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Miller re-signs, $4.5M remains

Perhaps the dominoes will start to fall now. Drew Miller has re-signed with the Red Wings for one year, $650k — a 23% raise on his $525k cap hit from a year ago. It remains to be seen what his role will be this upcoming season, particularly with Mike Modano being heavily courted. Many feel […]

FreeAgentBots, Roll Out!

It’s Free Agent Season! LIVE CHATS ARE OUR THING…Join us on Thursday, Free Agent Day (or “Canada Day” for those of you “north” of the border), as we’ll be hosting a Live Chat during the festivities. Much like the Trade Deadline and Draft Day, where much fun was had, we’ll have a CoverItLive open, co-hosted […]

Despite signing in June, Todd finds a way…

Tuzz, seen here molesting an eventual-teammate Gather ’round, boys and girls, it’s story time. It started on a Tuesday. This past Tuesday, as a matter of fact. We’re just under eight weeks away from exchanging vows, and everything was on the up and up. We have quite a bit left to do, but the big, […]

“If you’re that baby’s daddy, where you been at?”

There’s a nice little Treehouse of Horror reference for you Simpsons fans… First things first — we at TPL must have gotten carried away with the cryptic tweets or something, but this can’t go unmentioned: Tomas Holmstrom has re-signed with the Red Wings for two seasons, at an insanely mild cap hit of $1.875M. Homer […]

Detroit Red Wings Free Agent Extravaganza!

WHO THE HELL IS THAT GUY?! **UPDATE: Yup. I already forgot Scuttles.** It’s been a busy twenty-four hours for TPL. And no, I don’t mean (just) those cryptic Tweets from the site’s new Twitter account, as exciting as those are. Or the booking of flights and hotels for L.A. since I received confirmation yesterday that […]

Okay, okay, scratch that…

I was THIS close to naming the post “Helene St. James Fail,” as she filed back-to-back Maltby stories, one quoting Maltby saying he’d decided to wait until after the season, followed – almost immediately – by one quoted Ken Holland, who said Maltby was headed under the knife soon. Moving on… Ansar Khan, who apparently […]

Maltby decides against surgery

Things are about to get very interesting in Hockeytown. Kirk Maltby, who had been weighing shoulder surgery and – by doing so – would solve all of the Red Wings’ cap issues, has decided he would prefer to wait until the season ends to proceed. Operation: Jailsexed. Through Helene St. James of the Freep, Maltby […]

Capology :: 2010-11 Edition

Coming soon to the Joe: “Amazon”  Well, here it is. I’ve teased it enough. Here’s what I think might be a pretty good peek at what the 2010-11 Red Wings might look like. I want to make something clear: this isn’t what I’m advocating for – simply, what the team is likely to ice. Because, […]

What’s the hold up? The Everyone Else Edition

Throughout the week, I’ve been exploring a handful of upcoming free agents and trying my best to predict their chances of being re-signed. Later this afternoon, I’ll post what I feel is a fairly accurate peek at the 2010-11 Red Wings. To the surprise of absolutely no one, I’ve already got my chart ready to […]

What’s the hold up? The Nicklas Lidstrom Edition

Throughout the week, I’ll be exploring a handful of upcoming free agents and trying my best to predict their chances of being re-signed, culminating with what I feel is a fairly accurate peek at the 2010-11 Red Wings. To the surprise of absolutely no one, I’ve already got my chart ready to go, have the […]