What Do the Wings & Yankees Have in Common?

[livediehockey80 0]

Awesome Regular Seasons.

Rosters are Loaded with Superstars.

Fat Payrolls.

Fans with Bloated Expectations of Greatness.

Swagger. Arrogance. Tradition. Championships.

First Round Playoff Choking Dogs.

Clueless Coaching.

Play With No Fire or Passion.

Red Wings and Yankees are the most loved and hated franchises in their respective sport leagues.

Every Non-Red Wings hockey fan smiles when the Wings lose in the playoffs. Baseball fans rejoice when the Yankees lose.

Local Media Rips the Organization to Shreds After a Playoff Defeat.

The Detroit Tigers are the Edmonton Oilers. The Yankees are the Red Wings. Because of the Tigers...I know what it feels like to be an Edmonton fan. A Calgary Flames fan. An Anaheim Mighty Ducks fan. It feels wonderful to be cheering for a young team that has no egos, no billion dollar salaries, and plays with such passion. The Tigers have it: The Yankees don't.

If anything Red Wings fans have a stronger connection with Yankees fans. We should console them as Red Wings fans instead of as Tigers fans. Give them a pat on the back and say, "Trust me, I know what you are going through. We just feel it in April instead of October."

[eva unit zero 271]

Awesome Regular Seasons.

Rosters are Loaded with Superstars.

Fat Payrolls.

Fans with Bloated Expectations of Greatness.

Swagger. Arrogance. Tradition. Championships.

First Round Playoff Choking Dogs.

Clueless Coaching.

Play With No Fire or Passion.

Red Wings and Yankees are the most loved and hated franchises in their respective sport leagues.

Every Non-Red Wings hockey fan smiles when the Wings lose in the playoffs. Baseball fans rejoice when the Yankees lose.

Local Media Rips the Organization to Shreds After a Playoff Defeat.

The Detroit Tigers are the Edmonton Oilers. The Yankees are the Red Wings. Because of the Tigers...I know what it feels like to be an Edmonton fan. A Calgary Flames fan. An Anaheim Mighty Ducks fan. It feels wonderful to be cheering for a young team that has no egos, no billion dollar salaries, and plays with such passion. The Tigers have it: The Yankees don't.

If anything Red Wings fans have a stronger connection with Yankees fans. We should console them as Red Wings fans instead of as Tigers fans. Give them a pat on the back and say, "Trust me, I know what you are going through. We just feel it in April instead of October."

One major difference....the Wings have never operated on a salary structure that is far and away beyond what any other team can do. On the few occasions recently when they have had a high payroll, other teams such as the Rangers and Maple Leafs have not been far off. The Yankees, on the other hand, have a payroll that is seventy-four million above the NEXT HIGHEST team. Let alone compared to a team like Detroit, which has a total that is less than half of the Yankees' bloated payroll. Edmonton was only a few million behind the Red Wings--the cap/floor system doesn't really allow for much difference in salaries anymore.

[HockeyCrazy3033 168]

It's funny that you compared the Tigers to the Oilers. While I was watching the game today I was thinking the exact same thing. How the Tigers are the underdogs, and how the commentators non stop talked about how powerful and stacked the Yankees are. After a few times of them talking about how great the Yankees are I yelled at the TV for them to shut up and not underestimate the Tigs..then I realized OMG this is what the NHL does to the Wings, and how US Wings fans act against the underdogs we are playing. Crazyness.

Oh well. I don't care about the big paychecks, the great seasons, and not so great playoffs etc.. I'll support the Wings forever regardless.

Edited October 7, 2006 by hockeycrazy3033

[BlakChamber 8]

Let's not get ahead of ourselves yet.

I like the Tigers chances today, but that still is a Yankees lineup that is one of the best in the history of the game.

Like Yogi said, it an't over til its over.

[Heaton 1]

It's a very weak comparison.