How long will it be before the Detroit Red Wings make the playoffs again?

[WarriorOfGandhi]

Never

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I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him

 

[wetcoast]

Frame of time is way too broad to have a decent discussion based on the selections.

Probably 2-4 years. Depends on how quickly and how well Rasmussen/Veleno/Seider comes along and where we pick this year.

For instance, I don't think we'll be a playoff team next year, but Detroit has a strong possibility to add three top 10 picks to their roster next season. That makes a difference.

Pretty much this, 5 years is an extremely long time in a salary cap NHL.

 

[Langdon Alger]

Nah

Wow, good argument bud. Very compelling.

 

[dubey]

Wow, good argument bud. Very compelling.

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[Langdon Alger]

Thx low effort reply to a low effort post

Good one Randy.

 

[WingsMJN2965]

They haven't had a chance to handle enough of the framework yet. I'm going for 5-6 years.

When Yzerman came into Tampa they had a lot more young good pieces to work with. Steve is gonna need a few more drafts to make this work.

Lol, uhh, no they didn't.

Tampa was literally in the exact opposite scenario as Detroit. Yzerman started in Tampa with elite talent and no supporting cast. Yzerman started in Detroit with a supporting cast and no elite talent.

People don't seem to get that Detroit's rebuild is a lot more similar to Toronto's than Tampa's.

 

[Evgeny Oliker]

I like how they are managing their cap so far. That is important with this flat cap for the next few years.

I think that they will making the playoffs in the next 5 years.

Ideally this will be their lineup in a few years:
Mantha - Larkin - Zadina
Bertuzzi - Veleno - Round 1 pick?
Fabbri - Rasmussen - Svechnikov
Namestnikov - Helm - Glendening

Seider - Dekeyser
Hronek - McIsaac
Nemeth - A.Johansson
Lindstrom

???

They will need to figure out their goaltending because Greiss & Bernier are not the answer long-term. They will also need to add some more scoring through the draft. But I dont think they are too far from making the playoffs.

 

[newfy]

I like how they are managing their cap so far. That is important with this flat cap for the next few years.

I think that they will making the playoffs in the next 5 years.

Ideally this will be their lineup in a few years:
Mantha - Larkin - Zadina
Bertuzzi - Veleno - Round 1 pick?
Fabbri - Rasmussen - Svechnikov
Namestnikov - Helm - Glendening

Seider - Dekeyser
Hronek - McIsaac
Nemeth - A.Johansson
Lindstrom

???

They will need to figure out their goaltending because Greiss & Bernier are not the answer long-term. They will also need to add some more scoring through the draft. But I dont think they are too far from making the playoffs.

That round 1 pick on yuor second line would be Lucas Raymond hopefully. They could really use a top tier centerman though to make this rebuild go really well. If they could bump Larkin down a spot and have him shut down other teams top lines while another center worries about the production they would be pretty set. They have so many D prospects that if half those guys dont pan out, theyre stillbound to get a couple really useful NHLers out of their depth

 

[NyQuil]

So many variables.

 

[WetcoastOrca]

Hard to say. I think they’ll need a rebuild of the rebuild to get some elite forwards. But so many variables. And the playoffs isn’t really a high bar these days.

 

[Luigi Lemieux]

Starting to look more realistic

 

[Pavels Dog]

Starting to look more realistic

You think they won't make it once in the next 6 years?

 

[Luigi Lemieux]

You think they won't make it once in the next 6 years?

They referred to a 10+ year drought. It's already been 8 years since their last playoff appearance, 9 if they miss this year.

 

[Pavels Dog]

They referred to a 10+ year drought. It's already been 8 years since their last playoff appearance, 9 if they miss this year.

That was realistic even in 2020 when this thread was made. Pretty sure that poster was referring to 10+ years starting in 2020.

 

[Johnny Tomala]

What's the hfboards opinion on Red Wings? As a longtime RW fan, I see no hope. Without big FA signing in Detroit, I won't see a light at the end of the tunnel. I voted 5-10 years in the poll.

Nothing changed, I still don't see a light at the end of the tunnel.