Good Afternoon Everyone!
I hope everyone is doing well. It's been a minute since I've posted!
Would love to hear takes from neutral observers, Wings fans and Stars fans---if the Stars have a healthy Joe Nieuwendyk in the 98 Western Conference Finals, in what ways do you feel this changes the series' outcome? To kinda "shoot from the hip" here as conversation pieces:
1. I don't know/can't remember now with the passage of time what kind of regular season and playoff Nieuwendyk was having prior to the injury against the Sharks....was he really kicking ass?
2. Stars with the home ice advantage this series.
3. Wings obviously playing with the "emotional intangible" of playing for Konstantinov and Mnatsakonov.
Boy the series went six games even with Nieuwendyk being out and both Yzerman and Fedorov were on top of their games. The "what-ifs" on a healthy Nieuwendyk both is fascinating and scary at the time time!-Jim
I hope everyone is doing well. It's been a minute since I've posted!
Would love to hear takes from neutral observers, Wings fans and Stars fans---if the Stars have a healthy Joe Nieuwendyk in the 98 Western Conference Finals, in what ways do you feel this changes the series' outcome? To kinda "shoot from the hip" here as conversation pieces:
1. I don't know/can't remember now with the passage of time what kind of regular season and playoff Nieuwendyk was having prior to the injury against the Sharks....was he really kicking ass?
2. Stars with the home ice advantage this series.
3. Wings obviously playing with the "emotional intangible" of playing for Konstantinov and Mnatsakonov.
Boy the series went six games even with Nieuwendyk being out and both Yzerman and Fedorov were on top of their games. The "what-ifs" on a healthy Nieuwendyk both is fascinating and scary at the time time!-Jim
