"Even on a sprained medial collateral ligament, Brad Stuart led his teammates with seven hits in their last game of the season. Mike Babcock revealed following the 2-1 loss to the Sharks in Game 5 that Stuart had damaged his MCL when he was hit by San Jose defenseman Rob Blake in the first period of Game 4. The Wings opted to dress seven defensemen in case Stuart didn't last Saturday. "Stuie is as tough as they come," Babcock said. "And we knew that, but we were scared if we ended up with five D after five shifts, we'd be in trouble. We wouldn't have played him normally, but we were up against it and we felt if he could play, that'd be positive for us. We knew it'd be a three-line game – it's been a three-line game all series. " http://www.freep.com/article/201005...D-Brad-Stuart-played-Game-5-with-sprained-MCL
