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Red Wings-Avalanche quick take: sloppy
by George Malik on 12/05/11 at 01:51 AM ET
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The Detroit Red Wings dropped a 4-2 decision to the Colorado Avalanche on Sunday night,, surrendering a 1-0 lead and a 2-2 tie’s worth of momentum mostly via self-inflicted wounds (Ryan Jones’ slew-foot on Valtteri Filppula, who left with a “lower-body” injury which Wings coach Mike Babcock informed Trevor Thompson involved a skate cut above his right ankle).
The Wings’ power play was at times ineffectual, and was at worst, a total mess, giving up a short-handed game-winner to T.J. Galiardi, and while Ty Conklin was sensational at times, stopping 17 of a 19-shot second period onslaught, he looked incredibly vulnerable on the goals he gave up. He didn’t receive much help, however, by a Wings team that was all too happy to cough up the puck when pressed physically in all three zones by the tenacious Avs, both committing too many turnovers and making too many unforced mistakes because the Wings’ players got bunched up, messed up, or caught standing around when a little more skating and a little more attention to detail would have allowed their puck carriers to at least have someone to pass to, if not some support when inevitable turnovers occurred.
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Red Wings-Avalanche game-day updates: Conklin faces fan scrutiny; Avs stack their blueline
by George Malik on 12/04/11 at 05:36 PM ET
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Updated 4x with even more realignment stuff at 7:05 PM: The Detroit Red Wings face off against the Colorado Avalanche tonight (8 PM, not 9 PM, EST—sorry, I forgot to carry the one in the game set-up—FSD with Dave Strader doing play by play/Altitude/WXYT) with the easygoing Wings hoping to establish an eight-game winning streak against the plucky Avs with Ty Conklin between the pipes.
As Pro Hockey Talk’s Mike Halford suggests (via RedWingsFeed), the world’s a different place from the one in which Conklin last started a game on October 15th, and while I don’t think that the Wings will be too concerned if Conklin is anything less than dominant tonight, but I can’t help but feel that Wings fans might freak out if Conklin’s limited exposure continues to reflect his ability to back up Jimmy Howard in a poor light.
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Red Wings-Avalanche set-up and an overnight report chock full of rumors, multimedia and blather
by George Malik on 12/04/11 at 11:54 AM ET
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The Detroit Red Wings face off against the Colorado Avalanche tonight (
9 PM
8 PM EST, FSD—not plus thanks to the NBA lockout/Altitude) facing a team that has played neither particularly well nor particularly poorly since the Wings defeated the Avs 5-2 about a month ago: the Avs have gone 5-and-5, but have won their past two games, including a 3-2 shootout win over St. Louis on Friday night; the Wings, of course, are coming off a 4-1 victory over Buffalo on Friday night, and they’re hoping that Ty Conklin can deliver the team’s eighth straight win.
Perspective from both teams’ camps seems to be a little lean this morning, as the Denver Post’s Adrian Dater spent this morning talking about the same realignment issue that’s bugging you and me, as well as the demise of the dedicated enforcer, so we’ll turn back to Dater’s recounting of Friday’s Avs win to gauge the Avs’ offensive firepower...
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So we’re going to talk about the Red Wings and realignment…
by George Malik on 12/04/11 at 10:06 AM ET
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Updated 2x at 1:45 PM: In theory, we know it’s coming, but I don’t think that we Red Wings fans necessarily know who we’re dealing with when we talk about it.*
As Paul posted on Saturday night, the CBC’s Elliotte Friedman built off the column by Sportsnet’s John Shannon, which suggested that NHL commissioner Gary Bettman will table two options for realigning the NHL to the 30 members of the Board of Governors this Monday in Pebble Beach, CA. On the Saturday night’s Satellite Hotstove (which you can watch here), Friedman stated the following:
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Red Wings off-day news: Conklin gets his turn, Fil fulfilling potential and inferiority complexes
by George Malik on 12/03/11 at 10:42 PM ET
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Well, I’m a little late to the party as the Chief and I are playing dueling banjos, but we all knew that the Red Wings facing a congested December schedule (see: fifteen games over the course of 30 days, with 14 to go over the next 28), Ty Conklin would receive a start sooner or later, and MLive’s Ansar Khan reports that Sunday’s game against Colorado will be “that day” for Conklin:
Conklin is 1-2-0, with a 3.33 goals-against average and .880 save percentage. He made 29 saves in a 3-0 victory over the Avalanche at the Pepsi Center on Oct. 8. Coach Mike Babcock said that factored into his decision.
