Was Joining the Detroit Red Wings the Right Decision for Daniel Alfredsson?

December 16th, 2013 by Matt Hutter Leave a reply »

Raise your hand if you’ve ever taken a job that you later regretted—go ahead, put ‘em up.

OK, I can’t see you, but no doubt there’s a fair number of raised hands (and maybe some perplexed coworkers or friends) out there.

The question is, “Is Daniel Alfredsson’s one of them?”

After all, Alfredsson left the Ottawa Senators to join the Detroit Red Wings for one reason—he wants to win a Stanley Cup.

Short of that, suffice to say he at least wanted to be a part of team that could put up a serious challenge for a Stanley Cup Final bid.

But even if that wasn’t possible, cutting short his legacy in Ottawa in what is very likely his last NHL season could certainly be justified to join a highly successful, top-seeded team in Detroit.

I’ll go ahead and stop there as, clearly, the possible realities facing Alfredsson and his new team would continue to descend from here. The Detroit Red Wings are not an elite NHL team and are on pace to end the season as Eastern Conference Wild Card hopefuls—at best.< ...

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