HAsek makes his return to the Red Wings. Seriously. No, really. Stop that laughing.

I don’t have the brain power to analyze the move right now. For some really takes, go to Abel2Yzerman, and Behind The Jersey. These are two Wings blogs, which know their s#!+. They have thought, pondered, consumed, digested, and made some semblance of sense of this thing.

The JAHL take:

I only have opinion. HAsek was a stud for the Wings in the past, but not in the recent past. In 03-04, he left mid season due to injury, and the did the same thing for Ottawa. I hope it doesn’t happen again, because if it does, cap friendly is not going to be enough of a reason to bring him back again. The Wings passed on Belfour, as we can see now, not because of age or injury, but because of money. One aging hipster for another. There has to be some serious concern in the dressing room.

I don’t think he was faking injury last season, like some people have thought.. The whole “being cute and ambiguous” thing probably plays better in more laid back continents (yes, like Europe) than here, where money, expectations, and reality are all at the game show level.

I hear th Wings are going to try to trade Jimmy Howard to the Coyotes for Cujo. Because hey, wasn’t the 2003-04 season so much fun?

(BTW, two posts today, enjoy them both)