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Note to Mrazek: Bring Lawyers, Guns and Money

04/17/2016 at 5:30pm EDT

The Red Wings have returned home to the old saying about the Stanley Cup playoffs that nothing happens in a series until a team wins on the road.

Krupa, yesterday.

Bull. Shit. Plenty has happened. Plenty. None of it good.

This series is over unless Zetterberg contributes. It's over unless Mrazek steals four, because our offense isn't going to erupt.

This series is over unless the Wings power play re-awakens after a return to the season-long slumber that was briefly interrupted in mid-March.

This series could be swayed by the likes of Larkin and AA. It could happen.

But you and I both see the signs. We all see the tell-tale signs of a team on its way out.

Am I optimistic? Not a bit.

Nothing about this team, about the way it's been assembled, coached or led, gives us reason to believe there are any more than 2 games left in this season. Then the real frustration begins.

If Nyquist, if Tatar, if Datsyuk, if Zetterberg, if Mrazek, if the powerplay, if level heads. Death by a thousand ifs.

It could happen.

But if it doesn't then the status quo had better be examined for what it is, acceptance of mediocrity.

This is a live blog, and it's disgustingly realistic and honest. This team didn't earn its way into the playoffs and they're not doing a damn thing to disprove that.

Lots of good things could happen tonite. All the elements are there. The fact that we haven't seen them all at once in forever is what maddens us all.

LGRW.

16 to 12.

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