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Diggers Climb Aboard, Next Stop Woodward In June

01/18/2017 at 5:45pm EST

The Red Wing organ-I-zation has spoken and, by god, the Deep Diggers are listening. They're listening, nodding, sipping and writing. As directed. In the midst of an epic two-game winning streak, we've got ourselves a contender.

Last week, the Red Wings were a team considered to be on the verge of collapse, destined for an early offseason.

Tuesday, after having defeated Pittsburgh and Montreal, fans were thinking about the playoffs again.

That's Teddy Kulfan, defacto Digger captain and Voice of the Fan. At press time, interns from Michigan Tech couldn't get a quote from Kulfan as to which fans he spoke with regarding our fervent, new-found optimism.

Helene?

There is absolutely no reason to believe the team Ken Holland has built can't play .750 hockey the rest of the way, securing the Atlantic Division title, winning the East and defeating the Chicago Blackhawks in June to secure their 12th Stanley Cup. This two-game winning streak should certainly silence the back-biting, whining, impetuous "fans" who bellow and wail every moment that Holland refuses to trade blue-chip prospects for legitimate, proven talent. You heard it here first...the Detroit Red Wings will lose no more than 5 games the rest of the way.

I don't have a link to that because Helene St. James, primary lackey, lemming and mouth piece for the Holland hockey machine, didn't actually say it. I made it up.

But, well there is no but. I kind of just typed and let it fly.

A win against Boston tonite, though? A win tonite would certainly get her dander up a bit. Kenny would shoot off a snapchat. "Write something really good about my team." Helene, offended that an executive would dare try to dictate her prose, would write exactly what Kenny told her to, but refuse to reply with a selfie featuring the new Disney princess filter.

Rebel.

The Diggers want you to believe a two-gamer (a legit one, against two legit teams) is reason to start getting all stressed out and shit. They think a two-gamer is justification for you to allow that kind of stress back into your lives.

The Diggers have decided you deserve hope.

Hope away, bitches. Hop, hop, hop, hop right along into a big brewing basket of blissful brandy-flavored hope and hops.

Shittttttt.

Not me. Oh no. Not me.

Hey, look at those standings. With a win tonite the Wings are only four points behind Toronto and you know they can't hold onto that three spot and if we sustain just a little powerplay consistency and Coreau keeps playing well because he's the number 1 and Helm is back soon and you just know Tick Tock's gonna get us a GOLD MINE AT THE DEADLINE...

It's a Live Blog, bitches. Get your optimism on.

LGRW, Fire Holland and hold on to Vanek for a few more days.

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