DID STEVE YZERMAN ACTUALLY IMPROVE THE DETROIT RED WINGS?

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We're going over the latest on Detroit Red Wings contracts, and what The Athletic concludes in regards to their spending efficiency.
The Athletic: www.nytimes.co...
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This video is taking place after the 2024 NHL Entry Draft, and after the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs.
The 2024 NHL Draft 1st Round went as follows:
1st) San Jose Sharks, Macklin Celebrini
2nd) Chicago Blackhawks, Artyom Levshunov
3rd) Anaheim Ducks, Beckett Sennecke
4th) Columbus Blue Jackets, Cayden Lindstrom,
5th) Montreal Canadiens, Ivan Demidov
6th) Utah Hockey Club, Tij Iginla
7th) Ottawa Senators, Carter Yakemchuk
8th) Seattle Kraken, Berkly Catton
9th) Calgary Flames, Zayne Parekh
10th) New Jersey Devils, Anton Silayev
11th) San Jose Sharks (from Buffalo Sabres), Sam Dickinson
12th) Minnesota Wild (from Philadelphia Flyers), Zeev Buium
13th) Philadelphia Flyers (from Minnesota Wild), Jett Luchanko
14th) Buffalo Sabres (from Pittsburgh Penguins via San Jose Sharks), Konsta Helenius
15th) Detroit Red Wings, Michael Brandsegg-Nygard
16th) St. Louis Blues, Adam Jiricek
17th) Washington Capitals, Terik Parascak
18th) Chicago Blackhawks (from New York Islanders), Sacha Boisvert
19th) Vegas Golden Knights, Trevor Connelly
20th) New York Islanders (from Tampa Bay Lightning via Chicago Blackhawks), Cole Eiserman
21st) Montreal Canadiens (from Los Angeles Kings), Michael Hage
22nd) Nashville Predators, Yegor Surin
23rd) Anaheim Ducks (from Toronto Maple Leafs), Stian Solberg
24th) Utah Hockey Club (from Colorado Avalanche), Cole Beaudoin
25th) Boston Bruins (from Boston Bruins via Detroit Red Wings and Ottawa Senators), Dean Letourneau
26th) Los Angeles Kings (from Winnipeg Jets via Montreal Canadiens), Liam Greentree
27th) Chicago Blackhawks (from Carolina Hurricanes), Marek Vanacker
28th) Calgary Flames (from Vancouver Canucks), Matvei Gridin
29th) Dallas Stars, Emil Hemming
30th) New York Rangers, EJ Emery
31st) Toronto Maple Leafs (from Edmonton Oilers via Anaheim Ducks), Ben Danford
32nd) Edmonton Oilers (from Florida Panthers via Philadelphia Flyers), Sam O'Reilly
This video is also taking place after 2024 NHL Season, and after the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs, where the Florida Panthers defeated the Edmonton Oilers in the Finals.
Lucas Raymond was one of the top NHL prospects at the 2020 NHL Entry Draft.
The 2020 NHL Entry Draft saw many top NHL prospects get selected by a variety of teams. The Top 27 of the draft went as follows:
1st) New York Rangers, Alexis Lafrenière
2nd) Los Angeles Kings, Quinton Byfield
3rd) Ottawa Senators (from San Jose Sharks), Tim Stützle
4th) Detroit Red Wings, Lucas Raymond
5th) Ottawa Senators, Jake Sanderson
6th) Anaheim Ducks, Jamie Drysdale
7th) New Jersey Devils, Alexander Holtz
8th) Buffalo Sabres, Jack Quinn
9th) Minnesota Wild, Marco Rossi
10th) Winnipeg Jets, Cole Perfetti
11th) Nashville Predators, Yaroslav Askarov
12th) Florida Panthers, Anton Lundell
13th) Carolina Hurricanes (from Toronto Maple Leafs), Seth Jarvis
14th) Edmonton Oilers, Dylan Holloway
15th) Toronto Maple Leafs (from Pittsburgh Penguins), Rodion Amirov
16th) Montreal Canadiens, Kaiden Guhle
17th) Chicago Blackhawks, Lukas Reichel
18th) New Jersey Devils (from Arizona Coyotes), Dawson Mercer
19th) New York Rangers (from Calgary Flames), Braden Schneider
20th) New Jersey Devils (from Vancouver Canucks), Shakir Mukhamadullin
21st) Columbus Blue Jackets, Yegor Chinakov
22nd) Washington Capitals (from Carolina Hurricanes via New York Rangers and Calgary Flames), Hendrix Lapierre
23rd) Philadelphia Flyers, Tyson Foerster
24th) Calgary Flames (from Washington Capitals), Connor Zary
25th) Colorado Avalanche, Justin Barron
26th) St. Louis Blues, Jake Neighbours
27th) Anaheim Ducks (from Boston Bruins), Jacob Perreault
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[@a.N.....]

Chariot is actually a pretty good dude to have around, he stands up for his teammates on a team notorious for lack luster aggression. He gets undeserved criticism.

[@theskatebus1687]

Definitely better. The speed upgrade from Perron to Teresenko should be all we need. Lets you run lines like these: Debrincat - Larkin - Kane Ras - Compher - Raymond Bergrenn - Veleno - Teresenko Motte - Copp - Fischer

[@temofulgencio5984]

Stevie said when he first took the GM job it was going to be a long rebuild.

[@Monster-o1q]

I believe his words were: "This is going to take a looooooooooong time. And I mean a really really long time".

