REMEMBERING THE LEGACY OF
VLAD THE IMPALER

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Konstantinov with the Cup in 2002.

His number can still be spotted in the stands at games in Detroit—the red 16 sewn on white. He's there too, sometimes, in the owner's box, silently watching the ice below. His younger face still stares out from a picture on the wall facing the entry to the Red Wings locker room, so that every player can lock eyes with him before every period of every game. But what lingers most about the presence and absence of Vladimir Konstantinov is the idea of the player he would have been, and the reality of the team that has come to be without him. Read More