These are not your brother's Red Wings. These guys are the Grand Rapids Griffins, augmented by a crazy young goal tender, currently injured, and a couple of aging, amazing veterans (think Jager). Pavel Datsyuk and Henrik Zetterberg, and a bunch of guys who came up through the system.
I resented the Red Wings of yor, when the coach could pencil in the Hall of Fame defensemen Nicklas Lidstrom. It was like penciling in 'win'. The guy is totally deserving, and some day I will come to terms with the notion that I got to watch Lidstrom while his team beat mine silly.