Who cares about hanging our goalies out to dry? First of all, we do that anyway, and second of all, neither of them are part of the future. Again - who cares?
And who says it teaches the kids the wrong way to play? The Wings were the kings of offensive puck possession hockey when Scotty Bowman essentially crafted the two-way top six center persona. You can be offensively inclined and still be aware of your defensive responsibilities and effective at them. The idea that there is some kind of dichotomy there is bologna. The most recent Cup winners had a modest D core assembled and played an offensive puck-possession game through and through. If they can win the Cup doing so with their epic offense, we sure as **** can skew the scoreboard towards more 3-4 losses than 1-4 beatings with our relatively effective forward offerings. There's a reason puck-possession has become the barometer for pro hockey efficacy in this league and not some catch-all statistic aggregating blocked shots, PK percentage, and saves.
Lastly, where the **** has "playing the right way" gotten this team? You know who plays the "right way" on this team? Glendening, Helm, Kronwall, Ericsson, Zetterberg, Abdelkader - a bunch of guys wearing Cs, As, and alternates and they've gotten us to the bottom of the barrel 2 years in a row despite being paid an assload to play "the right way."