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Hossa!!!!!!!!!!!
Wednesday 07-02-2008 12:45pm ET
The rich just got a whole lot richer. Sources tell TSN that free agent Marian Hossa has signed a one-year. $7.4 million deal with the defending Stanley Cup champions the Detroit Red Wings. The 6-foot-1 winger scored 29 goals and 66 points in 72 games split between the Atlanta Thrahsers and the Pittsburgh Penguins. Hossa, 29, was acquired from the Thrashers at the trade deadline and helped Pittsburgh in its march to the Stanley Cups Finals. With 12 goals and 14 assists in 20 games, the 2008 playoffs went a long way to helping Hossa shed his reputation as a player that shone in the regular season, but struggled when it really mattered. Originally a first-round draft pick by the Ottawa Senators in 1997, Hossa has been named to five NHL all-star teams and has recorded 299 goals and 648 points in 701 career games. Hossa was shipped to Atlanta as part of the Dany Heatley trade in 2005. Wings Out of Running For Big Names
Tuesday 07-01-2008 5:40pm ET
Booth Newspapers says---
The Red Wings are out of the bidding for the high-end free-agent forwards, including Mats Sundin, but are still interesting in signing a forward, preferably on a one-year contract at a low salary (less than $3 million), general manager Ken Holland said. The Wings wanted Mats Sundin, but can't compete with some of the offers he's apparently getting. Vancouver reportedly offered two years at $20 million. They were only interested in Brian Rolston if was willing to accept a one-year deal, which he is not. And they don't have anywhere close to the cap space to bring in Marian Hossa. Former Wing Todd Bertuzzi, recently bought out by Anaheim, remains a possibility. "I'm interested in a player on a one-year deal, or a soft (low salary) two- or three-year deal,'' Holland said. "We can't be paying in the four or five (million-range) for a one-year deal because we'd be in trouble in '09 (not enough cap space).'' Conklin is Here
Tuesday 07-01-2008 3:16pm ET
RED WINGS AND TY CONKLIN AGREE TO TERMS …Veteran Goaltender Agrees to One-Year Deal With Detroit … Detroit, MI… Detroit Red Wings general manager Ken Holland announced today that the club has agreed to terms with goaltender Ty Conklin on a one-year contract. In keeping with team policy, additional terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Conklin was originally signed by the Edmonton Oilers in 2001 as a free agent out of the University of New Hampshire . He spent parts of four seasons in the Edmonton organization, followed by stints with the Columbus Blue Jackets and Buffalo Sabres. This past season, Conklin backed up Marc-Andre Fleury as a member of the Pittsburgh Penguins. He compiled an 18-8-5 record in 2007-08 with a 2.51 GAA and two shutouts in 33 games played. He finished second among NHL goaltenders with a .923 SV%.
Ty Conklin Stuart is Staying
Tuesday 07-01-2008 12:18pm ET
Sources tell TSN the Detroit Red Wings and veteran defenseman Brad Stuart have agreed to terms on a four-year contract that averages $3.75 million per season. Stuart, 28, joined the Red Wings in a trade from the Los Angeles Kings and he played a solid top-four role in helping Detroit to a Stanley Cup victory. The deal also included a no-trade clause in the first two season and a limited no-trade clause in the last two years of the contract. Stuart has moved around a fair bit in recent seasons, getting traded from San Jose to Boston in 2005 (as part of the Joe Thornton trade), from Boston to Calgary in 2007 before signing in Los Angeles as a free agent last summer. In 63 games with the Kings, Stuart had 21 points and was minus-16 but, given a stronger supporting cast in Detroit, he finished with two points and a plus-6 in nine regular season games before an impressive postseason in which he tallied seven points and a plus-15 rating, while playing 21:40 per game in 21 games. Free Agent update
Monday 06-30-2008 8:31pm ET
Ansar Khan is reporting that Andreas Lilja has signed a 2 year deal reportedly worth a little more than his previous $1 million dollar deal. Kahn also said that Ken Holland is waiting to hear back from Brad Stuart's agent, Pat Brisson, after making both long and short term deals. He'll continue talking to Brisson tonight and right up until noon Tuesday, when free agency begins. If he isn't signed by then, he's more than likely gone. Kahn also has news on Chris Chelios. He and GM Ken Holland have agreed to wait a few days before signing a one-year deal. Chelios is definitely coming back. They just need to settle on a salary and bonuses, which will depend on how active the Wings will be in free agency. Unlike previous years in this new CBA, bonuses earned in 2008-09 can't carry over to the following season, they must count against this upcoming year's cap. Holland wants to sign both Darren McCarty and Aaron Downey but will wait until after the dust settles from free agency to see where they're at with their roster. This will give both an opportunity to find a better deal elsewhere. Ideally, he'd like both on two-way contracts.
Kahn also said he spoke with the agent of restricted free-agent forward Valtteri Filppula but doesn't expect any deal to materialize until later in the summer.
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Congrats to Igor!!!
