If Yzerman fired Lalonde early December when everyone was calling for the coach's head, Wings would securely be in a playoff spot right now and most certainly make their first playoff appearance under Yzerman's leadership.
I'm 50/50 split on wanting them to make the playoffs. It'll be nice to shut people up on the main board, but that's not really important since they have no clue what they are talking about anyhow. It would be nice for the kids to get some experience. It'd be a short run anyhow. But the better draft selection, with how good Yzerman has been at drafting, would be invaluable in this upcoming draft.
I feel like if Wings get healthy and start rolling again, with all the pressure, adversity, how tough the schedule is, they might not be the team the 1st place team in the east want to match up against. Assuming they make it.
During this losing streak, in many games like CBJ, OTT they have been dominating but coming up short.