Detroit Red Wings Fans: It’s Time to Get Happy, Other Fans…Pray

March 28th, 2010 by Matt Hutter Leave a reply »
They've won nothing.

They haven't secured a playoff berth.

They will not clinch home ice if they do and, when the playoffs start, they will face the toughest competition they've seen in years.

Still, if you're a Red Wings fan, it is now, officially, Happy Time.

There are a few reasons that this is the case.

After what has been a sometimes up, but mostly down year for Detroit's two premier forwards, Henrik Zetterberg and Pavel Datsyuk, the so-called "Euro Twins" are back to quietly performing as the best two-way players in the game.

Suffering from a team-wide, special teams malaise for the majority of the season, the Wings now boast power-play and penalty-kill units that are both in the top 10 in the league.

Johan Franzen has returned and is, quite apparently, ready to play.  The Wings' star power-forward is rounding into his usual dominating form, just in time for the playoffs.

The team is currently on a five-game win streak, their longest of the season, and appear quite prepared to win five more.

Oh, yeah, then there's this Howard kid who, if he does not win Rookie of t ...

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