The Wings are headed to Chicago to take on the Blackhawks Sunday.  I’ve been saying that Babcock giving Osgood the nod to play this game says something about Osgood’s position as the number one goalie.  But I realized that it’s a slightly hasty statement.  I’m not backtracking, but what I hadn’t taken into consideration was Wednesday’s game, which is back at the Joe.  If Osgood plays well tomorrow and then the start for Wednesday is given to Jimmy?  Well, that would put a hole through my theory.  But let’s not get ahead of ourselves–still have to see how Sunday’s game ends up.

Chicago is on top of the Central and the Western conference with 47 points, and Detroit is 6 points back.  It goes without saying that it would be huge to get 2 points in regulation against Little Brother.  We just have to look back to last year when the Chicago media and Blackhawks PR were crowing about how they were poised to take over as leaders of the Central.  And then Detroit demolished them in a home and home.  Granted, the rosters were a little different back then–the Wings weren’t out 8 regulars.  This will be the first game Detroit plays against Hossa since he and his shadow Thomas Kopecky defected to the ‘Hawks.  I know there are some who are hoping that Hossa gets cranked into the boards by Brad Stuart, and while I can’t deny that it would certainly be enjoyable to see, I’d rather have him held to 0 points, 0 shots on goal.  I’d also love it if Bertuzzi potted a couple, just to really shove home the point that Hossa wasn’t as huge of a loss as everyone seems to think it was.

Who I’m looking at to have a good game: Chris Osgood

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