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Originally Posted by Ahbroody
1) Yes they are and they just got older with the Modano signing. Yes. This fact was why they couldnt generate when players were injured. Old Wings teams before cap this was not a factor.
Are you attempting to argue the Wings are as good as the Sharks, Hawks, or Canucks? While they are on par possibly better then Yotes and Kings, those teams are younger faster and possibly hungrier.
2) Yeah homer blogs rock.
3) I already said this 4 times. They will be middle of pack and likely fade early in the playoffs again. They will not win the cup. Their roster is not on par with the Hawks, Canucks, or Sharks. I dont see them making it past any of those teams which means another second round exit.
I swear the rough thing about Wings fans is that you guys were so good for so long none of you can accept the obvious facts that this is not the same team that won the cups. Its just life. It was a good run. Get over it and get ready for a good but not great team that wont win any cups for a while. Your captain is another year older along with Holmstrom and the true core. I swear talking to you guys is funny. My point being I told Christos exactly what was going to happen last year and it did. Scoreboard! It will happen again this year.
From now on when you homers talk about the Wings injuries I am posting a picture of a pair of crutches. 
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1.) 102 points seems like they produced despite injuries.
2.) Homer blog or not it makes sense. Franzen missed 65 games.
3.) Middle of the pack is not 2nd or 3rd in the Conference. Middle of the pack is .500. I don't think the Hawks, Canucks, or Sharks have significantly more talent than the Wings. It might be 3 or 4 years younger, but not necessarily better.
The Hawks have taken a big gamble on Turco. They finally found a goalie they liked and couldn't find the cap room to keep him.
Here's the Canucks vs Wings top 10 playoff performers last year:
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# Pos Player GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW S S%
93 R Johan Franzen 12 6 12 18 8 16 1 0 1 48 12.5
40 L Henrik Zetterberg 12 7 8 15 11 6 2 0 2 45 15.6
13 C Pavel Datsyuk 12 6 7 13 3 8 1 0 1 39 15.4
44 R Todd Bertuzzi 12 2 9 11 4 12 1 0 0 19 10.5
28 D Brian Rafalski 12 3 8 11 4 2 1 0 0 23 13
5 D Nicklas Lidstrom 12 4 6 10 7 2 3 0 0 39 10.3
51 C Valtteri Filppula 12 4 5 9 1 6 2 0 0 33 12.1
96 L Tomas Holmstrom 12 4 3 7 3 12 1 0 1 26 15.4
23 D Brad Stuart 12 2 4 6 6 8 0 0 0 23 8.7
55 D Niklas Kronwall 12 0 5 5 2 12 0 0 0 15 0
Totals 38 67 105 49 84 12 0 5 310
# Pos Player GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW S S%
26 R Mikael Samuelsson12 8 7 15 7 16 3 0 1 42 19
22 L Daniel Sedin 12 5 9 14 4 12 1 0 2 38 13.2
33 C Henrik Sedin 12 3 11 14 3 6 0 0 1 23 13
17 C Ryan Kesler 12 1 9 10 3 4 0 0 0 21 4.8
3 D Kevin Bieksa 12 3 5 8 2 14 1 0 1 20 15
5 D Christian Ehrhoff 12 3 4 7 -1 8 1 0 0 25 12
42 C Kyle Wellwood 12 2 5 7 -1 0 1 0 0 18 11.1
38 R Pavol Demitra 11 2 4 6 2 4 0 0 0 17 11.8
6 D Sami Salo 12 1 5 6 2 2 1 0 0 18 5.6
14 L Alexandre Burrows 12 3 3 6 4 22 0 0 0 27 11.1
Totals 31 62 93 25 88 8 0 5 249
Doesn't look vastly superior to me? In fact I think the Wings can count on Franzen to continue that scoring pace next playoff run. I wouldn't count on Samuelsson to do the same for the Canucks.
And lastly, the Sharks always go shark. Unfortunately they did it against the Hawks, after the series with the Wings. Sorry I couldn't resist, I hope you know it's all in good fun.
