The Detroit Red Wings, like the other handful of sports' true perennial super powers, are hated by many, feared by most and begrudgingly respected by all.
So it is only natural when the small team hero is soon assigned the label traitor when lured to the “dark side” by the glitz and glamour of the big town championship machine. This is the kind of mental process that makes the Mike Modano situation entirely unique; it isn’t the young phenom with stars in his eyes, but a grizzled veteran with nearly 20 years devoted to one organization.
Modano is a man with a heart still craving the nightly battles on the frozen pond, and he parted ways with an organization that desires to turn a new leaf and forge ahead into this new NHL with some young hotshots.
Joe Nieuwendyk and the new Stars management group felt it necessary to toss aside the old guard, the last ties to an era of rampant success. One of the most difficult decisions Nieuwendyk could ever make was letting go the man that fought alongside him to ultimately claim the 1999 Stanley Cup. Don’t get me wrong, I bleed green and gold, but at some point choices have to be ma ...
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Mike Modano Returns to Dallas with Detroit Red Wings
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