On a point percentage basis, the Wings are 9th in the East and out of playoff position. On a points basis, 1 point up on Columbus with Columbus having a game in hand.
The Wings are finished the toughest part of the schedule, having played 9 of the past 11 on the road. 9 of their remaining 15 games (including 5 of the next 7) are at home.
Yep, on this side of the border for Windsor, Chatham and Sarnia I bet there has been a shift with the Wings being bad, the Leafs being regular season good, all Leafs games being on tv and no Wings games being on channel 50 anymore.
I was saying to a couple of family members yesterday that much as I was excited about the Olympics tournament and was disappointed when Team Canada lost, I'm realizing again how much more invested I am in the Wings. The Olympics was a 12-day tourney, win or lose we move on to the NHL. We've had 5+ months put in to the Wings as fans this season alone. I'm going to Anaheim at Montreal on Sunday night and was expecting that the Wings would be ahead of the Habs and I would just sit back and enjoy the game and watch the chasing Habs try to catch up to Detroit. Now it's more like the Habs have left the Wings in the dust.