Wisniewski "Kronwalls" Jamie Benn

Islanders defenseman James Wisniewski during pre game warm up before the 2010 Plymouth Whalers Alumni Game


Looking to be a hit with your new team? James Wisniewski, the Detroit area native, sure is making his presence felt on the Islanders blueline.

Posted this morning over at Kuklas Korner is video of the hard hit on Jamie Benn.

Red Wings vs Penguins TONIGHT

If you are heading down to The Joe tonight here is the line up you can expect to see according to Mlive:


Pavel Datsyuk-Henrik Zetterberg-Tomas Holmstrom
Johan Franzen-Valtteri Filppula-Mattias Ritola
Jiri Hudler-Mike Modano-Dan Cleary
Drew Miller-Darren Helm-Jan Mursak

Nicklas Lidstrom-Niklas Kronwall
Brad Stuart-Brian Rafalski
Jonathan Ericsson-Ruslan Salei

Chris Osgood
Jimmy Howard

Don't forget:
-There is construction and you may need to adjust travel time to get to JLA tonight.
-Behind section 111 they are doing video of fans introducing the players for the season opener
-According Pittsburgh Post-Gazette both Brooks Orpik and Sidney Crosby are out injured tonight (they claim groin and hip but maybe just maybe they are nursing some bruised egos).

Is Former Red Wing Andreas Lilja now a Shark?

All signs appear to point to "yes".

After turning down the offer from the Red Wings this summer Lilja was still (and to my knoweldge is currently still) unsigned. The San Jose Sharks, as you remember are coached by former Red Wings assistant coach Todd McLellan, invited Lilja to training camp. Thus far he has not been cut from the line up and according to Dave Lozo from NHL.com the Swedish web site Expressen is reporting that Lilja is going to be playing with the San Jose Sharks this season.

I can not say that I am shocked. I actually kind of figured this would happen when I heard he was invited to the camp. I know some San Jose fans are not thrilled with the addition of Lilja to their team; I'd take him back (maybe trade them Ericsson).

So I guess this is our final good-bye Andreas. It was fun and we'll still see each other around (twice in San Jose and twice at The Joe). I wish you well - no fighting with Shea Weber okay?

And then there were none...

Well not really none; but according to the Grand Rapids Griffins website the Detroit Red Wings have sent five more players packing for the west side of the state.

Today's roster cuts include:

Forwards:
Jamies Johnson
Francis Pare
Brent Raedeke
Tomas Tatar

Goalie:
Jordan Pearce

Detroit's losses are just more gains for the Griffins.

Coming to JLA? Expect traffic delays

If you are planning on making the drive downtown to check out the Red Wings this weekend when they take on the Toronto Maple Leafs (Friday) or the Pittsburgh Penguins (Sunday) you might just want to plan ahead.

MDOT (Michigan Department of Transportation) is projecting traffic delays due to a construction project to southbound Lodge Freeway (that would be M-10 for those of you not familiar with Detroit). There will be detour signs posted; however, fans use to taking southbound Lodge may want to take northbound I-75 to southbound I-375 and exit at Jefferson Avenue.

So go ahead and get downtown a little early. While there check grab dinner or maybe check out one of the casinos. Don't forget to practice pronouncing players names and check out the video project going on behind section 111 for the season opener

Looking forward to hockey on tv? Hope you don't have Dish Network

Okay so this has me slightly - okay very annoyed this morning and rather than even linking the post from Mlive I am jsut going to copy it all right here for you...

Dish Network subscribers face loss of Fox Sports Detroit programming if deal isn't reached

Michael Zuidema | The Grand Rapids Press

There is a chance Dish Network subscribers will have to find a new way to watch Fox Sports Detroit broadcasts later this week.

The Dish Network is negotiating the terms by which it carries Fox's 19 regional sports networks, which includes FSD and cable networks FX and the National Geographic Channel.


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Share 0 Comments The deadline for the negotiations, which have been ongoing for the past year, is midnight Thursday. If the two sides fail to reach an agreement, Dish Network subscribers might lose access to that programming Friday.

Fox remains hopeful that a deal can be reached.

"We're simply looking for fair value for our programming," Fox spokesperson Chris Bellitti said. "If Dish customers lose Fox networks, fortunately, there are alternatives in the market."

A stalemate would affect FSD's broadcasts of this weekend's Detroit Tigers games at Baltimore, the remaining games on the Detroit Red Wings' preseason schedule and the Detroit Pistons' preseason game at Miami on Tuesday.

E-mail Michael Zuidema: mzuidema@grpress.com and follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/michaelzuidema

I really hope for my sanity and everyone else that has Dish Net comes to a resoluntion. I have been asking "Is it October yet?" all summer looking forward to the start of hockey season and now on the first day of October I may lose my hockey coverage on tv. My life is full of fail.

Red Wings make cuts to roster...

Today the Detroit Red Wings announced that they cut 10 players from their preseason roster.

Photo by Amanda Nitz

Heading to the Grand Rapids Griffins:

Forwards
Ilari Filppula (iFlip)
Jamie Tardif
Willie Coetzee

Defenseman
Sergei Kolosov
Travis Ehrhardt
Logan Pyett
Sebastien Piche

Goalie
Thomas McCollum

Also released (but not headed to the Griffins) were Greg Amadio and Aaron Downey