Pavel Datsyuk's Injury-Riddled Season Will Motivate Him to Beat Boston Bruins — bleacherreport.com

When considering the Detroit Red Wings’ chances of beating the Boston Bruins in the first round of the 2014 NHL Playoffs, the popular wisdom seems to set the probability scale somewhere around impossible. Indeed, looking at the expert picks at ESPN.com one sees that not one of the 12 good men and women making these predictions believe Detroit will be playing hockey in May. Again, this represents the popular wisdom surrounding this series. Hardly any pundits, including hometown beat-writers Ansar Khan and Brendan Savage at MLive.com expect anything but defeat to come the Red Wings’ way in the first round.

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