mjlegend 155 Report post Posted March 23, 2009 (edited) As someone who is only 19, I'm curious as to what happened that year. Could someone please explain? Imagine we don't have four of the last 11 Stanley Cups. Imagine we have a tremendously skilled lineup against Toronto's baby boomer media darlings, in a year where the Blue Jays are between World Series wins. Wings go into OT against Toronto in a first round 2/3 Norris seed. Wings have 103 points and a league-leading 369 goals, Leafs 99. Probably the best ever first-round matchup, if Quebec and Montreal don't meet at the same time (206 points combined) even given it was an 84-game season. Potvin plays well enough to push it to seven. In OT, a tenacious Clark keeps it in, Gilmour passes to Rouse. Rouse blasts a shot that would have gone wide but Borschevsky tips it in past Chevy as Lidstrom tries to control him. (video link above) For me, nothing hurts as much as this. It wasn't that the Wings lost, but who they lost to and the fact the Wings were on a 38-year Cup drought. The redemption of the last four Stanley Cups is the only thing that makes this watchable for me, even nearly 16 years later. As I met Chevy a couple of years ago, all I could think of was this goal but I couldn't bring it up. Edited March 23, 2009 by mjlegend Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LeftWinger 5,152 Report post Posted March 23, 2009 If the playoffs started today: The Wings would face Edmonton in the first round; I'd say they have a strong chance of beating them which would avenge their victory in 2006. Additionally Anaheim could sneak in to the playoffs and should they, and the Wings, make it past the first round they'd be set up for a 2007 rematch. Over in the east New Jersey is a heavy favorite to represent that conference in the Final and there are a few on this team who remain from the upset in '95. Other than LA, who beat us in 2001, are there any other teams who have unavenged series victories over the Wings? this IS the matchup that means the most! A Wings victory over the Devils will finally put to rest our Demons (no pun intended.) All the debat about which team was the Dynasty, which team was better, well they were the team who beat us in 95, so if the Wigs draw them this year and win, the debate will be over! The better team has always and will always reside in Southeast Michigan! Now we just need to prove it! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dabura 12,232 Report post Posted March 23, 2009 The '95 finals scarred me for life. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
daniel1 32 Report post Posted March 23, 2009 None of you kids on the board under the age of 21 have any idea how much that 93 series with Toronto hurt. F. U. BORSCHEVSKY!!!!! (shudders) OK, I'm back now. Nickolai and his giraffe-like pencil-neck haunted my dreams for years... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Electrophile 3,554 Report post Posted March 23, 2009 New Jersey. That was piss-poor if ever there was a definition of piss-poor. How in the name of God we lost to that team, I'll never know. They were sub-.500.....we were the best team in the league. Talk about a gut-shot that came out of nowhere. I cried for days. Of course I was 13 at the time and emotionally unstable to start with, but it just made things worse. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cusimano_brothers 1,655 Report post Posted March 23, 2009 Montreal. In non-SCF playoff series played, Montreal has won the last 3. In SCF played, Montreal has won the last 2. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
55fan 5,133 Report post Posted March 24, 2009 Except that it wouldn't really settle the score. If the Wings won, there would still need to be a rubber match to determine the dominant team in SCF match-ups. It would be squared... but not settled. That's where we are now with the Bruins. Unless I'm mistaken, we've beaten each other once, but they won first. REVENGE NOW!!!!!!!!! Yeah. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LiddyFan 0 Report post Posted March 24, 2009 (edited) Imagine we don't have four of the last 11 Stanley Cups. Imagine we have a tremendously skilled lineup against Toronto's baby boomer media darlings, in a year where the Blue Jays are between World Series wins. Wings go into OT against Toronto in a first round 2/3 Norris seed. Wings have 103 points and a league-leading 369 goals, Leafs 99. Probably the best ever first-round matchup, if Quebec and Montreal don't meet at the same time (206 points combined) even given it was an 84-game season. Potvin plays well enough to push it to seven. In OT, a tenacious Clark keeps it in, Gilmour passes to Rouse. Rouse blasts a shot that would have gone wide but Borschevsky tips it in past Chevy as Lidstrom tries to control him. (video link above) For me, nothing hurts as much as this. It wasn't that the Wings lost, but who they lost to and the fact the Wings were on a 38-year Cup drought. The redemption of the last four Stanley Cups is the only thing that makes this watchable for me, even nearly 16 years later. As I met Chevy a couple of years ago, all I could think of was this goal but I couldn't bring it up. Arghh! I remember that series like it was yesterday. I was numb for days afterward. I hated Clark and Gilmour with a passion for years afterward! :battle: I really thought we had a team to make a great run that year. It was weird watching that replay and seeing Lidstrom right there getting beaten on the winning play. He wasn't always the perfect human. Funny, I had forgotten he was even on that team . Even though I remember that series like yesterday, that team seems like a million years ago. The franchise was so different then. Anybody notice Stevie whiffing on the puck and then hooking Gilmour like crazy in a vain attempt to stop him? Boy, the Captain had come a long ways by 1996-97. Edited March 24, 2009 by LiddyFan Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungGuns1340 1 Report post Posted March 24, 2009 New Jersey for sure, then Anaheim, then Edmonton. I'd love to open this years playoffs by dominating Anaheim, and finish it off with a sweep of the Devils. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Louisville 112 Report post Posted March 24, 2009 Edmonton for sure, it's more recent and we never got to settle that score. That series was particularly hard to swallow for me because I knew in the back of my mind that Yzerman was going to retire. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yzerman191 37 Report post Posted March 24, 2009 Am I the only one that wants to avoid New Jersey at all costs? Brodeur scares me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dicksmack 33 Report post Posted March 24, 2009 I take back wanting anything to with a Canadian team in the playoffs... Last night's reffing screw job brings back too many bad memories of getting jammed... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
