Wings fans need to get over the 2009 "slights". I am annoyed by the scheduling and think they were too focused on getting two weekend games in due to the schedule, but it had nothing to do with the Red Wings being injured.
And people bring up the Malkin non-suspension, but that very same playoff Scott Walker had his instigator suspension rescinded on the same merits.
The league doing something they have done exactly once and it involved a war over half a century earlier was weird. It was absolutely detrimental to the Wings. Yes they won the first two games, but they would have played the series with a healthy Lidstrom and Datsyuk would have been available for game 2 given the other timelines.
It was mickey mouse crap that helped the anointed golden boy have a better chance at the cup. Why would I get over that? Wisconsin basketball fans should never get over getting screwed in the finals by the Duke whistle.
The NHL allowed Walker to do that??? They allowed Malkin to do that? It was ******** then and it is now. It is why we think supplemental discipline is a joke. They cannot stick to their own rules and standards.
I am never forgetting 2009. I am thankful for the times we did win, but I remember what the league did, it wasn't right then and it isn't right now.
You grow past it, but I understand those that want to bring it up. It was brutal from all angles in terms of that final. Stuff you really don't expect to see playing out on the biggest stage.
