Flowah
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Have to disagree about Feds. He left in summer if '03, literally one season before the lock-out. Post-lockout Red Wings would have of had to move on due to the new salary structure from the CBA.
I love Pavel and I know I'm in the minority, but I look at these highlights and think of him not being on the team and the only thing that comes to mind is "meh"
I was like 12 when the Fed's drama went down so I didn't fully understand the gravity of the situation so both of the Russians remain interchangeably in my top 4 red wings that I've watched.
One of them stiffed Detroit with a huge cap hit after literally quitting on the team at the end of the previous season. The other didn't.
Neither one really pushes my 'give a ****' meter at all, and I think both had good, valid reasons for bailing. But it seems silly to excuse Datsyuk and blast Fedorov, especially when I don't recall Fedorov having tanked it in his last games with the team, just prior to going and playing harder elsewhere.
if anything Fedorov was playing harder then anyone else. Dats checked out when he knew he was leaving. There is a reason he is playing better in Russia and was franzen like last year.
There is a reason he is playing better in Russia and was franzen like last year.
if anything Fedorov was playing harder then anyone else. Dats checked out when he knew he was leaving. There is a reason he is playing better in Russia and was franzen like last year.
if anything Fedorov was playing harder then anyone else. Dats checked out when he knew he was leaving. There is a reason he is playing better in Russia and was franzen like last year.
I think that in a league that hits he'd have gotten rubbed out about three different times in that video sequence.
A on-ice entertainers they were top notch. Certainly two of the most individually impressive players ever.
As off-ice assets one was a tool pretty much from day one and the other screwed the team on his way out the door.
The further we get away from remembering the latter the easier it is to emphasize the former.
I am really happy he left, it really underscore what a mediocre to horrible job Holland is doing. Sports talk radio and fans can complain all day long but when someone of Daytsuk's skill and integrity walks away from a contract on a team where hall of famer's typically retire a wing it lends a lot more credibility to the argument. I am glad Daytsuk sacrificed some of his legacy to make that statement.
And what does he do in response? Trades down in the draft so he could sign a mediocre player to a bad contract.
Anyone been watching? SKA has been flat out dominant
The Gagarin Cup is coming to Detroit!!!!!!!!!!
Yes, and the reason was "injury."if anything Fedorov was playing harder then anyone else. Dats checked out when he knew he was leaving. There is a reason he is playing better in Russia and was franzen like last year.