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Detroit — Eemil Viro, the Red Wings’ young defensive prospect, remembers when he moved into Finland’s top division, playing against the country’s best and oldest players. Viro was only 17 at the time, playing against mostly men in the Finnish Elite League (or Liiga), and challenged physically. Although that wasn’t new for Viro. The 6-foot 165-pound Viro,
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Associated Press |  The Detroit News Toronto — Former Detroit Red Wings defenseman Borje Salming has been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as ALS or Lou Gehrig’s disease. “I have received news that has shaken my family and me,” Salming said in a statement. “In an instant, everything changed.” Salming, who played 16 seasons
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The Detroit Red Wings avoided arbitration and re-signed defenseman Jake Walman for one year, $1.05 million, but where he ultimately fits into their plans is a work in progress. Walman, 26, was part the trade-deadline deal, along with Oskar Sundqvist and a 2023 second-round pick, that sent Nick Leddy to the St. Louis Blues. Walman (6 feet 2,
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August is normally a quiet month in hockey, a respite that falls between the frenzy of NHL free agency in July  and preparing for September’s training camps. But multiple Detroit Red Wings prospects will instead be showing off their skills at the World Junior Championship, which was postponed from its usual Christmas-time schedule till now because
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Editor’s note: This is the third in a three-part series breaking down the Detroit Red Wings at each position group. Today: Goaltenders. Detroit — The Red Wings needed to add a goaltender and identified Ville Husso as the one they’d like to acquire. To make sure they obtained Husso, before unrestricted free agency began, general manager Steve Yzerman worked
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