Detroit M*A*S*H Unit

Since I haven't blogged in a while, I figure this game, against the Predators, is as good as any to start.

The injury report was put up on the screen for tonights game and I had to put on my reading glasses to read it since the print on my 60 inch TV was so small. Problem is, I don't wear reading glasses. That didn't include the injuries this game, which include Kronwall and Howard and up until a few minutes ago, Cory Emmerton. Since he came back, I'm not counting that one. I don't want to have to take my shoes off. Likewise, I'm not counting Kronwall either, since he has showed back up on the bench.

It's a weird game anyway. The Wings had to put Gustavsson in for Howard, and hopefully this is better than the Mrzak experiment the other night.Within a few min, he gets a penalty for delay of game for covering the puck, allegedly outside the goalies playing area. The good thing is that the guy is HUGE. On his knees in front of the net, his shoulders are still pretty close to the crossbar. Not a lot of net to shoot at when hes standing there, which is a good thing for the Wings right now.

The Grand Rapids Griffins coach is very likely pulling his hair out right now, because pretty much all of his two way players are dressing in the Red Wings locker room. This means that the Griffins are not going to be doing much in their league, unless the Toledo Walleye team has a few hidden gems. At this rate, the Walleye players will be wearing the Winged Wheel as they approach the playoffs. Starting to wonder if this is the year when the Wings don't make it, and though they will have the record for consecutive appearances, it will be a small consolation prize for Wings fans used to sitting in the Joe at playoff time.

I still cannot believe its only 2-1 since the Wings have had a constant parade of players to the penalty box. 12 minutes spent shorthanded. If not for Gustavsson and Pavel Datsyuk, the score would be somewhere north of a slaughter.

So just when the game shouldn't be any weirder, Jordin Tootoo bounces his first goal as a Red Wing off the skate of a Nashville player, and before I got done typing this, the Predators score to re-establish their lead. Where are the hockey gods that reward heart and desire? Oh, there they are. Datsyuk scored just as quick to tie it again.

This is why I don't blog during the game. As we head into OT, I can only wonder what tomfoolery will result in the winning goal. Another thing is that Ken Daniels is already factoring in "games in hand". And now the game is over, 44 seconds into overtime as two Wings get tangled up and Gustavsson finds himself out of position. See you next time. Predators beat Griffins 4-3 in OT.