Red Wings Grades: the Playoffs
I have published grades for each quarter of the season. You can review those grades here. Since the Red Wings played 18 playoffs games that works out to nearly 1/4 of the regular season. Ansar Khan of MLIVE and Bruce MacLeod of the Macomb Daily also have grades for the playoffs. Helene St. James of the Freep has her grades printed as well. Here are my grades for each player for the entire playoffs.
| Player | Grade | Comments |
| Dominik Hasek | A | Best player in playoffs |
| Johan Franzen | A- | 7 points, +8 and 2 GWG |
| Andreas Lilja | A- | Big contributor in playoffs |
| Tomas Holmstrom | B+ | 8 points, +2 |
| Nicklas Lidstrom | B+ | Top D-man w/a point a game |
| Henrik Zetterberg | B+ | Very good playoff run |
| Pavel Datsyuk | B+ | Leads WC in goals |
| Dan Cleary | B+ | 12 points +2 |
| Mikael Samuelsson | B | 11 points, 6 on PP and +2 |
| Mathieu Schneider | B | 6 points, 1 GWG & +4 |
| Chris Chelios | B | 7 points and was +7 |
| Valtteri Fillpula | B- | Promising future |
| Dannyl Markov | C | Needs to be physical |
| Brett Lebda | C | Ineffective against bigger forwards |
| Jiri Hudler | C | Performed well when he played |
| Kirk Maltby | C | Was even in +/- and had 1 goal |
| Tomas Kopecky | C | Did as well as could be expected |
| Kyle Quincey | C | Performed well in a pinch |
| Robert Lang | C- | Was +5 but only scored 2 goals |
| Todd Bertuzzi | C- | Sizzle but not much steak |
| Kris Draper | C- | Team low -5, but 57.6% on FOs |
| Kyle Calder | F | Wasn’t seriously injured |
| Chris Osgood | inc | Didn’t play a minute |
| Niklas Kronwall | inc | Didn’t play a minute |
| Mike Babcock | A- | Team overachieved in playoffs |
| Ken Holland | B- | Calder & Bertuzzi didn’t have impact |
Larry Wigge has a good article on the Red Wings’ season over at NHL.com. I’ll have my prediction for the Stanley Cup Finals up sometime early tomorrow. Through the Conference Finals I’ve gone 12-2. Red Wings
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