Wings Training Camp Starts
Posted by: Leelanau Sports Guy on 
Sep 13th, 2005 | 
Filed under: Leland Comets
Hockey is back and with it comes Wings Training Camp at Centre ICE in Traverse City. From what I have seen, northern Michigan hockey fans are excited to have the NHL back and to see their favorite hockey players again. There doesn’t appear to be any ill effect from the lockout.
As far as my thoughts on the Wings, I think they will have another solid season. New coach Mike Babcock will stress fundamentals and defense, and the return of Steve Yzerman, Brendan Shanahan and Nicklas Lidstrom will provide leadership and offense. Henrik Zetterberg should continue to emerge as one of the next NHL superstars, while Manny Legace and Chris Osgood give the Wings a solid two-man wall in goal. I like the Wings to hold off the Blues and win the Central Division and make a run for Lord Stanley’s Cup.
Wings back in TC after 2-year absence - Record Eagle article by Mark Urban
Datsyuk contract saga not done yet - Record Eagle article by Dennis Chase
Cheli’s age proves to be an icebreaker - Freep article by Helene St. James
Babcock cuts to the chase - Detroit News article by Ted Kulfan
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September 13th, 2005 at 11:06 am
Damn, I just finished a comment a second ago and here is a new post for me to pollute with another comment! I love it!
Look, with or without Dasuyk, or however you spell his name, the Wings are too old and that scares me! Look, I can only see an eighth seed here at best in the playoffs, and that may be asking a lot. Even with Dasuyk (SPELLING!?!? What kind of name is that? Is it Russian or Japanese?) maybe a sixth seed, but they just don’t have that super rich, mega dollars, four line deep team anymore. Now they look more like a retirement home in the making for hockey players, kind of like the Legends Tour in the PGA.
Later.
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