Of Red Wings related note this early afternoon:
- I know that the Wings posted the installation of their “Hockeytown/100th Anniversary Wings logo” at center ice on LCA’s ice surface as a Tweet…but the better resolution of this YouTube short is worth 40-something seconds of your time…
2. NHL.com’s Twitter account posted a fine question regarding the entire NHL’s player corps over the past 20 years (2005-2025), and this one’s getting a lot of play on Twitter, so I’d love to hear your opinions as to the most underrated Red Wing of the last 20 years:
WE WANT TO HEAR IT 🗣️
— NHL (@NHL) August 11, 2025
Who is the most underrated player from the last 20 years?
3. NHL.com also offered this little ditty…
A single player can completely change a franchise's fortunes for the better. This series takes a look at some of the most impactful offseason signings in NHL history. #NHLStats
— NHL Public Relations (@NHLPR) August 11, 2025
Signed and Delivered: Brett Hull to the @DetroitRedWings. pic.twitter.com/yuXlephvwo
4. And finally, the Grand Rapids Griffins remind us that the “Red vs. White” game will be taking place at Van Andel Arena on Sunday, September 21st:
Who are you most excited to see inside @VanAndelArena in the @DetroitRedWings Red & White Game on September 21st 🤔⬇️ pic.twitter.com/nBBaojyz11
— Grand Rapids Griffins (@griffinshockey) August 11, 2025
I’m going to go with Jimmy Howard. I was recently posting elsewhere about Ken Holland’s failure to take drafting and developing goalies seriously during most of the aughts, and I’d completely forgotten how good Howard was for a brief spell. Won 30-plus games three seasons in a row from 2009-12, with a seriously good GAA. Granted, those teams were stacked, but for a minute there it seemed like Howard could’ve been the next best homegrown keeper after Osgood. And he still might be, at least until one of Cossa-Augustine makes the bigs.
I’m gonna go with Rafalski and Brad Stuart. The d-line was never the same once those guys were gone.
As far as the Hockeytown logo… bleh! They just couldn’t let the 100th anniversary logo alone and had to clutter it with an outdated 90s nonsense that doesn’t look good at all anymore.