When does the Yzerplan start getting criticized?

[canuckslover10]

He should have stuck to two year deals with his ufa signings.

 

[Oddbob]

Edvinsson was so terrible in game 1 of this season. Worst player on the ice.

He was not the worst. Gustafsson was the worst and it wasn't close.

 

[Hockeyfan2390]

If the Red Wings don’t make the postseason this year, then Yzerman has to be on the hot seat.

Nobody else would get this long in a serious hockey market. At some point, “incremental improvement” isn’t good enough.

 

[Pens x]

Yzerplan sucks

 

[jackjohnson]

Yzerplan sucks

Yzerman is overrated as GM. Similar how HFboard hyped the hell out of Chyka when he was Coyotes GM only for them to never make playoffs except the covid year when they got swept. This board always gets excited for teams with full of young players who are still raw with no real veteran leadership to show them the ropes. You need good trades, good players not just drafting high potential players.

 

[jackjohnson]

There was a fantasy that Yzerman could routinely pick out the next Brayden Point or Nikita Kucherov in the late rounds and build a contender quickly. Also he inherited Stamkos and Hedman and he had nothing in Detroit other than Larkin to build around, who's not on their level.

He's done an ok job, but has the team in no man's land it looks like, trying to save his job with veteran signings. He has Patrick Kane and Vladimir Tarasenko in key top 6 roles right now for example. The contracts they signed are fine, but how does this team contend any time soon with a situation like that?

Arguably the Sharks are in better spot right now going forward and there's been few GMs maligned as much as Grier on these boards. Just need to get lucky in the lottery really if you want to be a contender, the scouting is so good these days impact youngsters go early and Detroit had poor lottery luck.

Well Oilers have been lucky 4 times drafting 1st overalls and drafted the 2 best players in the world plus Bouchard, Hopkins etc. They havent won anything after a decade and still have weaknesses. As i said, you need more than good drafting to win a cup. You need good trades, good developement program, good coaches and assistants. Does Detroit have all of that after 5 years of Yzerman? I dont think they have.

 

[RedHawkDown]

Yzerman is overrated as GM. Similar how HFboard hyped the hell out of Chyka when he was Coyotes GM only for them to never make playoffs except the covid year when they got swept. This board always gets excited for teams with full of young players who are still raw with no real veteran leadership to show them the ropes. You need good trades, good players not just drafting high potential players.

This would make sense if the team was actually full of young players. All we have is shitty veteran leadership and only 2 young players. Everyone else is buried in the minors.

 

[jackjohnson]

This would make sense if the team was actually full of young players. All we have is shitty veteran leadership and only 2 young players. Everyone else is buried in the minors.

Well thats also another problem. Not sure what Yzerman is doing. I feel like Canucks being built by crappy management still managed to ger ahead of Detroit when it comes to development if you compare the timeline of when they actually
started rebuilding. Detroit still doesnt have their franchise goalie and an elite center or 2. Canucks had Markstrom and Demko before giving Markstrom up. Not to mention Hughes, Norris winner and 2 elite 100 point centers. Not sure what Detroit has outside of Larkin, Raymond and Seider in NHL plus some high potential prospects in Edvinsson etc.