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Red Wings captain Nicklas Lidstrom and teammate Brian Rafalski may be creeping up there in age, but neither defenseman has started thinking about life without hockey, reports the Detroit News. [FULL STORY]

Red Wings sign May to 1-year deal
The Detroit Red Wings have signed unrestricted free agent left wing Brad May to a one-year contract worth $500,000. read more...

May gets tryout with Red Wings
Veteran enforcer Brad May has earned a tryout with the Red Wings and is expected to play in an exhibition game tonight, reports the Detroit Free Press. read more...

Pos.	PLAYER	09-10 SALARY	09-10 CAP HIT
C	Pavel Datsyuk	$6,700,000	$6,700,000
C	Kris Draper	$1,650,000	$1,583,333
C	Valtteri Filppula	$2,500,000	$3,000,000
C	Johan Franzen	$5,500,000	$3,954,545
D	Jonathan Ericsson	$900,000	$900,000
D	Niklas Kronwall	$3,250,000	$3,000,000
D	Brett Lebda	$850,000	$650,000
D	Nicklas Lidstrom	$7,450,000	$7,450,000
D	Andreas Lilja	$1,250,000	$1,250,000
D	Derek Meech	$500,000	$483,333
D	Brian Rafalski	$6,000,000	$6,000,000
D	Brad Stuart	$3,750,000	$3,750,000
G	Jimmy Howard	$750,000	$716,667
G	Chris Osgood	$1,450,000	$1,416,667
LW	Justin Abdelkader	$710,000	$850,000
LW	Darren Helm	$500,000	$599,444
LW	Tomas Holmstrom	$2,250,000	$2,250,000
LW	Ville Leino	$775,000	$800,000
LW	Kirk Maltby	$750,000	$883,000
LW	Brad May	$500,000	$500,000
LW	Henrik Zetterberg	$7,400,000	$6,083,333
RW	Todd Bertuzzi	$1,500,000	$1,500,000
RW	Daniel Cleary	$2,500,000	$2,800,000
RW	Patrick Eaves	$500,000	$500,000
RW	Jason Williams	$1,500,000	$1,500,000

1st ROUND DRAFT HISTORY
YEAR	#	PLAYER	Pos.	DRAFT FROM	LEAGUE
2009	-	Pick Traded	-	-	-
2008	30	Thomas McCollum	G	Guelph Storm	OHL
2007	27	Brendan Smith	D	St. Michael's Buzzers	OPJHL
2006	-	Pick Traded	-	-	-
2005	19	Jakub Kindl	D	Kitchener Rangers	OHL

TEAM INFO.
Arena	Joe Louis Arena
Capacity	20,066
Address	600 Civic Center Drive Detroit, MI 48226
Phone	1-313-396-7544
GM	Ken Holland
Head Coach	Mike Babcock