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one less team for paul maclean to go to

the only thing that i am upset by is that i am worried that he will be biased towards the dogs because he works for them. even though he used to do the wings games and is very professional he has to be pulling for the team that, if they win, he will continue to be paid by them through the second round.

Montreal over Washington. ya, Im daring enough to do it

make sure to wear as much red as possible and standout in the whiteout.

MVP: Nick "Norris" Lidstrom Sleeper: Ozzy

will the coyotes wear their white road jerseys to match the crowd?

that really makes you realize how spoiled we are as wings fans to get to watch those two play game in game out

Williams makes the lineup over abby the wings would be horrible in shootouts Z had no problems with his back(that we know of ) Drew Miller The wings would finish with more points than Pittsburgh

the 2009 penguins finished their season going 16-2-3 35pts in their final 21 games the 2010 wings finished their season going 16-3-2 34pts in their final 21 games the 2009 penguins final record was 45-29-9 99pts 4th in east the 2010 wings final record was 44-24-14 102 pts 5th in west kinda spooky how similar they are, and considering they both are coming off a loss in the cup final it kind of seems like the wings are repeating what pitt did a year ago

you would think after all the undersized players the wings have drafted that have had some success in the nhl over the years, other teams would start to realize that skill can get you pretty far.

im willing to bet z messed up and was supposed to say 21. But if he didnt and there was a miscount then i would be calling and emailing the wings like crazy asking for a re-count.

wings and hawks last game is against each other, if chi wins they get 1st seed(col) and det will be 7th or 6th(van or sj) det wins they will be either 5th or 6th(phx or van) and chi will get 2nd seed if sj loses(either nsh or la)

when is the official last shave supposed to happen? After the last reg season game? the morning after the last game? the morning of the first wings playoff game?

If the west seedings are set by sunday when the wings finish the year in chicago, and the wings and hawks are going to play in the first round do the wings rest some guys to avoid injury or go out and set the stage by trying to dominate them and show them that the Wings still own them.

2010-2011 lines Mule(3.9)-Pav(6.7)-Homer(1.750) Flip(3.0)-Z(6.1)-Afinogenov(1.5) Cleary(2.8)-Helm(1.0)-Bert(1.225) Miller(.750)-Draper(1.6)-Abby(1.0) Eaves(.750) Lidstrom(4.5)-Raffy(6.0) Kronner(3.0)-Stuart(3.750) Lilja(1.250)-Ericsson(.900) Kindl(.900) Meech(.600) Howard(.716) Ozzy(1.416) Cap Space= 2.5

if the wings finish the final 3 games 1-0-2 then they will finish with the record I predicted in february, 14-3-4

Dan Bylsma coached his first game for the Pittsburgh Penguins on Feb 16 2009 with 25 games left to play. The Penguins record when he took over: 27-25-5, 59 PTS. They were 5 points out of a playoff spot. they finished the year 45-28-9, 99 PTS 4th in the east. the Red Wings record with 25 games remaining was 27-20-10, 64 PTS Right now with 21 games left they are 28-21-12, 68 Pts 1 pt out of the playoffs. Penguins record with 21 gms left 29-26-6, 64 PTS. they finished the year 16-2-3 35 PTS is it possible the 2009 Penguins wrote a script that the 2010 Red Wings will repeat The Penguins changed their coach and it changed the whole attitude of the team. I dont know about anyone else, but since The Mule has come back the team has played with a lot more confidence, they are 1-0-2. 4 out 6 points are not bad if you ask me. I know changing a coach is totally different that getting an injured player back, but you cant deny the wings have been much better since The Mule came back. the way i see it if the Red Wings can(i think will) win 2 out of every 3 games the rest of the way, they will be very confident they can make a good long run at another cup I see them finishing the year 14-3-4, 32 pts, that would put their season record at 42-24-16, 100 PTS (im gonna guess 6th seed, first round match up w/ Colorado)

the goaltending in the west wont have the experience it had in the past, any team can come out of it so seeding is void. Its simple enough for the wings confidence + health =

At the time of this post Detroit has 95 pts with 5 gms remaining and Phoenix has 100 with 4 gms remaining. Phoenix finishes the year playing: Edm, Nsh, LA, SJ. Assuming the Wings run the table heading to the playoffs(doubt they will though) they would need the dogs to get no more than 4 pts, which seems possible considering all the teams they are playing are either fighting for playoff seeding or playing for pride. Since the coyotes won 9 in a row they have gone 1-3-1 and scoring 11 goals in those games(6 of them in 1 game) so they have cooled off. "IF" the wings beat NSH, and PHX looses to EDM today the wings will be 3 pts back with a game in hand. Its funny how 2 weeks ago we were hoping the wings would just make the playoffs and now they have a legit shot at getting home ice in the first round

who i want the wings to play: i dont care, after the season the wings have had just making the playoffs is a victory in it self. plus that whole "be careful what you wish for" thing comes into play.

Over the past decade at this point in the season the wings would have the division locked up and just fighting for one of the 3 top seeds in the west. As fans we would be looking at the standings and wondering who the wings would match up best against, who you wouldn't want the wings to play in the first round and so on. But this year its different, they are going to be somewhere between seeds 5-8 and wont have home ice in a series for the first time in a long time. In years past they would be resting guys and getting ready for a long playoff haul, while the lower seeds would be just fighting to make the playoffs. Detroit had to worry if the team they would face in the first round would be much more prepared for the playoffs because they had been in playoff mode for about a month, while the wings hadn't played a meaningful game in that span. And a couple of times they couldn't match the oppositions energy(2003 VS ANA, 2006 VS EDM) As Red Wing fans how could you not be excited about the playoffs this year. In 3 weeks when the second season starts the wings "should" be playoff ready, and the teams they will most likely face will have the same if not more challenges than the Wings have had. And for the Wings being a lower seed they wont have the expectations they have had in previous years. Chicago: Most of their big name players(Kane, Toews, Keith, Seabrook) haven't had the pressure of being the team to beat. If Chi and Det meet in the first round it will be interesting to see if Chicago worries more about beating their big brother or about winning a cup. MY prediction: Det in 7 San Jose: This team has more expectations that anyone in the west. If SJ meets Det in the first round and the wings win you better expect the sharks to clean house over the summer. This is a match-up where the pressure is all on the sharks and Detroit can just play their game and hope the sharks crack under the pressure. My prediction: Det in 6 Vancouver: Of all the teams Detroit could play in the first round I feel Van will be the most interesting. They don't have the offence that Chi or SJ has, but they do have an advantage in goal, and for some reason canadian teams give the wings fits. My prediction: Van in 6 Phoenix: The desert dogs have goaltending and no pressure to win. But what they don't have is playoff experience. Detroit has a history of running into a hot goalie and getting eliminated, Ilya Bryzgalov fits the mold perfectly of being another one of those goalies. And after not winning a playoff series for 2 decades they have nothing to lose. But other than goaltending the wings out match them in everything else. MY prediction: Det in 5

wings need to go 5-0-2 to match what Pit did last year in their last 21 games(16-2-3), and with games against CBJ(3), EDM, NSH, PHI, and CHI that seems very possible

dominating performance vs the Wild. I said 14-3-4, but they could very well go 17-2-2

9-2-1 since break, on pace for the 14-3-4 I predicted

bump, they dominated the pens with only 3 lines and 10 forwards, still on pace to win 2 out of every 3