Game 6 in the D! can't friggin wait.
A lot of people were saying after the first 3 games that it would be just like last year, Detroit would win in a blowout in game 4 to prevent a sweep, then lose in SJ.
Well, I was glad to see that game 4 was not an easy win. The wings had to fight tooth and nail to get a win, and that was good. It gave them insight into what has been going wrong all series. Week side, "late defenseman" has been working for SJ, and that hole needed to be plugged. This is probably why Huddler was benched in game 5, at least one goal in games 3 and 4 could be attributed to his defensive mistakes.
Despite Niemi's epic play, Detroit now has confidence that it can score when it wants to. Keep the sustained pressure, beat SJ's awesome possesion game (which was modeled after Detroit) with even better puck possession game. Despite being absolutely thrashed by SJ's A-game in the 2nd, I was surprised to see a resilient Detroit step up and throw it right back at them in the 3rd.
Franzen no longer gets to decide if he can play. The dude would say he is ok to play if he was in traction. Sorry mule, you're not dressing.
Get back to the roots: Lidstrom bullet from the blue line being deflected in by Holmstrom has been a staple in Detroit since most of the sharks were still playing little league. I was glad to see Detroit taking shots from distance, along with the up close net pressure. Now come at Niemi from sharp angles more and you've got all your offensive bases covered.
Home crowd is going to be fired up. Let's make it to 7!