It's a stretch, but a little ironic to consider that the Wings head to Walnut Grove today, the little town that ripped the Ingalls sisters out of the grasp of Mike Ilitch in 2012. As you'll joyfully recall, Mr. I, Tick Tock and Chris Chelios flew Red Wing 1 to Madison in early July that year, believing that a personal visit would convince Ryan Suter that Hockeytown should be his home.
It wasn't enough, of course.
Suter clutched Parise's pocket and dutifully followed him to Minnesota. The Wild haven't won squat since and, come to think of it in a belly-laugh kind of way, neither have the Wings.
To my knowledge, that was the last time Mike Ilitch made that kind of personal effort to bring in a big-name free agent. It's also the very date (July 4th, 2012) that signaled the downfall of this franchise, led by Ken Holland and his "team of advisors".
Today, the Wings are battling for the #1 draft pick in a year where the talent pool is more shallow than any in the last decade. Vanek is out, allegedly due to injury. For all we know he could be dealt by dinner.
The Wings take their traveling shit show to a national tv audience today.
Hopefully you're too drunk to pay much attention.
It's a Live Blog, bitches. LGRW, RIP MI and FKH ASAP.
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