commentary...

the Red Wings have played stellar defense so far,lately,and going into the Stanley Cup playoffs,if they get in,they may surprise some people... they may not win a Stanley Cup this season,may not get out of the first round,depending on whom they may play,in first round,but to tell the honest truth,i have never been prouder of a Red Wings' team,including the four Stanley Cup Champions that i have seen play,over the past twenty one years... they have a team which lost major stars(Brad Stuart,to San Jose,Tomas Holmstrom,Brian Rafalski,who retired before last season-2012,and "the Perfect Human",and sure Hall of Fame member Nicklas Lidstrom),players lost to more games due to injury than most teams this season,and they have fought like dogs to get into eighth place,in Western Conference,with two games to go with a real chance to be in seventh place,at the end of the season... my choice for the Jack Adams(coach of the year)would be Red Wings' head coach Mike Babcock,because he and the other coaches have done a brilliant job coaching a team that could have honestly folded,and built for next season,but the winning tradition in Detroit goes on,even when the team looks like a ragtag team going into the season,and people look at the recent record,and it looks like they are struggling,and on offense they may be,but in the last eight games,they have allowed only sixteen goals with two shutouts,and that includes losing 1-0,to St. Louis,on a fluke goal... now,that is playoff defense,and going into the playoffs(if they get into the top eight,and right now,they are eighth)no team would want to play the Red Wings,and i mean NO TEAM,because they will fight,and scratch like dogs,and in the Stanley Cup playoffs,you do not win 6-5 games,too often,but you do win a lot of 2-1,and 3-2 games,and there is no shootout,and overtime,is sudden death-first team that scores-wins... BRING IT ON!!!!!! GO RED WINGS!!!!!!!!