MLive.com’s Ansar Khan had an interesting tweet prior to the Detroit Red Wings’ game Sunday against the Boston Bruins. Lines in warmups: Glendening-Datsyuk-Tatar Abdelkader-Zetterberg-Cole Nyquist-Sheahan-Pulkkinen Miller-Andersson-Weiss — Ansar Khan (@AnsarKhanMLive)…
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