The Detroit Red Wings do a lot of things well—win hockey games, take care of their players, represent the Original Six with aplomb.
They show up to the playoffs every year, and it’s never as an afterthought, like someone slipping into an elevator just before the doors close.
Four Stanley Cups since 1997, plus some close calls that could have brought that number to five or six.
Now, the Red Wings are becoming a feeder program for team and league executives.
Brendan Shanahan, an NHL Vice President.
Steve Yzerman, GM of the Tampa Bay Lightning.
And now Chris Chelios, the newest Red Wings front office man.
It’s not likely to end there.
What might defenseman Nick Lidstrom be asked to do, when he hangs up his skates—assuming he returns to Sweden?
The NHL could use Lidstrom in their hierarchy, perhaps as an ambassador or liaison to hockey in Sweden or elsewhere.
You think Kris Draper will just fade away? I can see him as a coach or in the front office in Grand Rapids, a few years hence.
I can just picture Chris Osgo ...
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Chris Chelios Latest Example of Detroit Red Wings’ Feeder Program for Executives
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