Dude it's been 9 years since the Wings have done any damage in the PO's. Over 1/2 the league make it in every season and we've done nothing but decline in that time period. Holland's rebuild-on-the-fly failed miserably. The Wings should have pulled the plug and started truly restocking when we were made a joke of in 2012 and Lids retired.
I don't mind bending over to the Avs, they have a far more entertaining team with a brighter foreseeable future. Just for the record I'm talking about bending over in a polite bow, not the other way.