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Ladies and gentlemen, your 2010-2011 Detroit Griffins!

For those of us in the world who actually like and watch hockey, specifically the Detroit Red Wings, this scene is all too familiar. The Wings have been ravaged recently by injuries. First, the season started with veteran Kris Draper on the IR with sports hernia surgery. Then, it was Mike Modano, who had ligaments in his wrist severed by an opponent's skate blade. That loss wasn't devastating, as the Wings still had plenty of firepower. But then, the hockey gods turned on the Wings. In a hurry, Pavel Datsyuk, Brad Stuart, Dan Cleary, Chris Osgood, Jimmy Howard, Valtteri Filppula, and Tomas Holmstrom all fell victim to freak, and in some instances controversial (see: Stuart) injuries. Filppula has since returned to the lineup to regain some sense of stability, but the other players are major cogs to this team's success. For instance, the combination of Datsyuk, Cleary, and Holmstrom have combined for 39 goals and 48 assists - 87 points. Add in the fact that Modano ha