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Tomas Jurco to Grand Rapids for a Conditioning Stint

Tomas Jurco hasn't played a game since Detroit's October 30th loss to Ottawa, and as of today he's been assigned to Grand Rapids for a conditioning stint. There's been a lot of speculation as to why he isn't playing. The only comment Jeff Blashill has made is that he needs

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WIIMChat: A Luke Glendening Discussion

A new feature we'll be trying on occasion around here is taking internal WIIM staff chats and editing them into posts when they become especially substantive. This is our first stab at it after the Glendening stuff sparked some conversation.

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Luke Glendening Usage: a Halloween Scary Story

I know, I know, it's another Luke Glendening post. Glendening the player AND his usage have been lightning rods for fan opinion, but this past weekend was the worst I've seen his usage all season, and I'm starting to get concerned. Jeff Blashill indicated that he wanted to use Glendening

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Red Wings vs Hurricanes: Gameday Updates, Line Combinations, Key Match-ups

Line Combinations Red Wings Lineup Forwards Justin Abdelkader Henrik Zetterberg Gustav Nyquist Tomas Tatar Dylan Larkin Teemu Pulkkinen Darren Helm Riley Sheahan Luke Glendening Drew Miller Joakim Andersson Tomas Jurco Defensemen Niklas Kronwall Jonathan Ericsson Danny DeKeyser Alexey Marchenko Brendan Smith Jakub Kindl Goaltenders Petr Mrazek (starting) Jimmy Howard Scratches:

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Red Wings Possession: Re-Examined

Travis Yost wrote a solid post the other day about the divergence of Detroit and Toronto's possession numbers this year, and it set off a bit of a stir in some of the Red Wings community. Here's the key quote: You are reading that correctly. Detroit’s possession through the

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Morning Skate: Hurricanes at Red Wings

7:30p ET, Joe Louis Arena Detroit, MI TV: Fox Sports Detroit Radio: 97.1 The Ticket Hurricanes Blog: Canes Country Carolina has been a bit of a nemesis for the Red Wings recently, especially in two games so far this season where they dominated play in both games, even

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Jeff Blashill Acknowledges the Tracking and Use of Zone Time Statistics

As a community, we sometimes talk about using things like shot attempts (corsi) to measure possession since that's the best we can do with what the NHL tracks for each game. The point of this is that fans with stopwatches have shown that corsi percentage and zone time percentage work

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Is Luke Glendening the odd man out?

I can't believe we're even discussing this, but it's time to talk about Luke Glendening and what exactly his role will be Friday night. Yes, Glendening has been a divisive player. Our own staff here at WIIM doesn't even totally agree over how good he is or isn't, and the

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Detroit Red Wings 2015 Season Preview: DeKeyser and Green

Mike Green represents the biggest UFA foray for the Red Wings in terms of splashiness since probably Marian Hossa. That of course is never a guarantee that it will work out (seeing as the second-biggest since then was just bought out), but it certainly made for a bigger headline than

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Examining the Future of Drew Miller in Detroit

Next summer is setting up to be a challenging one for the Red Wings front office. Riley Sheahan, Danny DeKeyser, and Petr Mrazek will all be RFAs due raises. Darren Helm and Justin Abdelkader are UFAs due big raises if Detroit wants to keep them around. Finally, Andersson, Ferraro, Richards,

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Jeff Blashill Will Give Defenseman Jakub Kindl a Chance to Revive his Career

Yesterday Kyle took a look at Jeff Blashill's quotes on Brendan Smith, and today we're here to take a similar look at Jakub Kindl to examine why Jeff Blashill has made the same positive remarks about him. I remember the moment where I thought Jakub Kindl took the leap, and

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Analyzing the Mike Green Signing: How will he fit with the Red Wings?

Mike Green is a Detroit Red Wing. Judging by the initial response on twitter, 25% of you are pumped, 25% of you are mad, and 50% of you are both pumped AND mad. All of this is okay. I'm here to tell you it's all going to be okay. Mike

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Stanley Cup Playoffs Rooting Guide: How to Love/Hate the Conference Finalists

Hockey is still happening, and my favorite team isn't playing, and that really sucks. However, the final two rounds of the NHL playoffs often contain some of the most thrilling hockey of the entire year, and I want to find a way to enjoy it. Every year that the Wings

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Red Wings Playoff Preview: Special Teams

The more we explore the matchup between the Wings and Lightning, the more we start to see that these teams are strikingly similar. Tampa Bay took a 53.3% share of score-adjusted shot attempts, Detroit took a 53.5% share, good for 7th and 5th in the league respectively. Both

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Why Do the Red Wings Suddenly Suck?

The Red Wings have sucked for about a month now. Since the trade deadline, Detroit has played 18 games and won just 6 of them. For those who are more interested in points, that's 13 points in 18 games, good for a 72 point pace. Basically, the Wings have been

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Recap: Red Wings 4 Cloudless Skies 0

WELL THAT WAS FUN. After losing back to back games against two terrible teams, the Red Wings promptly ran one of the best teams in the East out of the building. Hockey is funny. It's hard to say Mrazek was the biggest or even second biggest reason the Wings won

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NHL GameCenter Live is Steadily Getting Worse

We spent some time this morning outlining a lot of the problems with the way NHL Network takes over games and generally under-serves their customer base. Unfortunately, the NHL's GameCenterLive service is arguably even worse at serving its customers, and we're going to give a little bit of attention to

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NHL Shootouts: GMs Should Elect the AHL's 3-on-3 Format

The NHL GMs have their annual meetings this week to discuss possible rule changes, and the biggest rule on the table is the rule that some of us have started calling the Ken Holland Rule - the rule that aims to settle more games in OT, resulting in fewer shootouts.

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Can the Red Wings Win the Atlantic?

The All-Star Break has arrived, which means it's prime time to take stock of the season so far before the last 40% of the season resumes in earnest. We all know that Detroit was picked by many to miss the playoffs, but a relatively healthy team has gone on to

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Wings Fly Away: Wings 5, Flyers 2

Well that was nice. The previous game against Philadelphia was one of those frustrating games where your team completely dominates and finds a way to lose. Tonight was a more evenly matched game, but the Wings found a way to get it done with ease and give us something to

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Red Wings from 30,000 Feet

We're about a fourth of the way through this season, and it's time to take a step back and start to look at different ways we can measure performance so far. After adjusting points accumulated with games played, the Red Wings 25 points in 20 games puts them on pace

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Take Off Your Pants and Jacket: Wings win 5-0

Well that was badly needed after the dumpster fire that was Sunday night. Columbus certainly had their moments and chances, but a great game from Howard combined with a very good one from the skaters resulted in a comfortable win against a mediocre team. For the first time all season,

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Is the Red Wings Penalty Kill Better?

There have been several bright spots in the first five games of the season, and one of them has been the Red Wings excellent penalty killing. The Wings penalty kill has been a perfect 17 for 17 so far, and we've heard a lot about how Tony Granato's PK is

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Game Recap: Stolen Point

Well, on a night where Detroit was comprehensively dominated in 2 of 3 periods, I'll take a stolen point. Detroit got one point in the standings tonight, and they owe almost all of it to a standout performance by Jimmy Howard. This game was essentially a straight reversal of the

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