We’re just over a week away from the Detroit Red Wings season opener against Mike Babcock and the Toronto Maple Leafs. (Let the subplots begin). If you take a look around Wings Nation, expectations are pretty high and there are a number of people predicting good things for the Wings.
Perhaps the one place where the Wings have a question mark is defense. It isn’t anything related to skill, but instead more about who adds the most value on a very crowded roster. We’ll start with some of the players who have been in the news lately.
He’s been a talked about a lot lately and a strong performance during the Wings 4-3 loss to Boston certainly helped his stock.