The Red Wings held a quick morning skate ahead of tonight’s game against the Toronto Maple Leafs (7:30 PM EDT on FSD/TSN4/97.1 FM), and afterward, the locker room opened up to the media:
Niklas Kronwall makes his season debut tonight. Said his only plan is to play as many games as possible, no restrictions. pic.twitter.com/O0M56wuNS7
— Brad Galli (@BradGalli) October 11, 2018
crowded.
turrana brings in some media folks! pic.twitter.com/Wt1xX8AUJ6
— gregg krupa (@greggkrupa) October 11, 2018
“we’re a younger team. we’re getting better every game…
“we need to play fast.”
larkin, in mostly turrana media scrum.#TORvsDET pic.twitter.com/M3rvuoV1f2
— gregg krupa (@greggkrupa) October 11, 2018
Game day mood. #LGRW pic.twitter.com/GLu8xHYQtn
— Detroit Red Wings (@DetroitRedWings) October 11, 2018
Bernier saying the new black seats can effect a goalies view on dump-ins but probably not too many shots. Said they have to be extra focused in arenas with black seats.
— Jeff Riger (@riger1984) October 11, 2018
blashill, of kronwall: i think he’s skating great and he looks fine.
— gregg krupa (@greggkrupa) October 11, 2018
#RedWings Abdelkader did not skate this morning but is expected to play. Frk said he was just subbing for him during the skate.
— Dana Wakiji (@Dwakiji) October 11, 2018
Justin Abdelkader didn’t take part in morning skate but is expected to play vs.. Leafs tonight #RedWings
— Ted Kulfan (@tkulfan) October 11, 2018
Meanwhile, at the Leafs’ morning skate…
Martin Marincin is set to rejoin the #leafs lineup tonight in Detroit in place of Igor Ozhiganov.
— Chris Johnston (@reporterchris) October 11, 2018
Leafs lines at morning skate in Detroit
Hyman-Tavares-Marner
Marleau-Matthews-Kapanen
Lindholm-Kadri-Brown
Leivo- ?-Ennis
JohnssonRielly-Hainsey
Gardiner-Zaitsev
Dermott-Marincin
Ozhiganov-HollAndersen starts
Sparks pic.twitter.com/B6SDn9KM21— Mark Masters (@markhmasters) October 11, 2018
“Goat” = Fredrik Gauthier.
Leaf lines in Detroit:
Marleau-Matthews-Kapanen
Hyman-Tavares-Marner
Lindholm-Kadri-Brown
Leivo-Gauthier-EnnisRielly-Hainsey
Gardiner-Zaitsev
Dermott-MarincinAndersen starts#tmltalk
— Paul Hendrick (@HennyTweets) October 11, 2018
Mike Babcock and the red-hot Maple Leafs are back in Detroit. pic.twitter.com/IjqKURJD24
— Brad Galli (@BradGalli) October 11, 2018
Back at it for morning skate.
Our game coverage begins at 7pm tonight with Red Wings Live. pic.twitter.com/Rl5hoHlhlt
— FOX Sports Detroit (@FOXSportsDet) October 11, 2018
After the Leafs’ morning skate…
babcock: #RedWings got quick forwards who are active. we need to be prepared for that… anytime you play a fast team, they can take it away from you. pic.twitter.com/dWoFYD1Blj
— gregg krupa (@greggkrupa) October 11, 2018
Tavares said he believes the Wings reached out to him in free agency, said he was just happy to get the interest that he did and was lucky to have met with the teams that he did.
— Jeff Riger (@riger1984) October 11, 2018
Babcock on Det bad attendance “the thing about being good as long as we were is u sacrifice part of your future-but thats what the fans want at the time don’t ever kid yourself, somebody has to stand there & take the bullets while u rebuild it & thats what they’re doing right now
— Jeff Riger (@riger1984) October 11, 2018
John Tavares and the Maple Leafs play the Red Wings tonight. Jeff Blashill said the Wings have to force the Leafs to play more in their own zone — or it could get ugly. pic.twitter.com/LWj8koV7rm
— Brad Galli (@BradGalli) October 11, 2018
