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Modano Confirms Detroit Press Conference & Other Topics
by Paul on 08/05/10 at 09:35 AM ET
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from Mike Heiika of the Dallas Morning News,
He confirmed he will be in Detroit for a press conference on Friday to sign with the Red Wings.
I asked him why he didn’t need to skate to see if he really wanted to play again.
“We had scheduled this trip and it kind of fell in the middle of all of that, and they have been nice enough to wait for me, so I just knew I wanted to play and I knew we needed to get this done. They have some contracts that they need to take care of, and this just felt right and makes sense to me.”
Did you give any thought to playing in Minnesota or San Jose or any other place really?
“I did, but Detroit pushed very hard from the start. They want me there, they think I can help, and they’re very open about it. That was neat. It’s such a good organization and they really, really believe they’re going to have a great team this year. They said the injuries were ridiculous last year, and they’re ready to bounce back from that. I really think they’re a team where you can think about winning it all.”
To have a guy like Mike Babcock show so much confidence in you has to be a pretty good feeling.
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From the comment section of that link:
Play stupid again, dumb jackass. Every injury sustained by the Wings last year were to the guys UNDER 35 years of age:
Johan Franzen (ACL)
Valterri Filppula (wrist fracture)
Jason Williams (broken fibula)
Henrik Zetterberg (upper body injury)
Andreas Lilja (concussion)
Dan Cleary (separated shoulder)
Jonathon Ericsson (bone bruise)
Darren Helm (sprained wrist)
And to think we still made the playoffs for the 19th straight year after all of that.
Posted by SYF from minding the gap on 08/05/10 at 03:25 PM ET