Coach Mike Babcock just confirmed what Chris Chelios said after the morning skate ... the 46-year-old Chicago native will be in the lineup tomorrow at Wrigley Field.

Now this creates a lineup dilemma. Nicklas Lidstrom (ankle) said after the skate that he feels good enough to play. So did Mikael Samuelsson (flu).

Babcock wouldn't say who was out of the lineup -- you can assume that Derek Meech won't play -- but he did reveal this ... if Lidstrom plays, the Wings will go with 11 forwards and seven defensemen. That means that it will be a regular forward, not a blue-liner, who's the man out to make room for Chelios.

It could be Samuelsson with the flu as an convenient reason. It could be one of the fourth-liners like Tomas Kopecky or Kirk Maltby.