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Quick Hits: 9/21

What to do with Drew?- Drew Miller has done more than capture the hearts of a few female Red Wings fans...he's earned the respect of the majority of the Detroit fan base. He's the kind of guy that coach Mike Babcock loves - he comes to play every

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Quick Hits: 9/20

Filppula's Forecast- I've long said that Valtteri Filppula is "a little bit Datsyuk, a little bit Zetterberg - but not as good as either". Filppula's numbers should drastically improve this year...but are they going to be as good as Babcock has said they could be? Come on over and

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Quick Hits: 9/15

Lilja Lingering - We've all followed the Lilja saga.  We offer him a contract at a discount, he says no, we go out and sign Salei for less, Llja doesn't find an offer he likes, Lilja regrets not taking the offer that Detroit gave him, Lilja's not ready to sign

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Quick Hits: 9/10

Kronwall Already Skating - After only a couple weeks, #55 Niklas Kronwall participated in some non-contact drills today. Yesterday he skated by himself. At this rate, Kronwall should be at full tilt by tomorrow and killing folks by the end of the weekend. Me likey quick rehab! Know Thy Enemy:

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Quick Hits: 9/9

Jim Nill to be on WXOU- Jim Nill has agreed to a radio interview on The Corner Pocket show on WXOU - Oakland University's student-run radio station on September 20th.  Matt Pocket, Sports Director of WXOU has given me the freedom to submit questions that they may choose to ask

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Quick Hits: 9/8

A Decade of Dominance - Big news going around today. But I'll let the others give you their thoughts on it here. I went back and looked at what the 2K Decade meant to the Detroit Red Wings - and it meant a lot of good memories and a crap

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Quick Hits: 9/7

Your EA 2011 Player Ratings- The Electronic Arts NHL 2011 game, with its disgusting over (for consecutive years) hit shelves today. I managed to find a source with the ratings for the Detroit Red Wings and decided to share them with the readers of NOHS. Red Wings Links: Chris Osgood's

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Quick Hits: 9/1

Your 2012-2013 Red Wings - One Nightmare On Helm Street reader asked me to look at what the Detroit Red Wings roster might be a few years from now...so I did. Not taking into account the obvious trade/waive/free agency acquisition - I laid out what the lineup

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Quick Hits: 8/30

No Fantasy Love for Wings- Do you think there are 8 defensemen in the league that are better fantasy options than Nicklas Lidstrom? Yahoo! does. Do you think there are 15 defensemen worth more in fantasy leagues than Nicky Lid? ESPN thinks so. These, and a few other snubs are

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Quick Hits: 8/27

And Then There Were Three - Chris and myself over at The Nightmare On Helm Street have decided to open our doors to a new contributor. He's lurked and commented and made a spectacle of himself at several recent Detroit Red Wings games in Michigan and Phoenix. Sullyosis is now

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Quick Hits: 8/25

Eaves has a Luck Dragon - Patrick Eaves will champion the Detroit Red Wings team in support of the Michigan Humane Society. Eaves will be the captain of the Red Wings team for the Mega March for Animals this year. Eaves is obviously both a lover of dogs and land

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Quick Hits: 8/24

The Roster (for now)- With the Detroit Red Wings most likely finalizing their off-season signings by extending RFA Justin Abdelkader for two more years - the 2010-2011 roster is set...but it won't be for long. With the Abdelkader signing, Detroit is officially over the Salary Cap and will

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Quick Hits: 8/23

Kronwall's Knee Not 100%- Our first bit of bad news (aside from losing Brett Lebda, that is) this off-season. Kronwall's knee injury from last year's cheap shot from Georges Laraque is proving a slower recovery than we had hoped. Nik Kronwall, who has played only one season in where

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Quick Hits: 8/19

Angry 'Hawks Fans - As if Chicago's fans didn't have enough to worry about throughout the course of this off-season...apparently their convention from a few weeks back was a less than enjoyable experience for a good number of people.  And true to form, the Windy City folk did not

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Quick Hits: 8/17

Grind- Today I decided to honor those un-sung heroes willing to go into the corners, in front of the net, crash and bang and do whatever it takes to get the puck - and then get it to someone who can actually score.  Today at NOHS we salute a historical

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Quick Hits: 8/16

The Expendables - Another slow day in the news.  So I whipped up another movie poster.  In honor of the #1 movie over the weekend, I re-made The Expendables movie poster with the faces/names of those Free Agent/Trade acquisitions that never panned out. Biased, Unprofessional, and Verbose- It's

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Quick Hits: 8/13

"Hey You Guys!" - Since news was slow today, I decided to re-visit an old theme over at The Nightmare On Helm Street with the crude photo-shopped movie poster. Today I paid homage to some of the tough guys that have worn the Winged Wheel of the Detroit Red Wings.

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Quick Hits: 8/11

Mount Puckmore of Detroit - George Malik gets the final say in which 4 faces get to adorn our Mt. Puckmore over at Puckdaddy.  But it couldn't have been an easy choice.  We discuss the more obvious options that Georgie got to choose from. Red Wings GM Ken Holland, coach

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Quick Hits: 8/10

And Salei Makes 24- I'm no Capologist (like Scotty Bowman was SUPPOSED to be), but I tried to breakdown the current signees now that we added Ruslan Salei - and tried to make it work with the Abdelkader signing. Check my work, check the CBA, do what you will and

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Quick Hits: 8/9

The Cup is in France and Nobody Cares- Chicago back-up and soon to be waived Cristobal Huet shut down the Eiffel Tower when he brought the Cup home to France. NHL.com reports that the crowd was cheering and chanting - I'm guessing they were angry chants because the few

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Quick Hits: 8/6

Two-Way Deal Maltby's Only Option- Only option for Kirk Maltby other than retirement, that is. If Malts still has the bug to play professional hockey there is no conceivable way he can do it and remain in the Detroit organ-i-zation unless he signs a two-way deal. There's just no room

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Quick Hits: 8/5

Someone's Gotta Go- We locked up Darren Helm...that's awesome. But now we already have 23 guys signed on the roster which is the league max. To exacerbate things, not one player can be sent down to Grand Rapids without clearing waivers. Waive someone? Trade someone? How do we make

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Quick Hits: 8/4

Cap Stretched Tight - With the Modano signing, the Red Wings are officially up against the Cap pretty significantly...not as bad as Chicago, mind you, but I took a look over at Cap Geek to try and spit-ball some scenarios.  Good discussion in the comment section with interesting ideas.

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Quick Hits: 8/3

Deeper Wings- It was a big day in the news for Detroit...and a day that was a long time coming.  The Modano signing does create some problems for Detroit.  But you know what?  They're the kind of problems that 29 other teams would LOVE to have. Red Wings to

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