Red Wings at a glance
	Camp schedule: Sept. 10-15: Center I.C.E. Arena (Traverse City, Mich.) Sept. 16: Joe Louis Arena Coach: Scotty Bowman (9th season, 359-178-78-6) General manager: Ken Holland (5th season)

There can be more doubts about Detroit's goaltending -- or the use of Chris Osgood as the scapegoat far more often than he deserved. The Wings' flurry of offseason moves featured the trade for, and the signing of, Dominik Hasek. But the Wings, noting the action around them in the West, also signed Luc Robitaille and Brett Hull. The gap between the four elite teams in the West and the rest is going to be cavernous, and the issue for Detroit is whether the AARP's reported adoption of this franchise as its own is a portent of too many aging legs.

Hull, yes: OK, so the winger is 37 and his training habits aren't exactly the stuff of instructional videos for young hockey players. And Scotty Bowman's system isn't exactly wide-open pond hockey, either. But it's a good bet that Hull will be back in the 40s -- and maybe even higher -- in goal-scoring this season after escaping what he considered to be the strait jacket of the Stars' system.

Easy to forget now: This was the best team in the league down the stretch of the regular season, but the postseason injuries and sudden uncertainty was poisonous against the Kings. The Wings like to trumpet their depth, but they weren't as resilient to injuries as their big rivals, Colorado. But the addition of Hull and Robitaille probably more than cancels out Martin Lapointe's signing with the Bruins.

Potential, a dirty word: On defense, the issue is whether Chris Chelios is washed up -- or at least so susceptible to injury at this point of his career, he won't be reliable. Also, Jiri Fischer and Maxim Kuznetsov had to show they can do more than have everyone talk about how good they're going to be someday. The prospects have to start living up to their billing.

Red Wings 2001-02 preseason schedule
Date	Opponent	Time
Sun., Sept. 16	N.Y. Rangers	Canceled*
Mon., Sept. 17	N.Y. Rangers	7 p.m.
Tue., Sept. 18	Boston	7:30 p.m.
Fri., Sept. 21	Chicago	7:30 p.m.
Sat., Sept. 22	Montreal	7:30 p.m.
Tue., Sept. 25	at Montreal	7:30 p.m.
Wed., Sept. 26	Toronto	7:30 p.m.
Fri., Sept. 28	at Chicago	8:30 p.m.
Sat., Sept. 29	at St. Louis	8 p.m.
Sun., Sept. 30	at Toronto	7:30 p.m.
*Rescheduled for Sept. 17