So, it's around this time every year that people start looking forward to the holidays, spending time with friends and family, and winding down the year that was.
Work slows down, holiday parties and Secret Santa gifts begin popping up, and diets and spending budgets start getting tossed out the window.
In short, we start slacking off.
Here's hoping the Detroit Red Wings don't start taking the same attitude towards work in December that most of us do.
Detroit's December games, which begin in earnest on Thursday against the Edmonton Oilers, may very well dictate the Wings' chances for doing well the rest of the season.
With key players like Nicklas Kronwall, Valtteri Filppula, and Jason Williams out until the end of the month (at the earliest), winning games in December will not be easy.
Added to the difficulty is the mixed bag of opponents Detroit will face in the final month of 2009.
Tilts against Edmonton, New Jersey, New York (Rangers), St. Louis, Anaheim, Nashville, Phoenix, Columbus (twice), Chicago (twice), Tampa Bay, Dallas, and Colorado aren't exactly easy to handicap.
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For Detroit Red Wings, December Games Could Put Season on the Line
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