The season is only 9 days away. With how the season ended last year, I'm sure Red Wings fans and the players are chomping at the bit to get the season underway and prove they are a force to be reckoned with in the Eastern Conference and the NHL. Here are the top 5 must watch games of the 2015-16 season.
Number 5: Detroit Red Wings vs Toronto Maple Leafs, October 9th, 2015. This game is an absolute must watch for an obvious reason. Former Wings coach Mike Babcock left this offseason to join the Maple Leafs on an 8 year 50 million dollar deal making him the highest paid head coach in the NHL. How nice would it be to win in the first matchup since he decided to leave?
Number 4: Detroit Red Wings vs Tampa Bay Lightning, October 13th, 2015. This one is also probably pretty obvious and maybe a little painful. The Wings season ended at the hands of the Tampa Bay Lightning in an extremely hard fought seven game series of the 1st round last year. It's even very arguable that the Wings outplayed Tampa in the 7th game of that series.
Number 3: Detroit Red Wings at Edmonton Oilers, October 21st, 2015. The Oilers who ended up winning the draft lottery and getting the first overall pick for the fourth time in the last six seasons, selected highly touted prospect Connor McDavid. McDavid has been called "the next Sidney Crosby" some have said he may even end up being better than Crosby.
Number 2: Detroit Red Wings vs Pittsburgh Penguins, December 31st, 2015. In the Red Wings annual New Years Eve game, they will take on the Pittsburgh Penguins. An already high scoring team will now be even better offensively as they acquired for Leaf Phil Kessel in the offseason. Kessel was the Leafs top scorer all six seasons he was a Leaf.
Number 1: Detroit Red Wings vs Chicago Blackhawks, March 2nd and 6th, 2016. In the only two games these rivals play this season (and upcoming seasons) they play a home at home at the tail end of the season. Seemingly every single time these two get together it makes for some of the best hockey of the year. The Blackhawks are coming off their third cup in six seasons and a whole lot of change. Sharp, Oduya, Saad, and now Red Wing Brad Richards all are no longer Blackhawks. The Patrick Kane investigation could also change the Hawks lineup even more if he's found to have done any wrong doing.
Are these the games you had in mind? What games do you think are a must watch this season?
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