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The New CBA: Red Wings Edition

Current Red Wings Roster Forwards Zetterberg – Datsyuk – Brunner Franzen – Filppula* – Samuelsson Cleary – Helm* – Bertuzzi Miller – Abdelkader – Tootoo Mursak…Read More

NHL Cancels Games in January

The NHL announced another cancellation: The National Hockey League announced today the cancellation of the 2012-13 regular-season schedule through January 14. The cancellations are necessary due to the…Read More

NHL Lockout: Goodbye 2012

Official statement from the NHL The National Hockey League announced today the cancellation of the 2012-13 regular-season schedule through December 30. The cancellations are necessary due to the absence…Read More

Year Without Datsyuk Is Worst Case Scenario For Wings

With the NHL already canceling regular season action and the potential for a year without hockey seeming more plausible every day these shameful “negotiations” trudge on, one issue continues to be…Read More

NHL Lockout Madness: Diary Of An Hysterical Hockey Junkie

Instead of sitting down in front of my brand new glorious 36 inch LCD with an adult beverage in my right hand ready to scrutinize over the 2012-2013 version of my beloved Red Wings during NHL pre-season…Read More

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Lockout Links And Other Randomness

Lockout Related Issues The owners are the ranch, the players are the cattle, and the fans are…um…the…Read More

No Winter Classic If Lockout Lasts Through November

It doesn’t seem like either party is in any type of hurry to start talking again. With the two…Read More

Goal Analysis: Nyquist And Tatar Create Awesomeness In Grand Rapids

While the NHL season looks to be shorter and shorter every second, I’ve decided on some drastic…Read More

Fans And The Lockout

Hi, Wings fans.  My name is Kevin.  I’ve been a Staff Writer here at Octopus Thrower since January. …Read More

Detroit Red Wings Sign Carlo Colaiacovo To 2 Year Deal

It seems like the Red Wings have finally added a little depth to their blue line.  Andy Strickland…Read More

Afternoon NHL CBA Links

5 days remain until the current CBA expires and players and owners alike are starting to feel the pressure…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…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…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…Read More

CBA analysis, where do we go from here? The potential loss of another season.

So here we are, another day passes with no future talks scheduled. How did things get so messy, so fast…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

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