Slow Start to the Season/Injury trouble

Analyzing the franchise's past history, the Redwings are not used to this kind of a start to the season. They have started the season 1-2-0 against teams they have usually had success against. In addition, this season should be a different story for the Redwings as they have lost their top defender, Nick Lidstrom to retirement and the veteran, Tomas Holmstrom. Tuesday night, the Redwings lost one of their newly acquired defenders, Carlo Colaiacavo to a severe hand injury and will miss sometime. This puts the Wings in a tough situation in the back end (defense) and will need to acquire another defender who is on waivers to fill in Colaiacavo's spot. The season is very short with the NHL lockout erasing the first 34 games of the season so the Redwings will need to react quickly to stay as a division contender.

                                                              (Taken from Google images)