The Red Wings of Detroit were supposed to take the next step this season. It was supposed to be the Red Wings where the Montreal Canadians occupy in the STANLEY Cup qualifying series. But unfortunately, the Red Wings watch the playoff series on the sidelines for the ninth consecutive season, instead of playing in it.
Many are starting to wonder if a new direction is necessary for Motown. General manager Steve YzermanThe seat is hot, if not already hot. This pressure and heat were raised on April 19 when Red Wings Captain Dylan LarkinDuring the team's cleaning day, called its GM for not having done much on the deadline for trade to improve the club.
“It was difficult that we did nothing, then I felt the group in a way, we did not take any dynamics of the deadline for trade”, ” Larkin told the media. “The guys were a bit about it, so it would be good to add something, and bring a little sparkle to the ice and perhaps also a morale.”
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It is not surprising that Dylan Larkin was upset. He has not seen qualifying series since 2015-2016. His recruit season has been the last year that the Red Wings have made the playoffs. The prolonged droughts of the playoffs, such as the Buffalo sabers at 14 and now with the Red Wings at nine, are not a good thing. Especially in a place like Detroit, where fans could lose interest if the team does not succeed.
While winning all the healing, Detroit missed the playoffs in 2024 because he did not have enough victories in regulations, because they were tied with the capital of Washington with the same number of points. The fact of not having Larkin for a section of games cost the Red Wings a chance at the playoffs.
This year, the Red Wings were simply not talented enough. There have been too many sequences of prolonged defeats, in particular that entering the match of the Stade 2025 series and leaving. But the team, led by Steve Yzerman and Company, was not good enough.
While Patrick Kane is always a good player, he is on the old side of 35. Vladimir Tarasenko Signed a two -year contract last summer, and he is far from the player he was. The goalkeepers continue to be a rotating door for the Red Wings. Without forgetting, he signed too much for the same players as JT Compher And Andrew Copp.
The Red Wings have a pretty young core of Larkin, Debrincat, Lucas Raymond,, Marco Kasper,, Moritz Seiderand Simon Evidsson. And before people become uncontrollable, Larkin Don't go anywhere. He signed an eight-year contract with a complete non-movement clause that crosses the 2027-28 season.
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However, people ask, how is it that Steve Yzerman can no longer make a love at first sight? Well, for part Ondrej Palat,, Tyler JohnsonAnd Nikita Kucherovare better than what he has in Detroit. They were perfect for Steven Stamkos And Victor Hedmanwho were already there. Oh yeah, he drafted Andrei Vasilevskiy.
If you are looking at a team like Montreal Canadians, they have taken steps to write, develop and play their young players. Similar to lightning during their ascent of being a competitor. Detroit did not do this unless there was an injury. It was not in the late 1990s or early 2000s, when children could stay in AHL and overdevelopment. There were 12 temple of fame in the team that was heading for the big leagues.
Despite what many thought they were entering the season, there was a legitimate case to do so that Canadians had a better team than the Red Wings. In the end, those who made the argument were correct. These young Canadians were able to take advantage of the good teams who have a bad season to make the playoffs. Maybe with a movement or two, the Red Wings do the same thing.
However, on the basis of his comments last year, at the start of the season and on the deadline, Yzerman may not feel his team is ready to be a sustainable competitor of the playoffs. Whether true or not, players feel it and become frustrated, seeing others cross reconstructions and return to the playoffs during these nine years.
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At one point, the Detroit Red Wings must get out of the reconstruction plan and take the next step, which makes the playoffs.
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