On the Wings

Hey! It’s every Wings fan’s favorite idiot, Woody Paige! Mr. Paige’s article is full of despair, as though the Avs have no chance of ever recovering from this tragedy. He cites the leading Avs players’ ages as evidence that they have lost their chance at a dynasty. Oh, yes, Mr. Paige, the Colorado Avalanche are SO old, I don’t know how those old geezers stayed so good for so long……. Wait a second, your oldest player (Patty Wah) is 38? How old is Sakic? 34? Foote? 32? Forsberg? 30. I dunno, Mr. Paige, it looks to me like you have a pretty good few more years coming up. The Avs aren’t as good as everyone says they are if they are too old NOW. Look at the Wings, they really ARE old and yet they will make a legitimate run at the Cup next year. No one is giving up here.

Here’s another beautiful article from the Denver Post: Avs’ choke wasn’t their first, but it was the worst. A quote: “The greatest NHL dynasty that never was died at 11:02 p.m. Causes of death: Avalanche arrogance and Wild passion.” Ahem, “the greatest NHL dynasty that never was”? What have they won, two Cups in 7 years? I think “the greatest NHL dynasty that never was” title should go to the Red Wings, winners of three Cups in 6 years. Sorry, Colorado. Another quote: “Coach Granato needs to be held accountable for blowing a 3-1 lead in the best-of-seven series to a Minnesota team with the lowest payroll in the entire league, and being made to look like an April fool by Wild counterpart Jacques Lemaire.” Maybe he’s right about Granato needing to be held accountable but Lemaire is a much better coach than Granato, a first year coach. Looks like firing Hartley was a BIG mistake, Mr. Lacroix.

The attitude coming out of Denver is hilarious to me. It seems like everyone is giving up. Pretty funny when you consider that this was just one playoff series and they have the youth to get it back in the future. If anyone has the right to despair, it Wings fans (first from being swept and second from the Wings age) but you don’t see most of us doing that do you? If Avs fans are ready to give up, maybe they need to re-examine their fanship because hard times come with being a sports fan. Though, maybe Patty is done, after choking two years in a row in the playoffs.

An interesting quote from Granato: “I think the biggest way to look at that is that it just shows the parity in our league - two great teams playing a good series. I think the balance we have right now is really exciting.” That was said after the Wings were eliminated by Anaheim. I wonder what Mr. Granato thinks about the league “parity” now.