Injuries are part of the game.  Koivu has been out a lot the last few years, there's no blaming anything on Saks being out in my books and no blaming the refs.  These are both disapointing but the team has not played well enough to win two of the games...one they won anyway and one they lost.  After game 2, we needed two wins to take the series, we still need two wins, no big change in my books.  They can win without him, but they need to play like they did in game 3 after he was hurt.