my true opinion...

with fifteen games to play,the Red Wings have a very tough road to hoe... they are in tenth place in the Eastern Conference,three points behind the New York Rangers,but they now have eleven players on injured/reserve,and if Landon Ferraro plays tonight,he will be the seventh player to have his NHL debut this season for the Red Wings,and of the 2012-2013 Grand Rapids Griffiths who won the American Hockey League Championship,there have been ten members of that club who have played for the Red Wings,this season... the Red Wings may not make the Stanley Cup playoffs for the first time since 1990,this season,but they are a club who has not quit on anyone this season... they are young and scrappy,and even though,they are that way,they have shown flashes of brilliance,but honestly,they have been inconsistent with their offense all season(scoring three goals,in regulation,in last four games,for example)... this season for the Red Wings' fans have been tough to watch,but i am a true hardcore fan of the team,and when fans are fair weather fans(jumping on the bandwagon),they are NOT true fans... it is the fan who stands by "their" team,"wear" their colors,and stick through tough times that are true dyed in the wool fans;i.e. hardcore fans that really count...