tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13718554.post135208292574006129..comments2023-10-10T03:21:23.580-04:00Comments on Motown Sports Revival: Helm's heroics punish WingsJakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16208921021297172480noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13718554.post-16391128246268584852009-06-02T07:14:23.583-04:002009-06-02T07:14:23.583-04:00The Red Wings are going to be a dynasty (they're w...The Red Wings are going to be a dynasty (they're winning in 2010 and probably 2011 too, calling it) because they have an extremely capable player to fill in at every spot, and no weaknesses. I know I'm mostly rehashing what you just said, with a few more facts thrown in, but some of this has to be said...<br /><br />The Red Wings are winning the Cup without Pavel Datsyuk. They're winning it in a year where Zetterberg's not playing at his best. They're winning it with their third best player of all time (below Howe and Yzerman) is 38 years old. They are doing it spending a roster spot on letting Chris Chelios keep playing just because he wants to. This is how Cup winners become dynasties. There's no such thing as carrying a team on your back. Several teams have proven this. What the Spurs, the Patriots, the Red Wings, and the Yankees of the last 20 years have done is built a team that has stud guys coming up constantly to fill holes (they also are very veteran heavy, which I love, but that's for another post). The Yankees collapsed when their bench and bullpen became just a bunch of slobs they threw together.<br /><br />And the Red Wings still have several NHL ready players in the wings. Jan Musrak is someone I've heard good things about. Jakub Kindl is supposed to be pretty good. Tomas McCollum was very good at the World Junior Hockey Championships, and all these young players come at a low price tag, and that's not even mentioning Justin Abdelkader, who has been stunning in the finals thus far.<br /><br />Also: In a cap world, the Red Wings (like the Patriots) insist that veterans take a pay cut to win a championship. Marian Hossa and Henrik Zetterberg took less than they could get for the same reasons Junior Seau and Randy Moss did.<br /><br />I'm just glad, as a Leafs fan, that I saw some examples of this type of wisdom from Brian Burke in Anaheim. Teemu Selanne, Scott Niedermayer, and several others took less than market value to play for Burke. He picked up guys like Chris Kunitz and Travis Moen, brought up and placed in similarly to Helm, Abdelkader, and Filpulla. He didn't have the time to show how he can draft, so we'll never have a clear Detroit comparison, but it gives me something after... well, my entire life time of disappointmentBill Morranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07047482409887044804noreply@blogger.com