More Red Wings are finding work during the lockout. Valtteri Filppula said during the Wings conditioning skates he’d be playing in his native Finland if the lockout looked like it would drag on. And with no negotiations set for this week between the league and players, and all September exhibition games cancelled, Filppula saw the … Continue Reading →
A nice ending to a neat little story. Turns out Jakub Kindl did get to meet his boyhood idol, Jaromir Jagr, Sunday when the Flyers were in town. Kindl had mentioned during the weekend what a fan he was of Jagr growing up in the Czech Republic. Kindl hoped to get one of Jagr’s sticks, … Continue Reading →
The flu knocked Nicklas Lidstrom out two weeks ago and tonight it did the same to Brad Stuart. With Stuart unavailable, Mike Commodore and Jakub Kindl are both in the lineup on defense. Commodore was supposed to be a healthy scratch. Danny Cleary will play after expressing some doubt this morning because of a sore … Continue Reading →
I had some computer problems earlier at Rogers Arena which prevented me from sending this. Danny Cleary (leg) will be in the lineup this evening after not practicing yesterday in Vancouver. Cleary, as a matter of fact, spent time at a hospital, fearing he had a blood clot. Cleary feared he had a Baker’s cyst, … Continue Reading →
Pavel Datsyuk is in the Red Wings lineup tonight against Phoenix but Todd Bertuzzi is out. Datsyuk, who missed Tuesday’s game on Long Island because of a lower body injury, took part in the morning skate Thursday and said he would be a game-time decision. Bertuzzi’s injury is undisclosed and unknown at this point. Jan … Continue Reading →