They're back....who are these guys?

So...Hockey's back.

Has anyone seen the Red Wings? Not the team, or the arena, but, I mean, who the hell are those peopl on the roster? Maybe I didn't read up on hockey too much during the lockout (read: Blatantly ignored all hockey news), but...what? I look at the current roster and I am wondering if the Red Wings streak of making the playoffs is in jeopardy, even with a shortened season. Basically this season will be a 48 game run to the playoffs.

Samuelson is back, don't know if that is a good thing or not yet. The Wings have one goalie, no real backup. Of course, that's What we all thought about Jimmy Howard, and now look at him. Then the rest of the roster is, admittedly a LITTLE familiar, with names like Tatar and Mursak and ... and...oh, Brendan Smith, there's another one.

The Wings are not the feared "Our 4th line could be a first line on nearly every other team" team that is was before, but maybe some youth is what they need. I wonder how the lines will stack up once Datsyuk and (new Captain) Zetterberg are placed? Are they going to have another Grind Line type line with Bertuzzi, Smith, Tootoo and Abdelkader? Or speed with the likes of Helm and Mursak?

Who Knows? I'll be back, I'm going to go get Mickey Redmond's take on all this.