AGRI Biz

National pride or Stanley Cup glory? á This question may haunt some of the Red Wings in the next couple months. á The Red Wings will have nine potential Olympians, four of whom are currently injured, and all could be playing for the Swedish National Team.áShould the players risk further injury and defend their gold medals, or stay at home and heal for the upcoming playoff run? á There are three possible scenarios: á Players recover well before ...

If Monday night’s performance hasn’t put an end to the debate as to who the starting goaltender in Detroit needs to be, I don’t know what will.   In a season where the Wings are looking for players to step up and take charge of a game, Jimmy Howard put in his best performance of the year, possibly even his career.    Howard stopped 39 shots, and kept his team in a game they ...

Finally, after using four different starting goalies in six years, the rideáhas come to a complete stop and everyone can get off. á However, please forgive Chris Osgood if heástarts believing thoseáapocalyptic street preachers. Jimmy Howard is coming into his own, and the end is nigh for Ozzy as starting goaltender of the Detroit Red Wings.á á In a season where the Wings are struggling for goals, let alone to stay healthy, inconsistent play ...

Finally, after using four different starting goalies in six years, the rideáhas come to a complete stop and everyone can get off. á However, please forgive Chris Osgood if heástarts believing thoseáapocalyptic street preachers. Jimmy Howard is coming into his own, and the end is nigh for Ozzy as starting goaltender of the Detroit Red Wings.á á In a season where the Wings are struggling for goals, let alone to stay healthy, inconsistent play ...

In this final look at the new additions, I’ll be profiling the free agent signings the Wings made in the offseason to fill the gaps created by players signing elsewhere and lost to injury.   The Wings signed Todd Bertuzzi to a one year, $1.5 million contract this past offseason. The move was made, presumably, to make the Wings tougher up front and give them a pure power forward.   In years past, Bertuzzi ...

The Red Wings are slowly getting healthier, but still need you players to assume a bigger role on the team. Today, I’ll take a look at the defensive players that the Wings are hoping can step in and step up. Considering Jonathan Ericsson has only been playing defense for seven years, he has come a long way in a short time. When the Wings found him in 2001, he was playing center ...

With the rash of departures and injuries piling up, the Red Wings need their “kids” to step in and play bigger roles on the team.   The team is hovering around the .500 mark, and inconsistent play is starting to frustrate the fanbase.   Because the team’s depth isn’t what it was last season, it is finally starting to embrace a youth movement and the growing pains inherent to developing that talent at an ...

Sitting near the bottom of the division is certainly not where the Red Wings expected to be at this point in the season. Now is not the time to panic, however. They can look to a familiar foe for proof of that.   The off-season losses of Marian Hossa, Jiri Hudler, Mikael Samuelsson, Tomas Kopecky and Ty Conklin in addition to injuries to Johan Franzen, Valteri Filppula, Jason Williams and Niklas Kronwall ...

One of the biggest surprises in the league thus far is the mediocre start of the Detroit Red Wings. Cheering on a team that has enjoyed so much success for so long, itÆs understandable that fans might be a little spoiled. A 7-5-3 start isnÆt going to doom this team, but there are some startling trends that, if not addressed, could prove problematic. á To understand just what is ailing Detroit, we ...

Everyone loves a comeback story. It’s what this nation was built on. From the Revolutionary War, to the Miracle on Ice, to Britney Spears, we just can’t seem to get enough. So naturally, I got excited when rumor arose of a Theo Fleury comeback. Sure, it’s been six years since we last saw him in an NHL arena, but I can’t help but be curious as to what would result. Would ...