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The Hockey News predicts that the Red Wings will finish seventh in the West

Found August 17, 2012 on Kukla's Korner: Yardbarker Blogger Network
PLAYERS: Nicklas Lidstrom,  Brad Stuart,  Ken Holland,  Brendan Smith,  Pavel Datsyuk,  Henrik Zetterberg,  Jordin Tootoo
TEAMS: Detroit Red Wings,  San Jose Sharks
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The Hockey News has slowly but surely revealed its predictions for each and every team’s regular season finish/record, and today, they suggest that the Nicklas Lidstrom-less Red Wings will finish seventh in the Western Conference—just good enough to make the playoff cut, but not good enough, in the Hockey News’s eyes, anyway, to make anything more than a one or two-round playoff push: 7 DETROIT RED WINGS: Why: Welcome to the Twilight Zone. Detroit, on the playoff bubble? It feels odd to even type those words, but the Red Wings’ off-season was disastrous. They lost their best defenseman ever, Nicklas Lidstrom, to retirement, and traded Brad Stuart. The assumption was they’d land a big free agent fish or two to replace them, but GM Ken Holland swung and missed. Even if rookie Brendan Smith shines, the Wings can’t possibly replace what they’ve lost on the back end. That said, Detroit still boasts one of the league’s deepest forward corps, led by Pavel Datsyuk and Henrik Zetterberg, ...
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