8/31 Quick Hits
Here are some quick links to relevant Red Wings articles and posts around the internet on this holiday weekend:
- Next Sunday (September 7), the Red Wings are hosting a Fan Fest. For just $5, fans will be able to play interactive games, take a behind-the-scenes tour of the Joe, act as a play-by-play announcer, and even ask questions to Yzerman, other players and alum. The event will last from 10am until 5pm. In addition, the Wings will be giving out prizes including signed jerseys and other merchandise. I think this is a great opportunity for the team to reach out to its fans (reminds me of the Blackhawks Convention this summer). I don’t know if there’s a limited number of tickets so you may want to buy the tickets in advance at Ticketmaster, JLA box office, or Hockeytown Authentics.
- Don’t buy the rumor that Mats Sundin is visiting Detroit this weekend and touring Joe Louis Arena. Does it look like the Wings have room under the salary cap for this guy? That’d be a no. The same article reports that Darren McCarty notified GM Ken Holland that he will likely sign the two-way contract with the Wings. Chris Chelios is also expected to make a deal when he returns to Detroit before training camp.
- Joe Pelletier at Greatest Hockey Legends, the best resource on the web when it comes to hockey biographies and historical moments, is counting down the greatest photos in hockey history. Coming in at #5 is Gordie Howe’s lying in a hospital bed with a fractured skull replying to fan mail.
- Kevin Allen at USA Today has his preseason picks for the upcoming season. It’s not too much of a surprise to see the Wings in the top spot.
- Abel to Yzerman has a series determining the Wings’ biggest rivals using six key factors. Today in Round #3, Bill looks at the Ducks also known as the Poultry over at A2Y. If I had to pick a team I personally despise the most, it’d be Anaheim. Between Chris Pronger (who I loathe), Brian Burke, the 2007 playoff loss to them, and then Schneider and Bertuzzi signing with them after said loss, there’s not much to like.
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