So, two of our big acquistions are having medical issues. Great.
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I highly doubt the final decision will come as much of a surprise. It really doesn’t seem likely that it would be anyone other than Lidstrom.
Also, the season begins two weeks from today so regular posting will be coming soon. Expect a season preview in the week leading up to the opener on October 5th.
The news that he failed his Thursday physical broke yesterday and was followed up by the Wings assuring us that they are not concerned. Now, they aren’t taking any chances, given what happened to Jiri Fischer. Hopefully, everything’s okay.
He’ll get $2.5 million for one year, again making either the Franzen or the Johnson signing look silly.
Simply select the game(s) that you would like to attend, purchase a minimum of 10 individual single seats in any combination (10 to one game, 1 to 10 games, etc.)* and guarantee yourself 2 upper bowl seats side by side** for this memorable event!
* All 10 or more singles must be purchased in 1 order to qualify for Steve Yzerman Night seats.
** Seat locations will be based on availability.
Um, is it just me or do they seem a little desperate to sell tickets?
That little deal is a tad expensive for Joe Fan, especially if the two tickets aren’t free in the end (they’re a little ambiguous about that) and if they crack down on groups pooling money (like a couple of poor college kids). (Thanks to Megan for the link)
Yes, that’s right, Boyd “Devoid” Devereaux is attending the Detroit Red Wings’ training camp. There’s the offensive punch we’ve been looking for! A 23-goal scorer returns to the team! Yeah! Oh wait…. that was over 256 games…. Why, oh why, Kenny?
Sam Weinman catches up with the former Red Wing as he settles into his new life as a Ranger.
The CP is reporting that the one-hour jersey retirement ceremony will take place before the Wings’ Jan. 2nd game versus the Anaheim Ducks. Steve Yzerman’s jersey will be the 6th to be retired by the Wings and will join Terry Sawchuk’s #1, Ted Lindsay’s #7, Gordie Howe’s #9, Alex Delvecchio’s #10 and Sid Abel’s #12 in the rafters of Joe Louis Arena. If you want tickets to that game, camp out on your computer the night they are released because they’ll be gone very quickly, I’m sure. It’s either that or take out a loan in order to buy them off someone. By the way, does anyone know the ticket release schedule?
Sure makes either the Franzen and Johnson signings seem even more redundant, eh? Dumont could have been ours, had the Wings not signed one of those two. Ah well.
The Mule’s new contract is for three years, $2.825 million, according to TSN. With the signing, Detroit now has 7 natural centers (Pavel Datsyuk, Jason Williams, Robert Lang, Henrik Zetterberg, Kris Draper and Greg Johnson are the others.). Glad to see you back, Johan.
Update (26. Aug, 8:27 AM): The Freep reports that, because Steve Yzerman’s $400,000 bonus from his last contract counts against the cap this season, the Wings are essentially operating under a $43.6 million limit. Franzen will earn $775,000 this season ($900,000 the next and $1.15 million in the third), leaving them only about $2.6 million left in cap space, according to the paper.
Since they’ll only be willing to part with about half of that figure in order to have a cushion, they really have only $1 million to $1.3 million to spend on another forward. Because players like Anson Carter and JP Dumont are asking for more than that, it seems very unlikely that the Wings will be making any more deals before the season.
