Off-Season Updates

Rodya · Post #1 » by **Rodya** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 10:33 pm

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April

April 5, 2008 Signed left wing Justin Abdelkader to a three-year contract.

May

May 12, 2008 Signed center Ville Leino to a one-year contract.
May 25, 2008 Signed left wing Dick Axelsson and defenseman Logan Pyett to three-year contracts.

June

June 9, 2008 Announced the retirement of goaltender Dominik Hasek.
June 11, 2008 Signed coach Mike Babcock to a three-year contract extension.
June 26, 2008 Signed defenseman Siarhei Kolasau to a two-year contract.
June 30, 2008 Signed defenseman Andreas Lilja to a two-year contract extension.

July

July 1, 2008 Signed defenseman Brad Stuart to a four-year contract; agreed to terms with goaltender Ty Conklin on a one-year contract.
July 3, 2008 Agreed to terms with right wing Marian Hossa on a one-year contract.
July 15, 2008 Announced the retirement of right wing Dallas Drake.
July 22, 2008 Re-signed defenseman Jonathan Ericsson and goaltender Jimmy Howard to three-year contracts.
July 24, 2008 Re-signed left wing Ryan Oulahen to a one-year contract; signed right wing Darren Haydar to a one-year contract.
July 30, 2008 Re-signed center Valtteri Filppula to a five-year $15 million deal.

August

August 5, 2008 Hire McCrimmon as new assistant coach to a 3-year deal.

Rodya · Post #2 » by **Rodya** » Sat Aug 2, 2008 12:14 am

Forward Lines
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LW Henrik Zetterberg
C Pavel Datsyuk
RW Marian Hossa
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LW Tomas Holmstrom
C Valtteri Filppula
RW Johan Franzen
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LW Daniel Cleary
C Kris Draper
RW Mikael Samuelsson
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LW Kirk Maltby
C Jiri Hudler
RW Darren McCarty

Defensive Pairings
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D Nicklas Lidstrom
D Brian Rafalski
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D Niklas Kronwall
D Brad Stuart
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D Andreas Lilja
D Brett Lebda

Goaltenders
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G Chris Osgood
G Ty Conklin

Reserves
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C Darren Helm
C Tomas Kopecky
D Chris Chelios
D Derek Meech

Post #3 » by **TNBT** » Sat Aug 2, 2008 5:41 pm

I like the look of our off-season moves so far. I am a huge fan of Dom so it kind of sucks to see him retire, but it became pretty obvious during this past season that he didn't have anything left, and Ozzie had established himself as our #1 goalie. As for the lines though, I'm not even going to THINK about trying to guess what they are at this point. I look forward to seeing what our lines look like once all the dust settles and camp starts up.

Rodya · Post #4 » by **Rodya** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 6:26 pm

Freep wrote:GM Holland: Red Wings Will Not Sign Sundin
27th August, 2008 - 9:34 pm
Detroit News - Mats Sundin may be touring various NHL cities, but Red Wings GM Ken Holland told the Detroit News that he is not interested in signing the veteran center.

“I don’t know Mats Sundin’s travel plans, but we’re not signing Mats Sundin,” Holland told the newspaper on Wednesday.

Post #5 » by **TNBT** » Sat Aug 30, 2008 4:02 am

Did you really want us to go after Sundin? I'm sure there are other areas we could use more help at.

Post #6 » by **ajaX82** » Tue Sep 2, 2008 4:56 pm

We have too many players if anything, Sundin wasnt neccessary. Ill give my guess at line pairings soon, i have a few differences

Post #7 » by **Mr Swagtastic** » Thu Sep 4, 2008 7:32 pm

Sundin would be a great player but he would be redundant here. I mean I don't see him signing here just for a shot at being a 2nd line C, I don't think we have any cap space as well either so how would we sign him?

Rodya · Post #8 » by **Rodya** » Thu Sep 4, 2008 9:58 pm

Don't get me wrong, I'm not "upset" we didn't land him. We don't need him, but that doesn't mean I wouldn't have loved to have him here...maybe there's still hope for a Shanny return? Nah.

Post #9 » by **ajaX82** » Mon Sep 8, 2008 9:05 pm

DETROIT -- Red Wings coach Mike Babcock confirmed he's breaking up Pavel Datsyuk and Henrik Zetterberg.

Instead of playing on the same line, Datsyuk and Zetterberg will center the top two lines.

Datsyuk is likely to open training camp on a line with Hossa and Tomas Holmstrom while Zetterberg is matched with Franzen and Jiri Hudler.

So, our lines will be as follows (im guessing)

Holmstrom Datsyuk Hossa
Franzen Zetterberg Hudler
Cleary Filppula Samuelsson
Maltby Draper McCarty/Kopecky

The return of the grind line i hope (Yay!) and really 4 solid lines. I mean Filppula is our 3rd line center!?! We have size, speed and playmaking ability on the first three lines; all three!

If Goaltending holds up i see no reason we dont repeat as champs

Rodya · Post #10 » by **Rodya** » Tue Sep 9, 2008 3:54 am

^ Hudler second line? I don't know about that one...

Post #11 » by **Mr Swagtastic** » Sat Sep 13, 2008 4:32 pm

RUSSIAN LIGHTNING wrote:^ Hudler second line? I don't know about that one...

Agreed, I think it will be Samuelsson who will be on the 2nd line

Post #12 » by **ajaX82** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 5:51 pm

I like Hudler and think he would be good on the second line. Hes a shifty little playmaker and with good linemates and planty of Icetime i suspect he could have a real fine season.

Id much prefer him over Samuelsson to be honest

Rodya · Post #13 » by **Rodya** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 10:15 pm

I'd actually take Filpulla over both of em. Great size, talent, and hefty new contract spells second line to me.

Post #14 » by **Mr Swagtastic** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 12:11 am

RUSSIAN LIGHTNING wrote:I'd actually take Filpulla over both of em. Great size, talent, and hefty new contract spells second line to me.

Filpulla is a C though. I think he would be a great 3rd line guy who matches well against 2nd or 1st line opposing C's. Either way we are deep as hell

Post #15 » by **ajaX82** » Tue Oct 14, 2008 1:56 pm

The Kings snatched Kyle Quincey off waivers from us.

Too bad, didnt mind the kid at all. If only we had waived Lilja