“He got a shutout last time we were here. It was important to get him in,’’ Babcock said after practice today at the Pepsi Center. “Howie’s played great, we can always do that (play him), but I think Conks is going to play great tomorrow. He played great the last time in here.’‘
Said Conklin: “I’m very excited. It’ll be nice to get in there and get some action.’‘
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Red Wings send Fabian Brunnstrom down to Grand Rapids for a good while
by George Malik on 12/03/11 at 01:54 PM ET
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Now that Fabian Brunnstrom’s Mrs. has given birth to little Alexander, the Red Wings have sent Brunnstrom down to Grand Rapids, hopefully for a month or more as Brunnstrom’s shown more than enough flashes of talent to entice the Wings’ management, players and fans…But he hasn’t played regularly enough or had the opportunity to play as many minutes as he needs to truly regain his form. Here’s the Griffins’ press release regarding Brunnstrom’s reassignment:
The Detroit Red Wings on Saturday assigned left wing Fabian Brunnstrom to the Grand Rapids Griffins.
A native of Jonstorp, Sweden, Brunnstrom has skated in four games with the Griffins this season, recording one goal and two assists. He has registered one assist and four penalty minutes in five contests with the Red Wings. The 26-year-old winger has tallied 43 points (17-26—43) in 85 career AHL games.
Between the Wings’ “we’re playing more than once every other night” grind during December and January (see: you need warm bodies when guys inevitably get dinged) and Mike Babcock’s effusive praise for Brunnstrom’s talent and work ethic, he’ll be back sooner or later.
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Red Wings-Sabres recap, overnight report and lots of other…stuff…and things (but no eloquence)
by George Malik on 12/03/11 at 08:30 AM ET
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Updated 3x at 11:21 AM: The Detroit Red Wings didn’t exactly play flawless hockey in defeating an injury-depleted Buffalo Sabres team 4-1 on Friday night, but as the Wings kicked off a December in which they’ll play 14 more times over the next 29 days, and given that they didn’t get into Denver until after 3 AM, emerging literally (see: Justin Abdelkader is OK despite getting his bell rung by Brayden McNabb) and figuratively unscathed thanks to a strong start and 40 minutes of “Red Wings on cruise control” hockey…Is about as much as Wings fans could possibly hope for as their team ground out
its seventh straight win.
The Sabres, however, took few positives from a game in which the Wings staked out a 3-1 lead over the course of the game’s first fourteen minutes; the fact that they lost both Nathan Gerbe (skate cut) and Patrick Kaleta (groin) to injuries added, well, injury to insult, but Robyn Regehr offered no excuses for his team’s performance to BuffaloSabres.com’s Kevin Snow:
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Justin Abdelkader emerges unscathed from hit, but Sabres’ Gerbe isn’t so lucky
by George Malik on 12/03/11 at 05:25 AM ET
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MLIve’s Ansar Khan provides good news for Red Wings fans who were worried about Justin Abdelkader’s status after he took a heavy (and clean) hit from Brayden McNabb during the Red Wings-Sabres game, but not-so-good news regarding Sabres forward Nathan Gerbe, who got dinged by the toe of Paul Gaustad’s skate:
Abdelkader did not return to the game but said he will practice Saturday in Denver and be ready for Sunday’s game in Colorado.
“Just trying to get around him, he came up a little high; I didn’t see the replay,’’ Abdelkader said. “I just had to go through all the tests. Everything is fine.’‘
Also, Sabres forward Nathan Gerbe (Oxford) was cut in the nose and lip by the skate blade of a teammate late in the third period. Coach Lindy Ruff said he was in a lot of pain, but no surgery is needed and he is questionable for Saturday’s game in Nashville.
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Red Wings-Sabres quick take: if you’re gonna have a letdown, that’s the kind you want to have
by George Malik on 12/03/11 at 01:36 AM ET
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The Detroit Red Wings weren’t going to play near-flawless hockey forever, and after steamrolling an injury-ravaged Buffalo Sabres in the first period of their 4-1 win, the Wings took their collective foot off the gas pedal, got a little casual and way too fancy after three straight penalties taken in under 10 minutes shook ‘em up a bit, and…
Well, as the Chief suggested, Jimmy Howard has been in, “I can bail you out, boys, no worries” mode all year long, and between Howard stopping 19 of 20 second and third-period shots against and the Wings’ ability to stifle the Sabres’ offense just enough to regularly expose the Sabres’ lack of depth, the Wings endured an honest-to-goodness road letdown without surrendering anything more than some pride (assuming that Justin Abdelkader emerged from the “quiet room” no worse for wear, anyway).
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Don’t forget: Red Wings will sell $9 tix on Saturday
by George Malik on 12/02/11 at 07:31 PM ET
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I’m going to have to ask you to pardon the “freighter in a dry dock for two years’” worth of rust on The Malik Report for the next two-to-four weeks as I’ve been out of the loop, and in that spirit, here’s a very late reminder regarding a very important in-person appearance which you might want to make at Joe Louis Arena’s box office tomorrow, per DetroitRedWings.com’s Greg Monahan:
For the second time this season, the Detroit Red Wings will make a limited number of $9 tickets available to fans for select homes games during the remainder of the 2011-2012 regular season. The specially-priced tickets go on sale this Saturday, December 3 at 10:00 a.m. and are only available at the Joe Louis Arena Box Office. The deal will apply for all home games from January through the end of the regular season slate in early April, including six premium home games where tickets will start at $19.
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