This Day In Hockey History-June 13, 2000-Claude Lemieux, Rick Tocchet, Mark Messier Left Unprotected, Don’t Expect Wild, Blue Jackets to Bite

Doug MacLean chose a doughnut shop in Edmunston, N.B., in the middle of the night to pour over lists of players to be made available in the NHL expansion draft next week to his new Columbus, Ohio, team. “I was driving my family back to the cottage in Prince Edward Island and we’d stopped but …

This Day In Hockey History-May 4, 1996-How The Detroit Dynasty Was Built

TERRY EGAN Dallas Morning News In a time of monumental greed, in a game dominated more than ever by free agency and player movement, the Detroit Red Wings just might have built the last dynasty Theirs is a team laced with talent, intelligence and a willingness to sacrifice personal glory for team success. The Red …