Detroit — Nobody is expecting it.
The analysts who cover hockey across North America, the oddsmakers, or analytic people who who project team and individual performances to the minute point.
Nobody sees the Red Wings making the playoffs this season.
Be it the roster being too old or too young or simply not good enough, reasons are many and varied.
It won’t be easy, obviously.
The top three teams in the Atlantic Division earn automatic playoff spots — and Tampa, Toronto and Boston appear to have locks on those three spots. All three are good enough to win the Stanley Cup.