Detroit News & Free Press previews
Thanks to the season opener tonight, both Detroit newspapers have their season previews out today. The Detroit News has a more extensive selection including profiles on Niklas Kronwall, Marian Hossa, Chris Osgood, Jiri Hudler, and Kris Draper.
As you know, my favorite player is Kronwall so I enjoyed his profile piece although his over the boards Q&A was more bland than others.
He packs such a wallop strangers are forever taken aback by his off-the-ice persona. Kronwall, 27, is 6-foot, 189 pounds, and owner of a yard-wide smile. He has the demeanor of a doorman greeting you at the Ritz-Carlton.
“What happens on the ice happens on the ice,” he explained following practice last week, underscoring his words with a shrug. “The so-called fighters on most teams are usually the nicest guys off the ice.”
Of little consolation to a forward, crumpled and sliding across a frozen surface, is that he was just leveled by a polite Swede who might be just the guy with whom to share a postgame glass of Cabernet (Kronwall’s favorite wine, by the way).
The Detroit Free Press section focused on season previews articles instead of individual profile pieces. Larry Lage believes the Wings are just the cure Detroit needs after a rough summer with the Tigers, the tanking of the Lions, and the struggling Wolverines football team. Add in the financial crisis and you have a city going through a really hard time
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