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Detroit Red Wings select Teemu Pulkkinen

With their fourth round pick, the Red Wings have selected Teemu Pulkkinen -- left wing for Jokerit in Finland. More later...

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Detroit Red Wings select Louis-Marc Aubry

With their third round pick, the Red Wings have selected Louis-Marc Aubry, a center with Montreal of the QMJHL. More later...

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Detroit Red Wings select Calle Jarnkrok

With their second round pick, the Red Wings have selected Calle Jarnkrok, a center from Brynas of the Swedish Elite League. More later...

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BOOM! Nailed it -- Red Wings select Riley Sheahan at the 2010 NHL Draft

If you've followed the SB Nation Mock Draft, you know that I was happy to select Notre Dame center Riley Sheahan with the 21st pick. On Friday night, the Red Wings did the same. It was an odd draft from the onset: a lot of surprising picks, a lot of

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Winging it in Motown's Draft and Trade Tracker

FIRST ROUND SELECTIONS 1 :: Edmonton :: Taylor Hall :: LW :: Windsor 2 :: Toronto Boston :: Tyler Seguin :: C :: Plymouth 3 :: Florida :: Erik Gudbranson :: D :: Kingston 4 :: Columbus :: Ryan Johansen :: C :: Portland 5 :: Islanders :: Nino Niederreiter :: LW :: Portland 6 :: Tampa Bay :: Brett Connolly :: RW :: Prince George 7 :: Carolina :: Jeff Skinner :: C :: Kitchener 8 :: Atlanta

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NHL Draft Live Chat

Join us for a Live Chat during the NHL Draft on Friday evening -- beginning at 6:45pm Eastern, you can comment, ask questions, and enjoy the wheelings, dealings, and draft picks right here. Michael Petrella is on the ground, in the Staples Center, and is here to answer questions,

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SBN Mock Draft - Red Wings select Riley Sheahan

With the 21st pick in the 2010 SB Nation Mock NHL Draft, Winging it in Motown is proud to select Riley Sheahan on behalf of the Detroit Red Wings. Much has been made about a team with a deep talent pool taking a flyer on the highly skilled, but oft-troubled,

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Remember the Numbers posts?!

Where have I been -- I can hear you asking. But the real question is where have you been? Wait, that doesn't make sense. My apologies for the (prolonged) absence from the pages of WIM. I'll spare you the (boring) details of my (insanely busy) life and get right to

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WIM at the Draft

Hey boys and girls! Excuse my absence over the last few weeks -- I fully intend on jumping back on the saddle and contributing a bit more, including a season-ending Fake Awards post that puts a cap on the fun times we've shared since October. But first -- some important

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Game Five Overflow Thread

Things get slow, ya know? Sometimes you need a fresh start. I'm talking about the chat, what are YOU talking about?

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Game 2 overflow thread

By special request!

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Dear Eastern Conference

My Dear, Sweet Eastern Conference, I thought that maybe, perhaps, we could work out our differences, put our checkered past behind us, start fresh, and caress one another lovingly. But after what you allowed to transpire yesterday, I'm afraid I've got to say that it's over. Get your shit and

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Wings tie game with 0.3 seconds left, lose in shootout

Well, darn. The Wings spoiled a chance to take advantage of the NHL-worst Edmonton Oilers, and keep a gap between themselves and the Flames. Instead, they limp into extra time, only to lose in a shootout. The charity point helps, but not as much as it would have if San

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Another Fake Award Winner! And Additional Tiberius numbers

For the third time this season, we're able to announce a Fake Award Winner! Winning his second Fake Award of the 09-10 season is.... DEREK MEECH! Everyone's favorite almost-Red Wing clinched -- for the second year in a row -- the Derek Meech Award (who knew?!) given at the year's

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Mar 9 :: Numbers are Deceiving

The Red Wings enter tonight's action with a 31-22-12 record. Obviously, they're off of the pace of years past, but I thought it'd be educational to take a look at where they stood on March 9 in previous years: 2008-09 :: 43-15-8 (Finalists) 2007-08 :: 45-18-6 (Cup Champs) 2006-07 :: 43-16-9 2005-06 :: 42-15-5

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By the Numbers :: Olympic Break Edition

Well, the Olympics are in full swing (did you hear about Team USA??!?) and the Red Wings are dormant. Sort of. The Wings, as a whole, return to action on March 1st - but guys like Nicklas Lidstrom, Johan Franzen, Henrik Zetterberg, Niklas Kronwall, Brian Rafalski, Pavel Datsyuk, Valtteri Filppula,

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February 17 :: Olympic Game Thread

Join us today for a special game thread during today's Olympic contests: 3:00pm :: Finland vs. Belarus [airing on MSNBC] Valtteri Filppula is a member of Team Finland, but last I heard he was injured and may not be in the lineup. Grand Rapids Griffin and Red Wing prospect Sergei

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Morning Skate: The Blues

The Red Wings and St. Louis Blues meet for the fifth time this season. The big news right off the top: Johan Franzen is returning after missing the last 55 games with a torn left ACL. Expect to see him on a line with Pavel Datsyuk and Henrik Zetterberg, if

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Tuesday Numbers :: Injuries

In celebration of Johan Franzen's return to the lineup tonight, let's take a look at the players that have missed the most games due to injury, illness, or rehabilitation assignments to Grand Rapids. Please note that these numbers do not include games in which the players were healthy scratches. TOTAL

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Wings Wings Tuesday!

Since my pleading with Buffalo Wild Wings on TPL isn't working, I thought I'd give it a try here... Wings Wings Tuesday is a big deal 'round the Petrella household. If you're not familiar, every Tuesday, BW-3 (don't ask about the "three," it's a long, strange story) has "Wing Tuesday,

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A Wednesday version of Tuesday Numbers: On Shootouts

Since the Red Wings are always showing up late to games, I figured I'd do the same and show up late to Tuesday Numbers. This time, I'll take a look at the method by which the Red Wings lost both games this past weekend: the shootout. The Wings are notoriously

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Tuesday Numbers: All Jimmah (and Award Updates)

Tonight, rookie netminder Jimmy Howard will be starting his ninth straight game. He's playing well enough to keep veteran Chris Osgood on the bench charting faceoffs, but he's still somewhat flying under the radar. It was impossible to ignore his 51-save performance against the Kings, and he's slowly climbing the

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Wings don't muster much against Ducks

It was all Anaheim early, and the Ducks made it count. The Wings couldn't get much going in the first period, and two questionable goals sucked whatever life was left in the Wings right out of them. Saku Koivu opened the scoring, with a shorthanded goal at 5:37 of

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Chris Chelios arrested for DUI

According to a report from the Chicago Tribune, former Red Wing defenseman was arrested a few days after Christmas for speeding and driving under the influence. Details are a bit sketchy, but sources have revealed that Chelios has a court date scheduled for February 1st. Hate to hear something like

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