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Going In Different Directions
by Paul on 04/30/08 at 11:10 AM ET
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from Ian Winwood of the Guardian,
The differing on-ice fortunes of these two franchises can of course be contributed to decisions of personnel. With captain Joe Sakic, Ryan Smyth and the recently returned Peter Forsberg (who these days is a Swede so ineffective the Av’s may as well have signed the chef from the Muppets), the club from Denver have grown old and unreliable. Like a German automobile, the Red Wings have become just the opposite. Players such as Henrik Zetterberg and Pavel Datsyuk are the present and the future of the franchise, not its past.
So decisive does this all appear to be that the Avalanche are beginning finally to resemble the freshman that 12 years ago they actually were. It’s almost as if this were a tale of two cities - expanding, affluent, attractive Denver against brutish, dangerous, shrinking Detroit.
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I don’t any people named Ian, but I will applaud Mr. Winwood for a piece of finely written prose, especially this line:
Great find Paul!!!
Posted by Jeff - - OklahomaWingNut from Wind-Swept-Plains on 04/30/08 at 01:38 PM ET