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I still don't understand how you can say the Wings couldn't deal with injury? We had our top guys out and managed to stay in the playoff picture for the whole season. Once our players came back we made a charge and got a higher seed. A factor I think you're overlooking is conditioning. You can't expect players who haven't played a full season due to injury to just comeback and go at full speed consistently night in and night out. I think it was obvious the Wings just didn't have their legs especially after going 7 games against a emotionally driven Coyotes team.

I kinda hope Niemi goes to the Sharks only to be exposed as a average goalie. The Sharks don't have the talent the Hawks have on D to help Niemi like they did. If Niemi was worth the money the Hawks would have figured out a way to keep him.