First off, the Smith Brothers are playing tonight. I'm looking forward to this because it's not very often these kind of things happen. I'm really hoping for a good showing from the two of them.

Next, the Wings are coming into tonight having won two straight. I don't care that it was against the Flyers. A win is a win, and, one was a road win in Philly, where the Wings have not won a regular season game since 1997. Twenty-five long years. Heck, Stevie Y was on the team the last time we won in Philly, so, that is a big deal. Plus, it was pretty darn entertaining hockey too.

All that aside, we face off against a pretty good Wild team with big playoff hopes. It's not going to be easy. It never is in Minnesota.

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