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A Masterpiece from the Detroit News
by IwoCPO on 10/02/07 at 03:27 AM ET
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There’s a headline I’ll bet you’d never expected to see here, eh? It’s well-earned. John Niyo, Ted Kulfan and Bob Wojnowski recently sat down with Mike Ilitch, Jimmy Devellano, Jim Nill, Scotty Bowman and Ken Holland. Name a hot topic the last twenty five years and they touch on it: the defections from the Eastern Bloc, the brilliant drafts of ‘83 and ‘89, the near-trade of Steve Yzerman and the current mindset of us against the NHL.
Devellano: Kenny Holland and I have been in the company of at least two general managers—and I won’t tell you who they are—(who said), ‘We can hardly wait until we have a salary cap so we’re on a level playing field with you.’ (They were) intimating that once the salary cap is in place, they’re going to come and pass us. Well, one team missed the playoffs last year, now that they’re on an even playing field, and the other just about caught us but didn’t quite do it.
Spend the next three seconds of your life trying to guess who Devellano’s referring to, then read the rest of the story here and the full transcript here.
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umm....anyone else think that the opening photo in the News article is a bit rapstar bling? Or even early Mafioso?
I’m diggin it!
Posted by srt on 10/02/07 at 10:09 AM ET
That was a great article (all too rare from the MSM)…
Posted by Forechecker from Nolensville, TN on 10/02/07 at 10:33 AM ET
So the Predators are moving to Las Vegas,
http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071002/SPORTS02/710020375/1328/SPORTS
and the Wings are moving to the Eastern Conference!
Great news, but I don’t trust Little Gary....
Posted by w2j2 on 10/02/07 at 10:57 AM ET
Who is the referee who hurt the Wings in the 1994 playoffs and again in 2007?
Posted by w2j2 on 10/02/07 at 11:19 AM ET
That was a pretty good article. Too bad we didn’t see that kind of longer piece more often.
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 10/02/07 at 11:43 AM ET
I’m not sure why the News got this, but I’m glad they did. This is a smart angle from which to bolster the PR attack, and I’m happy to see them thinking this way.
Posted by srt on 10/02/07 at 05:43 PM ET
Who is the referee who hurt the Wings in the 1994 playoffs and again in 2007?
The referees for the 2007 game were Paul Devorski & Don Koharski, according to nhl.com’s scoresheet.
From the history I can find, Detroit lost game 7 to Toronto in 1993, not 1994, but I haven’t been able to find data for that game. The NHL officials website says both Devorski & Koharski officiated their first playoff game prior to ‘93, so that route is no help.
Posted by BobTheZee on 10/02/07 at 11:51 PM ET
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Okay, let’s try and figure out who these two guys were:
“Kenny Holland and I have been in the company of at least two general managers—and I won’t tell you who they are—(who said), ‘We can hardly wait until we have a salary cap so we’re on a level playing field with you.’ (They were) intimating that once the salary cap is in place, they’re going to come and pass us. Well, one team missed the playoffs last year, now that they’re on an even playing field, and the other just about caught us but didn’t quite do it.”
The second one is obviously Poile out of Nashville. While it’d be sublime if the first one was Lacroix, I think it was Lowe.
Posted by HockeyinHD on 10/02/07 at 07:17 AM ET