Detroit Red Wings news and notes

Fight Night in Hockeytown

Today in Detroit Sports History, Match 26th, 1997- This might very well be the defining moment for a generation of Detroit Red Wings fans, and maybe even in the entire lexicon of Detroit sports history.

Today in Detroit Red Wings history-January 27th

January 27th, 2009-Henrik Zetterberg may have been suffering from back troubles, but a new contract will cure all. In 2009 the Detroit Red Wings signed Zetterberg to a 12 year, 72 million dollar contract that all but insured he will play his entire career with the Winged Wheel on his sweater.

Should the Detroit Pistons and Detroit Red Wings share a downtown arena?

This story is a little complicated, and we have to look at a whole lot of factors. What we are really looking it are forces of business pressing on each other trying to get things done that are good for business but not necessarily good for sports fans.

2009-10 NHL preview: Detroit Red Wings

The Detroit Red Wings have been one of the finest sports organizations in any sport over the past twenty years. It is really too bad that the NHL salary cap finally caught up to them. In previous years Wings’ owner Mike Illitch would have cut check to Marian Hossa, Mikael Samuelson, Jiri Hudler, and Tomas Kopecky. However this year he could not, and the Wings had to let all four players go. After signing both Henrick Zetterberg and Johan Franzen to very cap friendly long term deal the Wings just didn’t have enough cap space to make a big splash on the free agent market.

Detroit Red Wings sign Bertuzzi

For the second time in his career Todd Bertuzzi is a Detroit Red Wing.  Since the Red Wings have a policy against releasing details of contracts to the press, the amount of the one year deal is as of yet undisclosed. Bertuzzi will add some much needed grit and nastiness to a Red Wings roster that has lacked both in recent seasons.

Wings Sign Franzen to 11 year deal

Long term deal are very much in vogue in the NHL, since a player’s salary cap number is determined by the average amount of salary over the length of the new contract. No one understands this better then Detroit Red Wings GM Ken Holland who earlier this year locked up another one of his stars, Henrik Zetterberg, to a similar 12 year deal.