PREDS WINGS
CENTER
Alexei Yashin (78)-----Simon Gagne (79)
Brian Smolinski (75)-- Steve Bates (76)
Mike Peca (72)--------Eric Belanger (72)
Dan Hinote (69) ------Darby Hendrickson (69)
LEFT WING
Patrick Elias (79)----Mike Comrie (76)
Steve Sullivan (76)- Jozef Stumple (75)
Sean Donovan (71)--Martin Lapointe (73)
Scott Parker (69) ---Sami Kapanen (72)
RIGHT WING
Henrik Zetterberg (73)--Todd Bertuzzi (81)
Kyle Calder (75) --------Mike Comrie (76)
Mike Knuble (73) ------- Shawn McEachern (71)
Lasse Pirjeta (70) ------David Vyborny (69)
DEFENCE
Zdeno Chara (83) ------Ken Klee (73)
Robyn Regehr (78)------Ruslan Salei (72)
Kyle McLaren (75) ------ Murray Barron (71)
Jason Strudwick (72)---Jason Woolley (72)
Craig Rivet (71) --------Aki Berg (71)
Eric Cairns (71) --------Keith Ballard (70)
GOALIES
Rick Dipietro (76) ------ Mike Dunham (79)
Martin Gerber (74) -----Johan Hedberg (71)
Big Difference is the Defence. Everyone knows that defense wins championships. But team Defense starts in net and the Wings feel Rick Dipietro could be the next Dan (Beach ball) Cloutier. Prediction - Not only is this guy going to choke But he will be pulled in at least two of the games.
Look for Detroit to exploit the rather weak right side of the Preds as well. we will control the play in the neutral zone by forcing turnovers. With 4 small rather weak inexperienced players on this wing we will simply run them over with Todd (mac truck) Bertuzzi. Prediction - This team of midgets can not compete in a long drawn out series against the overpowering more experienced and allot more talented Detroit Red Wings.
We feel that Detroit made several key additions to there lineup to wards the end of the regular season. An already explosive offense got even better with the additions of Jozef Stumple and power play quarterback Murray Baron. With league MVP Johan Hedberg expected to make the start in net this team looks to be unbeatable. As for the Preds, well they tinkered as well with there lineup. A offense that once had the likes of Lemieux, Fedorov, Heatley and others now has Parker, Hinote and some guy called Pirjeta. No longer having last season Stanley cup winning goalie Nikolai Khabibulin in net it makes this team of contenders look more like pretenders. Prediction - Detroit takes the series in 5 games.