The Detroit Red Wings forcing game 7 after being down 3-0. This will be the eighth time in league history that a team down 0-3 has forced a game 7 with only three being able to win the series (Toronto, New York Islanders, Philadelphia Flyers). The Red Wings will look to pull off the improbable comeback Thursday night and look poised to do so in my opinion. The Red Wings absolutely dominated game six and if it weren't for Antii Niemi the score wouldn't have been close. Every Wings' player has bought into this comeback with the biggest surprise being Todd Bertuzzi who is playing like he did in the pre-Moore years. On the other side, San Jose is a team full of regular season all stars who check out come playoff time (Thornton, Marleau, Heatley). Look for the Red Wings to blow out San Jose in game seven and then head up the coast for what should be the stanley cup final series against the Canucks.
In other news, the Coyotes are staying in the desert for one more year. At least it seems that way. The City of Glendale approved to cover another projected 25 million dollars in losses for the club next season. The hope is that this will buy some time for some idiot to purchase this franchise. As one resident said at the town hall meeting last night ''Ice is for drinks in Phoenix, not hockey''. I couldn't agree more. For the record, I'm also against a team going back to Winnipeg when the Southern Ontario market is ridiculously underserved for professional hockey. There should be two more teams in the GTA area just like there are three in the New York area, which by the way only has one team that consistently sells out (Rangers). I'll save this rant for another day though.
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