Detroit Hockey Now posts its “Red Wings Daily” every day at 4:00 AM, and today’s topic is one Olli Maatta, who signed with the Red Wings (technically speaking) on July 2nd.
This morning, Bob Duff notes that Maatta asked former Red Wings and one-time members of the Los Angeles Kings Andreas Athanasiou (now with Chicago) and Troy Stecher (now with Arizona) about Detroit:
“Athanasiou, I’m pretty good friends with him,” Maatta explained. “He was there for a long time and he had nothing but good things to say about it – the organization and team-wise, the guys in there, the staff.”
Athanasiou wasn’t the only former Detroit player to sing about the praises of the Red Wings organization directly into Maatta’s ears.
“(Troy) Stecher was another one,” Maatta said. “And you talk a lot with your agent (J.P. Barry), about teams that are available and where you want to go.
“I heard nothing bad about Detroit. It was all great things. How exciting the team is, and they definitely want to be a contender. So I just want to be a part of it. It just felt right.”
Thanks for turning me on to the DHN… I hadnt heard of it till now.
Its also good to hear ex-Red Wings having nothing but good things to say about the organization.
They’re quite good. Duff, Kevin Allen and Nate Brown do a very good job of cranking out a ton of content.