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Kukla and Bill say that the Chicago Blackhawks will annouce Scotty Bowman as Senior Advisor, Hockey Operations, at a press conference this afternoon.

TSN of Canada reports that the Detroit Red Wings have signed restricted free agent forward Valtteri Filppula to a five-year deal.

The Sporting News reports that the Detroit Red Wings are set to hire former player Brad McCrimmon to replace Todd McLellan as assistant coach.

There are reports that both Jimmy Howard and Jonathan Ericsson have re-signed with the Red Wings. The team hasn't made an announcement but Malik pointed out a couple signs that it could be true.

The Red Wings released their 2008-09 schedule today and - not surprisingly - I'm not happy with it.

The Red Wings announced several key dates from their 2008-09 schedule today. The full schedule is due to be released tomorrow.

The NHL officially announced today that the Red Wings and Blackhawks will meet at Chicago's Wrigley Field for the 2009 Winter Classic.

Dallas Drake announced his retirement from the NHL at a 1:00 press conference today.

"I've played a long time and had a lot of fun," the 16-year NHL veteran said.

The Forechecker has an interesting bit posted that may prove that expansion is coming to the NHL again.

George Malik confirms that Marian Hossa will wear #81 in Detroit. Also, there will be no press conference since he's back in Slovakia and they don't see a need to fly him back just to put on a sweater.