playing," Sgarbossa said. "I think in the NHL you have to do the same thing every night. If you're off one night they'll find someone else. So I definitely want to be more consistent [this season]."Agozzino's achievements with the Monsters last season were recognized by Colorado when he signed a two-year contract with the Avalanche on March 22."A lot of my success last season was just from working hard and trying to do the right things every day in practice," he said. "I'm not trying to change too much. I just want to come in and build off last year to keep us off to a good start and to continue rolling forward."It's all part of the grand plan for Agozzino and Sgarbossa, who remain focused on achieving the lifelong dream that they share."As far as being named all-stars and things like that, we're trying to carry ourselves the same way we did last year," Sgarbossa said. "Hopefully we can become all-stars in the NHL too. That would be our ultimate goal."
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The Detroit Red Wings had a definite plan in mind when they signed center Stephen Weiss to a five-year contract over the summer.They would put Weiss, who missed most of last season with a wrist injury, in the middle of the second line between Johan Franzen and fellow free-agent signee Daniel Alfredsson. They also planned to move captain Henrik Zetterberg from center of the second line to left wing on the top unit with playmaking center Pavel Datsyuk.Detroit also let versatile second-liner Valtteri Filppula, who played center and left wing, leave via free agency. It looked like a fine idea, but 11 games into the new season it's time for a new plan. Vexed by an offense averaging just 2.27 goals per game (23rd in the NHL), coach Mike Babcock is again splitting up Zetterberg (six goals,Russell Wilson Jersey, six assists) and Datsyuk (five goals, six assists), who have combined for a whopping 34 percent of the Red Wings' points. In splitting up top forwards Pavel Datsyuk and Henrik Zetterberg, the Detroit Red Wings are trying to spark an offense that currently ranks 23rd. (Photo: Dave Reginek/NHLI)"It's not going," Babcock told reporters in Detroit after practice Friday. "I told them and [the media] I wasn't going to split them up and 11 games in, I'm splitting them up. It wasn't by plan and not necessarily what I wanted to do, but we need to. We think we need more going. It's too easy to shut down one or two guys. You need a team going."Heading into Saturday night's game against the New York Rangers at Joe Louis Arena (7 p.m., NHLN-US), Zetterberg is back at center of the secon