This is looking more like 83-84 by the day if we had Lindback as our netminder.
If you are comparing this team to the '83 team, you have no idea what you are talking about.
This posting board is such a ridiculously spoiled, set of whiny *****es.
12 years was not a long time to wait for a championship - especially if anyone remembers how jazzed you could get just because you had a new goalie like Sean Burke who could stop pucks - or one (1) kid defenseman who could skate like Nieder, or if you had a single player who could be actually considered as 'great' like Peter Stastny in your lineup.
Even though Fetisov was a defensive trainwreck, we were ecstatic that we had him 'cause we jonezed for legitimacy - even if he was at the very end of his career.
This team has an EXCELLENT goaltender in Cory, a kitty corps of 4 potentially above-average NHL defensemen, and one of the games greatest all-time players in Jagr.
There are innumerable reasons to tune in and watch this team.
Yeah, there sure didn't seem like much going on for 2.9 periods tonight, but in reality we had:
- a stupid linechange
- a stupid penalty
- a ridiculously excellent move by an opponent
Lou should quit, Pete should be fired, we can't draft. BLAH BLAH BLAH.
This team isn't going to win the cup this year - but the bigger picture is getting the kids ready to win a cup in a couple of years.
If you can't hack it - just log out, don't watch a game. I'll see you in a couple of years when it is safe to jump back on the bandwagon.