DAMN! DAMN! DAMN! This series is so damned frustrating. I think you all are right - Dats is not coming back, and even if he does, he'll be nursing the foot and one whack would probably put him back out; but, ya' know - that's hockey, injury is part of the game and was certainly one of the reasons that the Red Wings won last year - they had very few injuries and everyone could play at top speed.

On another note, I'm happy to be working, but not pleased to have to miss the game on Saturday for a house concert. I expect my audience would not appreciate me watching a hockey game while performing; and, they surely wouldn't stand for my jumping up and yelling,"YES, YES," in the middle of some chorus after the Wings score. Then again, they would not like my negative statements like, "Oh, shit," when the Pens score or get a power play when I'm in the middle of singing, "The Dutchman." "The dutchman's not the kind of man, who keeps his thumb jammed in the...OH, SHIT!"
GO RED WINGS!...............mwh