Interesting. Last year at this time? Here we were...

What if the Wings get ten points out of a possible twelve and slip into 7th, or even 6th? Do any of you really believe Detroit couldn't take down Anaheim or Vancouver in the first round?

We have an entire summer to light the torches. If the Wings don't get in, if the streak stops, we can start anew with our bellows and bitterness toward Tick Tock, the guy we used to love so blindly.

But not yet. It's time to bathe in the stress the next two weeks promises us. 22's an amazing number, a remarkable feat. Reaching it would crush so many. It's time to remind ourselves just how great it will be to throw in the faces of so many that excellence in Detroit is the norm. Just get in, bitches. I do like this team. It's just taken a year to remember that.

I would bet you that we like this team even more now than we did one year ago. In terms of affection and giving credit where it's due? Unquestionably, we really like this team.