Mike Valenti's Five Things

No matter how slow the Tigers start out you must put it in context of a 162-game season. Talk to me after 15 games.

•  I get emails every week regarding cigar smoking. People always ask what I smoke. Well here are three staples.

o   Pepin: My father's No.1

o   Ashton Churchill

o   CAO: MX2

• Rodney Stuckey has now been disciplined three times by John Kuester. As he heads towards free agency I have no clue as to how the Pistons can tender him an offer and bring back Kuester. Solution? Kick both to the curb. Kuester simply isn't head coach material and Stuckey has ruined this team since he was given the reigns.

• Opening Day is Friday…stop emailing me about places to eat and things to do in Detroit. People act like downtown is some foreign country. Explore. Use google. Here are a couple suggestions

o   Park Bar/Bucharest

o   Roast

o   El Barzon

o   Town Pump

o   La Casa de La Habana

•  Call me a Nancy but yes I'm concerned about the Wings as they head into the playoffs. I know, I know…they will be fine. But something just doesn't feel right and it's not solely about Jimmy Howard.