By Jeff Moss DetroitSportsRag@GMail.com June 24, 2016 Dear Dennis, Welcome to Detroit. Congratulations on being selected #20th overall in the 2016 NHL Draft by an Original Six franchise and an organization that has hoisted the Stanley Cup eleven times. Now, let me fill you in on some details regarding the…

By Jeff Moss DetroitSportsRag@GMail.com June 24, 2016 I didn't want to write another article this week. I have provided you people with enough content already. But I could not let the events of Thursday's Tigers/Mariners game pass without documenting them for posterity. Because if I don't do this, who the…

By Jeff Moss DetroitSportsRag@GMail.com June 23, 2016 If it wasn't bad enough that Pavel Datsyuk walked away from the Detroit Red Wings before fulfilling the three-year commitment he made to the team, leading the franchise to salary cap purgatory ..... If it wasn't bad enough that Pavel Datsyuk decided a week into…

By Jeff Moss DetroitSportsRag@GMail.com June 22, 2016 Josh Katzenstein broke the news earlier today on Twitter that he was leaving the Detroit News to take a position in New Orleans covering the Saints for NOLA.com.  Moments later, the DSR put two and two together and we figured out that Katzenstein was replacing a…

By Jeff Moss DetroitSportsRag@GMail.com June 22, 2016 ..... is it indeed a [Dead] Duck? Now, I am not reporting that Greater Media (GM) has decided to flip formats at Detroit Sports 105.1 but what I am telling you is that their behavior is completely consistent with a radio company that is preparing to…

By Jeff Moss DetroitSportsRag@GMail.com June 21, 2016 On this week's DSR Podcast, Jasper Apollonia and I wondered why in the hell Brad Ausmus is still employed by the Tigers when he continues to manage the team in a way diametrically opposed to the franchise's braintrust. And then I dissected every aspect of the Pavel Datsyuk…

By Jeff Moss DetroitSportsRag@GMail.com June 20, 2016 I was pretty pissed off on this week's Mondays with Moss segment on 92.1FM in Lansing. Basically this was 11 minutes of me ranting and raving about the Tigers, Brad Ausmus and the Pavel Datsyuk situation. I think Shue got about 15 words in edgewise. This…

By Jeff Moss DetroitSportsRag@GMail.com June 18, 2016 Russians. Selke Award Winners. Stanley Cup Champions. First Ballot Hall of Famers. Two-Way Superstars. Red Wings Centers. (more…)

By Jeff Moss and Brian Cavanaugh DetroitSportsRag@GMail.com June 17, 2016 On Thursday, my friend, I mean bitter enemy who nobody in this town should hire regardless of the circumstances Tony Paul posted an article in the Detroit News regarding the importance of Gay Pride Month in light of the horrific attack on…

By Jeff Moss DetroitSportsRag@GMail.com June 17, 2016 The DSR is always a lot more fun and entertaining when I have an enemy and boy, do I have a juicy one on the hook right now: the total hypocrite Fox-2 reporter Michael Elrick. (The DSR has made an editorial decision to never call him M.L. Elrick…