Chicago Blackhawks. Puck Prose 1 year Dallas Stars: Which former player would you add to the roster? More FS Atlantic News ». View all Atlantic Sites. More Metropolitan News ». More FS Metropolitan News ». View all Metropolitan Sites. More Central News ». More FS Central News ». View all Central Sites. Louis Blues Winnipeg Jets. Which begs the question — does the NHL have a current dynasty? The first team to look at would certainly be the Detroit Red Wings.
From until now, the Wings have 14 division titles, reached eight conference finals, won the Cup four times and lost in the final twice. Pittsburgh and Chicago are a far, far cry from what Detroit has accomplished, but the next most logical team to look at would also be the most contentious: the San Jose Sharks. Would one championship get them there? But what if the Sharks won one and continued to be a force in the West for another couple of years? Rory Boylen is TheHockeyNews.
His column appears regularly only on THN. Because they fear that Bouwmeester will go where the money goes, not where a loyalty may lie in the team that selected him third overall. Unlike Lecavalier, who opted to sign long-term to stay with the Lightning the rest of his career, Bouwmeester may take an alternate route and choose to go elsewhere in hopes for more money and a chance of winning.
Played all 1, games of his career in a Detroit Red Wings jersey amassing 1, points. Nineteen of those seasons Yzerman wore the "C" on his shoulder and pretty much bled Red Wings out of his veins. One of the greatest captains in NHL history, he was rumoured to be on the move to the expansion Ottawa Senators in after Scotty Bowman became head coach in Detroit. This shows that even the legends of the NHL were expendable.
Yet, Yzerman improved his defensive game and finished out his career with three Stanley Cups in Detroit. Both became champions within those franchises and both are now the figureheads, the one player that signifies those franchises. Lemieux was part of what I will call a "mini-dynasty" in Pittsburgh that was brought down far too soon and was dismantled far too quickly.
Yet, after a hard-fought and heart-breaking dismissal in Game Seven of the Wales Division Finals to the upstart New York Islanders in overtime, the two-time champions seemed to fade back into a team that would have hopes and aspirations that they would never live up to again.
By the season, the Penguins were without Lemieux and have only recently made it back to the Stanley Cup Finals. It's hard as a fan to cheer for a player knowing full well that he could be on the move at any time. But my question to NHL GM's is this: Why trade away a good player who can make your team great for players who can only make your team good? But for those teams who have picked the Lecavalier's, the Bouwmeester's, and the Crosby's to be the cornerstones of their franchises—is it really worth trading that one franchise player?
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