NHL's Bettman: Suspension Criticism 'Gamesmanship'
NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman considers those complaints from various teams about their players receiving suspensions during the postseason as nothing more than "gamesmanship."
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NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman considers those complaints from various teams about their players receiving suspensions during the postseason as nothing more than "gamesmanship."
Centers David Backes of the St. Louis Blues, Patrice Bergeron of the Boston Bruins and Pavel Datsyuk of the Detroit Red Wings are the three finalists for the 2011-12 Frank J. Selke Trophy, which is awarded "to the forward who best excels in the defensive aspects of the game," the National Hockey League announced today.
Now that the Wings have been bounced from the Playoffs, everyone is saying to blow the team up, that they've become stale.
"The Red Wings need to clean house."
Nicklas Lidstrom has a chance to ponder his future much sooner than he wanted.
The Detroit Red Wings have slipped from being regarded as an elite NHL team, getting knocked out of the playoffs in the first round after consecutive second-round exits.
Hope for a Stanley Cup ended for the Detroit Red Wings losing to the Nashville Predators 2-1 on Friday night in Game 5 of the 2012 NHL Stanley Cup playoffs.
Predators coach Barry Trotz says defenseman Hal Gill will not play in Game 5 of the NHL playoffs against Detroit.
The NHL's decision to not suspend Nashville's Shea Weber might have led to a rash of violence in the playoffs, according to Detroit's Henrik Zetterberg.
The Detroit Red Wings have enough postseason experience to know any comeback starts with one win in a series where the first three games were decided by one goal.
Thursday afternoon the Wings held their final practice before hopping on a plane and heading to Nashville where game 5 will take place on Friday night.
The break in the NHL playoff schedule is giving Predators goaltender Pekka Rinne a little rest. Now his teammates want to give him a chance to catch his breath against the Detroit Red Wings.
Some honesty off the jump. If you want to blame Jimmy Howard, you can.
Seems like the new feeling in Hockey Town during the playoffs these days is playing from behind!
The Red Wings fall to the Nashville Predators 3-1 Tuesday night and go down 3-1 in the best of 7 series the first-round Western Conference playoff series.
