Detroit –
The big-name defenseman reportedly headed to the Red Wings in a trade 12 months ago, Dion Phaneuf, stood in the visitors dressing room Wednesday in front of a scrum of a dozen media folks, mostly from Canada.
Immediately after the morning skate, Phaneuf looked relieved and happy in his new red Senators cap.
And the Wings likely remain pleased they never made the deal.
Phaneuf, 30, finally had been traded from Mike Babcock and Brendan Shanahan’s reclamation project, the Maple Leafs, to the Senators, who are managed by another old friend of the Red Wings, former coach and general manager Bryan Murray.