GMRwings1983

No. The defense is still one of the weakest in the league and there's too many question marks about the forwards and goalies. They need a spectacular season from their goalies and one of the young forwards has to take the next step and become an All Star caliber player. I just don't see the latter happening, and the goalies will struggle with this slow, untalented defensive corps in front of them. If we had a prime Dominik Hasek, we'd still struggle to make the playoffs.

Some of the best individual seasons in NHL history came on bad teams.

Meh. Kabaeva is hotter.

According to CNN, they're already running this country, so what does that matter?

Would be nice if Roman Abramovic bought this team from Chris.

Isn't this the guy that beat up Kimbo Slice in less than a minute?

Ingrid was pretty hot, but what does she have to do with Detroit losing in 2009?

In hindsight, being a 5 seed is the highlight of the last five seasons, but I don't remember them "obliterating" anyone. The only thing I remember from that season is how painful it was to watch Lidstrom play.

Don't they have a team in China and another in Finland? I can only imagine the travel required across that many time zones. Trust me, it's paradise now compared to how it used to be during the USSR and the many years after that.

Until the choke of the following round, which still gets me. I guess I'm still confused by the "spirit of the thread". Are we talking about most shocking playoff season where the Wings finished empty handed, or the most shocking single series? If it's the latter, then I agree getting swept by the Ducks was the most shocking. Losing to Edmonton in 2006 is right up there also.

Did people really think we'd win the Cup in 2003? We're talking about an old team coming off a long Cup playoff run. The 1996 team was the most shocking non-Cup winner. That team won 62 games and dominated the league that season. As soon as the playoffs started, they started stumbling.

Any chance we can still have the LED roof from those pretty cartoon pictures they provided everyone?

Doesn't look like him. Looks like a fat Middle-Eastern man with a beard.

Kordic is a sad story. Pretty sure he was taking roids like many other enforcers. Of course, he was taking other substances as well.

Best physique in NHL history?