Ansar Khan of Mlive.com writes that Mike Modano holds no grudges towards the Dallas Stars, his long time team that decided no to bring him back after last season. However it seems the same cannot be said about his actress wife Willa 
“I think it was more so on my wife’s radar than anything,” Modano said. “She wanted me to go play, and especially in Detroit to kind of shove it up everybody’s … you know.
“That was her precise words and she felt it was a great opportunity to do that in Detroit and loved the Red Wings and knew it was one of our rivals. She felt going in there and having the chance to play with good players was a real good opportunity.’’
In addition to all of this, Modano also says that he will be glad to get the Dallas homecoming out of the way quickly. The Wings visit the American Airlines Center in Dallas on October 14th, which coincidently is Dallas’ home opener.
“It’ll be a tough game to get through,” Modano said. “When it’s over, I’ll probably be glad that game is done. Let’s get it over with early in the season and don’t have to think about it.’’