Grex Sports Conference Item 33

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Detroit Red Wings - 95-96 season

Oct 14 06:24 UTC 1995

They started the season with a dud. Vernon looked bad in that opener.

Tonight they came home for the home-opener and beat Edmonton 9-0.
"Thrashed" is a better word. Also, tonight they put up all the banners
from last year's successes. It would have been a lot of fun to go to the Joe.

Meanwhile, Osgood got the Goose egg. I know Edmonton is having its problems,
but I'm still impressed. I have more hope for him than I do for Vernon,
who seems to play pretty well and then (just when you least expect it)
he lets in a weak goal.

What about all the trade rumors? Are they nuts?
It'll be a bad day for the Wings if they unload Ciccarelli.
If they have to trade him or Steve Yzerman, I'd rather keep Dino.
Better yet, keep both. What do you think?

20 responses total.

omni

response 1 of 20:

Oct 14 22:31 UTC 1995

 I agree. Yzerman has told the press that he wanted to go to a competitive
team. That certainly doesn't fit the Ottawa Senators very well. The Detroit
teams have a history of doing really stupid things like when the Pistons broke
up the winning team instead of paying a little more money. Oh well.

srw

response 2 of 20:

Oct 21 06:37 UTC 1995

Well, the wings didn't look very competitive when they play NJ Thursday.
I am beginning to wonder about Vernon. He is not consistent enough to
make me happy. I like Osgood, though.

bubu

response 3 of 20:

Oct 28 15:44 UTC 1995

Does Detroit need another center? Come on I think the Sheppard/Larinov trade
sucks.  We trade away a 50 goal scorer for an aging guy who just happened to
help his team upset Detroit in previous playoffs.  I dont know.  Does anyone
else think Bowman is gonna get thrown out of town by the fans if he keeps this
up?

srw

response 4 of 20:

Oct 31 07:00 UTC 1995

I'm not happy either. Larionov is the "L" of "KLM", as an indicator of how
old he is. He scored tonight, but the Wings still lost.

mwarner

response 5 of 20:

Apr 13 20:08 UTC 1996

I just read this item with the benefit of 61/13 hindsight.  Larionov can 
stay.  Bowman, too.

srw

response 6 of 20:

Apr 13 20:40 UTC 1996

I have consistently been amazed at how effective older players have turned
out for the wings. In hindisght, I have a lot of crow to eat. Not only did
Larionov turn out well so far, but Fetisov (who is older I believe) and the
biggest mistake I made in this vein, which was disparaging the amount of
benefit the team could derive from Paul Coffey. These older players are
clearly central to the incredibly good record-breaking 95-96 season that the
Wings are finishing up right now. It should lead to the Stanley Cup.

In future years, the Wings will have to bring up some youngsters quickly to 
replace retiring veterans, but it has been a great deal of fun watching
these talented veterans skate this year.

omni

response 7 of 20:

Apr 14 04:59 UTC 1996

 Another thing that should help is the fact that the Devils failed to make
the Playoffs. <set snide mode off>

 Actually, I think that the Wings are a stronger team this year than last,
and if they don't make any major errors, they should go to the Cup.

srw

response 8 of 20:

Apr 14 06:50 UTC 1996

Last game of the season is Sunday afternoon in Dallas.

bubu

response 9 of 20:

Apr 14 15:16 UTC 1996

I don't think that the fact that the Devils arent going to the playoffs this
year would make a diffeence...N.J. ( the upper management) as made the biggest
mistake in getting rid of and dismantling their cup team...They had absolutely
no chance this year and it is nobodydy's fault but the front offices and the
ownership!

bruin

response 10 of 20:

Apr 14 15:22 UTC 1996

Also, at the time the New Jersey Devils were beating the crap out of our
beloved Red Wings, there were reports that the team was going to relocate to
Nashville, Tennessee.

srw

response 11 of 20:

Apr 15 07:00 UTC 1996

Wings get win #62, and wait for Wednesday's opener. Since St Louis got a 
point by tieing and Winnipeg got clobbered by the mighty ducks (who are out)
the Jets fall back to 8th and draw the Wings in the first round.

albaugh

response 12 of 20:

Apr 15 08:17 UTC 1996

This response has been erased.

srw

response 13 of 20:

Apr 21 03:24 UTC 1996

Wings win both in Detroit and go to Winnipeg for game 3 SUnday afternoon.
THey looked real shaky in the first two periods of game 1, but came on strong
to win game 1 easily. game 2 was a shutout, and much less in doubt.

Osgood started and played both games. Will likely start game 3 as well.
The fans are plenty happy about this.

Khabibulin, the Winnipeg Goalie, is an exellent one, who needs Winnipeg to
be a better team before he will be able to beat the Wings. He just about
singlehandedly brought the Jets up into the playoff picture.

Is Sunday afternoons game on the tube? I guess I'll find out in tomorrow's
paper.

bruin

response 14 of 20:

Apr 21 14:08 UTC 1996

SRW, Sunday afternoon's game will indeed be on television (on the Fox network
Channel 2 in Detroit).

srw

response 15 of 20:

Apr 22 06:07 UTC 1996

THanks. I found that out Sunday morning, and then watched the game.
The Wings were caught off guard by a very fired-up Winnipeg team.
They looked really flat and lost game 3. Osgood was benched because of
some minor physical problem, as a precaution.

omni

response 16 of 20:

Apr 22 07:31 UTC 1996

 That's because I was tuned in. I have a theory about certain sporting events
and me. Nothing good ever happens when I'm watching. I won't do that again.
;)

bubu

response 17 of 20:

Apr 22 20:37 UTC 1996

Not sure if I mentioned it or not..but I will be keeping an update of the
bracket breakdown of the playoffs as they continue...You can find this on my
web page here at grex..

doll

response 18 of 20:

Jun 16 13:28 UTC 1996

alright, omni, were you watchin the red wings -chicago games?

hockey

response 19 of 20:

Jun 28 16:09 UTC 1996

doll

response 20 of 20:

Jul 1 14:43 UTC 1996

um...really?

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