Top Line: Dire days for Red Wings; strife in Toronto; Roy's return; more links

Red Wings fans had better not take the team's 22-year playoff run for granted. (Dave Reginek/Getty Images) By Allan Muir An annotated guide to this morning's

Red Wings fans had better not take the team's 22-year playoff run for granted. (Dave Reginek/Getty Images)

By Allan Muir

An annotated guide to this morning's must-read hockey stories:

• George Malik delivers a searing rebuke to Detroit's fans, who allowed themselves to be outnumbered by Maple Leafs supporters at last night's game at the Joe.

• The Red Wings won the game, but got another reminder that this might not be their year.

• Detroit is set to pay a significant price off the ice as well.

• Their relationship between goalie James Reimer and coach Randy Carlyle may be damaged beyond the point of repair, but until Jonathan Bernier comes back from his groin sprain, Toronto's playoff hopes are in the hands of its back-up 'tender. That being the case, it might behoove Carlyle to deal more diplomatically with Reimer until the coach can again afford to bury him at the end of the bench.

• Patrick Roy left Montreal with a warm glow but not two points after ... wait ... Travis Moen owns a pizza parlor?

• Veteran netminder J-S Giguere was miserable after making what may have been his final NHL start last night against the Canadiens.

• The play of Avalanche rookie Nathan MacKinnon in that contest reminded Habs coach Michel Therrien of a couple of decent teenagers he's coached in the past.

• Joe Haggerty reveals the key to the Bruins' workmanlike 10-game winning streak.

• The Sharks outshot the Panthers 29-2 in the third period but couldn't get the equalizer past Roberto Luongo in last night's 3-2 loss to Florida. Luongo made 54 stops to lead his team to its third-straight win in San Jose.

• The Capitals still can't figure out what to do with Dustin Penner, but they still pulled two points out of a must-win game against his old teammates in Anaheim.

• Islanders fans hoping for a reunion with free agent Matt Moulson this summer are bound to be disappointed, says Katie Strang.

• The coach and the GM of the Saginaw Spirit did not attend the funeral of Terry Trafford yesterday in Toronto, a decision that Steve Simmons calls inexcusable. It certainly seems that way, although I'd like to hear Greg Gilbert and Jim Paliafito explain their decisions.

• Seattle's city council delivered another kick in the teeth to the area's hockey fans. This isn't exactly a death blow, but it would seem to put plans for an NHL franchise squarely on the back burner in the Emerald City.

• Maybe the timing in Seattle actually works best for the NHL, which doesn't seem to be in any hurry to expand. Still, Commissioner Gary Bettman is meeting with interested parties, including some who are based in one Western city that would have seemed wildly unlikely just a few years ago.

• While the NHL takes its time growing its ranks, the KHL has confirmed three new teams for next season, including Dolphin Sochi.

• If the pop-gun Predators don't score more often next season than they have during this one, the blame falls squarely on GM David Poile, a man who tied his own hands.

• Sam Cosentino offers a look at the top-10 OHL prospects for this year's NHL draft. Not sure I have as much faith in Nick Ritchie as he does, but other than that, this is a strong list.

• Graeme Nichols says the numbers reveal that the play of the Senators' goalies is to blame for the team's sub-par system.

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