I look at guys like Kindl and Coliacavo getting important ice time and have to think that the Wings were not too invested in this season at the deadline. I guess DeKeyser going down hurt them, I really liked what he was developing in those ten or so games he was in.

The biggest thing in the Anaheim series that I thought they had going for them was their ability to get traffic. They did it better than just about any team in the first round and certainly they did it more effectively. Franzen, Cleary and Abdelkader were all getting good position and not budging.