Kukla's Korner

Yes, Red Wings forward Daniel Alfredsson said that if he continues his career, he’ll remain a Wing

Blog: The Malik Report By George Malik

03/07/14 at 11:11 PM ET | Comments (0)

I apolgize for being a little late to the party on this one, but I was having fun fun fun anxiety attacks today, so here's what Daniel Alfredsson had to say about his playing future, as noted by DetroitRedWings.com's Bill Roose (he's going to wait and decide after the season, but if he continues to play, he will continue to play in Detroit):

“I’ve gone through this the last two years,” Alfredsson said. “I’ve talked to other players before. The consensus I get is play as long as you can, pretty much from everyone. If you feel you still have the energy and desire definitely continue as long as you can. That’s been the common theme.”

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Red Wings-Devils quick take: Heavens no, hell yeah

Blog: The Malik Report By George Malik

03/07/14 at 10:36 PM ET | Comments (31)

The Detroit Red Wings are a riddle wrapped in an enigma wrapped in the Azeri rebel ham sandwich that Jimmy Howard may or may not have eaten during the Olympics.

In simpler and plainer English, I don't think that we're going to figure this team out, at least not until it does or does not make the playoffs, because the night after the Wings punted away a point in their 4-3 OT loss to Colorado, the Wings played similarly messy hockey, their goaltending was even shakier than it was against the Avs, the kids continued to make mistakes, the defense was doofy in terms of allowing the Devils to walk in and score...

And yet the Wings managed to just lay waste to Corey Schneider's goals-against average, rallying from a blown 3-2 deficit 11:44 into the second with five straight goals--including a trio scored 3 minutes and 14 seconds--en route to a 7-4 win whose lustre wasn't dimmed by Smith and Kindl letting Adam Henrique to walk in and make the score look closer than it was with 1:18 remaining.

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The Devils Take On The Monster

Blog: Abel to Yzerman By Paul

03/07/14 at 07:00 PM ET | Comments (222)

Gustavsson in goal, Kindl in for Lashoff and...

Youngsters not only need to continue with the pressure, they also need to score.

Looking great, put the puck in the back of the net looks even better.

They are all the Wings have right now,except for Franzen although Legwand looked very good last night, but the bottom line, again, put the puck in the net.

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Brodeur Just Wants To Play

Blog: KK Hockey By Paul

03/07/14 at 05:54 PM ET | Comments (0)

from Nicholas J. Cotsonika of Yahoo,

From the outside, it might be hard to understand. Why does Martin Brodeur keep talking about playing elsewhere? He has spent his entire career with the New Jersey Devils. He has made millions of dollars. He has won 684 games – more than any other goaltender in NHL history – and three Stanley Cups. Why not go out with grace? What more does he need?

But Brodeur isn’t afraid of hanging on too long. He’s afraid of not hanging on long enough. He isn’t worried he will regret leaving the Devils. He’s worried he will regret leaving the game. In the end, he said, he doesn’t want to sit there and say to himself, “I should have done something.”

“That’s what I’m scared of the most – not living to the fullest in the NHL,” Brodeur said. “If they let you play, you might as well play.”

Brodeur is 41 and at the end of his contract. He is unhappy backing up Cory Schneider, a 27-year-old the Devils acquired from the Vancouver Canucks last year for the ninth overall pick in the draft. All season, he has talked about being open to a trade if he could play more, if he had a chance to win the Cup and if it helped the Devils.

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Just Terrible News, Michigan High School Hockey Player Dies In His Sleep Due To Enlarged Heart

Blog: The Malik Report By Paul

03/07/14 at 05:25 PM ET | Comments (5)

from Kyle Moroney of Mlive,

Hours before he was supposed to lead a team into the MHSAA semifinal ice hockey tournament, Grandville High School's hockey team co-captain Ryan Fischer passed away, according to school and MHSAA sources.

Ryan, 17, was found unresponsive in his home early this morning, school officials said.

"From my understanding, (Ryan) went to sleep last night. There were no symptoms, no warning signs. He was unresponsive when his father went to wake him up this morning," said Grandville Superintendent Ron Caniff.

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A Hard Day Of Practice For Ottawa

Blog: KK Hockey By Paul

03/07/14 at 04:51 PM ET | Comments (2)

from James Gordon of Senators Extra,

Ottawa Senators coach Paul MacLean said his team needed to work harder after a 4-1 loss to the Calgary Flames Wednesday night.

That they did on Friday, for 81 lung-busting minutes of practice in Calgary that featured special teams practice, breakouts and one battle drill that led to a fight between Jared Cowen and Chris Neil. They dropped the gloves and got a few punches in before teammates intervened.

“We need more of that,” MacLean said afterwards. “Preferably in games.”

Clarke MacArthur missed practice due to a hand injury suffered against the Flames that will be re-evaluated in Ottawa.

continue for lineup changes for the game in Winnipeg tomorrow...

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Video- Zack Kassian Suspended For 3 Games

Blog: KK Hockey By Paul

03/07/14 at 04:36 PM ET | Comments (1)

Here is the suspension video...

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Red Wings reassign Pulkkinen to Grand Rapids

Blog: The Malik Report By George Malik

03/07/14 at 03:48 PM ET | Comments (2)

From the Wings' PR department:

PULKKINEN RETURNED TO GRAND RAPIDS
… Finnish Forward Leads AHL Rookies in Goals with 24 …

DETROIT – The Detroit Red Wings today assigned right wing Teemu Pulkkinen to the AHL’s Grand Rapids Griffins.

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Don’t Call This A GDT

Blog: Abel to Yzerman By Paul

03/07/14 at 11:58 AM ET | Comments (11)

Wherever RedMenace is, he is without power so he turned to me to do the GDT.

Guess what, I am not doing it, heck, the Wings just played the Devils so I believe you know all there is to know about them and you know the Wings too.

Tonight, Cory Schneider starts for the Devils, Gustavsson in for Howard and Kindl replaces Lashoff, everything else is status quo.

6 out of 8 points should be our motto for the next 4 games...

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Your Morning Detroit Red Wings’ News

Blog: The Malik Report By Paul

03/07/14 at 11:39 AM ET | Comments (7)

via Khan tweets,

Babcock said in addition to Gustavsson starting tonight vs. Devils only change is Kindl in for Lashoff. Kindl (knee) hasn't played since 2-3

Helm said he'll be out at least another week due to concussion-like symptoms. Said he hit head on ice and was grazed in chin in Ottawa.

added 12:16pm, Chuck Pleiness of Red Wings Front has more on Helm,

“The tests I did nothing really showed too much,” Helm said. “I’m not really having symptoms that people normally have with concussions. There are small symptoms there that show that I could possibly have one, but I’m not one of those bad cases where guys are throwing up or are really dizzy or having trouble with the light. I am getting the headaches and it’s keeping me off the ice and from working out. That vision thing as well from the game is something concerning as well.”...

“The next game it wasn’t that bad, we had a day off right after and I was fine,” Helm said. “Practice went well, a little bit of a headache that night and it carried over to the game (in New Jersey).

“It was never a piercing headache and kind of came and went as well,” Helm continued. “It was never bad. Then the Jersey game I got a headache, it wasn’t killing me, the headache itself wasn’t keeping me out of the game, but I was having troubles with vision, seeing the puck. I was told it was kind of migraine symptom that could have been caused by the head as well.”

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