The View From Wisconsin

There we were, cruising along, coming oh so close to having the best record in the Western Conference, and then...

Tomas Vokoun tweaks his knee late in the first period against the Rangers, and he's suddenly out for a couple of weeks. To make matters worse, David Legwand messes his knee up and isn't scheduled to be back until middle of January.

PPDDS (Post-Predators-Defeat Depression Syndrome) has kicked in hard and heavy. Our injury list is like a who's who of our franchise: captain Greg Johnson (out since Nov. 23), Scott Walker (out since Oct. 25 for 10 weeks), Scott Nichol (Out since Nov. 14 for 8-10 weeks), Legwand (out for four weeks), and Vokoun (out for a couple of weeks, but not put on IR).

It doesn't help that we've lost - badly - in our last two games.