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The Real Wings Show Up
by Paul on 05/11/09 at 09:04 AM ET
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from Howard Berger of Fan590,
I should have known better.
The Detroit Red Wings had me fooled with their lax defensive play in the final half of the National Hockey League regular season. Blowout losses to Columbus and Nashville, in which the Wings yielded eight goals, were ominous signs that the defending champions had lost the appetite and conviction to ramp it up for another playoff marathon.
Damn, I should have known better.
Consecutive man-handlings of the Anaheim Ducks this week showed me the folly of doubting the best franchise in professional sport during the past decade. Yes, fans of the New England Patriots, Boston Red Sox and Los Angeles Lakers will argue that contention, but it’s a no-brainer. The Red Wings have been so good for so long that it’s almost impossible to remember when they were ordinary.
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Consecutive man-handlings of the Anaheim Ducks this week showed me the folly of doubting the best franchise in professional sport during the past decade
man-handling of an 8th seed. An 8th seed that was up in the series at one point 2-1. Yeahhhhhh. wings are great!!!!!
Posted by Gretzky_to_Lemieux on 05/11/09 at 09:38 AM ET
man-handling of an 8th seed. An 8th seed that was up in the series at one point 2-1. Yeahhhhhh. wings are great!!!!!
There, that’s much better. If the haters ain’t cryin’, somethin’s wrong.
Posted by Mandingo from The Garage on 05/11/09 at 09:43 AM ET
There, that’s much better. If the haters ain’t cryin’, somethin’s wrong.
And all is right with the world again.
Posted by Incognetis from Delaware... Hi... I'm in... Delaware on 05/11/09 at 09:59 AM ET
wings are great!!!!!
you are jealous!!!!!
Posted by Nathan from the scoresheet! on 05/11/09 at 10:09 AM ET
Excellent usage of exclamation points!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by Incognetis from Delaware... Hi... I'm in... Delaware on 05/11/09 at 10:23 AM ET
Use, I should say. My grammar sucks on a Monday morning.
Posted by Incognetis from Delaware... Hi... I'm in... Delaware on 05/11/09 at 10:24 AM ET
man-handling of an 8th seed.
Something tells me this guy knows a thing or two about man-handling. Zing!
Posted by Nathan from the scoresheet! on 05/11/09 at 10:54 AM ET
man-handling of an 8th seed. An 8th seed that was up in the series at one point 2-1. Yeahhhhhh. wings are great!!!!!
That’s kind of the point of the article…they were up 2-1 and now it’s the Wings that are up 3-2 after consecutive man-handlings…
Posted by BuzzFledderjohn on 05/11/09 at 11:28 AM ET
wings are great!!!!!
Thank you for noticing. 
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 05/11/09 at 12:13 PM ET
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I get nervous when the Toronto Media Syndicate starts raining praise on the Red Wings. I think they’re attempting to lay down the jinx, that’s the only possible explanation for it. I can’t help but feeling this guy is constructing a Johan Franzen voodoo doll as we speak. He’s just running intereference with this column.
Posted by Mandingo from The Garage on 05/11/09 at 09:29 AM ET