commentary...

this early in this short season,my feelings about the Red Wings have been very correct... they are very inconsistent in their play,and going into last night,the third and fourth line,of their forwards,of the Red Wings' offense have exactly one point,of the forty nine points,that they have scored,with Pavel Datsyuk, Henrik Zetterberg,and a third player(most likely,Johan Franzen),having 32 points,of that total... their power play has been basically anemic,and their defense is a work in progress,sometimes brilliant,and sometimes non-existent... Red Wings' goaltender Jimmy Howard has been very good,but i have to admit the last two games have not been his best,but the fact that the Red Wings' defense has been shaky,has not helped Howard at all... that fact of a little training camp and no preseason games have hurt the Red Wings the most,of all NHL teams,because the loss of three major stars(Nicklas Lidstrom,and Tomas Holmstrom),to retirement,and(Brad Stuart),to free agency(San Jose Sharks),has put the Red Wings behind the proverbial eight-ball for this season,but honestly they do have talent to contend,and yet they are very inexperienced,and young on the back end of their offense and their defense,and with injuries to some of their players,it may be a very long season,and with fourteen of their last twenty two games,on the road it will be tough to get into the Stanley Cup playoffs this year... they have the talent to contend,get into the Stanley Cup playoffs,the coaching,but it will be real dogfight to do it,and it may be frustrating to watch,but being a hardcore fan,i am really anxious to watch the Red Wings mature,as a team,throughout this season...