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Don't overlook Red Wings' signing of Brad May

By Pierre LeBrun

Friday, October 9, 2009

I apologize ahead of time for doing a second straight item on the Detroit Red Wings, but a move they finally made official on Thursday bears some thought. Detroit signed rugged veteran Brad May to a one-year, $500,000 contract. This is a team that hasn't had a prototypical tough guy in a while. May is more hockey player than tough guy, but he will obviously drop the gloves in an instant to protect his teammates. In his heyday, Darren McCarty was the perfect fit, a willing fisticuffs participant ...

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