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by Paul on 05/09/08 at 03:04 PM ET
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from Larry Wigge at NHL.com,
Call it a lesson learned. Or getting in sync. Or maybe just rediscovering what it is that drives your team once again.
Those were the words I heard most often before Game 6 of the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs on a Sunday afternoon in Nashville in mid-April from people inside the Detroit Red Wings organization.
“Never have I been in a series where the other team so quickly changed the momentum of the game,” Wings center Kris Draper told me. “That’s usually us.”
Identity crisis? Not the Red Wings. Just call it a lesson learned.
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Oh, Kenny, that statement’s going to come back and bite you in the wallet this summer.
Posted by OlderThanChelios from Grand Rapids on 05/09/08 at 11:02 PM ET