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Done In The First Round
by Paul on 04/21/08 at 07:41 AM ET
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from Helene Elliott of the LA Times,
One moment, they were the defending Stanley Cup champions.
The next, just another losing team on the wrong side of the handshake line at the end of a playoff series....
“When you have won there’s a little bit [of] satisfaction inside your body. You try hard but when you’re a little bit off here and there, that’s why you can’t win,” Selanne said.
“You need every player’s commitment and work ethic and all the tools every player can bring. If you can’t, even if you’re off a little bit here and there, you can’t do it.”
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I read that, too.
Seemed to be a bit harsh on Schneider. He’s a pretty good defenseman - maybe not $5.5 million good, unless he’s playing next to Lidstrom, but I wouldn’t call him soft by any means.
The Bertuzzi deal was definitely a mistake, and looked like it at the time, not just with hindsight.
(And hush about Franzen. We don’t want anyone else stealing him!) 
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 04/21/08 at 10:32 AM ET
Burke was right, his team was a sleeping bear. The bear just never woke up.
Posted by Sp4r7an on 04/21/08 at 11:28 AM ET
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So let me get this straight, Helene. You think that having two top players play just half the season and come into the playoffs completely rested is one of the reasons the Ducks lost? That was the main reason you should have won!
Could be why the Wings wouldn’t give Mathieu the $5.5 mil that Burke handed over.
Between Mathieu and Big Bert, the Ducks shelled out $9.5 mil for 26 goals and 53 regular-season points, plus another goal and two assists in the playoffs. Compare that to the 27 regular-season goals plus the two playoff goals and two assists the Wings got from Franzen for $900,000.
Yup, no doubt about it. Burk’e a genius!
Posted by OlderThanChelios from Grand Rapids on 04/21/08 at 10:03 AM ET