Chris Chelios

The Malik Report Previous entry: Red Wings-Jets wrap-up and overnight report: Finding their stride, perhaps for Earl’s sake by George Malik on 12/12/11 at 06:18 AM ET Comments (0) Red Wings player mentor (and the best-ever U.S. hockey player?) Chris Chelios visited his former employer, the Chicago Blackhawks, prior to his induction into the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame tonight, and he received a feting that almost left him uncomfortable some twelve-and-a-half years after he agreed to be traded...Read Full Story

The Malik Report Previous entry: Oilers’ Andy Sutton doesn’t dig the Shanaban process by George Malik on 12/13/11 at 02:51 AM ET Comments (0) Red Wings player mentor and USA Hockey legend Chris Chelios joined the ranks of the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame (at a ceremony held in Chicago) on Monday night, and he did so in classic Chelios fashion—with equal amounts of genuine and incredible humility and an almost gleeful willingness to admit that his unbridled passion for the game included a...Read Full Story

The Malik Report Previous entry: Sheldon Kennedy’s fight continues by George Malik on 12/12/11 at 01:04 PM ET Comments (0) Chris Chelios spent just over a third of his NHL career with the Detroit Red Wings, but Wings GM Ken Holland tells DetroitRedWings.com’s Bill Roose that the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame inductee’s contributions to the Wings during his decade-long tenure and two Stanley Cups with the organization exceeded their expectations for the man they acquired from the Chicago...Read Full Story

The Malik Report Previous entry: Brunt's defense by George Malik on 05/21/11 at 11:49 AM ET Comments (0) As previously noted, Chris Chelios, the Wings’ Red Wings special assistant to the GM (his full title), engaged in a fascinating interview with WDFN’s “Sean, Terp and Killer” show, admitting that the Red Wings’ front office is in fact busy and bustling to the point that it almost floors Chelios to watch its machinations: Download file Here’s the transcript, minus several, “Uh’s,” “Um’s...Read Full Story

The Malik Report Previous entry: Red Wings evening tidbits: On Babcock’s coaching search, Osgood and a persistent rumor by George Malik on 07/13/11 at 11:01 PM ET Comments (2) To put things as subtly as a brick, the Red Wings’ decision to add an eighth day to their summer development camp has allowed them to push their new and returning prospects to the absolute edge of their performance envelopes, and in some cases, very, very purposefully beyond them, and what held true for Wednesday’s...Read Full Story