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Where’s The Defense?
by Paul on 01/20/09 at 07:25 AM ET
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from Pat Caputo of the Oakland Press via the Morning Sun,
Last season, the Red Wings allowed, by a considerable margin, the fewest goals in the NHL. This season, 11 teams have allowed fewer goals. Osgood’s goals against average last season was below two per game. It’s above three this season.
The 49 shots allowed against the Stars — who aren’t, by the way, a reincarnation of Wayne Gretzky’s Edmonton Oilers from the 1980s in terms of skill — were the most allowed by the Red Wings since 1991. The Red Wings yielded 23 shots per goal during the second period of that game. That’s more shots per goal than they allowed overall in 13 of their 22 playoff games last spring….
Could be age is catching up to some of the Red Wings’ better forwards defensively. Kris Draper and Kirk Maltby, the Red Wings’ key penalty killers in the past, are 37 and 36.
Lidstrom will turn 39 in April. He is still a truly great player, but how much longer can he be this quiet miracle man for the Red Wings along the blue line?
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