In Red Wings Land

Detroit Red Wings 2019 draft crop shows promise: Steve Yzerman’s picks
“We think he has excellent hockey sense,” Yzerman said the night of the draft. “In our opinion he was one of the top defensemen in the draft. I know our fans don’t know much about him, but if people … Google him, watch him play a little bit. I think they will be pleasantly surprised.”

I’ve always been a big fan of the pick. No need to google that.

All kidding aside, I feel a lot better about the pick than I did on draft night. I’m still not convinced that he was the best pick at that spot considering the forward talent still on the board.

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Lewis, late civil rights icon, remembered by O’Ree, NHL
“Just standing there beside him, just to be there and to talk to him, made a big impact on me,” O’Ree said Saturday. “I’m so happy I was able to be there in his presence and give him a hug, shake hands with him and watch a hockey game.”

Lewis, the son of sharecroppers who was beaten, bloodied but unbowed in marching for racial equality in the 1960s before rising to become a leading voice in Congress for more than 30 years, died Friday at the age of 80 because of pancreatic cancer.

The world lost a good man yesterday.

Cute dog predicts the NHL playoffs: Play-In Edition – Hockey Wilderness
With all the anticipation, excitement and uncertainty leading up to actual, real hockey in the middle of summer, I decided to turn to two unassailable facts for something to count on:

1. Hockey fans love playoff predictions, and…

2. People love dogs.

Can’t argue with either.