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Wings shuffle roster on eve of opener
Posted On Oct 09 2015
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The Toronto Maple Leafs and Detroit Red Wings square off at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit Friday night and Under bettors will have fond memories of their matchups in 2014-15.
“From a coach’s perspective, it’s have we done a good enough job preparing our guys and putting them into position to execute”, Blashill said.
Those two are added to the influx of young talent infused up-and-down the lineup, one of which is 19-year-old Dylan Larkin.
Stupid stat of the day: In the last two decades, the Red Wings have lost only once on October 9.
“We like our depth”, Wings general manager Ken Holland said. Kadri, with one goal vs. Detroit a year ago, will have to prove he can shut down elite players like Zetterberg to himself be considered one.
Were the only team to continue to make the playoffs in the salary cap world and weve been able to have patience with our kids, Holland continued.
He said, “There is a new coach”. “So I’m sure I will tonight, and I’d say most games I’ll have little butterflies to start”.
Detroit also has a good one-two punch between the pipes in Jimmy Howard and Petr Mrazek. A native of Carbonear, Newfoundland, Cleary racked up 275 points (124-151-275) in 609 games with Detroit during his 10 seasons with the club, in addition to contributing 49 points (23-26-49) in 111 playoff games while donning the winged wheel.
“I think as you move through the course of the season things come up and you have to work on different things”, Blashill said. “He was in a great situation at Western Michigan and had the security of I think a four or five year contract and did a good job of getting them into the NCAA Tournament”. That really hasn’t changed this season. During the 2015 Calder Cup Playoffs, Ouellet appeared in 16 games with Grand Rapids and led team defensemen in scoring with six points (1-5-6) and a plus-six rating. “I wish him well except the nights when they play the Leafs”. Jonathan Bernier allowed a goal on the first shot he faced Wednesday but was solid thereafter and is expected to start Friday while backup James Reimer goes against Ottawa on Saturday.
Blashill and Babcock met briefly Thursday night – Babcock stopped off at Blashill’s house – and is happy for his former assistant coach. I think that’s probably true in most of the cities in the National Hockey League.
