Of Red Wings-related note this morning:
- The Detroit Red Wings begin a stretch of 4 games to be played over the course of 6 nights this week, and a longer stretch of playing 11 in 19 nights overall, and for that reason and more, the Hockey News’s Jason Chen suggests that fantasy hockey poolies “start” the Wings:
Detroit Red Wings
The Wings are really fun to watch. Not only do they boast incredible young talent, they’ve been competitive and held their own every night, and even gave the Panthers a scare by forcing overtime and nearly winning. The big difference has been their goal scoring; over the past two seasons, no team has been worse than the Red Wings’ 2.18 GF/GP. Their games are much more competitive now, and it’s conceivable they finish the week above .500 yet again visiting the struggling Habs and the overachieving Sabres, and then getting a home date against the Knights, who will be playing the second half of a back-to-back and their fourth road game in six days.
2. The Sporting News’s Jackie Spiegel posted a set of early power rankings, and her rankings offer a realistic estimate of the Wings’ status:
16. Detroit Red Wings
Opening night power ranking: 28
Overreaction: It’ll be another boring, mundane basement-dwelling year in Detroit!
Reality: The kids are all right.
So far, so good…
