Detroit Redwings Downfall

[Lampedampe]

So let's say they make the playoffs and keep winning. Does that mean the Yzerplan is a success?

The Yzerplan is mostly a meme, but making the playoffs would definitely be a move in the right direction for the team. Don't you agree?

 

[Czechboy]

The Yzerplan is mostly a meme, but making the playoffs would definitely be a move in the right direction for the team. Don't you agree?

Mock away.. I'm legit 50-50.

I do see the points that Yzerplan fans are making... he wins some redrafts, Raymond may end up a 100 point stud, Seider is amazing, Edv is looking solid. Asp is a very good prospect and puts up points everywhere (except against my Czechs). Kaspar is a legit NHLer. So will Danielson. So will the Norwegian (I really gotta learn his name)....

BUT

They are missing that tippy toppy guy to add to this. I was hoping they'd tank the shit out of this season after that start. Add a Top 3 pick who is NHL ready (and yes, I'd grab the BAF.. best available forward) and see a significant improvement next year.

Longwinded but making the playoffs gets the wings a mid first round pick. I think they need a top 3 stud. I'll even concede they've had shitty lottery luck. I'm an Oiler fan so I know a lot about lottery luck.lol

 

[Lampedampe]

Mock away.. I'm legit 50-50.

I do see the points that Yzerplan fans are making... he wins some redrafts, Raymond may end up a 100 point stud, Seider is amazing, Edv is looking solid. Asp is a very good prospect and puts up points everywhere (except against my Czechs). Kaspar is a legit NHLer. So will Danielson. So will the Norwegian (I really gotta learn his name)....

BUT

They are missing that tippy toppy guy to add to this. I was hoping they'd tank the shit out of this season after that start. Add a Top 3 pick who is NHL ready (and yes, I'd grab the BAF.. best available forward) and see a significant improvement next year.

Longwinded but making the playoffs gets the wings a mid first round pick. I think they need a top 3 stud. I'll even concede they've had shitty lottery luck. I'm an Oiler fan so I know a lot about lottery luck.lol

I generally agree, I had already given up on the season and was content with a top-5 pick. I thought it'd be a blessing in the disguise, and it can still happen, though unlikely.

I think people forget that Wings really did bottom out, it was 4 years of being a bottom 5 team I believe. To not get a top-3 pick really messed with this team, but Yzerman has done a great job adding Raymond, Seider and Edvinsson.

It's been 8 years of no play-offs and completely bottoming out, at some point you gotta go start moving up in the standings. The team was playing so terrible under Lalonde i feared that he would ruin some players.

The hope now for us Wings fans is that this is the first step, the addition of Cossa, MBN, Danielson and ASP along with some depth will help take the team to yet another step. Seider and Raymond hitting their prime will also help. There is also cap for a splash trade or FA signing.

 

[Ulysses31]

Yzerplan is still bad and they're still hurting their draft position with a young core that is not good enough. Yes they're in a no-win position unless they magically(lotto) get a top 4 pick in this draft

DRW have 1 of best prospect pools in the league with a lot of 1st round talent projecting well Cossa, ASP, MBN, Danielson plus a boat load of other prospects. It will be a solid core.

 

[Reddwit]

Patrick Kane seems to have something left in the tank.

4 goals, 4 assists the last 5 games

He’s absolutely come alive under McLellan. Even when he was looking good last year, he didn’t look like he was playing as loose as he is now. He’s had some dominant shifts in the past few weeks.

 

[Reddwit]

Mock away.. I'm legit 50-50.

I do see the points that Yzerplan fans are making... he wins some redrafts, Raymond may end up a 100 point stud, Seider is amazing, Edv is looking solid. Asp is a very good prospect and puts up points everywhere (except against my Czechs). Kaspar is a legit NHLer. So will Danielson. So will the Norwegian (I really gotta learn his name)....

BUT

They are missing that tippy toppy guy to add to this. I was hoping they'd tank the shit out of this season after that start. Add a Top 3 pick who is NHL ready (and yes, I'd grab the BAF.. best available forward) and see a significant improvement next year.

Longwinded but making the playoffs gets the wings a mid first round pick. I think they need a top 3 stud. I'll even concede they've had shitty lottery luck. I'm an Oiler fan so I know a lot about lottery luck.lol

I would’ve been fine with bottoming out to get a top forward but it’s far from the only way the Wings can progress. As it stands, the Wings rebuild progression is going to come from the defense and goaltending. It actually already is. A huge reason for the Wings 6 game win streak is that McLellan split up Ed and Mo, and they both anchor their pairing and elevate their defense partner, giving Detroit 2 solid defense pairs instead of just one. If ASP and one of Cossa/Augustine hit, we’ll have a ridiculously young and talented back end. That can get us on the playoff ascent and buy us some time to address the forward situation via UFA or trade.

