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LeBrun: There's drafting and developing, but Babcock knows how to lead his team
We know Detroit has excelled at drafting, developing and assembling championship rosters. But one can't overlook coach Mike Babcock and the job he has done behind the bench.
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LeBrun: Game 7 of the Stanley Cup finals new territory for Detroit Red Wings
The Wings have the experience, they are still the defending champs, they are still the NHL's modern-day dynasty, but they have no more Game 7 experience in the Cup finals than the Pens.
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Weekend roundup: Boudreau staying, where Yzerman could be going and when NHL...
Enough already with the Bruce Boudreau speculation. The Washington Capitals coach is not going to get fired for his team's first-round upset loss to M...
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2010 NHL playoffs -- Detroit Red Wings are out of playoffs, but all is not...
So, is this the end of an era, or simply a reset moment in Detroit? Well, that depends on Nicklas Lidstrom. Red Wings GM Ken Holland once joked to m...
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West finals breakdown: San Jose Sharks versus Chicago Blackhawks
The West's two powerhouses, San Jose and Chicago, are set to meet in the conference finals. And while the series is evenly matched, it's hard for Pierre LeBrun to bet against the Hawks.
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NHL: Steve Yzerman leaves Detroit Red Wings to take Tampa Bay Lightning GM post
With a four-year degree in management from Red Wings University plus a Team Canada elective on his résumé, Steve Yzerman was ready to enter ...
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Bolts' Vincent Lecavalier returning to form
When I wrote back in September that I thought the Tampa Bay Lightning would make the playoffs this season, I was thinking they would be battling for t...
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NHL free agents: Top players who could hit market in 2011 and 2012
Before the playoffs start, Pierre LeBrun takes a look at this summer's unrestricted free-agent crop.
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Sharks-Wings: No lineup moves for Game 4
DETROIT -- Red Wings coach Mike Babcock announced after Friday's morning skate that there would be no lineup changes for Game 4. He thought long an...
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2011 Stanley Cup Playoffs: Detroit Red Wings' Nicklas Lidstrom saves...
As retirement talk swirled around Nicklas Lidstrom, the Red Wings captain chose to do all of his talking on the ice in Game 4.
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Guy Boucher still evolving as an NHL coach
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- So what does Guy Boucher do for an encore? The NHL's youngest head coach led a non-playoff team to the Eastern Conference final...
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2012 Stanley Cup playoffs: Phoenix Coyotes goalie Mike Smith playing well in...
After bouncing around from team to team in his career, goalie Mike Smith seems to have found his spot with the Phoenix Coyotes, writes Pierre LeBrun.
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2013 NHL playoffs - LeBrun: Patrick Sharp as important as anyone to Hawks
Versatile forward Patrick Sharp is as big a part of Chicago's story as any of the Blackhawks' star players, writes Pierre LeBrun
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2014 Stanley Cup finals: Los Angeles Kings Drew Doughty and Jeff Carter pull...
Drew Doughty and Jeff Carter join the rare club of those who have won an Olympic gold medal and a Stanley Cup in the same year, Pierre LeBrun writes.
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Braydon Coburn playing like Lightning's final piece
TAMPA, Fla. -- Eyebrows were raised when the Tampa Bay Lightning gave up what they did to acquire Braydon Coburn at the trade deadline. Sending Rad...
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NHL - 2015 Stanley Cup playoffs - New York Rangers vs. Tampa Bay Lightning
Two Eastern Conference titans go head-to-head with all sorts of storylines to keep track of. Which team will move on to the finals?
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Young Lightning team still learning how to win in playoffs
MONTREAL -- A year ago, Patrick Roy unleashed an emotional and fascinating rant, part history lesson and part cover for his young Colorado Avalanche t...
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Stamkos: Bolts have to embrace the challenge of Game 6
Steven Stamkos got counsel before this year's playoffs began from a man who played 196 career NHL postseason games and won three Stanley Cups. What...
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Old man Morrow bringing experience to young Lightning
NEW YORK -- It was at a team dinner on the eve of the playoffs last month where Brenden Morrow shared his story with his young Tampa Bay Lightning tea...
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Rumblings: Sabres are sellers at trade deadline; buyers plentiful for...
A playoff spot was probably a little unrealistic this season for a rebuilding Buffalo Sabres team that's definitely improving in many areas, just not ...
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