatment on each other an interesting…Read More

VIDEO: “Together We Can” #No Lockout

I know this is a little late but I have to share this with you guys. A few days ago, a guy by the name of Janne Makkonen posted a 8 minute long video titled “Together We Can” on Youtube about…Read More

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Patrick Eaves Injury Update: Still Struggling With Headaches

Although a lockout is no doubt looming, players have to still prepare as if the season were to start…Read More

The Inevitable Isn’t Coming, At Least Not Now

Ever since Nicklas Lidström retired people have been quick to say that the Red Wings dynasty and the…Read More

NHL CBA Talks come to a halt

Oh Great! After last weeks CBA talks I started to get optimistic that a new deal might in fact be agreed…Read More

Former Wing Sean avery retires

According to the Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet, former Detroit Red Wing Sean Avery, has decided to retire. There…Read More

Octopus Thrower Twitter/Facebook Updates

With a new influx of writers and energy to our site we also have some changes to our Facebook and Twitter…Read More

NHL makes new proposal to NHLPA

The NHL has made their second proposal for a new CBA.Their proposal is in response to the one that the…Read More

Would the Red Wings benefit from a shortened season?

With every passing second it gets clearer and clearer that a lockout is looming in the very near future.…Read More

Wings make offer to Carlo Colaiacovo

According to an inside source, the Detroit Red Wings have made an offer to free agent defenseman Carlo…Read More

Henrik Zetterberg won’t play in Sweden in case of a lock out

  In an interview with Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet, Detroit Red Wings forward Henrik Zetterberg…Read More

Hello Red Wings Fans!

How ya doing Red Wings fans! My name is Chris and I am the new lead editor here at the Octopus Thrower.…Read More