[@UConn08]

Idk man I think that article is quite dramatic. We have a better balanced team and also our young players who perform great last season will get even better. So I would say we will be a fringe playoffs team again or maybe finally making it. Still have years to go with making deep runs

[@bigbeefa6795]

Balanced is the key word 👍 definitely got better

[@jacoblaurain8911]

You had me until Chiarot was worth .8 million. That is hysterical. Sure 4.8 is an overpay, but he’s a legit 4th or 5th defenseman. Most teams would take him on at around 3mil.

[@alancarr4272]

Feels about right to me. Chiarot improved, but still not close the earning his pay. Copp is such a solid player, but doesn’t score nearly enough to command those dollars. Signing Holl was a mistake, but RHD are expensive. All that aside, as was noted: these are short term deals. In two years, consider how many prospects will be core players and how much cap space DET will have. Many teams in the east are getting older, so DET could be poised to open a lengthy window to contend starting as the contracts expire. They could take a step back next year in terms of points, but DET looks formidable for the long term.

[@ML-kx9gz]

that's what people are missing here, the bigger picture has less to do with these short term deals which will (should) be replaced players coming up through the system. If you had these guys on long term deals it would be basically rebuild 2.0.

[@laurencec2353]

It is like you said, it doesn’t matter. Crappy teams are going to over pay here and there. By the time we’re more competitive those bad contracts will be over.

[@lies_worth_believing]

Albert Johannsen is going to be in the rookie of the year conversation. That plus a young forward breaking out (Danielson?) will be enough to make the playoffs this year. And if none of that happens, it just goes to prove that we don't live in the best of all possible worlds.

[@jackconrad2667]

I think improvement will need to come from the young players. At least some roster spots are open. I would say it’s a 50/50 to improve from last year. But some young players may get some nhl time which is quite needed

[@daveyusmc4863]

Once again you are correct. I actually think we will be slightly better, but not sure if that will show in our final record. Just having Edvinsson all season will boost defense. Sankshow is an upgrade as well. Second line Center Compher and Petry is the biggest problem. If we would have replaced Petry with Trouba we would have been a lot better.

[@jackconrad2667]

@@daveyusmc4863 I think compher as a wing is fine. And petry on 3rd line is fine. I think the idea of petry on the second came from some sort of chemistry with him and edvisson is there supposily

[@daveyusmc4863]

@@jackconrad2667 100%

[@dj4aces]

Did the Wings improve? Probably not. Did they get worse? Absolutely not. It's amusing to me that so many people are flipping their nonsense because something dumb got posted to the Athletic, and a bunch of overly reactionary fans follow it up with hot takes. That doesn't mean Copp and Chiarot are actually valuable players (they're not, at least not yet), but it's just an opinion. Chiarot is starting to find his place, while Copp is showing he's little more than a 3C. But largely, the list Dom posted there is solely looking at numbers, which is only part of what a player brings.

[@jimmiebull1]

This is a snapshot in time. This changes every year and sometimes dramatically. Seems like an off-season conversation starter to occupy minds until the season. A more productive exercise would be to link it with playoff success and Stanley cup success.

[@Joe-gi3nj]

id say, if anything, we are neutral to where we were last year, but we're replacing some of the spots with rookies. It might be a plateau, but its a step in the right direction.

[@cptbluehawk57]

I’d expect Detroit to see some regression next year, that’s just a part of bringing in younger players. They will be a playoff team in 2-3 years, when cossa takes the reins and enters the league.

[@Monster-o1q]

Everybody loves Raymond, Everybody hates Copp. That would make a good TV show.

[@davidlaffin5747]

Seems about right!

[@jbussa]

squeaky voice got me...

[@directionallycorrect2027]

Meh. Lego getting views is ok. September & Traverse City training camp can’t get here soon enough.

[@YoungMatt81]

Theres a very real possibility they dont improve and miss the playoffs again, which would be a make or break outcome for the Yzersham. Also, lego man, you're sticking by that gibberish outro, huh

[@vernonhowell4070]

After the Flyers bums contract yesterday Seider and Raymond are going to need 12 million each to resign.

[@larrylaferriere3075]

no center depth. Larkin goes down, and teams WILL target him and Detroit is closer to a lottery team than a playoff team. The "youth movement" is only starting because Edvinsson is just too damn good and they would lose Berggren and Johansson if they don't at least let them try to be on the team. Yzerman did what he always does, sign mediocre free agents to help this team tread water. If Kasper or Danielson don't at least get close to where Larkin is, then this rebuild will be a failure.

[@paulwt9783]

that is the issue, yes, and it's an issue even while he's healthy bc it plays havoc w the lineups. that being said, i like the team if both Larkin and Kane play a full year next year.

[@theskatebus1687]

Unfortunately very true. Hopefully Danielson or Kasper can step in and keep Copp on line 3 or 4, in that situation

[@andidrw1]

debrican is overpaid too

[@martinellis9342]

Did they figure a hip resurfacing into Kane's contract? Fire Stevie!

[@trevorwiazek5594]

They are worse

[@nerinamak3298]

This team is going to get expensive and old before they get any good.

[@Monster-o1q]

It IS true that Larkin will be early 30's and past his prime years before this team turns into any type of annual playoff team and the coach will hopefully be long gone.

[@nerinamak3298]

@@Monster-o1q Joel Quenneville

[@nadaduo1765]

always excuses with this yzerman cultists lol

[@Twistytwiggy]

Always excuses for 🐈🌈 liberals

[@Twistytwiggy]

Always excuses for 🐈🌈 brandon voters