Lets get the obvious out of the way first. The Red Wing blue line is Kronwall's to inherit once the old guard moves on. Rafalski's departure will increase the pressure on Kronwall to continue to ...

The Detroit Red Wings were short two good-sized, top-six forwards last summer when Todd Bertuzzi spurned their offer of a one-year contract, after they already opted not to re-sign Robert Lang. But a ...

After losing Mathieu Schneider to Anaheim, the Wings needed another puck-moving defenseman, so they quickly signed Brian Rafalski to a hefty five-year, $30 million contract on July 1. He has the ...

for 10 games. They are glad to have him back. on the other side of the net. Cleary buried a shot into the open side of the net to make it 1-0 less than two minutes into the game. said. "Obviously, he ...