The Red Wings are the obvious choice, and with good reason. In a funny way, the frequency of disappointment in Detroit is a sure sign of how good this team has been.

Though Manny Legace never played an NHL game for the Carolina Hurricanes or Hartford Whalers - not yet, anyway - he was the Whalers' eighth-round draft pick in 1993, a draft that also brought Chris Pronger, Marek Malik and Nolan Pratt to the organization.

The Sporting News's Craig Custance spoke to Detroit Red Wings GM Ken Holland about his 2001-2002 Stanley Cup-winning team's status as one whose players continue their march into the Hockey Hall of Fame when Steve Yzerman, Luc Robitaille, and Brett Hull are inducted on Monday.

The Red Wings added Dominik Hasek, Luc Robitaille and Brett Hull with one goal in mind: end their playoff frustration.

Red Wings GM Ken Holland spoke to SI's Michael Farber while "on the road" last weekend , and he addressed an all-too-familiar topic--the competency of Detroit's goaltenders, and, very specificially, Jimmy Howard's ability to play at the NHL level: November 4, Sports Illustrated : Since Dominik Hasek helped Detroit win the 2002 Stanley Cup, Holland ...

Steve Yzerman's career statistics with the Detroit Red Wings and the class he brought to the game made the Nepean-raised player a cinch for induction even though he admits it feels strange to be considered a hall of famer.

As the Globe and Mail's Eric Duhatschek notes, many pundits argued that the Detroit Red Wings' 2001-2002 Stanley Cup-winning team deserved its own wing in the Hockey Hall of Fame, and that prediction has at least partially come to pass: November 2, Globe and Mail : The Detroit Red Wings make a rare trip to Toronto on Saturday, providing the ...

As noted on Monday, former Red Wings goaltender Dominik Hasek suffered a thigh injury while playing for HC Eaton Pardubice in the Czech Extraliga, and the Globe and Mail's John Marchesan reports that Hasek's hopes of participating in the 2010 Olympics are fading fast: October 29, Globe and Mail : The 44-year-old is scheduled to miss the next three ...

This past Saturday, ESPN's Pierre LeBrun revealed that Red Wings captain Nicklas Lidstrom made a public show of support for former Wing Chris Chelios's committee review of NHLPA executive director Paul Kelly's firing after the current PA executive director, Ian Penny, circulated a letter which blasted Chelios's actions.

The Week Ahead Red Wing rut From the struggles of Detroit coach Mike Babcock to the amazing goaltending performance by Craig Anderson of Colorado, news from around the NHL Eric Duhatschek Published on Sunday, Oct.

So this much we know. One evening, in the not-too-distant future, fans will look to the rafters at Joe Louis Arenaa 'or wherever the Red Wings will be playing by thena 'and see a large red "jersey" with a white No.

Former Red Wings goaltender Dominik Hasek is currently minding the net for HC Eaton Pardubice in the Czech Extraliga, but SI's Jim Kelley reports that Hasek wants to stage an Olympic-sized return to international prominence: October 16, Sports Illustrated : At first blush, the inclusion of 44-year-old goalie Dominik Hasek on the Czech Republic's ...

Injuries already are taking their toll in the NHL. Last week, the Red Wings lost top power forward Johan Franzen for at least four months after he tore his left ACL against the Blackhawks.

Western Conference pre-season capsules Central Division Detroit Red Wings Last season: 52-21-7 a ' 115 points, first in conference, won Stanley Cup.

In my opinion Dominik Hasek is the greatest Buffalo Saber ever. However in almost everyone elsea TMs opinion Hasek is second best after Gilbert Perrault.

From Toledo of the ECHL to stints with the Islanders and Red Wings, Joey MacDonald has kept plugging away.

Red Wings GM Ken Holland spoke to The Fan 590's Darren Millard and Gord Murphy on Thursday morning, discussing the team's trip to Sweden, its relative lack of "jet lag," Detroit's attempt to rebound from both their losses to the St.

Bergman played 706 games for Detroit and scored 60 goals and 243 assists for 303 points.

In the grand scheme of things, tonight's matchup between the Ottawa Senators is just another game in the long journey that is an NHL season.

The boss asked for a preview of the National Hockey League season. But which one: B.O. or A.O.? Before or after the Olympics? The 2009-10 campaign is really two long seasons - 61 games at the start, 21 more plus the playoff marathon at the end - separated by a two-week February sprint that will be as relentlessly hyped and pressure-packed as any ...