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NOOOOO!  BEEERRRRNNIIIEEEE!

That's what happens when your team sucks so bad for so long and you get all the top draft picks and can draft Kane, Toews, etc. Decades ago he says? Hm we won the cup not to many years ago and made the playoffs sense. Wasn't Chicago the team who sucked for decades? Didn't Chicago fans just start showing back up at the games in about 2007? Because If i remember right they couldn't give away tickets for a solid 10 years. Chicago band wagon fans please shut up and enjoy your 2-3 more years of being good before your team goes to crap for another 10 or 20 years while we win cups. Thanks

 

Just to be frank here - pot meet kettle.  The Wings went through the same drought period the same way the Hawks did.  How many sold out games were there at the Joe in the early 80s?  When we started winning over the last 20 years the butts came back to the seats.

 

Also, speaking as someone who grew up in a hockey-less Chicago during the 80's-90's, the games were NEVER EVER televised.  I didnt even know the Hawks existed.  All of my friends were Bears and Bulls fans and that is where loyalty ended.  When I moved to Michigan it was one of the greatest times of my life because all of the people around me took pity and showed me hockey.  This is why I am a wings fan.

 

I dislike the Chicago fans lack of knowledge - but there is a whole generation that has a good reason.  It is a good thing for the sport that people are picking it up in that market again.

I have tremendous respect for the blackhawks. Who I have zero respect for is their fans. I have never seen a fanbase so concerned with cheering about how much a team "sucks", then actually cheering on their own team. The wings score a goal and it's not "lets go hawks" it's "detroit sucks". Please wings steal this game, and make the hawks put those parade plans they have out, to the side. Hopefully Kronwall can use that hawks speed against them, and level some unsuspecting players

 

Now that you mention it, Kronwall was pretty quiet on the "devastating hit" front last series.

 

I have tremendous respect for the blackhawks. Who I have zero respect for is their fans. I have never seen a fanbase so concerned with cheering about how much a team "sucks", then actually cheering on their own team. The wings score a goal and it's not "lets go hawks" it's "detroit sucks". Please wings steal this game, and make the hawks put those parade plans they have out, to the side. Hopefully Kronwall can use that hawks speed against them, and level some unsuspecting players

 

My problem with Abdelkader is he hasn't gotten any better.  Datsyuk and Lidstrom became gym rats and honed their crafts as the seasons went by.  Abdelkader is the same player he was when he broke in.

Lets be honest here: You are comparing Abs to the greatest defenseman in the history of the game and the current best player in the world.

Some people have a bit lower ceiling than others...

Wings are used to the travel.  Are the Ducks?  I'd much rather play a team we won a season series against this year than Chicago, who is a powerhouse.

Remember all the times we were on the other end of this and most of us said "Dont pick your poison"?

I am all about keeping the streak - however it happens.  Take a look at our lineup all season... to me success was just getting in.