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Avec le contrat que viennent d’accorder les Red Wings à Henrik Zetterberg, plusieurs observateurs supposent que la nouvelle marque la fin du séjour de Marian Hossa (et de Johan Franzen) dans la ville de l’automobile.

Ok, on joue à un ou l’autre:

Hossa ou Kovalev?

Comme à l’habitude, Marian déclare qu’il veut rester à Détroit.

Puisque le CH affronte les champions de la Coupe Stanley ce soir, nous vous proposons quelques liens qui pourraient nous en dire plus sur ces premiers de classe.

Un peu d’espionnage industriel pour supporteurs question de voir comment ça marche à Hockeytown.

Ingrédient #1: Développer le talent. Exemple: Johan Franzen, “The Mule”.

Franzen was basically banished to bandy after getting suspended from hockey for 10 months following a run-in with an official.

“I accidentally touched a referee,” Franzen said. “He went down. There were no cameras or anything. He stopped in front of me. I didn’t stop. I was a kid doing a stupid thing. I was 18, I think. I guess I didn’t see him.”

Assistant general manager Jim Nill, who is in charge of the Red Wings’ draft, said the suspension didn’t factor into their decision when they selected Franzen in the third round, 97th overall, in 2004.

“That was never an issue with us,” Nill said. “We talked with people. We knew he was a character person.”

Ingrédient #2: Faire de bons achats. Exemple: Marian Hossa.

He has been their best player so far, dominating at both ends of the ice. He’s dangerous with the puck because he can shoot and pass with equal deftness. He forechecks, backchecks — and paid the check after a recent team dinner in Vancouver […]

Ingrédient #3: Cent fois sur le métier… Exemple: Mike Babcock.

“The West is good, it’s going to be tough, it’s going to be tight. I would have liked to have gotten to 15 (wins), but 32 points at this point is a good effort. I thought our defensive play has been better since that Pittsburgh game where we had the meltdown (7-6 overtime loss on Nov. 11). Like most teams, we’re a work in progress.”

Finalement, Ingrédient #4: Bien manger. Exemple: Chris Chelios

Un peu de lecture en attente du match contre les Blues.

Les Red Wings en amour avec Marian Hossa. À voir sa production, on comprend mieux pourquoi.

He is a prankster, this Marian Hossa, a big kid. He’ll get you on an elevator, distract you from getting off on your floor, then laugh at you when you figure it out.

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“And then not only is he just an unbelievable player, but the type of person he is, I mean, he is just the nicest guy to everyone. He’s not cocky. He’s not one of those divas that some great players are.”

Mike Keenan commence à sentir la soupe chaude à Calgary. Je vous invite d’ailleurs à participer au pool des entraîneurs dès lundi.

“If Mike Keenan is feeling the heat as head coach of the Calgary Flames, he’s keeping his cool. […]

Tune in to the radio and you can hear fans begging for him to be fired.

Log on to an Internet fan forum and you’ll see posts suggesting replacements.”

Les Sharks de San Jose organisent cette semaine une petite virée parents-enfants. Le père de chaque joueur fait le trajet avec l’équipe vers Chicago. Ça serait peut-être le moment pour le CH de faire de même..?

“I don’t know for sure, but I think I’m rooming with Doug Murray’s dad this time,” said Wayne Thornton, Joe’s father. “I see Doug’s mom and dad quite a bit, so that’ll be nice. And I hope Mr. Roenick’s there. He’s a character.”

Les Islanders de New York ont besoin d’un nouvel aréna au plus sacrant. Gary Bettman fait pression. On déménage sous peu?

After meeting with Islanders owner Charles Wang on Tuesday, Bettman urged Town of Hempstead officials through reporters to get the necessary approvals to get this thing going again. Then yesterday, the commissioner went on Chris Botta’s ESPN Radio show and said groundbreaking “has to” occur by next summer.

Bettman didn’t say.