Detroit Red Wings: Now what?

With the Red Wings’ season now officially ended, NHLHS Correspondent Christina Roberts looks at what this 2010-2011 team accomplished and what may be next. Sometimes it’s best not to look at the numbers. In the 2009 Stanley Cup Finals versus the Pittsburgh Penguins, Game Seven was at the Detroit Red Wings’ Joe Louis Arena. Red Wings fans clung to their numbers, spouting things like Chris Osgood‘s goals-against average and save percentage so far in the Finals, how Pittsburgh certainly couldn’t win three of the four last games of the series, and how the Wings had outscored the Penguins 11-2 so far at the Joe. And look at what happened, with everything pointing in the Red Wings’ favor. Again, with an aged roster (the oldest in the NHL) and their top defenseman having an off-season last year, who knew that Nicklas Lidstrom would bounce back stronger than ever at the ripe young age of 41 and have one of the most productive seasons of his career? He pl...