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NHL takes the Red Wings for granted

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July 20

Detroit Free Press

columnist Jamie Samuelsen

The league is more than welcome to try whatever it wants. And it clearly felt that the fans craved divisional games. Or more to the point, the league craved rivalries. And they felt that the best way to create those was to have teams play within their division a thousand times a year. So the Wings got jobbed because A) They are too good to be dragged into a rivalry with any of the teams in the Central. And B) Have you seen the Central lately? It is one of the worst divisions ever assembled. So there is little tension in these games because the Wings usually clinch the division on or about Opening Night.

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