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A new way of tanking.

Dear NHL.tv, F*** you. Dear NHL Network, F*** you.

I wanted to watch. The s***-heads from the NHL put this one on NHL.Network. I cannot get that here. I also cannot find a stream. I give up. It's been like this ALL SEASON. Center Ice is horrible, I have seen exactly five games this season on that service, thanks to mismanagement. Happy for you if you can watch. I can't. Go Wings!

I think Fedorov will be up there. I don't think it's a sure thing, but time heals most wounds. Just listen to all the reflections on the streak, Feds is such a huge part of the 90s story. Maybe not soon. I think it's 9 years from franchise centennial - That could be a time to retire some of the numbers that have been neglected. Also, they'll probably be very few people left that had any part in contract disputes. I know the Wings have different standards, but, hell, Habs even retired Roy despite the fact he asked for the trade in such a fashion. It's about acknowledging those iconic players that make you frachise what it is - old grudges shouldn't get in the way.

unfortunate add from the milk industry... imo

lol do you know anything about dogs? of course not, you're a bear! thats obviously a swedish Pugtato

April Fool! None of the regulars has posted a GDT! Everyone must be watching the Madness that is March (in April).

Good point about Roy and the Habs. Although to be honest Montreal seemed as though they were mostly at fault for the Roy situation. He was left in goal and humiliated and the fans boo'd him during the game. That's public humiliation at its finest.

Sometimes I think WIIM exists solely to ensure that the internet doesn't run out of stupid. How many Cups have Edmonton and Toronto won in this century? Maybe we should wait until they have some success before praising their success. Also, Chris Ilitch has been CEO of Ilitch Holdings since 2010. Nothing about his authority has changed. And finally, in regards to the "rebuild" and the comments of Holland and Devellano, you have to look past the semantics. There's no such thing as a "real rebuild". The fact is every single team, whether they want to or not, is constantly evolving. Declining in some ways, improving in others. Whatever label someone wants to attach to the process, we have in recent years been building toward the future. Trying to stay competitive and trying to build for the future are not mutually exclusive. Think about it. What players currently in the system does everyone point to as potential building blocks? Pretty much all the guys we've added in these recent years when Holland was supposedly ruining our future for the sake of the streak. Would we really be any better off if we had Drouin, Bennett, and Strome instead of Mantha, Larkin, and Svechnikov? Even if you get a top pick it doesn't guarantee anything. Johnson, Hall, RNH, MacKinnon, Yakupov...even stars like Ovie, Stamkos, and Tavares haven't won anything or even been good enough to make the playoffs every year. In fact, of the 26 1st-overall picks made in the course of the Wings' streak, only 3 ever won a Cup. That's part of what Holland means in saying there's no guarantees with a rebuild. Ovie is the 2nd best player of his generation, Washington has the 5th best cap-era record, about to win their 3rd PT, and never been past the 2nd round. Every team in the league has "rebuilt" multiple times since the Wings' last missed the playoffs, and most have nothing to show for it. So no guarantee that tanking will get you the top pick, or that the top pick will be a great player, or that a great player will bring you a cup.... meanwhile, the Wings and Boston built Cup winners without really tanking. San Jose and the Rangers haven't won anything, but at least built good teams. There are still very good players, even stars, found outside the lottery picks. Just have to get lucky. Sure, looking at it in isolation, "hope to get lucky" seems like a s***ty strategy, but in the context of reality...where every strategy requires a fair amount of luck, it's not nearly as foolish as people try to act like it is. The one thing we could have done that might have put us further ahead now is the one thing that no one would have wanted. Trade Datsyuk and Zetterberg when Lidstrom retired. We would have been terrible for a few years probably, but maybe now we'd still have all the good young pieces we do, plus maybe a young star or two. Would it have been worth it? I don't know. I think I'd still rather be us than Edmonton, and odds are tanking wouldn't have landed us McDavid. Definitely rather be us than Buffalo.

Nobody did Apollo, that's why you got put down by Ivan. You gotta know when to throw the damn towel.

Does it matter? He's making a public statement and it's probably one that the owners share. You would be a fool to think Holland is saying something against ownership opinion. Jeff Moss is a clown.

He signed an offer sheet in 98.....is that not trying to leave?

Philly seems to be in love with "Flipidelphia" despite Val only having 6 pts and being -5 in 15 games. They are attributing Couturiers break out to Fils presence. I think tampa went thru the same honey moon before realizing how overrated he is.

Wrong! it's a full a** grown chihuahua, this is a pupper and this is an EmDoge

I see your Cate and raise you a Doggo

WIIM's Fan guide to missing the Playoffs http://www.wingingitinmotown.com/2017/3/29/15069084/the-fan-guide-to-missing-the-playoffs Does anybody know if Red Wings Boots makes Golf shoes?