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Red Wings GM Ken Holland talks about SCF, Datsyuk, etc. on Fan 590
by George Malik on 06/18/13 at 07:23 PM ET
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Red Wings GM Ken Holland addressed the team's re-signing of Pavel Datsyuk, other personnel issues and the Stanley Cup Final in an 11:49 interview with the Fan 590's Bob McCown and Stephen Brunt on Tuesday evening:
Update: Holland says that he and Datsyuk agreed on a 3-year contract extension in terms of, well, term, during their exit interview, and they just got it done.
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Red Wings evening news: Wings move on to other free agents, will send Helm to Traverse City
by George Malik on 06/18/13 at 07:01 PM ET
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Red Wings GM Ken Holland's still borderline giddy about the team's ability to retain Pavel Datsyuk's services for the next four seasons, and his praise for Datsyuk's skill, talent, leadership and longevity while speaking to MLive's Ansar Khan is must-read material in itself...
But Holland also gave Khan something of a blueprint as to what the Wings' next moves may involve, and it sounds like he's going to do much more than simply attempt to retain Daniel Cleary, Valtteri Filpula and the complicated situation that is Damien Brunner:
Holland said he is continuing talks impending unrestricted free-agent forwards Daniel Cleary, Damien Brunner and Valtteri Filppula, but roster space is scarce.
“We have big decisions to make,'' Holland said. “We got a push of kids. We got 14 forwards under contract now (including restricted free agents Gustav Nyquist and Joakim Andersson). We'll only carry 14.
“We know we have compliance buyouts at our disposal. I'll explore trades.
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Howe family wins civil suit against former business manager
by George Malik on 06/18/13 at 06:31 PM ET
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Via RedWingsFeed, the Oakland Press's Ryan Felton reports that a jury ruled in favor of the family of Gordie Howe in a civil suit filed against Howe's former business manager, Del Reddy:
A jury found Hockey Hall of Fame member Gordie Howe sustained $3 million in financial damages when former business managers destroyed sports memorabilia that was supposed to be returned under an agreement made to settle a previous lawsuit.
The 85-year-old Howe of Bloomfield Township was in attendance at Oakland County Circuit Court Tuesday in Judge Leo Bowman’s courtroom with his son Mark. The Howes, along with Power Play International Company, the company that handled Howe’s merchandise, sued Del and Michael Reddy, Aaron Howard and Immortal Investments, the former business partners.
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Grand Rapids Griffins-Syracuse Crunch Game 6 open post
by George Malik on 06/18/13 at 06:26 PM ET
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The Grand Rapids Griffins will battle the Syracuse Crunch in Game 6 of the Calder Cup Final tonight, and you have several viewing options:
1. If you live in Grand Rapids, WILX will air the game;
2. If you're a radio person, http://www.woodradio.com wiil air the game;
3. If you live in upstate New York, Time-Warner Cable will air the game;
4. If you're "elsewhere," http://www.ahllive.com will air the game (you still have to sign up as a user and use the promo code "CALDER2013");
5. And http://www.foxsportsdetroit.com will stream the game in Michigan--edit: This is the direct link: http://www.foxsportsdetroit.com/nhl/detroit-red-wings/story/Live-streaming-video?blockID=912677&feedID=5540
Radko Gudas will probably play for Syracuse tonight, and it is entirely possible that Adam Almquist may return for Grand Rapids.
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Grand Rapids Griffins-Syracuse Crunch Game 6 game-day updates: Gudas (SYR), Almquist (GR) may play
by George Malik on 06/18/13 at 12:32 PM ET
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Updated 5x at 2:18 PM: Somewhat briefly: the Grand Rapids Griffins will attempt to avoid a winner-take-all Game 7 situation when they face off against the Syracuse Crunch tonight in Game 6 of the Calder Cup Final (7 PM EDT start), and there was good news on the Griffins front from Fox 17's Steve Amorose (second Tweet excluded) as the team took to the ice around 11 AM (and Fox 17 posted a game preview video, too)...
