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Prospects: Griffins done this year, juiced next year

Note: On a whim I've decided to drop Friday from the name of this feature. Mostly because I haven't been doing them on Fridays lately. In fact, I'm pretty sure today is Sunday. But I've got nothing to confirm that report. Second note: I've fallen behind on this feature and

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Howard beats Pittsburgh, Crosby

It didn't end up being a third consecutive buzzer beater, but a lot of Red Wings fans will accept the team's 3-1 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins tonight. Perhaps the first good scoring chance of the game should have been a good indication of how the game would end. Thirty

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Wings use creative time management to best Canucks

The Red Wings earned themselves three points this weekend, doing the majority of the damage in under one second. Twenty-four hours ago, things weren't too pleasant. Detroit managed to scrape a point out of a game that they didn't quite totally deserve, forcing a game against Edmonton to overtime and

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Friday Prospects -- In the sweepstakes again

Two years ago, The Hockey News compared a young Swedish prospect by the name of Fabian Brunnstrom to Ottawa Senators' star Daniel Alfredsson. What they meant to say was this: it's really impressive that this then 23-year-old star was producing such impressive numbers after jumping straight to the SEL from

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Friday Prospects -- Two new Griffins

The Red Wings have always been a team that's not afraid to make a splash at the trade deadline. I mean, don't you remember the year they added Bill Ranford, Wendel Clark, Ulf Samuelsson, and Chris Chelios at the same deadline? That was pretty weird, wasn't it? This year, Detroit's

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Kolosov adds Olympics to impressive resume

On a long-term scale, the shelf life of a prospect is pretty short. There aren't many prospects from 2004 that are still actually considered "prospects." Many have either already moved on to professional hockey or are back in Europe, looking in on the NHL picture. Some prospects, though, are just

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Friday Prospects -- Griffins fall to Bulldogs

This week on Friday Prospects, I had nothing to write about. Honesty, eh? However, I did go to the Griffins game last night, so I decided to push Friday prospects until Saturday (gasp) and do some serious scouting. For a little change of pace, I'm gonna write a bit about

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Friday Prospects -- Ready for the run

Hey all. Taking a break from the interview scene this week. The good news is we've hardly tapped the well dry -- in fact, we're trying to cook up some new stuff to make this feature even better. We've got a few potential awesome candidates coming up, so make sure

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Age no concern for Tomas Tatar

The World Junior Championship is typically a tournament for 19-year-old players. It's by far the most prestigious and most popular tournament for junior hockey, earning the eye of scouts and fans alike each December. Despite the incredible talent at the tournament every year, it's not considered to be a big

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Landon Ferraro carving out his own path

When it comes to prospects, name recognition plays a big part. Every hockey fan, and even some scouts, have that moment where they sit down to watch a game and they see a familiar name. "I wonder if there's any relation to..." Standard questions. Sometimes, you don't even need to

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Willie Coetzee making free agent splash

The life of a junior-aged hockey player is unlike that of any other profession. Most likely, if you're at the junior level it means you've succeeded and likely dominated youth ranks all the way up to 15 or 16. You're used to standing out and being one of the best

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WIM sits down with Nick Jensen

As I alluded to earlier, this edition of Friday Prospects is pretty unique. Casey was kind enough to offer me the opportunity to interview Nick Jensen -- Detroit's 5th round pick from 2009. Jensen plays for the Green Bay Gamblers in the USHL, heading to St. Cloud State next season.

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Friday Prospects -- All Numbers

We've done it all. Profiled every Detroit prospect, save for Ryan Oulahen (AHL) and Gennady Stolyarov (KHL) who have been injured for the entire season. But the show must go on. Friday Prospects is still in demand. It's averaged 1.3 comments over the past four weeks -- that's pretty

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Friday Prospects -- Isn't it Saturday?

Why, yes -- it is Saturday. Apologies for the unannounced holiday break. Obviously, as both Christmas and New Year's were on Fridays, these article took a seat on the back-burner. I wasn't planning to do one last week (since most leagues take a holiday break anyway). I thought I might

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Friday Prospects -- All Griffins

As the Detroit Red Wings injury report grows increasing complex with every game, so does the Grand Rapids Griffins transactions page. The Griffins have faced very similar problems this season -- trying to figure out This was probably the most newsworthy week that the Griffins had all season. The losses

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Friday Prospects -- Long shots

We’re getting down to it, folks. The cream of the prospect crop has already been profiled. You’re likely (hopefully?) starting to get used to seeing certain names in the "Who’s Hot?" section. You know that Brendan Smith is among Hobey hopefuls. You know Gustav Nyquist is scoring

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Friday Prospects -- The Juniors

Junior hockey. Is there anything so exciting? Well, most likely there are many things more exciting than junior hockey. But I'd like to think those who have had the pleasure of experiencing junior hockey up close have it higher up the excitement charts than those who have not. To anyone

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Friday Prospects -- The '06 Draft

After a brief tour around the collegiate ranks, this week's Friday Prospects is back to the farm as we profile three players taken by Detroit in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft -- potentially one of their best of the decade. The 2006 draft saw Detroit with their first round pick

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Friday Prospects -- Rest of the Class

Well hello there. Did you guys hear the new joke about the Red Wings goal that didn't count? Kidding of course. Shockingly, this will be the only Wings' thing you read today that won't be about the miserable blown call by professional referee Dennis LaRue. Last week, we looked at

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Friday Prospects -- Top of the Class

In this week's installment of Friday Prospects, the weekly look into the world that is Detroit Red Wings prospects, we're getting ready to go to school. This week, I profile Detroit's top three prospects still playing in the collegiate ranks. There was a long period of time in the 1990s

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Friday Prospects -- Seasoned Vets

Six full weeks of Friday Prospects. Getting tired of this yet? Good, because neither am I. In this weekly look at the world of Detroit Red Wings prospects, we turn to the American Hockey League to look at a trio of Red Wings prospects who might be ready to make

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Friday Prospects -- The Sleepers

Welcome to the fifth week of Winging it in Motown's new feature, Friday Prospects. I've described what this feature is in the other posts, so if you don't know yet... then you don't read WIM enough. Here are the archives: 10/2 -- Helm, Leino, Ericsson, Howard 10/9 --

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Friday Prospects -- The Netminders

Friday Prospects is the weekly look around the world into what could be the Wings of tomorrow. It will feature a group of three different prospects each week. So far, we've looked at The Class of 2009, The Next Big Swede, and The 2009 Trio. This week, the focus is

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Friday Prospects -- The 2009 Trio

Welcome to the third installment of Friday Prospects. This is a weekly look around the wonderful hockey world, profiling three semi-randomly chosen Red Wings prospects to be detailed and analyzed, so you, the fine Winging it in Motown viewer, can have a better grasp of where exactly the Darren Helms

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