DETROIT - Red Wings General Manager Ken Holland and Assistant GM Jim Nill selected defenseman Jakub Kindl with their first round selection (19th overall) in today's National Hockey League Entry Draft. Born in Sumperk, Czech Republic, Kindl (6-3, 199) played this past season for Kitchener of the Ontario Hockey League where he tallied three goals and 11 assists for 14 points and 92 PIM in 62 games.
The No. 19 pick was the highest by Detroit since the Wings selected Martin Lapointe with the 10th overall pick in 1991.
With their second-round pick (42nd overall) the Red Wings selected Muskegon, Michigan-native Justin Abdelkader (6-1, 195). Abdelkader spent last season with Cedar Rapids of the USHL where he tallied 27 goals and 25 assists for 52 points, was a plus-20 and had 86 PIM in 60 games. He was named "Mr. Hockey 2004" by the Michigan High School Hockey Coaches Association following his HS career in which he led Muskegon Mona Shores to the Division 2 Finals.
Abdelkader is slated to play for the Michigan State University Spartans this fall.
The Wings selected a pair of Swedish Juniors in the third and fourth rounds. Christofer Lofberg (C, 6-3, 189) of Djurgarden was Detroit's 80th overall pick and Mattias Ritola (F, 6-0, 192) of Leksand was the club's 103rd overall choice.
The Wings complete 2005 NHL Draft Roster is below.
ROUND # NAME POS TEAM 1 19 Jakub Kindl D Kitchener (OHL) 2 42 Justin Abdelkader LW Cedar Rapids (USH) 3 80 Christofer Lofberg C Djurgarden (Swedish Jr.) 4 103 Mattias Ritola F Leksand (Swedish Jr.) 5 132 Darren Helm F Medicine Hat (WHL) 5 139 Johan Ryno F Kumla (Swedish Jr.) 5 151 Jeff May D Prince Albert (WHL) 6 175 Juho Mielonen D Ilves (Finnish Jr.) 7 214 Bretton Stamler D Seattle (WHL)
DETROIT -- Detroit Red Wings general manager Ken Holland today announced that forward Brendan Shanahan has exercised his option on a one-year contract for the 2005-06 season.
Per club policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed.
This will be Shanahan's ninth season with Detroit and 17th in the National Hockey League.
Shanahan, 36, is a 6'-3", 220 lbs. native of Mimico, Ontario who shoots right. He was originally acquired by Detroit from the Hartford Whalers October 9, 1996 along with Brian Glynn in exchange for Keith Primeau, Paul Coffey and a first round pick in the 1997 Entry Draft (Nikos Tselios).
DETROIT (AP) - The Detroit Red Wings placed defenseman Derian Hatcher and forwards Darren McCarty and Ray Whitney on waivers Monday, effectively cutting ties with the three high-profile veterans.
If the trio go unclaimed, the Red Wings have the option of buying out their contracts and making them unrestricted free agents.
"They've been a big, big part of our franchise," Red Wings assistant general manager Jim Nill said. "This is just a part of doing business right now with the new CBA."
The NHL's new collective bargaining agreement features a $39 million salary cap, and teams were granted a six-day window on Saturday to shed cumbersome contracts. The 33-year-old Hatcher, a former Dallas Stars captain, signed with Detroit as a free agent before the 2003-04 season. Considered at the time to be one of the best all-around defensemen in the league, the big, bruising Hatcher had little impact with his hometown team, tearing a knee ligament in the third game and missing the majority of that season.
Whitney, 33, also signed as a free agent with the Wings during 2003. He had 24 goals and 52 assists the season before with Columbus, and the Red Wings hoped he could fill the void created when Sergei Fedorov signed with Anaheim. With Detroit in 2003-04, Whitney managed 14 goals and 29 assists.
McCarty, who has spent his entire 11-year career with Detroit, is a fan favorite whose style of play embodies the blue-collar spirit of the city. The 33-year-old McCarty won three Stanley Cups with the Wings and scored the series-winning goal against Philadelphia in 1997.
"He's a hardworking, roll-up-your-sleeves kind of guy," Nill said. "He's really what the city's all about. He came every night to play hard. He was a big part of our success."
Dominik Hásek, minden idők egyik legjobb kapusa egyéves szerződést kötött az NHL-ben szereplő Ottawával. A 40 éves hálóőr 2002-ben, miután a Detroittal megnyerte a Stanley-kupát, visszavonult, majd egyévnyi kihagyás után visszatért, de sokat volt sérült.
DETROIT -- Detroit general manager Ken Holland made it official Friday as he introduced Mike Babcock as the Red Wings new head coach.
"Maybe the most exciting thing is that I'm coming here to join a family in Detroit that's philosophy is based totally on a passion for winning," said Babcock, who spent the previous two seasons as head coach of the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim.
Bocsánat, hogy nem vagyok törzsvendég ebben a magasröptű topicban, illetve, hogy másfél éves uborkaszezon után nem vagyok naprakész, miközben máskor rájátszás alatt se tudtam az lenni:-PP
többek közt Macet és engem is abban láthattál, egyik meccs alatt mutattak is minket TV-be :)
Mezt össze vissza lehet venni, én spec. hordom hétköznap is, Wings póló és pulcsi fölött :DD Sima mezt irattam alá, nem szokás más nevével mezt aláíratni
A Detroit mezt Amerikából rendeltétek, vagy Magyarországon vettétek?És a mez Datsyukkos volt vagy Yzermanas, vagy Shanahanas...? Nekem nincs Detroit mezem , elég drága, de a fő indok, hogy nem tudnám hordani( legalábbis hol hordjam, a hétköznapi öltözésből egy kicsit kiüt).! De ha veszek Yzermanast veszek :-D Egyébként sok Wings mezes embert láttam a TV-ben, akik a Pannon GSM tornán voltak.