[Sports Illustrated: The Hockey News] - Griffins in Deep Hole Early in Calder Cup Playoffs

At his end-of-season presser, Detroit Red Wings general manager Steve Yzerman proclaimed that, in the absence of an NHL playoff run, the AHL Calder Cup playoffs would serve as another important proving ground for some of the team's top prospects with the Grand Rapids Griffins. Two games into that run, the Griffins already find themselves on the brink of elimination.