Other teams juggled. Colorado gambled big. San Jose moved boldly. The Wings did nothing, and it's hard to argue with the reasons. The team has gone from suspect to nearly unbeatable, especially at home.
Chemistry is excellent.
If this group can sustain the hunger needed to win, it must prove it now. Previous suggestions to break up the team the past eight years were ridiculous. We feel we're still a Stanley Cup contender, but we do need to have an eye on the future. If you stand pat and milk everything out of these players, all of a sudden one day you wake up with a gigantic rebuilding job on your hands. The Wings cannot afford to rebuild, not with a full arena, not with the franchise propping up Ilitch's empire and his mediocre baseball team.