And this time they are pissed!!
After bumblin' stumblin' and fumblin' through their first season in existence, the Dawgs hope NOT to follow the example of the Hartford Whalers/Carolina Hurricanes. "We don't want to be a quagmire franchise like the Whalers and 'Canes have been up until this year. We are however going to do some crafty negotiating, much like the 'Canes did in the Fedorov deal.", said Ivan Hlinka, the Dawgs new GM. Hlinka was refering to the offer extended by the 'Canes to then restricted free agent Sergei Fedorov. The 'Canes offer included a $12 million dollar bonus if they reached the conference finals. Of course, the Redwings matched the offer and then had to shell our the $12 million. That kind of negotiating may just bring the rest of the league down to their level of play.