Key Additions: G Joey MacDonald, D Ruslan Salei, C Mike Modano.
Key Subtractions: D Brett Lebda.
It was perhaps the quietest offseason in recent memory for the Detroit Red Wings, yet an under-the-radar style may have been just what the team needed to return to the finals. The Red Wings failed to reach the finals for the third consecutive year when they were eliminated by San Jose in the second round of the playoffs.
But unlike several other contenders who made huge moves to try and get that little bit better, the Red Wings stayed the course and assumed that change was the last thing they needed. If anything, Detroit’s biggest move was to give one of the league’s most admired players one last shot at glory.
Detroit returns with the same kind of form that not only won them a Stanley Cup in 2008, but in 2003 as well. The Wings are devastatingly confident with a typically solid balance on both sides of the puck.
Offensively, Detroit’s biggest strength lies with Pavel Datsyuk and Henrik Zetterberg. Datsyuk is without doubt the league’s best defensive forward, able to force a turnover anywhere on the ice and create po ...
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