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Wings have little cash to address needs

By Iain Fyffe and E.J. Hradek
Puck Prospectus/ESPN The Magazine

Friday, June 19, 2009

Plugging Holes - Detroit Red Wings The Hole: Penalty-killing forward The Red Wings had only one real weakness in 2008-09: their penalty killing. They ranked 25th in the NHL with a 78.29 percent kill rate. It's difficult to blame the defensemen, with Nicklas Lidstrom, Andreas Lilja, Brad Stuart and Niklas Kronwall doing solid work. The blame must fall on the forwards. The Wings' primary penalty killers were Kris Draper (2:05 short-handed minutes per game) and Daniel Cleay (2:01), followed by He ...

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