It was a bittersweet Saturday night: the Capitals offered a much-improved effort at the Joe, getting superb goaltending from JT and competing for pucks in a much more impressive fashion, but ultimately were undone by costly and senseless penalties. They took five, the more disciplined Wings took just three, and Detroit converted the differential into a 3-2, hard-fought triumph.The Wings still possess a roster well stocked with elite talent, but do they appear scary-good to you as they have for much of the past decade-plus? The ACL injury to Johan Franzen last Thursday is a major setback, but prior to that the Wings lost some serious offensive production in the offseason (Hossa, Hudler). Nik Lidstrom turns 40 in a few months. Just sayin. It's just October, the calendar bane of the Washington Capitals, and the schedule this month I'm told is "tough." Meh. Very obtainable standings points have already been squandered. Meanwhile, our American League affili...
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