NHL Free Agency Starts Monday at noon

NHL Free Agency Starts Monday at Noon. The Detroit Red Wings need a Goalie, Scoring Forward and a Defenseman or two. The Free Agency Period will be very active for not only Detroit but the rest of the league. IT should be an exicting time with hickey fans glued to the computer hitting that refresh button every second. Like old times?

www.tsn.ca
www.sportsnet.ca

Two sites that will have signings first both based out of Canada.

Chris Osgood

Ted Kulfan reported in today's Detroit News about the Red Wings goaltending situation:

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Nikolai Khabibulin would be ideal for the Wings but with the salary cap, it seems like an unlikely situation and could come at the cost of Manny Legace. Chris Osgood was quickly dismissed for Dominik Hasek after the 2001 playoffs. The bigger question is if this did happen, would the Wings be taking a step back?

MSG IN NY Confirms Reports in Canada on NHL

MSG in NY Confirms CBA done

NHL CBA Completed

Details on both:

CBA Details

More CBA Details

Pistons news via ESPN

ESPN is reporting that Larry Brown, Joe Dumars and Bill Davidson will all meet Wednesday and it could decide his future with the team.

Fresh Pistons News

Rob Parker WKRK host and Detroit News Columnist, was just on WDIV Local 4 and reported that Bonzi Wells wants to come back to the Pistons and will be glad to come off the bench and that it looks like he would sign as a free-agent pending his release out of his contract and that the Pistons Front office is laughing at those who portray Larry Brown as a victim in all this and they cannot understand why he has not committed to the team yet and that they know about his health but expect him to commit and Parker doesn't think Brown will return as Pistons Coach.

Keep in mind that Parker is very close to Joe dumars as well.

All-Star Fever hits Detroit

Everywhere we turn these past few days it has all been about the MLB All-Star Game. The official announcement of Mike Babcock as Red Wings coach looks as if it will happen after the All-start game so it won't take any attention away from the game. Which leads us into Wednesday's show 4-6 on WXOU and www.wxou.org.

WDIV has a sweet All-Star page going online Local 4 All-star Guide

- We will discuss the All-star Game and the home-run Derby plus everything all-star
- Mike Babcock could be in the news by Wednesday along with a new CBA.
- Will we have another round of Larry Brown news?
- The latest in the world of sports!
-your calls at 248-370-4274 and via wxoudj on aol instant messenger!

NHL

NHL's executive committee will meet tomorrow as the CBA nears official status.

Mark Avery Out as OU baseball manager

As we confirmed today on "The Chaya Show" Mark Avery is out as Manager for Oakland's Baseball team, Dylan Putnam has been named as his replacement.

Dylan Putnam Moves to Oakland

La Times NHL CBA settled

La Times

http://www.cbc.ca/story/sports/national/2005/07/07/Sports/hockey-deal-latimes050707.html

Dave Lewis Out as Red wings coach

As we discussed Wednesday on‭ "‬Totally Raw Sports‭" ‬TSN in Canada has confirmed Just after midnight Thursday that Dave Lewis is out as Red Wings head Coach and Mike Babcock is in‭:‬

http‭://‬tsn.ca/nhl/news_story.asp?id‭=‬129813

‭"‬Babcock turns down Ducks

Sports Ticker

7‭/‬7‭/‬2005‭ ‬12‭:‬09‭:‬51‭ ‬AM

The Mighty Ducks of Anaheim have a head-coaching vacancy‭. ‬

TSN has learned that Mike Babcock has officially turned down the Mighty Ducks‭' ‬offer of a one-year contract extension and sources say now that Babcock has indicated he won't be returning to Anaheim‭, ‬he is headed to the Detroit Red Wings as their new head coach‭. ‬

Babcock had a deadline of Thursday to accept or reject new Ducks‭' ‬GM Brian Burke's offer of a one-year extension‭. ‬Babcock had asked for a week to test the open market and has apparently found a multi-year position with the Red Wings‭. ‬Sources say Babcock informed the Ducks Wednesday night he would not be returning‭. ‬

Dave Lewis‭, ‬who has been the Red Wings‭' ‬head coach‭, ‬met with Detroit GM Ken Holland on Tuesday and was told his situation would be clarified by week's end‭. ‬Lewis's contract with the Wings expired on June‭ ‬30‭. ‬Sources say Holland is likely to meet with Lewis on Thursday‭, ‬at which time it's expected Lewis will be told his contract as head coach is not being renewed‭" ‬

Continue to follow this story on TSN for more details‭.‬

MSG Report: Hockey war is over, but peace not sealed and delivered

MSG Network Report

webcast

I'm reposting the webcast link because of today's news

www.wxou.org

4-6pm Listen Live!
"Totally Raw Sports"

Today we will change up our plans and in the 1st hour discuss the latest on the Red Wings coaching situation Dave Lewis-Mike Babcock and the Larry -Shelly Brown Saga!

Steve Hofstetter joins us at 5:30 still as well!
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Shelly Brown speaks

Shelly Brown Speaks

Report: Red Wings pursuing Babcock

Breaking News: The Globe and Mail via TSN in Canada is reporting the Red Wings are going after Mighty Ducks Head Coach Mike Babcock to replace Dave Lewis. More Today on Totally Raw Sports at 4pm.

http://tsn.ca/nhl/news_story.asp?id=129724

Tuesday is Larry Brown Day

WDIV Local 4 Reports on Brown meeting

Wednesday's Show

- Jake takes the day off, Corey and Adam will discuss:
- We discuss the Larry Brown situation
-NHL Lockout News if any
- Tigers Baseball
- Steve Hofstetter joins us at 5:30 (We can't have a storm that knocks out power 2 weeks in a row can we?
-And Anything else that comes up.

That's Wednesday from 4-6 only on 88.3 WXOU and www.wxou.org

Scotty Bowman Ready for Red Wings

Scotty Bowman-Free Press

Brown Decision Today?

Brown Decision today?

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