Streakin...

You know, I should really quit reading the Triple Deke blog before writing my own. Its hard to write when you are still pissing yourself over some totally random comment that he threw in there for this express purpose. In any case, the Wings are on a hot streak, winning three in a row, and beating up on the Columbus BlowJays twice. That Nash kid is pretty good, but one person doesn't make a team. The BlowJays might go into the playoffs, but they are not making it out of the first round unless Jesus Christ Himself intervenes and the Edmonton Oilers (7-12-4) make the post season.

No matter how you slice it, the Wings are on fire. All the talking heads on TV will tell you that they are 8-1-1 in their last 10 games. So what? Why not just roll back all the way to the beginning of the season? They are 16-4-2. Yeah, take that. They are firmly on top of the West, and they would be on top of the whole NHL if the Eastern Conference didn't have The Devils, Islanders, Sabres, Maple Leafs, Hurricanes, and Panthers to beat up on. (Yeah, I didn't link these teams because nobody likes them, sue me).

If you browse the Red Wings statistics pages, you will note that Ruslan Salei leads the team in PIM. The Red Wings web managers, in an effort to make it look like this was some error, have posted his picture in his Avalanche sweater. He's dead to them, apparently. In the "good" stats, Cleary still leads the team in goals, Lidstrom and Datsyuk are tied for most assists, and Datsyuk is on top in total points. Speaking of assists, if you missed that one from Datsyuk to Zetterberg in the game against the (stupid) Sharks, you need to go watch the highlights.

Now. About this Modano thing. According to the Detroit Free Press, Modano may not return AT ALL this season. A skate blade cut a tendon in his wrist. Remember those old fashioned brown leather gloves that went roughly up to your shoulder like a cow insemination glove? Maybe the rest of the players should take a lesson and go back to the high cuff gloves, rather than these sporty little Isotoner-looking things they are wearing now...so out for the season. Great. There goes at least 30 points. On the upside, the Wings actually have someone to replace him with. The other upside is that the Wings, with the return of Kris Draper in a few days, will have exactly ONE person on the DL (knock on wood).

Anaheim is next, but not till Friday. Plenty of time to soak up some rays on the Pacific Coast, then the dreaded "three games in four days" plan, one of which is San Jose at the Joe a day after back to back west coast games. Not looking forward to that one...

Anyway, you all get a lot of late night/early morning ramblings this week...