ranks both Red Wings dynasties near the very top of the list of all-time teams.

Too lazy to look back a few weeks (now that's lazy!) but I posted on that exact same success then, Bruce. The last 17 seasons, iirc, they have had under 100 points only 3 times. Once during that lockout season and they were on pace then anyways - also made the SCF that year. The other two years they had 97 I believe once and 94 the other - the year they had 94 they won the Cup.

...certainly when he left Toronto they were not willing to pay him what Detroit was.

Small nitpick, but Joseph likely left Edmonton to Toronto for more money. But he certainly left Toronto for Detroit cause he thought thejust wanted to put their accomplishments in the fresh perspective of another "League-Cup Double", when we can forget about the odd playoff failure and simply admire the franchise for their spectacular record of long-term success.

At the time you wrote:

But here is a fun fact - in the last 17 years! the Wings have had over 100 points thirteen times. The years they fell short they had 98 points, 94 points (won the Cup), 93 points and 70 points (48 game season where they lost in the SCF).And this is in a league with 22 or more teams, not six. With free agency. And drafting near the end of the first round every year.

Agreed on all points, other than the technicality that it's 12 out of the last 16