Here’s the part that broke my heart. Lalonde said players came to him shortly before the March trade deadline and were optimistically still clinging to hope they’d make the playoffs. Hide Caption Steve Yzerman on Detroit Red Wings season, the rebuild, and what comes next Detroit Red Wings general manager Steve Yzerman, April 14, 2023
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One of the encouraging signs to come out of this past Detroit Red Wings season was the play of Michael Rasmussen. It ended with him limping off the ice in late February, but until that point, Rasmussen really had come into his own as a versatile, top-nine forward. “It was a positive year for me,”
It was hard to hear. It was like listening to parents admit their children were delusional, reaching far beyond their grasp. I’m gonna hit four home runs in my first Little League game! I’m gonna win the science fair with some baking soda and vinegar! I’m gonna ask Santa for Detroit Tigers playoff tickets! Yet
Detroit — The Red Wings’ goal isn’t just to be playing games that matter next April. It’s to be playing them in May as well. So for Ville Husso, the goal this summer is to be ready for more. More games. More pressure. More responsibility. “Next year, everybody needs to step up a little more,”
Detroit — The Red Wings organization will be looking for a new head coach for minor league affiliate Grand Rapids. The Wings announced they will not be renewing the contract of Ben Simon, who was head coach of the Griffins for the last five seasons. Grand Rapids missed the American League playoffs the last two
One of these days, one of these teams is gonna get it. No, not comeuppance. But the brass ring, or a helpful free agent at the trade deadline; that’d be nice, no? Instead of selling off good players for draft picks? Seems like it’s been forever since one of our four major pro teams did
Through most of his first season as the top goaltender for the Detroit Red Wings, Ville Husso was the team’s most valuable player. That he wasn’t able to sustain that strong play to the finish line dismayed Husso. His bosses, not so much. Husso finished the 2022-23 season with a 26-22-7 record, a 3.11 goals-against
One year later, everything has changed. For all of them. Detroit Tigers shortstop Javier Báez has gone from “Yes! Finally, the Tigers are spending some money” to “Ugh, I’m so sick of this, stop swinging at stuff in the dirt.” Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell has gone from “OK, he’s fun and a good quote
Four years into a Herculean labor, Detroit Red Wings general manager Steve Yzerman offered a frank evaluation on how the rebuild has progressed. “It’s gone OK,” he said Friday, a day after the Wings finished 35-37-10 and a week after the Wings were eliminated from playoff contention for a seventh straight year. “I would love
Ted Kulfan talks about the Red Wings’ season-ending news conferences with general manager Steve Yzerman and coach Derek Lalonde and William and Shawn Horcoff are the interview guests. Kulfan said the team’s season was a “step forward” despite missing the playoffs for a seventh consecutive season, tying the franchise’s longest playoff drought from 1970-77. “Points
William Horcoff’s first hockey equipment didn’t exactly fit. Now 16 years old and already 6-foot-4 and 168 pounds following an 80-goal season in 80 games with the No. 1-ranked Little Caesars U15 team, Horcoff was learning how to play the game in 2012. “We were in Edmonton and it was my first year buying him his first
I have a message for Detroit Red Wings general manager Steve Yzerman. Actually, it’s more of a request. Maybe even a borderline desperate plea. Here it is: Please take my money! You see, my wife and I had plans to treat our couple friends to see a Red Wings game this season at Little Caesars
[embedded content] Detroit – Honesty isn’t always the best policy in professional sports. But it is right now for Steve Yzerman, even if it makes him sound a bit sheepish, at times, as a general manager. Because when you’re on the outside looking in at the playoffs, as the Red Wings are again for a
Detroit − Four years into his tenure as general manager of the Red Wings, Steve Yzerman sees progress. The Wings won more games this season, improved statistically in the major categories, and were in the playoff chase for longer than they’ve been in recent seasons. But the Wings, obviously, aren’t quite where Yzerman wants them
Derek Lalonde’s message in his end-of-season availability matched what he said when it began: The Detroit Red Wings weren’t good enough. “I will give this group credit,” Lalonde said Friday afternoon, the day after the Wings finished the 2022-23 season with a 35-37-10 record. “I did not see this as a playoff team — where
Detroit — If the Red Wings had simply finished the season around mid-February, being above the playoff cutline and having games in hand, and playing good hockey in many areas, coach Derek Lalonde would have been just fine with it. “We’d probably be talking about me spending my coach of the year bonus already on
TAMPA, FLA. — Dylan Larkin brought it up. So did Moritz Seider and Derek Lalonde. The five-game losing streak that ended the Detroit Red Wings’ season with a 35-37-10 record benefitted their draft lottery odds, but that was scant balm for the guys who had just lost, 5-0, unable to muster even a single goal.
TAMPA, FLA. — Losing their last five games did at least help the Detroit Red Wings’ draft lottery odds. They finish the 2022-23 season with a 35-37-10 record, in 24th place. That gives the Wings a 5% chance to pick first overall in June’s draft, and 5.4% chance to pick second. Teams can not move
Mickey Redmond and Ken Daniels put a bow on the 2022-23 Red Wings season. #LGRW
Pius Suter reflects on a season that ends with five straight losses. #LGRW
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