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Done Deal For Datsyuk; Red Wings forward signs 3-year, [$22.5] million extension
by Paul on 06/18/13 at 10:50 AM ET
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Updated 21x at 2:44 PM, and FYI, Datsyuk's goal against Nashville's up in the second TSN Play of the Year showdown semifinal: the Detroit News's Ted Kulfan has the financial parameters:
(as many have pointed out, it's technically $7.667 million oh hell with it, it's $7.5 million per the Tweets below)
The Free Press's Helene St. James summarized the situation nicely...
The deal has been a foregone conclusion since May 31, the day the Wings cleaned out their lockers two days after being bounced in the second round of the playoffs. Datsyuk said at the time he planned to stay in Detroit past the expiration of his current seven-year, $46.9-million deal. There had been chatter for much of the season that he might return to his native Russia, where he could make a mint playing in the KHL and be closer to his 10-year-old daughter, Elizabeth.
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Red Wings overnight report: Damien Brunner intends to make the Wings sweat, contractually speaking
by George Malik on 06/18/13 at 04:20 AM ET
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While the Grand Rapids Griffins attempt to avoid a winner-take-all situation by capitalizing on their 3-games-to-2 lead over the Syracuse Crunch in Game 6 of the Calder Cup Final this evening (7 PM EDT, WOOD TV in Grand Rapids/FoxSportsDetroit.com across Michigan, AHLLive.com everywhere, Time Warner Cable in New York, and WOOD Radio), the Red Wings' roster picture will have gotten a bit clearer back in Metro Detroit.
The news that Pavel Datsyuk's going to ink a 3-year contract extension, and that Pavel Datsyuk's "big day" will involve sitting down to lunch with Ken Holland and Datsyuk's agent, Gary Greenstin (so say MLive's Ansar Khan, Fox Sports Detroit's Art Regner and the Macomb Daily's Chuck Pleiness) to get the final details worked out so that Datsyuk can sign on the dotted line on July 5th (he still has a year remaining on his current contract, so a 3-year extension translates to 4 more seasons of play, knock on wood). The only thing Datsyuk needs to worry about losing, if anything, is his first of two TSN Play of the Year semifinals.
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Khan, Pleiness: Red Wings likely to sign Pavel Datsyuk to multi-year extension (3 yrs) shortly
by George Malik on 06/18/13 at 12:50 AM ET
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Red Wings forward Pavel Datsyuk offered a mysterious Tweet on Monday night, and MLive's Ansar Khan reports that there's something behind Datysuk's, "Big day tomorrow..."
[edit/update: and Bob McKenzie knows "how big":
...Back to Khan /end edit]:
Pavel Datsyuk is close to agreeing to a multi-year contract extension with the Detroit Red Wings, his agent told MLive.com on Monday. The contract can't be officially signed, registered or announced until July 5, the first day of free agency, because Datsyuk has one year remaining on his current deal.
Gary Greenstin, Datsyuk's Los Angeles area-based agent, said he was flying to Detroit on Monday to meet with Red Wings general manager Ken Holland. It sounds as if they will put the finishing touches on the deal.
“Me and Ken and Pavel (are) very close,'' Greenstin said.
Greenstin told Khan that things are...Well, "close":
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Fox Sports Detroit will stream Game 6 of Calder Cup Final
by George Malik on 06/17/13 at 11:28 PM ET
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Good news for Red Wings and Grand Rapids Griffins fans:
AHLLive.com will air the game as well, and Time-Warner Cable will air the game in upstate New York.
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Grand Rapids Griffins-Syracuse Crunch Monday practice news
by George Malik on 06/17/13 at 09:16 PM ET
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The Grand Rapids Griffins' trip to Syracuse, New York took exactly one hour, and the fact that they flew on Red Bird III didn't go unnoticed by the local media corps. WOOD TV8 will air tomorrow night's Game 6 in Grand Rapids (it's a 7 PM EDT start; if you live outside WXSP's broadcast area like I do, you'll be watching the Crunch's broadcasters on AHLLive.com as the Albany Times-Union reported that Time-Warner Cable will broadcast the game from Syracuse again), and they dispatched a camera crew to Van Andel Arena to get some "pre-flight" comments from the Griffins' players and coach:
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