Red Wings will be playing Nashville Predators in the first round of the 2008 NHL playoffs. This seems to be like the better choice, at least due to travel and inexperienced goaltending that Nashville has. Wings are limping into the playoffs with many injuries:

- Tomas Kopecky is gone, won't be back for 4-6 months with torn MCL
- Kirk Maltby is likely to miss a week due to hamstring and won't be ready for the beginning of the playoffs
- Tomas Holmstrom is just coming back from groin injury and won't be 100% during the playoffs
- Kris Draper is day-to-day with groin injury
- Brad Stuart is out with a broken finger and may be ready for the 1st game
- Dan Cleary missed 22 games and lost 15 lbs so it may take a while before he comes back into the top shape

This should be a tight low-scoring series and Wings should be able to come up on top barring any significant injuries.

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