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New staff, new goalie, but same winning Wings

By Scott Burnside
ESPN.com

Friday, October 28, 2005

It's a good thing Mike Babcock doesn't have commitment issues. Having two former head coaches still in the mix, less financial freedom and a new league to contend with, it might not be the dynamic every new coach would want. But Babcock has embraced the situation as new coach of the Detroit Red Wings. And while many prognosticators figured the Wings would be one of those formerly big-spending NHL teams to become a casualty of the new economic system, the team and Babcock haven't missed a bea ...

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