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A Quarter Century Overview of the Detroit Red Wings



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21 Comments

  1. Please don't say that 2008 was almost 20 years ago, why would you say that

    It's such a shame Zetterberg and Datsyuk didn't get another Cup. They really should have, just a few near misses in the playoffs that could maybe be blamed on their supporting cast not getting the job done. I remember Holmstrom, Hossa, and Hudler all failing to contribute in the 2009 run, and imagining where they would be if just one of them was scoring more. And Jimmy Howard was definitely a good enough goaltender to win a Cup, but the team just naturally declined over the years and he couldn't carry them.

  2. As an Avs fan who loves watching Detroit suffer, I love Yzerman. Keep up the good work!

  3. I do hope next year with a full year with Todd Mclellan. We can really make playoffs. He's proven himself to be a good coach. Just wish Yzerman fired Lalonde earlier when the "easier" matchups were, so we didnt have to fight this gauntlet praying for the team to win against cup contenders.

  4. I really do believe in Stevie. I get irritated watching but the truth is we gotta wait for the guys he drafted. They’re getting there. It’s not as short as any fan would hope but that’s the reality of it.

  5. The "just make the playoffs" mentality was entirely Mike Illitch's doing. He wanted to die happy. Considering what he did for Rosa Parks, no problem there.

  6. Holland taking one shot too many at retooling the Wings made a little bit more sense at the time because there seemed to be enough promising young players in the pipeline that passing the torch from Yzerman to Lidstrom to Zetterberg to Larkin just might work. Had they drafted better between 2000-2015, maybe it would've. But when you go 15 years in between drafting Kronwall and Hronek with next to nothing in between for defensemen, the bigger surprise to me is that it took that long for the Wings collapse to happen.

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