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Red Wings owner Mike Ilitch believes his team addressed its top priority by signing center Pavel Datsyuk to a 7-year contract extension. "Everyone in the organization wanted him to stay with us," Ilitch said. The move Friday underscored the team's time-honored tradition of doggedly scouting far-flung talent -- in Datsyuk's case, Russia's Siberia region -- and reinvesting in proven performers. |