Merle

Biz, get this one.

Just before the Wings, the Detroit Red Wings become the second team in NHL history.

The league's been around a while.

who have at least 69 points in their first 53 games and missed the playoffs.

I got a question for you.

Is their roster... Okay, so you look at Detroit, and they got plenty of prospects.

But looking at their roster, it's all the same.

All their players are pretty similar to one another.

You guys want a vanilla latte with your Uggs boots?

And a vanilla... But then look at the grind line.

We had Darren McCarty on a couple weeks ago.

Look at...

Where is the toughness on that team?

That's the one thing I think.

Well, they did make a big trade, and this one hurts even more now.

The Justin Falk trade, they gave up their first rounder this year.

It's unprotected.

And now, all of a sudden, come May in the lottery, that could end up... If they do well when the balls drop, I mean, all of a sudden, you're losing a really high pick, and you didn't get into the playoffs.

I don't know how Wings fans thought Falk played down there.

I know Perron didn't play very well there.