Originally Posted by
nokids
MBerube was repeating a myth. It's not even his own original idea. If it was his idea he would bring some evidence or facts to the arguement. He didn't. To say that Detroit is tired when they lose is a joke statement, it's an excuse that some Red Wings fans repeat and I don't want to hear it. If we're tired then why isn't Pittsburgh tired? Oh right, because their average age is 2 years less than us. (rolling my eyes). If we're tired, then how did the Oilers and Islanders go to 4 or 5 straight finals? They must have been exhausted by the end of their dynasty right????
When asked last summer by a reporter if the summer was too short because they had gone to 2 Stanley cup finals, Henrick Zetterberg said
“I don’t think the summer is short,” he said. “I would rather play hockey than work out in the gym. It would be tougher if summer was longer. You have your two or three weeks to take off. You have plenty of time to go back and see family and friends. I don’t want summer to be any longer.”
The fact is that Detroit is not as skilled/talented as they were the last three seasons. We lost a ton of talent and replaced them with far less talented players. We lost Hossa's 40 goal output, we lost Hudler (talented third liner), we lost Samuelson (PP specialist) who is playing great for Vancouver, and we replaced these guys with 3rd or 4th line bums. I think we scored 150 goals less this year than last year. Guys we expected to grow up didn't, specifically Helm, Filpulla, Abdelkader, Erickson. Our top guns didn't produce like in years past, Datsyuk at 70 pts for the season is a major fail. Jimmy Howard is our lone bright spot on the year. I hope the Wings get rid of some soft euros and put in hard nosed grinders next season. We have to punish teams physically, I think we're too easy a team to play against.
Anyway, that's my season in review, and anybody who says the Wings are tired and old doesn't know what they're talking about, and I have no problem laughing at them. :rofl1