Tuesday 06-17-2008 4:09pm ET
TORONTO (AP) _ Former Detroit Red Wings center Igor Larionov and ex-Edmonton Oilers star Glenn Anderson have been elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame. Former linesman Ray Scapinello and builder Ed Chynoweth also made the Hall on Tuesday. The induction ceremony will be held on Nov. 10. Larionov won two Olympic gold medals with the Soviet Union and was one of the first players from the country to play in the NHL. He won three Stanley Cups with Detroit and had 644 points in 921 Cheli's Coming Back
Friday 06-13-2008 5:12pm ET
 Chris Chelios told Stoney & Wojo Friday afternoon that he and Red Wings G-M Ken Holland have agreed on a deal for him to come back next year. Nothing is signed yet, but Cheli says it's a done deal. Zetterberg Gets Another Award
Friday 06-13-2008 2:42pm ET
TSN names Henrik Zetterberg NHL Player of the Year: Conn Smythe Trophy winner Henrik Zetterberg has added another honour to his 2007-08 collection, as the Detroit Red Wings forward has been named the first TSN NHL Player of the Year. The honour goes to the most outstanding player of the full season (regular season and playoffs) and was voted on by a 30-member panel consisting of current NHL players, coaches and GMs, the NHLPA executive director and the NHL on TSN broadcast team.
TSN will donate $5,000 (Cdn.) to Zetterberg's charity of choice in recognition of this honour.
The inaugural TSN NHL Player of the Year featured a showdown between playoff co-scoring leader and MVP, Zetterberg, and regular season scoring leader and MVP, Alexander Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals. Zetterberg prevailed with 97 points including 13 first-place votes, while Ovechkin was runner up with 81 points and 12 first-place nods. Red Wings captain Nicklas Lidstrom finished third with 38 points including three first-place votes. (See detailed voting results below.)
While leading the Detroit Red Wings to their 11th Stanley Cup championship, Zetterberg tied for the playoff lead in goals scored (13) - among them the Stanley Cup-winning goal - and total points (27) to win the Conn Smythe Trophy.
Ovechkin led the regular season in goals (65) and total points (112) to become just the second player to win both the Rocket Richard Trophy and the Art Ross Trophy in the same season, leading the Capitals back to the playoffs for the first time since 2002-03. At last night's NHL Awards, Ovechkin captured both the Hart Trophy and Pearson Award.
Six-time Norris Trophy winner Nicklas Lidstrom became the first European-born and trained captain to win the Stanley Cup. Lidstrom led all defensemen in regular season assists (60), points (70) and plus/minus rating (+40).
While the NHL's Hart Trophy and Conn Smythe Trophy honour the league's most valuable player for the regular season and playoffs, respectively, the TSN NHL Player of the Year recognizes the most outstanding player based on combined performance in the regular season and playoffs.
Voters include NHL GMs Brian Burke, Cliff Fletcher, Kevin Lowe and Bryan Murray; NHLPA executive director Paul Kelly; NHL coaches Guy Carbonneau, Wayne Gretzky, Tom Renney and Alain Vigneault; and NHL players Martin Biron, Ryan Miller, Martin St. Louis, Joe Sakic, Joe Thornton and Marty Turco. Voters ranked their top three choices; first place votes were worth 5 points, second-place votes, 3 points, and third-place votes, 1 point.
VOTING RESULTS (5-3-1 point system)
1. Henrik Zetterberg (97 points)
1st: 13
2nd: 9
3rd: 5
2. Alexander Ovechkin (81 points)
1st: 12
2nd: 6
3rd: 3
3. Nicklas Lidstrom (38 points)
1st: 3
2nd: 5
3rd: 8
Awards Night
Friday 06-13-2008 7:10am ET
TORONTO -- Nicklas Lidstrom described it as icing on the cake, and Pavel Datsyuk joked that he hardly could remember the past week. The two Red Wings were in great moods Thursday evening during the NHL's annual Awards Show at the Elgin Theatre, where Lidstrom made history by becoming only the third player in history to win six Norris trophies and Datsyuk took home the Selke and Lady Byng trophies. Lidstrom finished fourth in voting for the Hart Trophy, given to the league's most valuable player, receiving two first-place votes among 246 points. Washington's Alex Ovechkin won it with 1,313 points and 128 first-place votes. Lidstrom was a near-unanimous choice for the Norris by the Professional Hockey Writers' Association, receiving 127 first-place votes and 1,313 points, trumping runner-up Dion Phaneuf of Calgary, who received two first-place votes among 561 points. Henrik Zetterberg, who was a finalist for the Selke as the best two-way forward, called Lidstrom one of the game's all-time greats. "He's the best player for us every night," Zetterberg said. "He barely ever makes a mistake. For me, coming here from Sweden, I knew he was good, but I didn't realize how good he was. Right now, it's tough for me to see any Swede in any sport that is better than him right now." Lidstrom, 38, further secured his place in hockey history as he now trails only Bobby Orr, who has eight Norris trophies, and Doug Harvey, who has seven. Lidstrom said he doesn't see himself as belonging with those players, but it's doubtful he'd find many who agree with him. "When you look at him when he is playing, he just makes it look so easy," Rangers goaltender Henrik Lundqvist said. "His biggest asset is probably his brain. He's just so smart out there, and he's at the right place at the right time, and that's why he can play almost 30 minutes a game. He's not running around. He just knows where to be all the time. That's probably why he can keep playing another 10 years." Lidstrom's burgeoning trophy case also includes four championship rings and the 2002 Conn Smythe as the playoffs' most valuable player. "I keep a house in Sweden, too," Lidstrom said with a smile, "so I've got room over there."
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