from Paul W. Smith of WJR at the Detroit News,

Note to the Detroit Red Wings organization: It would be a good thing to do (and the right and just thing to do) to have a Karen Newman appreciation night, where the fans get to properly thank her for her more than 30 years of service to the team and to all of us with her great rendition of "The Star-Spangled Banner" before each game.

A final standing "O" is totally in order.

from Ansar Khan of Mlive,

The Detroit Red Wings are the only team without a regulation loss, but coach Derek Lalonde hasnt suddenly become superstitious, other than one habit.

I have had the one sweater on the entire time, but youll see that through five-game losing streaks, too, he said. Theres a lack of depth to my wardrobe....

Anytime youre building a new process, if you get results, it helps, he said. Well go through many games this year where we dont get results with a good process and vice versa. The process has been pretty good, buy-ins pretty good. And fortunately, weve been rewarded. Its exciting....

Lalonde said his conversations with general manager Steve Yzerman havent centered on results.

Hes big picture, Lalonde said. Results are great, but he really looks at the process. Its good right now. Its not great. We rarely talk about a win or loss; its we did this, we did that. Its a (small) sample size but some of these free-agent signings are filling holes right now. So thats exciting for the big picture.

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from Kevin Allen of Detroit Hockey Now,

Alex Nedeljkovic, 26, will play tonight against the New Jersey Devils (7 p.m., Bally Sports). That will give Ville Husso and him three starts apiece.

Well re-evaluate again tomorrow but I dont know if I foresee that (rotation) changing, Lalonde said. Both goalies are winning, both goalies are playing well.

Husso, 27, owns a 2.00 goals-against average and .939 save percentage, while Nedeljkovic is at 2.96 and .912.

I dont know if Villes numbers are a reflection of his play, which is a positive, Lalonde said. Weve done very well in front of Ville. And I dont know if Neds numbers, which are slightly below Villes, are an indication of his play, too, as we left him out to dry a little more, which is understandable. Neds had the two road games, home-openers for two teams.

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Man, I wish, when she asked about his kid's name, and said, "We know it's a boy...", that Ned had said, "IT IS?!?!" just to scare the shit out of her for a sec.

Also, both bottom vids are Ned.