When does the Yzerplan start getting criticized?

[Master P]

Wings fans starring down their future...

 

[Hockeyfan2390]

Wings fans starring down their future...

Totally inaccurate.

There'd be a few G&T's in there too...maybe some Little Caesars crazy puffs too.

 

[nbwingsfan]

Maybe for them not to look completely lethargic and unengaged on the ice, for starters.

Last night's entire game along with the second and third periods of the opener vs. Pittsburgh, they looked like they were sleepwalking, exactly how they looked during that horrid stretch in March of last season in must-win games against garbage opponents like Arizona, Montreal and Columbus.

That’s the biggest thing for me.

They look completely unmotivated. They get down two goals and it’s over.

Probably because their coach will always say something like “oh well we tried our best” in every damn post game interview

Lalonde has the backbone of a worm

 

[nbwingsfan]

Multiple things can be true at once. Yzerman undoubtedly came into a horrible situation in Detroit and has gotten bad lottery luck. That being said -- everything that he can control from trades to UFA signings to drafting has just been nowhere near good enough.

The prospect pool is fine but not amazing and the two premium pieces of the rebuild are a very very good but probably not top 10 in the league in his position good winger and a defenseman who's speedrunning Tyler Myers' career. They've nuked the cap sheet signing a whole lot of horrendous misses in UFA, especially in goal and on defense.

And what does he have to show for it? Missing the playoffs in the easiest year to make it of the last 10 to a god-awful Capitals team (and please spare me the whining about PHI pulling the goalie -- Detroit went head to head against WSH twice in the last ten games and lost both), and starting the season 1-3

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Prospect pool ranking: 4

Cap space next season: around $20-23m
Key players to sign: 0

Nuked their cap?

 

[HockeyVirus]

The most alarming part for me is their pro scouting. The amount of boat anchors they have signed is astounding.