First game back...

[evil204 4]

So I was just looking at the Olympics schedule, and noticed that the gold medal game is on Feb. 28. The NHL starts up again the next day, on March 1, but there's only one game. Guess who's playing :-P It's on the road, too.

Hmm...

[McAwesome 754]

Wow, I didn't even notice that.

That sucks, between that and the back-to-back in the SCF last year, it's hard not to believe there is some bias against the Red Wings among the league brass (I know realistically there isn't, just saying).

How many Olympians do the Avs have?: 4

Ruslan Salei, Belarus. Yeah, like he's going to be playing at all in the 2nd week of the Olympics

Peter Budaj, Slovakia. Likely the backup goalie anyway, and he doesn't even start for the Avs

Milan Hejduk, Czechs. Outside shot at the medal round, but doubtful

Paul Stastny, USA. Likely to make the medal round, also likely to log a lot of TOI

How many Olympians do the Wings have?: 7 (possibly 8)

Brian Rafalski, USA: Likely will be one of the top TOI on the team, and USA will probably advance to at least the semis

Valtteri Filppula, Finland: Another country likely to advance to the medal round

Pavel Datsyuk, Russia: Definitely going to be playing for most of the tourney, possibly on the 28th

Niklas Lidstrom, Henrik Zetterberg, Tomas Holmstrom, Niklas Kronwall, Sweden: Better be playing on the 28th

Again, at the risk of getting caught without my tin foil hat on, that sucks that we have to play the day after the Olympics end.

[Z and D for the C 712]

If the USA does advance to the final match, would be interesting for Rafski and Stastny to go from teammates to opponents.

Edited February 13, 2010 by Z and D for the C

[Yellowknife Redwing 57]

Don't worry fellas, the only Red Wing that will be playing against Canada in the gold medal game is Datsyuk

[pazzloski 7]

After sweden won the gold medal at the last olympics didnt the wings that were on the team miss the first game back? I seem to remember them all missing.