commentary...

as i type this,the Red Wings lead NHL,with 80 points(39-17-2),have a home record of,24-2-1,and yet only a road record,of 15-15-1,which does suck,for some reason... last year,their home record was 21-14-6,basically,they had a better road record,last year... i guess that Mike Babcock(Red Wings' head coach)got it in the players' heads to tighten their defense,overall... i just wish that they would straighten out the road record,so then they would be more dangerous on the road(in opponent's barns)... maybe they will,and the Red Wings do have a lot of cap room,so expect the Red Wings,and general manager Ken Holland,to get some help,if they need it,on the trading deadline... Normally,the Red Wings are up against the cap limit,so they can not do much,but this is the reason that i call the Red Wings' front office,the best in NHL,because they seem to find ways to improve every year(example:20 straight playoff years,going on 21,and four Stanley Cups,in that time)... the pundits did say that coming out of the 2005 NHL lost season,that the Red Wings were the one team that would be the hurt the most(talking about age,and financially)... however,the Red Wings made the playoffs that year,and won 2008 Stanley Cup,and came within a great glove save(by Marc-Andre Fleury,of the Pittsburgh Penguins),off a shot by Nicklas Lidstrom,of sending game 7,into overtime,in 2009...