Detroit Redwings Downfall

[nbwingsfan]

Not playing your game man, so you can say "no that guy is not good" as we try and debate the present and future of every 22/23 year old in the NHL...

you can look through the list yourself and determine where you think the Wings draft picks in later rounds rank amongst other players in the draft at the present moment, if your determination is the picks were good to above average, I disagree with your assessment

I have taken at the list. There isn’t a single player that I can see who is more than a bottom 6 forward or a bottom pairing D in the entire two drafts outside of maybe Protas.

Thats it.

If you want to believe adding more 30pt guys would have any impact on the team then be my guest, but it’s entirely wrong.

You won’t post your list, because you know it doesn’t exist.

 

[WarriorofTime]

I have taken at the list. There isn’t a single player that I can see who is more than a bottom 6 forward or a bottom pairing D in the entire two drafts outside of maybe Protas.

Thats it.

If you want to believe adding more 30pt guys would have any impact on the team then be my guest, but it’s entirely wrong.

You won’t post your list, because you know it doesn’t exist.

To clarify, you believe Brock Faber is a bottom pair defenseman?

 

[nbwingsfan]

To clarify, you believe Brock Faber is a bottom pair defenseman?

I stand corrected.

There are two players out of 372 who would make any kind of difference.

What a horrible GM for not finding them with such amazing odds in his favour !

 

[SympathyForTheDevils]

Please do share the “dozen” impact players from the 2019/2020 drafts that would be making a meaningful impact on the Wings.

I see Protas (arguably) and….. ???

30pt guys and bottom pairing D are what we already have

You must not have looked long.

Protad of course is doing great. Faber is the #1 Dman on one of the best teams in the West. Vlasic has done very well in a tough situation in Chicago. Peterka and Macelli already have 50+ point seasons under their belt. Laferriere and Cuylle have been great this year, and are pacing for around 60 pts. Same for Voronkov. Dorofeyev is pacing for 30 goals. Kotchetkov is already an NHL goalie. And that's ignoring guys I haven't seen (like Andrae) and guys that are doing well in more limited roles (Evangelista, Pinto, Spence, Kastelic, Lohrei...)

Only one good player outside the first round? Come on. The Wings lack talent at every position; they could have used any of those guys. Yet despite stockpiling picks in the 2nd-4th rounds for those 2 drafts, the guys they picked after the 1st have yet to show NHL potential. It's not the end of the world, but it's absurd to pretend nobody good came out of those drafts just because Yzerman didn't find them.

 

[Dotter]

Alexei Protas went in the 3rd round, he has 14 goals this season. These are the picks you need in a rebuild. This is what Yzerman did well in Tampa and that hasn't translated to Detroit.

If Protas is your example of game breaker, then that gives me hope Kasper eventually fills that role by the same age as Protas. Kasper is producing at the same rate or better as Protus at 20, all the while looking like the better player at a 200-foot game.

Thanks for the inspiration!

 

[LeighDx59]

The difference is Rangers fans and Sabres fans know where their teams are at. They aren't in abject delusion like Wings fans are so they don't keep trying to debate that "everything's great"

So now fans of opposing teams are not only telling Wings fans that their prospects arent going to turn into anything, but theyre also telling Wings fan how theyre feeling too? Hilarious.

Most rational Wings fans know where theyre at. They knew this team was going to take a step back with the loss of Walman/Ghost/Perron. I dont think we were expecting guys like Kane and Compher to take massive steps back to start the season. Yzerman preached patience, which is something alot more Red Wings fans have than everyone else. While the fanbases of the 31 other teams are foaming at the mouth damn near every game just to say how overrated Yzerman is and saying how he should've done this or done that, bitching that Detroit's rebuild should be over without getting any lottery help while at the same time bitching that Yzerman isnt doing enough to tank too somehow? A bunch of obsessed armchair GM's on this site are as delusional as they claim us Wings fans are. The fact that Detroit gets picked apart constantly despite everyone knowing where theyre at and what they need, compared to the Rangers (who actually got draft lottery help and should be at the top of the conference) and the Sabres who have had a bunch of lottery help multiple times throughout the past 13 years of rebuilding, is also hilarious.

Most Wings fans have been patient. I dont see us claiming that all of these signings are great, in fact most of us know that the players signed werent the best when the signings were made, were just not ignorant enough to assume Yzerman is going for the Cup with these signings. Chiarot, Holl, Gustafsson and Petry's deals are up in the next two seasons, right around the time guys like ASP should be knocking on the door, or other potential defensive prospects. And that doesnt take into consideration if someone becomes available that Yzerman feels will take them to the next step in a few years. The deals for Copp/Compher/Tarasenko will be up within the timeframe that guys like Danielson or MBN or Lombardi or whoever else should be knocking on the door.

 

[Luigi Lemieux]

It requires some shrewd trading to turn into an elite team. Drafting is somewhat of a crapshoot, just sitting on draft capital and expecting an elite team to emerge is never gonna work. Look at how many incredible trades Florida made to turn into the best team in the league. If they just sat on the players they drafted they would have never won. Yzerman just signs crappy players and sits there for years waiting for his drafts. Crappy players and contracts just block any meaningful trades that could have been made. Just a big failure all around.

 

[LeighDx59]

It requires some shrewd trading to turn into an elite team. Drafting is somewhat of a crapshoot, just sitting on draft capital and expecting an elite team to emerge is never gonna work. Look at how many incredible trades Florida made to turn into the best team in the league. If they just sat on the players they drafted they would have never won. Yzerman just signs crappy players and sits there for years waiting for his drafts. Crappy players and contracts just block any meaningful trades that could have been made. Just a big failure all around.

And?

He can make those moves when its necessary or when he feels they should be pushing for that Playoff spot. Who's available currently that is going to turn everything around right now and immediately turn them into a contender without gutting the entire prospect pool? Who's available that would even be worth it? And its clear he wasn't expecting them to be a playoff team anyways this year, so why would he make a trade? So posters on HFBoards dont call him a failure or make multiple threads about how bad he is? This is my point. Armchair GMs say he should tank cause the team is playing bad, and when he doesnt make trades to improve the team, or signs placeholder players, you go "well he should be doing stuff to improve the team cause they suck". Then, when theyre in the mushy middle, not getting top five picks and not making the Playoffs, people will go "well why did he try to improve the team with those trades then?".

 

[Luigi Lemieux]

And?

He can make those moves when its necessary or when he feels they should be pushing for that Playoff spot. Who's available currently that is going to turn everything around right now and immediately turn them into a contender without gutting the entire prospect pool? Who's available that would even be worth it? And its clear he wasn't expecting them to be a playoff team anyways this year, so why would he make a trade? So posters on HFBoards dont call him a failure or make multiple threads about how bad he is? This is my point. Armchair GMs say he should tank cause the team is playing bad, and when he doesnt make trades to improve the team, or signs placeholder players, you go "well he should be doing stuff to improve the team cause they suck". Then, when theyre in the mushy middle, not getting top five picks and not making the Playoffs, people will go "well why did he try to improve the team with those trades then?".

Well yea that's my point he's hamstrung the team with bad contracts and kind of stuck right now.