analysis of game...

the pundits say that the Red Wings "have a big hole in their team",but honestly,the loss of Pavel Datsyuk,for about a month,is going to be felt mostly,on defense... luckily,the Red Wings has enough offense to make up for the loss;expect a loss of a quarter of a goal,in offensive output,but if they tighten up defense,they will be fine... expect Henrik Zetterberg,and Nicklas Lidstrom,to pick up lack of punch,but i expect the Red Wings to stay pat,for a couple of games,then figure out how to play,without Datsyuk(maybe recall a player from Grand Rapids,or shift around current players,on roster)... i expect them to be alright... i rather have this type of injury,right now,instead of March-April,because the loss of Datsyuk,at that point,would be rather bad,in scope,because not having him until playoffs,would really hurt... Datsyuk has missed only six games,since the lockout,until now,not including the 2009 playoffs,when he broke his foot(the deciding factor,along with an injury to Lidstrom,which cost him two games,in the failed offensive playoff run,against Chicago,and Pittsburgh)... Zetterberg scored two goals,including game winner,in overtime,along with Valtteri Filppula,Dan Cleary,and Nicklas Lidstrom,who scored game tying goal,late in third period,to force overtime... the Sedin(Henrik,and Daniel) twins both scored goals,both in second period,for Vancouver,but the Red Wings,kept them in check,most of the game,and peppered Roberto Luongo with shots,and he gave up a couple of very strange goals,and rather soft goals... Red Wings' defense was all right,but to tell you the truth,both teams light it up normally,on each other(last game:Vancouver 6,Detroit 4,so i expected a lot of goals in most games,between both teams)... a win is a win,a rather big win,overall,but Red Wings won last night...