The argument about the Detroit Red Wings shifted in the last ten years. Before, they were always “too old” to win a Stanley Cup. Then it changed to not experienced enough after Steve Yzerman and Brendan Shanahan retired. They promptly won the Cup in 2008 and nearly another in 2009. After the exodus of Marian Hossa, the retirements of Brian Rafalski and Nicklas Lidstrom, and the loss of Brad Stuart, the new argument became how the Red Wings would miss the playoffs.
It still hasn’t happened.
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But that hasn’t stopped the pundits from predicting the doom of Hockeytown’s only hope right now–the Detroit Red Wings.