Category: Griffins
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Red Wings take Gustav Lindstrom at No. 38 overall in the NHL Draft
By @MichaelCaples – The Red Wings are heading back to Sweden for their second pick of the 2017 NHL Draft. Detroit claimed defenseman Gustav Lindstrom at No. 38 overall, after taking center Michael Rasmussen in the first round Friday night. Lindstrom was ranked the No. 25 European skater heading into the draft after being ranked…
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New Wing Michael Rasmussen: “It’s a dream come true”
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By @MichaelCaples – Michael Rasmussen donned a Red Wings jersey Friday night as the Original Six franchise’s first-round pick in the 2017 NHL Draft, and the moment wasn’t lost on the big-bodied center. “It was my mind that coming here was something that could happen and now, it’s a dream come true,” Rasmussen said…
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Red Wings select Michael Rasmussen with the No. 9 overall pick in the 2017 NHL Draft
By @MichaelCaples – It was the highest pick the Red Wings held since 1990. What did they do with it? Welcome to Hockeytown, The Wings used the No. 9 overall pick to claim Michael Rasmussen among a sea of boos from the Chicago Blackhawks fans. Rasmussen is a 6-foot-6 center from Tri-City in…
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So after all that…it’s Tomas Nosek
By @MichaelCaples – Father’s Day came with a stressful Sunday morning for Red Wings fans, as many of the Hockeytown faithful cried foul. Petr Mrazek exposed instead of Jimmy Howard for the NHL Expansion Draft? How could you possibly expose a 25-year-old netminder instead of the 33-year-old making far more money? Soon, however, the…
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Expansion Draft results released
By @MichaelCaples – The Golden Knights will officially have a hockey team by the end of Wednesday night. During the NHL Awards Show, the selections made by the Las Vegas expansion franchise in the Expansion Draft were officially announced. MiHockey is following along tonight to chart out which players are selected, most notably who goes…
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MiHockey’s real expansion mock draft, and one ridiculously biased Michigan verison
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By @MichaelCaples and @StefanKubus – So we’re sitting here waiting for the actual Expansion Draft to start tonight, and we decided we should do our own instead. We’re doing two versions – a legitimate one and a ‘dude, let’s just pick all our Michigan boys’ one. The fun one to examine, obviously, is our Michigan-centric…
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Cholowski, Smith invited to Hockey Canada’s World Junior camp
By @MichaelCaples – Two Red Wings prospects will be in Plymouth this July. Hockey Canada has released its World Junior development camp roster, with Dennis Cholowski and Givani Smith both making the list. Cholowski was the Wings’ first-round pick in last summer’s NHL Draft; Smith was one of two second-round picks (the other being Filip…
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A look at the Red Wings’ expansion draft ‘available players’ list
By @MichaelCaples – Petr Mrazek is available to be claimed by the Las Vegas Golden Knights. Red Wings general manager Ken Holland was forced to decide between which of the Red Wings’ two goaltenders to expose in the NHL Expansion Draft process – Mrazek or Jimmy Howard – and he opted for the 25-year-old Czech…
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Michigan names on the ‘available list’ for the NHL Expansion Draft
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By @MichaelCaples – The NHL released its expansion draft protected lists today, as well as all the players on the ‘available list’ for the Las Vegas Golden Knights as they construct their first roster in franchise history. Here are the Michigan names (and a few former Red Wings) appearing in the ‘available’ column that…
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Red Wings’ protected list for expansion draft announced
By @MichaelCaples – With the addition of the Las Vegas Golden Knights franchise, the 2017 offseason is a unique one for the NHL member clubs. Today, all of the NHL clubs’ protected lists were announced for the upcoming NHL Expansion Draft, as the Golden Knights prepare to fill an empty locker room by selecting players…