Mediocrity Dead Ahead

Over the past few games I have, once again, gotten very excited about DERS hockey. I mean that THE DERS are finally back to winning games. However, this probably short-lived jubilation is met with mental desolation.

We are once again caught in the whirlwind that is mediocrity. We have been stuck in this pattern for the past decade. We go on a solid winning streak, winning 6 or 7 out of 9, only to be matched by a greater losing streak of something like 3 for the next 15. It is a pattern that one must get used to as a DERS fan.

I hate to be a Negative Nancy but THE DERS have to stop this. I hate being good enough to be 9^th or 10^th in the conference or just barely make it into the playoffs only to be eliminated in the 1^st round. A change is needed. And the only thing I think that can really get us in the right direction is to have a high draft pick for the next few years.

Let me probe your mind and inquire about your opinion. Would you rather be 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th or 12^th for the next 5 to seven years or would you rather finish last for the next few years and draft young goal scores. And in the process build around a few young guns and solid veterans and potentially advance past the first round of the playoffs.

With next years draft packed with potential offensive talent like Steven Stamkos, Nikita Filatov, Evgeny Grachev (along with other like Mattias Tedenby Kyle Beach, Anton Gustafsson Dmitri Kugryshev, Viktor Tikhonov, Colin Wilson, Cody Hodgson) and next years draft being lead by John Tavares and Magnus Pääjärvi, I think that we could finally find that 40 plus goal scorer somewhere in the next two years that THE DERS are desperately in need of.

But back on to the current DERS.

They are once again winning, and you want to know why? I know why, they are they are playing the only way that will allow them to win, by doing two things. First they are finally shooting, and shooting a lot. Its my personal motto “If you shoot 50 times your bound to get something in.” And also they are placing our big guys in front of the net. Just look at TANK, he has 4 goals 1 assist on 11shot and is a plus 1. Why, because he has his 6 foot 2, 195 lbs, ass in front of the net. THE DERS are just a big group of goofy goons who will pretty much only score the garbage goals, but hey they are still goals.

Yea H. Duff may be able to squeeze through the defense and make a fancy play but guys like TANK are not all that agile and will only succeed in front of the net.

But there winning and I’m just rambling. I just hope that if they are going to win they better win in the post season, and not finish in the middle of the league. I hate being marginal.

GO DERS!