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a big part of me thinks p. kane and stamkos are linked, in a positive way, for the
#RedWings
.
one can understand them being more excited about the
@DetroitRedWings
, if the other guy is, also.
look how cleanly The Hockey Player delivers this hit.
it is a bit from behind, so he delays. shoulder to chest.
NO head.
this is a work of art, by about the only good news all season, tyler bertuzzi.
#RedWings
rebuilding
just beat a contender for the
#StanleyCup
, in its building, 80th game of season. they are a point out of playoffs and people are looking at 12 seasons since lidstrom, rafalski and stuart departed, and asserting 2023-24 is NOT significant progress.
WRONG.
#RedWings
missed helm and glendening, this year.
many fans do not like reading that, but it is true.
good role players, solid DEFENSIVELY, and those roles were missed in 2021-22.
@DetroitRedWings
pavel datsyuk is the 28th member of the triple gold club
stanley cups 2002 and 2008
world championship 2012
olympics 2018
he joins his pal henrik zetterberg with tri-golds, on same night Z. ties ted lindsay for 5th
#RedWings
career goals.
#OARvsGER
#PyeongChang2018
ok, so all you folks who said zadina was a bust and yzerman blew his first, first round pick can line up to the left.
attendants are in place to revoke your credentials.
thank you.
oh, and that quinn hughes versus filip zadina argument?
HOLD THE PHONE, BABY!
"he had a better shot than young stamkos."
- scotty bowman
first 50-goal scorer
@DetroitRedWings
did it in consecutive seasons, and seemed destined for 400 or 500 in career, when injured back ended it.
personality, creative gift for language.🎙️
#Mickeyisms
#RedWings
#RedWings
vrana
my thoughts went immediately to what marc bergevin, g.m. of
@CanadiensMTL
, said when carey price entered the
@NHL
/
@NHLPA
employee program:
“Today, I’m not thinking about Carey Price, the goalie for the Montreal Canadiens, but Carey Price the human being."
seven seasons after the retirement of nicklas lidstrom and six after they failed to sign suter and parise the
#RedWings
are the third oldest
@NHL
team with the second highest payroll...
they are 6pts out of the cellar.
and dennis cholowski and filip hronek play
@griffinshockey
#RedWings
ok, so remember a few months ago when i urged caution about seider, saying
#SHL
to
#NHL
is a big step, he was bound to experience some growing pains, he needed to get mistakes out of his system and some patience would be required?
... I WAS WRONG!
@DetroitRedWings
#RedWings
@DetroitRedWings
retirement of nicklas lidstrom
death of gordie howe
death of mike ilitch
cyclical decline of the team
closing joe louis arena
henrik zetterberg steps aside
sellers on trade deadlines
Sure seems like Hockeytown has been experiencing too much loss lately. Very sad to hear about the passing of Ted Lindsay. A Detroit legend, who was a vital part of a lot of winning and a lot of development for the club. His commanding presence and kind demeanor will be missed. 🐙
GOOD NEWS!
a source close to slava kozlov's family tells me he is out of the hospital and did have a difficult case of COVID-19.
#RedWings
@georgemalik
it breaks my heart to write that due a series of reductions to staff over the years, including now, i am told to report to the metro desk beginning the first week of february.
i worked there from 2000 to 2009, before beginning to cover
#RedWings
it has been a great joy.
1/2
June 7, 1997: Darren McCarty scores one of the greatest goals in Stanley Cup Final history - the Cup-winning goal in Detroit's 4-0 sweep of Philadelphia.
"I don't think Hextall realized that
@DarrenMcCarty4
had this move in his bag of tricks."
#LGRW
before
#Detroit
media proclaim what a great thing it is that mike babcock is coaching and how he helped turn things around amid difficult circumstances in turrana, can someone ask him questions about johan franzen's assertions, and why
#RedWings
players serially wanted him fired?
blashill:
@FoxSportsDet
i thought filip zadina was our best forward, tonight. and, he's fighting to stay here.
maybe some of the others need to play like they are.
#RedWings
#FreeZadina
the
#RedWings
should NOT pursue kevin shattenkirk, even at what may be a sharp discount.
DRAFT AND DEVELOP, DO NOT DELAY!
open roster slots; do not close!
@DetroitRedWings
only 30 followers unfollowed.
nowhere nearly enough!
