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(Ed. note: I’m well aware that this isn’t directly related to the Red Wings, but you’ll just have to deal with it. Also, I’m back from my self-imposed blogging hiatus. Buckle up. -C) There’s a good chance that a fair number of you out there reading this right now probably don’t really have a strong […]
Defenseman Ian White, formerly of the San Jose Sharks, has agreed to a deal with the Red Wings this afternoon. Both Khan(!) and Chuck Pleiness have confirmed that the 27 year old defenseman has agreed to a two year contract in Detroit, with an annual cap hit of $2.875 million. Although small in stature, the […]
Welcome to the 2011 NHL Free Agent Day live chat. We’ll be going all day long, so grab a chair and get comfortable. Per TPL site rules, here’s Michael Petrella’s breakdown of the cap space and needs of the Wings: The Money The Wings have $12,957,956 in cap space with 17 players signed (including Mursak […]
The NHL’s annual grab for the cash is mere hours away, so that means it’s time to get everyone on the same page and up-to-speed for the impending live chat here at TPL. As we mentioned yesterday, we’ve been pretty quiet here on the home front during all of the goings-on in the run-up to […]
Somewhere in Sweden right now, Jonathan “The $hitbox” Ericsson is sitting at a table, licking an envelope and carefully placing a stamp on the front of it. He’s taking his time writing the name and address on the front, being careful not to accidentally poke himself with the pen or get a papercut on the […]
You may have noticed that despite all the free agency talk, rumors, speculation and hand-wringing, things have been pretty quiet here at TPL. Trust me when I say that our silence doesn’t reflect a lack of interest in all of the happenings around the Red Wings. Mostly, we’ve just been busy with real life. Petrella […]
With this morning’s announcement that Columbus Blue Jackets defenseman Mike Commodore has been placed on waivers for the purposes of being bought out, speculation about his next destination is bound to heat up. TPL has learned through a source close to the Commodore camp that the Red Wings may be interested in the services of the […]
The traditional method of ranking individual player performance is usually some sort of “report card” or “A+” grading system. Not here. You see, we like to keep things simple at TPL. You either made the grade or you didn’t. No grey area. Black and white. This is “Pass/Fail.” Statistically Speaking [table id=30 /] The Good […]
It didn’t take long for the Red Wings to get on the board in Las Vegas, as Nicklas Lidstrom won his 7th career Norris Trophy as the NHL’s best defenseman. Lidstrom finished ahead of both Shea Weber and Zdeno Chara, riding his 62 points and 23+ minutes a game to another piece of hardware on […]
The traditional method of ranking individual player performance is usually some sort of “report card” or “A+” grading system. Not here. You see, we like to keep things simple at TPL. You either made the grade or you didn’t. No grey area. Black and white. This is “Pass/Fail.” Statistically Speaking [table id=29 /] The Good […]