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All is not well in Hockeytown
It isn't a problem that the Detroit Red Wings have all of their offensive eggs in one basket. The problem is that there are so few eggs right now. While one loss in the past 10 playoff games is not problematic, the development of the Red Wings' scoring is. The team's loss in Dallas in Game 4 of the Western Conference final highlighted that the Red Wings are at this moment a one-line team. If ...
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5/16 Notes
On the Wings — ... … Speaking of those two, MacLeod has an interesting piece up on his blog about the Wings’ sudden lack of secondary scoring. ...

Stars charge back into series
Gorilla Crouch — ... Dallas should be gaining confidence. Game 6 is at their arena and they finally held the ZDH line off the scoreboard. Bruce MacLeod has mentioned that Detroit isn’t getting any goals from the second line since Johan Franzen has been out of the lineup and that is becoming a cause for concern. Valtteri Filppula did set up Dan Cleary for a great scoring chance early in the game yesterday but Marty Turco made a sharp stop. He earned his first victory in Detroit, which is another positive sign for the Stars. ...

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