Detroit – It is a pity the Red Wings will not have the longest playoff streak in NHL history and that the Bruins’ 29 seasons and the Blackhawks’ 28 bested them, this time.
Doggone Original Six rivals!
There are many perspectives about the Wings missing the long tournament for the Stanley Cup for the first time in a quarter century.
A parent emailed me and said he found it more difficult to explain to his inconsolable 10-year-old daughter that the Red Wings do not, in fact, “always make the playoffs,” because he himself cannot remember when they last missed.