🇺🇸
all of the rest of you white-supremicist, fascist, anti-vaccination, flat-earth folks need get wise and unfollow me by noon tomorrow.
seriously, the confederacy beckons: GO BACK!
UNFOLLOW
@greggkrupa
#RedWings
berggren
#CARvsDET
1A +1 9:02 2ATT
#DETvsSTL
1G +2 10:12 1SOG 1TK 3BS
#DETvsDAL
1G 8:30 1SOG 1TK 2BS
"... prove they belong."
what happens when they do and they still ain't here?
@DetroitRedWings
he played mostly 4th line, got few minutes. did that.
PLAY HIM!
expect to hear a lot more about how
#RedWings
have won two in a row because they have all their veteran D in the lineup.
do not believe it.
#FreeHronek
if someone lines a guy up, the guy can duck.
looks nasty, certainly. and NYI bench objected, as one would expect.
folks may have even "taken the number."
but, clean play; self-defense.
The Red Wings’ season came to an end in Montreal last night.
Is GM Steve Yzerman on the hot seat?
Let’s discuss on the latest The Athletic Hockey Show with
@seangentille
,
@DownGoesBrown
&
@frankcorrado22
.
🎧 Listen:
#JeffBlashill
on a personal note, i wrote a column in his third year as head coach of the
#RedWings
asserting he should not be back for the fourth year of the deal.
i never noticed his considerate attitude toward me change.
thank you, coach.
@DetroitRedWings
an unfortunate pun, and a courageous performance.
in his first game played in 10 months, tyler bertuzzi led the
#RedWings
in blocked shots.
@DetroitRedWings
can i ask you multiple detractors a question?
WHAT IS MANTHA SUPPOSED TO DO?
run away and hide?
this whole thing about mantha, larkin and athanasiou NOT FIGHTING is...
TOTALLY BOGUS!!!!!!!!
get away from me with that.
IT IS NOT CURLING.
anyone who does not understand, making the playoffs or not, this is a big, successful season for
#RedWings
rebuilding lacks knowledge of
#hockey
,
#NHL
and the
@DetroitRedWings
that simple.
lacking intellectual discipline.
2022-23
@DetroitRedWings
the scent of playoff hockey distracted from the main purpose:
#RedWings
rebuilding.
berggren getting well more
#NHL
time than expected, and 23Pts in 53GP.
edvinsson BELONGS in the league. big steps since autumn!
draft & develop.
repeat.
"the fans were very understanding. they knew how bad we needed this, tonight
"... i'm sure they needed it as well.
"we're all in this together."
@Dylanlarkin39
the future captain of
@DetroitRedWings
#RedWings
2/2
i had always hoped to expand my role.
now, it is eliminated.
i will particularly miss talking to the players and coaches, interacting with the fans and the different styles of sports writing.
i intend to continue to live tweet many wings games, from tv, and to blog.
filip hronek, career.
26GP 3G 10A 13Pts.
#MINvsDET
paired with dekeyser, now, with jensen gone. on 1st PP unit.
2A +1 19:37 3ATT 2HT 2GV 1BS
NO MORE GRAND RAPIDS, PLEASE!!!
#RedWings
mccarty told me he had never inside-outted a defenseman like that before.
he said, when No. 19 got to him in the corner, to celebrate, yzerman said, "what the #%!?:/ was THAT?"
mccarty said he told him, "i don't know!"
first
#StanleyCup
in 42 years.
#RedWings
thanks for thinking of me, folks!
i certainly miss
#RedWings
beat. but, ENORMOUSLY PLEASED to be employed, even with signficant pay cut.
grateful for followers, reading.
not many places one gets paid to write.
what i do! shoulda learned to fix cars, obviously.
HAPPY 4th!
when veterans like green make mistakes like that, one wonders all the more why developing defensemen are not allowed to develop at the
@NHL
level.
and, no i do not think that is a cheap shot, based on one giveaway.
i think hronek would have played better than some veterans.
dear mr. bettman;
in your acceptance speech for your induction to the
#hockeyhalloffame
, please explain how you intend to avoid lockouts in future negotiations for CBAs, and your position on brain trauma, CTE and hockey.
thanks.
@NHL
@HockeyHallFame
#RedWings
fourth consecutive win, fourth consecutive game less than 2GA.
"i think its our defense. we're playing it really well, and it showed the other day against colorado."
- j.t. compher
@daniellabruce_
@971theticketxyt
#RedWings
edvinsson
those intending to use moritz seider as a standard to gauge simon edvinsson should remind themselves: it does not happen all that often.
