Former Red Wing great, and now Maple Leaf mastermind Brendan Shanahan graced the hockey world with a mailbag article on The Players’ Tribune Tuesday afternoon. Shanahan weighed in on many things, but most interesting to us, The Russian Five, and the storied rivalry with the Colorado Avalanche.
A reader asked Shanahan about the role the Red Wings played in making the NHL a “global game:”
I feel like the push to make hockey a global game occurred well before Detroit. Slava is one of the most incredible people I’ve ever met. He’s a good friend.