What happened?
On Wednesday before I left for work and then a weekend in Chicago, things were looking a bit worrisome. Dan Cleary out with a fracture jaw. Dominik Hasek injures his hip. Niklas Kronwall was still out with a sprained clavicle. And we had lost four straight. Nothing impressive, right?
Well, I get back Saturday night from a great weekend in Chicago to hear the following:
1) Brian Rafalski is now out with a sore groin so we now are missing two of our top defenseman AND our starting goaltender AND one of our top grittier forwards. Fortunately, Rafalski’s injury is just day-to-day, but we all know groin injuries take forever to heal and we don’t seem to have a lot of luck with them.
2) The Wings lost 5-1 on Friday evening. At home. To Columbus. It was their fifth straight loss. Chris Osgood was pulled for a second time after allowing three goals in the first period.
3) Due to Ozzie’s play of late (and the fact he isn’t getting the help from defense that he needs in part due to injuries), head coach Mike Babcock has decided to start Jimmy Howard today in goal.
Like I said, this is the lowest Wings have felt this season.
IwoCPO @ Abel to Yzerman:
So you’ve lost five in a row. You’re playing the hottest team in the West. Your goalie’s been pulled the last two games and the defense looks slower than six Hatchers. You’re starting a kid even though your starter’s owned Dallas his whole career. You can’t score even strength and your coach is playing Scrabble in the sauna.
But don’t fret. There’s always Turco.
But that’s not going to be enough. I’m thinking we’re looking at 6.
Each weekend I leave, I come back to find more bad news. I just hope the trend doesn’t continue when I visit NYC this next weekend.
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February 18th, 2008 at 1:35 pm
Yes, I fear the end is near for the Wings. More scary than the Wings current slide though is a trip to NYC!! That town is crazy! Have a good time!!