UP Wings Fan

Your question was this: "Which of the two had a bigger impact on the history of this franchise?" Not who has a bigger impact on the game day in day out. Steve Yzerman has had a significantly larger impact on the history of the Red Wings franchise. It took Yzerman taking the lead in changing the style of play of the Red Wings forwards before they became legitimate cup contenders year after year. Without the unselfish sacrifice of Yzerman, the club would have never become a top defensive team. It took this shift in mindset of the Wings forwards to generate this, and Yzerman set the example. Defense Wins Championships! And that takes a total team effort!

Very well said! I have been struggling with this the whole playoffs. I am now trying to decide if I will watch the NHL next season. I feel cheated as a hockey fan. I feel as though the league feels it is more important to appeal to fans that don't know or understand hockey. What a disrespect to us long time fans. The way these games were officiated eliminated the grace and skill that the league supposedly wanted to have after the lock-out year. Instead we got to watch the skilled players have to battle thru obstruction and holding to get to find open areas of ice. The Pens played a great series and adapted to the way the game was being called quicker and easier then the Wings did. Congrats to them! The Wings will be back strong next season I am sure, what I am not sure about is whether or not I will be watching.

Ditto that thought. I'm pissed that the league felt they needed to put the whistle away and go back to allowing the obstruction penalties! Not sure I care to watch much more! Glad it's over for a while, maybe I will forget before next season starts!

Extremely sad! I really thought that our Wings would come in and play a solid 60 minutes like game 5. I will give credit to the Pens, they skated hard and took us off of our game. I am still proud of the season they had and I know that they will continue to contend for years to come!

Good Job to the Pens, your guys skated hard and made things happen! The Wings, we'll be back again soon!

I agree with you , this really sucked! I hate game 7's, anything can happen! I will give the Pens a little credit tonight, they came hard in the first two periods, taking us off of our game. I still expected more from the Wings though, flat yes, urgency no! We'll get them at the Joe, they can't win there!!! Go WINGS!

One word says it all "DEPTH", the Wings have way more depth..........shutdown Malkin & Criesby..........with our depth and secondary scoring...........you get the picture........Bringing Home Stanley!!!