 

[Reddwit]

Bum hip.

Obviously he had surgery on it, but he's like the only guy who has had that surgery and has played this many games afterwards.

Wouldn't have been at all surprising if it gave out, and Kane looked like ass a lot in his last season with the Hawks when he was playing with his (pre surgery) bum hip.

He’s a master at avoiding contact along the boards, lol, that might have something to do with his longevity. And he does a great job of lurking and conserving his energy (reminds me a bit of late-stage Brett Hull in that way). But it’s working for him. Under McLellan, he’s looked like a first liner again.

 

[Hippasus]

Mock away.. I'm legit 50-50.

I do see the points that Yzerplan fans are making... he wins some redrafts, Raymond may end up a 100 point stud, Seider is amazing, Edv is looking solid. Asp is a very good prospect and puts up points everywhere (except against my Czechs). Kaspar is a legit NHLer. So will Danielson. So will the Norwegian (I really gotta learn his name)....

BUT

They are missing that tippy toppy guy to add to this. I was hoping they'd tank the shit out of this season after that start. Add a Top 3 pick who is NHL ready (and yes, I'd grab the BAF.. best available forward) and see a significant improvement next year.

Longwinded but making the playoffs gets the wings a mid first round pick. I think they need a top 3 stud. I'll even concede they've had shitty lottery luck. I'm an Oiler fan so I know a lot about lottery luck.lol

Wow, that's trippy.

 

[schuelma24]

Mock away.. I'm legit 50-50.

I do see the points that Yzerplan fans are making... he wins some redrafts, Raymond may end up a 100 point stud, Seider is amazing, Edv is looking solid. Asp is a very good prospect and puts up points everywhere (except against my Czechs). Kaspar is a legit NHLer. So will Danielson. So will the Norwegian (I really gotta learn his name)....

BUT

They are missing that tippy toppy guy to add to this. I was hoping they'd tank the shit out of this season after that start. Add a Top 3 pick who is NHL ready (and yes, I'd grab the BAF.. best available forward) and see a significant improvement next year.

Longwinded but making the playoffs gets the wings a mid first round pick. I think they need a top 3 stud. I'll even concede they've had shitty lottery luck. I'm an Oiler fan so I know a lot about lottery luck.lol

I think that's a fair post, and three weeks ago I had mentally pivoted to tanking to try and get Misa at 4 ... but I do think there's something to not letting a losing culture infect the team, especially the young guys, and you were definitely starting to see that. I'd rather have Raymond, Seider, etc. do well and succeed this year even if it means a lesser draft pick.

Still .. point taken - need to find a way to get another stud forward.

 

[ZDH]

Guys if you cook it a long time it doesn't taste so bad, little chewy.

 

[Pavels Dog]

Todd McLellan? The Yzerplan continues to deliver.

6 straight wins.

 

[GarlicbreadTB]

Mock away.. I'm legit 50-50.

I do see the points that Yzerplan fans are making... he wins some redrafts, Raymond may end up a 100 point stud, Seider is amazing, Edv is looking solid. Asp is a very good prospect and puts up points everywhere (except against my Czechs). Kaspar is a legit NHLer. So will Danielson. So will the Norwegian (I really gotta learn his name)....

BUT

They are missing that tippy toppy guy to add to this. I was hoping they'd tank the shit out of this season after that start. Add a Top 3 pick who is NHL ready (and yes, I'd grab the BAF.. best available forward) and see a significant improvement next year.

Longwinded but making the playoffs gets the wings a mid first round pick. I think they need a top 3 stud. I'll even concede they've had shitty lottery luck. I'm an Oiler fan so I know a lot about lottery luck.lol

Just call him MBN!

 

[RedHawkDown]

The Raymond disrespect is also rampant. He is an elite forward. I think he’ll hit 90 this year.

 

[Pavels Dog]

Just call him MBN!

Cezhckid is obsessed with misspelling names for some reason

 

[saska sault]

The Raymond disrespect is also rampant. He is an elite forward. I think he’ll hit 90 this year.

Wont ever be enough. He will be discredited for being a winger, and it should be 100 points. People that watch the games know how good he has been and how much room he has to improve still. Kids a stud.

 

[Cursed Lemon]

Yzerplan is still bad and they're still hurting their draft position with a young core that is not good enough. Yes they're in a no-win position unless they magically(lotto) get a top 4 pick in this draft

I'm enjoying people being proven wrong that the ONLY way to regroup as a team is to tank for 1OA