Of brief Red Wings-related note this morning:
- SportsLogos.net’s Chris Creamer and Todd Radom have published a new book called Fabric of the Game: The Stories Behind the NHL’s Names, Logos and Uniforms, and both authors weighed in as to their favorite NHL team logos while speaking with The Score’s Nick Faris:
Detroit Red Wings: As with the Bruins, Creamer applauds Detroit for riding with the same logo through the eras. Save for the occasional cosmetic update, no one has touched or sullied the winged wheel that Ted Lindsay, Gordie Howe, Steve Yzerman, and Nicklas Lidstrom each sported in turn.
Longevity is one thing, but how’s this for added historical significance: Detroit’s famous emblem is a tribute to the first winners of the Stanley Cup, the amateur Montreal Hockey Club’s “Winged Wheelers.” That outfit lifted the chalice in 1893, a full 115 years before the Red Wings celebrated the most recent of their 11 titles.
“To me, that alone – the history attached to it, to the origins of hockey – make it one of the greatest logos in the NHL,” Creamer said.
2. And ESPN’s Greg Wyshynski gave praise to Red Wings GM Steve Yzerman for his work in signing Anthony Mantha to a 4-year, $22.8 million contract:
Winner: Steve Yzerman
He got Anthony Mantha done for four years and $5.7 million AAV, on a back-loaded contract ($13 million in the last two seasons) and with no trade protection. So the Detroit Red Wings GM secured a good player at a solid cap number, and has the flexibility to move him in his prime. And that’s why he’s Steve Yzerman.
