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Videos- The Talk After A Detroit Win Over Columbus

03/28/2021 at 6:31pm EDT

Dylan Larkin and Jeff Blashill up first in one video, below are the game highlights, Mickey Redmond and extended versions of Larkin and Blashill.

Quick Recap- Detroit Red Wings/Columbus Blue Jackets

03/28/2021 at 5:31pm EDT

The Wings actually looked lke an NHL team today.

Until the Wings added 2 empty net goals, it was one goal game and the Wings keep up the pressure and did not go in a shell at all.

Final Detroit 4 Columbus 1

Team stats

Watch And Wait

03/28/2021 at 2:30pm EDT

As the 19 are enjoying yesterday's win, we are still left to ponder which Wings team will show up for today's game? It's a fair question IMHO. All we can do is to watch and wait.

It's a Live Blog!

Video- Top Shots

03/28/2021 at 1:04pm EDT

Exactly as the title says, the top shots so far this season. Certainly a talented group of players.

Hockey Thoughts On A Sunday Afternoon

03/28/2021 at 12:19pm EDT

from Steve Simmons of the Toronto Sun,

- Players I’d be inquiring about if I were the Leafs: Boone Jenner and Nick Foligno in Columbus; Sam Bennett in Calgary; Anaheim’s Rickard Rackell. The Leafs would need to move some money around for any of those deals but they appear quite willing to do that.

- How bad are the Buffalo Sabres? Frankly, as bad as any non-expansion team I’ve ever seen. They’ve gone 17 games without a win and in that time they’ve been outscored 70-25 and shut out five times. The Sabres need a Brendan Shanahan type to go in and change the culture of the organization, and then begin to build over again … What Buffalo shouldn’t do: Trade Rasmus Dahlin. Trading young defencemen of talent can backfire. See Chris Pronger and Seth Jones, both traded at 21; Dougie Hamilton traded at 22. Dahlin turns 21 next month.

- This is Wild: Minnesota’s Bill Guerin and Dean Evason would be my picks for GM and coach of the year in the NHL.

- f the NHL is getting into the gambling business, which it is, the league’s coaches should be instructed to announce starting goaltenders day before the game, the way starting pitchers are announced in baseball. You can’t be hypocritical by welcoming gambling and cutting off information from said gamblers

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Eating With The Chicago Blackhawks

03/28/2021 at 8:46am EDT

from Ben Pope of the Chicago Sun-Times,

Hockey players are notoriously ravenous. Simply to replenish their caloric output, Hawks players regularly consume food quantities that would add many pounds to the average person.

There is no McDonald’s on the menu, but there is some of everything else.

“We have meals pretty much all day, pretty much everything you can think of,” defenseman Connor Murphy said recently. “They coordinate with our trainers and nutritionists to make sure we’ve got the right stuff cooked a certain way.”

The Hawks have a reputation as one of the best teams, food-wise, in the league, Murphy said. That’s not only because of Chicago’s world-class array of restaurants, but because the food the organization cooks in-house or caters is especially tasty and abundant.

“That’s a perk that guys have here more so than other teams: the amount of food and everything being available to us all day long and on the road, [allowing us] to keep eating and getting recovered,” Murphy said.

“We have a full salad bar and pretty much any kind of food you can think of. A lot of guys go with the chicken and pastas and other cooked vegetables, so nothing too crazy there. But the food has been unreal.”

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Vegas Golden Knights Win Their Way Against The Colorado Avalanche

03/28/2021 at 8:37am EDT

from Ed Grainey of the Las Vegas Review-Journal,

I’m not sure who would be doubting a team that has won as much as the Golden Knights. But if that perceived slight gives you the motivation to get a significant road split, who’s to argue?

It’s not just that the Knights defeated Colorado 3-2 in overtime Saturday. It’s how they won. Playing their way.

We saw Thursday what happens when they don’t against this specific side. It’s not pretty.
Responding to a 5-1 loss in which they were dominated two days earlier, the Knights remained atop the Honda West Division because they refused to get caught up in another track meet.

They can’t beat Colorado that way. Patience isn’t just a key against the Avalanche. It’s the only way to succeed. You either limit transition rushes or you lose.

continued

Game highlights are below.

Prospect Repor

03/28/2021 at 6:31am EDT

from Helene St. James of the Detroit Free Press,

The NHL isn’t a developmental league, so putting a date on when prospects will be ready to put on a Wings jersey is tricky. But help is on the way. Shawn Horcoff keeps close tabs on the next generation in his role as the Wings’ director of player development, and he shared his insight into how select top prospects are faring.

F Jonatan Berggren

The 33rd pick in 2018 has been the other great Wings story to come out of Sweden this season. “He has been one of the best players in the league,” Horcoff said. Berggren, 20, has added muscle to his 5-foot-11, 183-pound frame after missing significant time the previous two seasons because of injuries.

“I still believe that time off was really good for him, because he had a long ways to go in terms of his physical strength and just overall body composition,” Horcoff said. “The injuries allowed him time to focus on those areas. He learned a lot about his body and also about the deficiencies in his game that he really needed to work on. To his credit, he put in the work and he’s had a fantastic season.”

Berggren first played in the SHL in 2017-18. He came into this season having appeared in 50 games, with two goals and 13 assists. This season, he has 12 goals and 32 points in 48 games with Skellefteå.

F Albin Grewe

The 66th pick in 2019 debuted Friday with the Grand Rapids Griffins, with whom he’ll stay while he waits to find out if the Ontario Hockey League will stage a season. (If that happens, he’ll join the Saginaw Spirit, who own his rights through the OHL import draft.) The 20-year-old is a 6-foot, 176-pound barrel of grit — a personable pest who models his game after NHL über-agitator Brad Marchand. That kind of game made Grewe stand out in his native Sweden.

“He’s more your typical Canadian, really — he’s a kid who goes out there and gives it his all every shift,” Horcoff said. “He’s proven he can score as well, can play on the power play.”

Grewe tallied three goals and three assists in 39 games with Djurgarden in the SHL. This was the first season he didn’t also spend time in lower Swedish leagues. “He’s figured out the sacrifice, the dedication that it takes to be a pro and making a pro team,” Horcoff said. “He had a really, really good summer last year and it showed in his play in Djurgarden. He carved out a nice little role there and played well.”

more (paid) prospects mentioned (D Albert Johansson, D Moritz Seider, D Antti Tuomisto, Joe Veleno and D Eemil Viro)

NHL Short Notes

03/28/2021 at 6:16am EDT

THREE HARD LAPS

* Auston Matthews and Connor McDavid each registered multi-point efforts, but the former’s 22nd goal of the season helped Toronto complete a multi-goal, third-period rally.

* Sidney Crosby extended his point streak to five games and continued his personal success against the Islanders. The Penguins captain has 3-7—10 over those five contests.

* Max Pacioretty’s fourth overtime goal of the season propelled the Golden Knight past the Avalanche. He sits one shy of the most in a single season in NHL history.

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