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Fortune Favors the Bold That's an email signature [by way of Virgil] my cousin has used for a little while now and I think it fits the Marian Hossa signing. While fortune favors the bold it don't guarantee jack. That's the only thing I find off-putting about the suggestion that next year's Stanley Cup can be handed to Detroit right now. But be bold and your chances improve and Detroit's shot at repeating has been given a substantial boost this week. I still can't believe it really happened, not with the salary. Detroit red wings Hockey.

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Score one for the Mock Draft Nerds My quick tour of the mock drafts suggested [in a very loose sense of the term ?suggested?] the Red Wings were likely to draft Thomas McCollum with the #30 draft pick. Well three of the mock draft prognosticators, who were mocked by a baker's couple of excellent bloggers, ended up making the correct call. Let's give them their moment to bask in the sun shall we? Allan Muir - Sports Illustrated 30. Detroit Red Wings: Thomas McCollum, goaltender, Guelph Storm (OHL) Central Scouting says?[Hi. NHL Tickets.

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Cleary Flashback tickets, from Bob White at Coaster.com, He was third to hoist the Cup, which first went to captain Niklas Lidstrom, first European to ever captain an NHL championship team, and then to 16-year veteran and first-time Cup winner Dallas Drake, who passed it on to Cleary.I wasn't expecting to get it (the Cup) that soon? he said.It showed me how much the guys respect me and how they understood how huge this was for me. I love these guys, each and every one of them are friends. Now, we've got a bond .

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