@DetroitRedWings
i understand disagreeing with yzerman.
but, observers who continuously tell him to do something he repeatedly said he will NOT is NO OBSERVATION, AT ALL.
it is heckling. talk radio tripe! NOT serious commentary. six beers in the bleachers rhetoric. click bait!
#RedWings
remember when they screamed, WHO????
who?
#Griffins
fifth-leading scorer and top-scoring defenseman. third on team in assists.
18GP 1G 9A 10Pts
#RedWings
@griffinshockey
Highlighted by Moritz Seider’s two-point night, five Griffins rookies combined to score three goals and chip in three assists on Wednesday as Grand Rapids claimed a 4-3 victory over San Antonio at Van Andel Arena.
#RedWings
debrincat
comes at slight cost in
#NHL
players, prospect on defense and valuable draft picks
but, EMINENTLY COST EFFICIENT, in personnel, dollars and term
@DetroitRedWings
obtain FINISHER!
@Senators
get ONLY kubalik to help them, now
a good HARD BARGAIN, yzerman!
please tell those who have proclaimed dylan larkin a third line center that he leads the
@NHL
in initial goals over the past two seasons.
then, tell their two dozen followers to ignore their ignorance.
#RedWings
larkin
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
-
... the years some people have written-off jimmy howard, in
#Detroit
#RedWings
@DetroitRedWings
suspend.
charge, criminally.
it is assault, pure and simple. it has no place in
#hockey
. it has no place in society.
remove him.
he is unworthy, AND IT HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR YEARS!!!
@NHL
@NHLPlayerSafety
a poorly regulated league.
raymond.
mr. lindsay would have liked him.
not big. he does not care: sticks his nose in it constantly.
incredible rookie seasons for these two kids. unprecedented in
@DetroitRedWings
history.
#FreeBerggren
i do not blame him for looking less than enthusiastic in grand rapids.
the
#RedWings
are better with him.
they also would be better with edvinsson.
#RedWings
rebuilding
watching the
@DetroitRedWings
right now is like the day you thought your dad might bring home a pizza to go and he also had a new puppy with him.
#RedWings
#DETvsCBJ
lukas raymond is
@DetroitRedWings
best player, in preseason
nedeljkovic played WELL.
zadina having good preseason.
seider will make mistakes and experience some growing pains, AS EXPECTED! (young
#NHL
defenseman.)
moritz seider
#RedWings
best defenseman 2019
@iihf_wjc
captain of team as double-underaged player.
2d in team scoring, 5GP 1G 6A 7Pts
men's national team
#iihfworlds2019
5GP 2G
first defenseman 18-or-under to score a point at men's worlds since phil housley, 1982
#RedWings
should call up edvinsson who will make no greater number of mistakes than some members of this defensive corps, and is MUCH QUICKER than most!
#RedWings
rebuilding
@griffinshockey
#RedWings
rebuilding
heady days, for those of you who have gone through it all since lidstrom, rafalski and stuart were suddenly gone
suggest pausing to savor!
in playoff position, late february, they beat colorado
then, they have one of their best periods of 2023-24 vs. STL
in the photograph on the right, the man at the left is joe louis, of
#Detroit
, the heavyweight champion of the world, who helped raise money for woodard and his family.
#sport
#society
Isaac Woodard, WWII veteran, hours after being honorably discharged, was attacked by South Carolina police while still in uniform when taking the bus home & left permanently BLIND
The officers were acquitted by an all white jury
#VeteransDay2022
A THREAD!
you know, perhaps i should not tweet this, but watch this play and think of the number 19 on larkin's back.
the goal is certainly something
#RedWings
No. 19 would have done.
swipe puck, turn on dime, feed effective pass, win game. and then LEAD the merry band in celebration.
blashill said he thinks zadina was dangerous against
#Rangers
thursday, and that he is some steps ahead of players his age in terms of recognizing the state of play and attention to details.
#RedWings
"Detroit tried to move Jonathan Ericsson before waiving him Tuesday. If this is the end of his NHL career — and life has a funny way of making things turn out like no one expects — respect to a last-overall draft choice who played 662 games. That is beating the odds."
#RedWings
blashill: over time, svechnikov has learned to use his skill in a more efficient way.
he wants to be great so badly, he can sometimes be too tough on himself.
svechnikov will stay, even when nielsen returns.