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Originally Posted by Ahbroody
I dont recall saying they played poorly. I thought I said they were an average to slightly above average team now because the salary cap has taken its toll. This is the concept you cant seem to wrap your brain around. Whats funny is NHL analysts all said this would happen last year and they were right. Somehow you know more then them though. The injuries exposed the lack of depth to fill the gaps when people go down. Wings teams pre cap had much more depth of star power and would have kept rolling.
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At one point they had 9 players out and to remain competitive I would say shows they have a deep team. There are only a few teams that could lose so many players and keep themselves within shouting distance of a playoff spot. So maybe a definition of "depth" would help the conversation.
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Originally Posted by Ahbroody
My comments are largely caused by the fans. They seem to not look at things objectively because the franchise has a great history. When shown logic they just keep chanting the same montra. The issue is many young wings fans have never known the bad Wings team so its difficult for them to grasp that it could happen.
The crazy thing is if 1-4 get eliminated the Wings would become my favorite to win. That would be painfull as humbleness seems missing from your posts. Stuff like your everyone says were the best and we have the best coach. The Series is tied 2 to 2. It seems after both wins now you have called the series. I just dont see those posts from anyone else in this thread much people display more humility.  |
That point that I brought up was a poll done by ESPN the magazine of NHL teams. They voted and those were the results. Never did I say the Wings were the best team either, the poll said they were the most respected. Plus I cited that in my last post. Now obviously I love the Wings but I cannot honestly say they are the best team this year. I'm biased towards them for sure, but isn't that the point of being a diehard fan? I can look at the league objectively but I'd never root against my team. I'm glad I missed the years of the "Dead Wings". I'm also glad that pretty much all of my 23 years the Wings have been a great team. I have enough agony since my favorite football team is the Lions
