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That's just a dumb choice by Lang. Lidstrom makes a great interception and Lang takes an unscreened shot from the top of the circle.

And Ribiero rings one off the post. Wings are lucky.

Wow. You called it Loo.

...and all of a sudden it's a one goal game.

Ha, I was just about to say that.

Bertuzzi has some insane puck control ability.

All we've heard is that it's an injury to his right hip. He was taken to the hospital.

Draper!

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Wow, Hasek with another great save.

Daniels just said it's a right hip injury. Kronwall won't be returning tonight.

Great save by Hasek.

I'm really liking the Bertuzzi-Datsyuk-Franzen line.

Bertuzzi!

He was skating on his left leg which makes me wonder if he re-injured the knee he tore ligaments in. Does anyone know which side the torn ligaments were on?

Ugh, that looked bad. Was it his right knee he had surgery on?

He's going to win it.

You did the past three games.

I'm not going to pick a team I'd want the Wings to face. If they're good enough to win the Cup they're good enough to beat anyone.

Yeah, it was Eriksson and two first rounders.

Article I'm looking forward to it. It will be cool to see what he can do at this level. This makes the deal look even worse for the Hurricanes.

Yes, Lidstrom is past is peak -- and he's still better than every defenseman in the league. I don't know about Lindstrom though.

Still, they didn't get anything for him.

Just curious, how many times have you seen him play?

Anything can happen. To make some noise Zetterberg needs to be healthy and playing at a level close to how he was before the injury. The additions of Calder and Bertuzzi will pay off if they can both get on their games. The forwards have more size and propensity to muck it out in the corners than last year. The Wings also have more guys who haven't won a Cup. I beleive our biggest weakness will be our defense. There is not one guy who can physically punish forwards consistently nor is there someone who can clear the crease. Even Lidstrom has looked tired recently. Good team defense will be absolutely key. Fortuantely, the Wings have played good team defense all year. Hasek is going to need to be very good. The defense (Schneider and Kronwall mainly) must limit mental lapses that killed us in the playoffs last year. It's good that Williams is gone. It's also good that Draper isn't in the top six like he was last year. Overall, I think this team is better prepared for the playoffs than they were last year. Datsyuk and Zetterberg have both matured. Datsyuk has become a much more complete player and I'm hoping he doesn't put up a goose egg in the playoffs this year. I don't think he will. Zetterberg has matured into one of the best forwards in the NHL. Calder and Bertuzzi are the type of guys that will wear the opposing defense down. It seems like this forward core has more ability to adjust than last year's. Like Babcock has said all, they are harder to play against.