Detroit Red Wings: The Rodney Dangerfields of the NHL
December 26th, 2009 by Greg Eno Leave a reply »Well, how do you like the rest of the NHL? They’re showing their true character, these teams.
Look what they’re doing to the Detroit Red Wings these days.
Someone must have hung a sign outside Joe Louis Arena: “Free licks! Get ‘em in—limited time offer.”
The Joe used to be a House of Horrors for opponents. You flew into Detroit, got your requisite butt kicking, and moved on. They weren’t hockey games, they were wakes.
The Red Wings might stumble or lose interest enough to let five or six games, total, slide into the “L” column in any given season at JLA. They toyed with opponents, like an ape with a piece of Samsonite.
Now everyone is coming into Detroit and winning hockey games, like it’s part of a new world order. Even Florida and Atlanta have done it this season, and they win in Detroit once a decade.
The Red Wings are being treated shabbily on the road, too. It used to be that when the Red Wings came to town, you bought a ticket to see your team play the role of the Washington Generals to the Detroit Globetrotters. And you enjoyed it. The Red Wings were so special, it was ...
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