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Chillax, Holland’s Got This.

The Detroit Redwings have made the playoffs for 21 straight seasons. Out of those, they have made the Stanley Cup Finals 6 times. They have won 4 Stanley Cups in those 6. Ken Holland has been the general…Read More

Dan Cleary: A Red Wings Target? (Literally)

We all know what Dan Cleary brings to the Wings when he’s healthy – pretty good all around play.  He doesn’t do anything exceptional but does everything pretty good.  It’s been…Read More

The Leino Scale

As we all know, Jusy 1st is when Unrestricted Free Agents (UFAs) can sign with any team.  This basically means it’s like Christmas for some GMs – find a toy you like and overpay for it in…Read More

Thank You, Brad Stuart

As you probably know by now, the Wings have traded Brad Stuart’s rights to the San Jose Sharts, I mean Sharks, in exchange for Andrew Murray and a 7th round conditional pick.  As the article states,…Read More

Yeah…What Happens On D When Everybody Comes Back?

Yay everyone looks to be healing!  According to this article on Mlive, it seems all of the injured defensemen could be back in about a week.  Also, Jimmy Howard:  Great Dresser, or GREATEST DRESSER? Back…Read More

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Wings Fans: What’s Going On, And Should We Be Worried?

The Red Wings recent struggles are quite obvious.  In their last four games, the Wings have lost 3 out…Read More

Week In Review: Jan 22-28

Welcome to my new feature that I just now decided I’m going to do: A recap of every week!  I will…Read More

The Most Underappreciated Red Wing

Lidstrom.  Datsyuk.  Zetterberg.  You know everything about them: position, number, approximate age,…Read More

Detroit Red Wings: If the NHL were a Batman Comic, Red Wings Would Be Two-Face

Photo courtesy of yahoo.com   I came up with the headline as I was discussing hockey with a few…Read More

5-4 OT Loss? What the F@#$?!!

Really!? 4-1 going into the 3rd, turns into a 5-4 Shootout loss?! What the F@%#$?!! Its like the entire…Read More

Red Wings VS. Lightning

The Red Wings and Lightning Face Off at 730 tonight at the St. Pete Times forum in what could be one…Read More

Wing’s Update(Letter to Kee)

So this is going to be a different kind of post than I normally write. Let me give you the back story.…Read More

Halfway Point Review

This is my first post as the lead writer for OctopusThrower. I previously was the lead writer for Dont…Read More

Roster round up: Big Bert

I have never been a huge Todd Bertuzzi fan. He was plagued with back spasms when he played for the Florida…Read More

Roster round up: Who should stay? Who should go?

There are a few other blogs (NOHS, WIIM, WOAW) that are analyzing player performance and whether or now…Read More

History repeats itself, Wings can’t make comeback

There is a theory that history repeats itself, and last night that proved true for all Red Wings and…Read More

Win one for the Gipper: Wings try to take game 5

This quote originated in football to inspire Notre Dame to win a game for a dying teammate George Gipp. …Read More