Chalk up another banner to the Joe Louis Arena rafters in Hockeytown, Detroit. The Detroit Red Wings will be raising their 11th Stanley Cup Championship banner to the rafters tonight, before they embark on a journey toward a 12th, as they start the season against the Toronto Seaholm Maple Leafs.
This is an exciting time for all die-hard Detroit sports fans because the start of the NHL season will give us a much needed break from the dreadful Detroit Lions, disappointing Detroit Tigers season, and tough times surrounding the city of Detroit involving the economy and former mayor Kwame Kilpatrick.
The city's black eye will slowly subside with the banner rising remembering last season's championship and the start of the Red Wings defense.
The Red Wings are by far and away the favorites to win the NHL Stanley Cup again this year as they boast almost the exact same lineup as last year with a key addition in league-star, Marian Hossa. Shakespeare, if he were alive today, wouldn't be able to describe the beauty and romance of this lineup.
I have to admit though, the Detroit Free Press did a pretty good job when they referred to it as downright swoon-worthy. Personally, I can't even begin to explain how good it actually is. I really can't. That's tough for me to say because I've been around great Red Wings lineups before. Literally.
I dated Hall of Famer, Igor Larionov's daughter when I was 17 years old. Of course, since then his daughter has moved on to bigger and uglier things while I've moved to Atlanta with my girlfriend of almost three years and hopeful future wife, Kaley. She too has a Hall of Fame dad, but he's never played hockey before. Regardless, I still take pride in knowing all about my Detroit hockey team.
At first, I thought Kwame's Wed Wings were going to have a bit of a hang over from partying with the Stanley Cup and Kid Rock all summer long. This preseason they showed everything but that by going a convincing 7-2.
In the past few days, Head Coach Mike Babcock sent down what he called the three best players he's ever sent back to the minors. Leino, Helm, and Ericsson would for sure be in lineups elsewhere in the NHL.
I wouldn't be surprised to see these three back up with the big team at some point this season. They're all going to be good NHL players one day. In fact, the lineup is so deep, the Red Wings are saying they'll have tough decisions to make with veterans, Chelios and McCarty, when they return from their stints on the IR.
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