Deep In the Hockey Doldrums

But there's an app for that...

If you're a hockey fan you WILL take exception to this work.  Mine is that the piece should be called "The Top Ten Skilled Forwards," with the notable exception of Bobby Orr.  We won't even go into omissions.  (h/t for the vids: Kukla's Korner)

In other hockey news... Look out Western Conference.  Detroit signed Mike Modano to a one year deal and this is a GREAT good thing.  The Wings can roll four lines once again, as noted in this piece from the Detroit News:

Rolling four lines in the NHL is the equivalent of a batting order with 50-and-60-RBI men in the eighth and ninth slots -- it debilitates opponents, giving them little rest physically or mentally. When a team continually attacks, it also takes pressure off teammates responsible for the defensive end of things. From at least 1997 to 2002, when they won three Stanley Cups, the Wings confronted opponents with the need to defend three strong offensive lines, and a fourth that was reasonably capable at that end of the ice. The lines were full of players who could muster goals, forecheck and backcheck.

With the agreement with Modano announced Thursday, General Manager Ken Holland and Coach Mike Babcock have every confidence that the 2010-11 Wings could well play more like those teams, after a year in which free agency and injuries reduced them to low-scoring and playing a lot in their own zone.

History just might be made.  Again.