Since my last post…
Sorry that I haven’t updated in just over a week. I had a 5pg group project stats paper, 20pg group project sociology of sport paper and a 20min presentation due this week. As my school year is winding down (my last exam is April 25), updates will probably be not quite so frequent since I need to do well on my exams. Additionally, I will be in Ft. Myers, Florida for 4 days starting April 26 and then I’m having major knee surgery (which is much needed) on May 3 in Cincinnati. During my vacation and surgery recovery, I’ll either have lots of time online to work on this blog or I’ll be too busy or in too much pain to update.
Unfortunately, this will be right during the playoffs but I need to get my surgery over with at the beginning of my summer to allow the longest possible recovery time before I return to the University of Michigan campus in late August. As IwoCPO said: “Christy, your knee problems are second only to The Captain’s.” It is so true, he’s actually my inspiration when I’m in a lot of pain. He played in the NHL playoffs worse off than my knee is and I can’t even fathom it when I have a hard time walking to class! Here’s to hoping that Yzerman gets to win the Cup one last time before retirement because if anyone deserves it, he’s the man.
Anyways, so what has happened since my last post on March 29? Here’s a list:
Wings played Nashville, Chicago, Minnesota, and Calgary in that time span. They went 3-0-1 in those three games including an OT loss to Chicago and a shootout victory over Calgary. Detroit currently leads the league by 4 points over Ottawa and 9 points over Dallas in the Western Conference.Â
I would personally like to congratulate IwoCPO at Abel to Yzerman for reaching the 45,000 visitor mark since December 28! His daily updates and always entertaining game recaps make A2Y a must read website and one of the first websites I visit each morning.Â
Paul at Kukla’s Korner had the wonderful opportunity to conduct a phone interview with Washington Caps’ owner, Ted Leonsis. Since Leonsis first invited Eric at Off Wing Opinion to a game, I’ve become a big fan of the owner and how he runs his team. It’s great to see a team owner recognize excellent, and I mean excellent, hockey blogs. I think I’d die of shock if Wings owner Mike Ilitch extended an invitation or offered a phone interview with a blogger. The closest I have gotten is an interview I did with Denise Ilitch, Alternate Governor at the time, in 2003-2004. But that was because my best friend in high school was a family friend with the younger Ilitch generation.Â
Rumors are floating around that Wings Asst. GM, Jim Nill, may not be with the Wings next year. You can read Ansar Khan’s thoughts or check out the discussion at Lets Go Wings. I think, if this was to happen, that it would be a huge blow to the organization. The scouting has been one of great strengths and will continue to be especially with this salary cap era. Personally, I will be sad to see him and his family leave Detroit if he does become a GM elsewhere. His daughter went to my middle school and my brother is great friends with his son so I’d hate for them to leave.Â
I had been so thankful that our players had remained really healthy this season (aside from Kronwall’s preseason knee injury and Fisher’s heart condition). But that has changed since my last post. Both Pavel Datsyuk and Mathieu Schneider have a “lower body injury.” And since it’s close to the playoffs, that is all the detail that we’re going to get. Hopefully, we’ll see them back in the lineup ideally against Nashville and Dallas, their last two games before the start of the playoffs. We’ll just have to cross our fingers and pray that these injuries aren’t too serious.Â
The Wings take on the Columbus Bluejackets this Friday at 7:30 in Detroit and then 7:00pm Saturday in Columbus. Detroit only has 7 games left in the regular season, which is hard for me to believe that the season has gone this fast. Hopefully, we’ll have a reason to celebrate in June. 
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