Location: Detroit, Mich. | Arena: Joe Louis Arena (20,066) | GM: Ken Holland | Coach: Mike Babcock | Stanley Cups: 11
Affiliates: Grand Rapids Griffins (AHL)
DEFENSEMEN Nicklas Lidstrom, Brian Rafalski, Niklas Kronwall, Brad Stuart, Andreas Lilja, Brett Lebda.
FIRST LINE Tomas Holmstrom, Pavel Datsyuk, Marian Hossa.
SECOND LINE Johan Franzen, Henrik Zetterberg, Jiri Hudler.
THIRD LINE Dan Cleary, Valtteri Filppula, Mikael Samuelsson.
FOURTH LINE Tomas Kopecky, Kris Draper, Kirk Maltby.
PLAYER NOTES
--RW Marian Hossa's first goal as a Red Wing will be the 300th of his NHL career.
--G Ty Conklin will make his Red Wings debut Monday when he starts against Carolina.
--D Andreas Lilja played in his 400th game on Saturday.
MEDICAL WATCH
--D Chris Chelios sustained a fractured right tibia during a preseason game on Sept. 30 and is expected to be out until early November.
--RW Darren McCarty (groin strain) was injured during training camp and starts the season on injured reserve. He is expected to be out at least two weeks.
--G Jimmy Howard sustained a broken finger in practice on Oct. 4 and starts the season on injured reserve. When he's healthy, in about a week to 10 days, he will be assigned to Grand Rapids.
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Well we've all seen the numerous failed league attempts. I figured I would go another route for this next one. As Cap has mentioned, he is thinking about starting a new league within the next week, missing the first week of play. Not a huge deal IMO. So here's the plan: The newest league will public to make sure it's filled on time. However, this thread will detail the date and time
If we want to have an all Red Wing starting line up for the Western Conference, we need to get out and do more voting. As it stands right now, the 3 forwards and Lidstrom are in, but Rafalski and Ozzi have a way to go. IT's going to take all of Hockeytown to get all 6 in the starting line up.
