Graham Hathway

2016 NHL Free Agency: Eric Staal: Can He Regain His Past Greatness?

He hasn't been mentioned a lot, but Eric Staal could be a decent Plan B

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Darren Helm Re-Signs With the Red Wings

Darren Helm is still a Detroit Red Wing, having agreed to a 5 year, $19.25M contract. The AAV for this contract will be $3.85M. Darren Helm is a Detroit Red Wing still. Will sign a five-year deal with a salary-cap hit of 3.85 million a season. — Chuck

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Thomas Vanek Signs With Detroit

The Red Wings continued to make moves today. After re-signing Darren Helm and Alexey Marchenko, the Red Wings went out and obtained Frans Nielsen as an unrestricted free agent. #RedWings sign Thomas Vanek for one year at $2.6 million. — Ansar Khan (@AnsarKhanMLive) July 1, 2016 However, after talks appeared

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NHL Draft Recap and Day 2 Primer

Still basking in the glow of yesterday? Me too

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Magic Doesn't Last Forever: Lightning 1 - Red Wings 0

Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to get through this thing called life. First Period The game had a very "safe" tone to it. Neither team really pushed play or took too many chances, the Red Wings perhaps electing to ensure that they didn't do anything early that could

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Red Wings Lose, Time to Get Sad

Hope is a 4-letter word. There are lots of other 4-letter words, some of them very appropriate in describing the Red Wings' special teams tonight, but since this is a family website, we'll hold off on uttering the ones we really want to right now (but f-bombs away in the

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Red Wings Lose, Series Only 1 Game, World Ends

If it wasn't a rivalry before, it may be one now. The Red Wings and Lightning kicked off the NHL Playoffs with their Game 1 match up, and unlike last year, the Wings were unable to jump out to an early series lead. 2 goals from Nikita Kucherov and another

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Why The Red Wings Will Beat the Lightning

Do you feel that? The feeling that you can both take on the world while simultaneously eating all of your fingernails because you think they're a good source of protein? That bubbling cauldron that is your stomach, reminding you that eating is necessary but acting so violently that nothing will

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Y'All Going To Make Me Lose My Mind: Lightning 5 - Red Wings 2

The Red Wings played a fairly good game in Game 1, but came up a little short. In Game 2, the Wings had a good start, but penalties and undisciplined play combined with the same issues that have plagued this team all season combined to give the Tampa Bay Lightning

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Game 1 Lessons: Red Wings vs Lightning

The Tampa Bay Lightning jumped out to a 1-0 series lead in their first round match up with the Detroit Red Wings thanks to a 3-2 victory last night. Unlike last year, there was no goaltender to steal the game for Detroit, although the overall play of the Wings was

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Red Wings Demote Anthony Mantha to Grand Rapids

The NHL playoffs are still a few days away, but the Red Wings announced a move that both makes sense and is incredibly infuriating. Anthony Mantha being sent to Grand Rapids and Joakim Andersson staying with team according to Wings GM Ken Holland. — Chuck Pleiness (@wingsfrontman) April 10, 2016 Mantha

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So You've Made The Playoffs

The Detroit Red Wings are in the playoffs for the 25th straight season, a feat that is both remarkable and totally expected depending on your perspective. This season has been nothing short of a roller coaster, with much higher peaks and valleys than any year in recent memory. There were

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Who You Gonna Call? Red Wings 3 - Flyers 0

To call tonight's game against the Flyers crucial is to not give enough importance to what was at stake. The only two things more important than beating Philadelphia are breathing and eating, two things that very few Red Wing fans did throughout Wednesday's game. The Red Wings came up with

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Thunder is Supposed to Make a Noise: Lightning 6 - Red Wings 2

The Red Wings finished off their small Florida trip with a game against last year's playoff opponent, the Tampa Bay Lightning. The Red Wings had designs on getting within 2 points of the Lightning and potentially remaining in the race for the a divisional playoff spot. Like so many people

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Red Wings at Blue Jackets: Lineup Changes, Mrazek Sick, Coreau Called Up

The biggest news of the day came when Jared Coreau was called up from Grand Rapidsbecause Petr Mrazek has caught Red Wing flu, which we hope is a metaphor as the Wings hope to catch Philadelphia in the standings and get back in to a playoff spot. The morning skate,

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Morning Skate: Red Wings at Blue Jackets. The Sequel

7:00p ET, Nationwide Arena Columbus, OH TV: Fox Sports Detroit Radio: 97.1 The Ticket/1270 AM Jacket's Blog: The Cannon Just win, baby. If ever there was a motto that the Red Wings needed to adopt as their mantra, that's it. The Wings are mired in a two-game

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Let's Not Go To Philly, It's a Silly Place: Flyers 4 - Red Wings 3

Tonight was the most important game to date for the Red Wings this season. It might have helped if they remembered that when the puck dropped. First Period I was at my daughter's soccer practice, so I was unable to catch most of the action, but from reading Twitter, the

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Red Wings Call Up Anthony Mantha

The Red Wings and their fans are still reeling after being shut out by the NHL-worst Toronto Maple Leafs, and with a very crucial road trip looming and Niklas Kronwall still on the shelf, the team needed to call up in case someone else got injured. It was naturally assumed

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Red Wings Win Like We Knew/Hoped They Would

The Red Wings welcomed the Winnipeg Jets to the Joe for the second straight game in which the Wings faced a must-win situation against a non-playoff opponent. After a very slow start, the Wings righted the ship and forged a strong comeback against the Jets, earning a critical 2 points.

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Red Wings Sloppy, BJs Better: Jackets 5 - Wings 3

We never thought the Wings would be facing a must-win situation against the Columbus Blue Jackets in early March, yet that's exactly where the Wings were and they blew it. The Wings were bad from the opening faceoff, and it carried through until the Jackets had a big enough lead

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Morning Skate: Blackhawks at Red Wings

8:00p ET, Joe Louis Arena Detroit, MI TV: NBCSN, SN1, TVA Sports Radio: 97.1 FM The Ticket // 1270 AM CBS Sports Radio Blackhawks Blog: Second City Hockey The afterglow of the Stadium Series victory over the Avalanche has worn off, and the Wings were able to beat a

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NHL Trade Deadline: The Red Wings Stay Quiet

The NHL Trade Deadline has come and gone, and the Red Wings have done the unthinkable: they didn't make a single move to change the NHL roster. For a number of fans, the lack of any activity by the Wings could be the worst possible outcome of today. Many wanted

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Blackhawks at Red Wings: Gameday Updates

The heat of the rivalry may have been turned down to a low simmer, but it's always a fun time when the Blackhawks and Red Wings get together. For many years, the Hawks looked to the Wings as the measuring stick for whether they were good enough to win Cups;

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Red Wings at Stars: Overflow Thread

Andreas Athanasiou and Jimmy Howard are filthy human beings and doing nasty things to the Stars. Red Wings are up 2-1 with just over 7 minutes remaining. Can they hold on?

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