Ken Campbell's blog: THN.com Playoff Blog: Extra rest will serve Wings well

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Outside takes on the Wings' series sweep vs. Colorado
Published 5/2/2008 by George James Malik at Red Wings Snapshots - MLive.com
... was Johan Franzen, who scored three times to finish the series with an amazing nine goals. Overwhelming is the best way to describe it. Detroit's next opponent will obviously be better than the depleted Avs were, but if the Red Wings can keep their at this level or even close, they'll be tough to beat from here on in. The Hockey News's Ken Campbell believes that the Wings will actually benefit from a potentially long lay-off between Thursday's sweep and the Western Conference Finals: May 2, The Hockey News : Yikes. It's safe to say, one would think, that if the Stockholm Red ...

Cup Bound
Published 5/2/2008 by Paul at KK Hockey
... play the way they did in the second round of the playoffs, their players will be getting fitted for Stanley Cup rings just over a month from now. Of course, if they make as short of work of their next two opponents that they did of the Colorado Avalanche, perhaps we might see the end of the season before we have to star applying sunscreen on a regular basis. Is it just me or are the Red Wings looking very much the part of Stanley Cup champion? continued Ken, you are not going to find many Wings fans who will ...