STEVE YZERMAN ADMITS HE'S FEELING THE PRESSURE… LOSING FAITH IN THE YZERPLAN? DETROIT RED WINGS NEWS

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We're going over some more comments made by Steve Yzerman and the Detroit Red Wings.
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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
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[@Cringleberg]

People who doubt Steve have literally zero context for what this franchise has endured. They have no idea Ken Holland left this team in utter shambles, with a ton of bad contracts and no one in the farm system. They dont realize Detroit hasnt had a lottery pick this entire duration of the rebuild. How does San Jose's rebuild look without Macklin Celebrini? How does Chicago's without Bedard? How does Anaheim without Leo Carlson, Becket Sennecke and Mason Mctavish? It would be rought, and instead of tanking ad nauseum and never getting rewarded for it he pulled the trigger to try and make this team more of a stable force for when the kids he did draft get there, that they wouldnt be budrdened with single-handidly carrying them. This is a borderling playoff team and the play of the kids will determine if they make the cup playoffs. Given what we saw in GR last year I have high hopes.

[@DarrylMLDavey]

This is it. THERE IS LITERALLY NO WAY that this could have been done faster WITHOUT LUCK. Steve Yzerman cannot be judged on how he has done a bad job until his roster is on the ice-we are almost there. Wait until Johansson, Kasper, Danielson, Mazur, Cozza & MBN are up here. Hopefully some of that luck will go our way and some of these other diamonds in the rough will turn out-who knows one could even be elite. May not be fast enough for some but good things are on the way in the D. Thanks to Steve Yzerman and Co.

[@joeygrossbeak4092]

Holland made some nice adds for Edmonton's run. Give credit where credit is due.

[@bubbagump2341]

Yzerman inherited a dumpster fire and the Wings got screwed over in draft position year after year and considering that, Stevie has done a great job of rebuilding from the ashes!

[@ericscottstevens]

Bad draft classes really was the biggest issue Holland left SY. The Weiss, Abdulkader, and Cleary contracts were not of sound judgement. Many teams make this mistake trying to sign guys over their value. Add in a bad trade or two (Legwand) and they shipped out Jarnkrok.

[@krimsonshadow94]

I mean MO should have been taken no.1 overall in my opinion and the only player id take over Ray would be Stutzle, other then that I think SY has made his picks count

[@bubbagump2341]

@@ericscottstevens Don't forget Holland picked Pavel Zadina over Quinn Hughes . . .

[@bubbagump2341]

@@krimsonshadow94 Stevie has made his picks count but the Red Wings getting knocked back in the draft year after year combined with Holland's bad draft picks hurt the wings a lot!

[@Nichaelas]

@@bubbagump2341 It's Filip Zadina, but it's understandable you got a forgettable player's name wrong.

[@williamsteffey3434]

Everyone said the Wings would finish 7th in the Atlantic last season going into camp. They said the Senators and Sabers rebuild were light years ahead of Detroit’s. Yeah…not listening to these idiots.

[@andrewborody]

SDPN guys had them finishing last, even lower than the Habs.

[@jackconrad2667]

No worries yzerman. I heard rumors Berggren edvisson and Johansson are planned to start the season on the wings. Looking at the roster that means at least one more big move is coming. If he signs a 2nd line rh def I think this offseason was a success. Regardless of the haters.

[@gordoncheswick4169]

Oh. You are correct. But you and I watched the same playoffs! DRW needs to get MUCH tougher, bette4 D, and goaltending has to stop pucks! I believe that is what they are paid for!

[@jackconrad2667]

@@gordoncheswick4169 yes but there was no way to check all the boxes to an extended playoff contender this offseason with the amount of cap to work with. I just wanted to see a few smaller upgrades and bring a couple guys up for experience then 2025 bring in another piece to move to the next level.

[@jackconrad2667]

@@gordoncheswick4169 trying to rush this creates those teams that remain fringe playoffs.

[@icedo1013]

@@gordoncheswick4169 Getting to the playoffs at all while the majority of the core is still young will be invaluable. It alone has the potential to take some of these guys to another level by the sheer competitive will of "winner takes all" hockey almost completely absent in the regular season. Even if they get blown up in 5 or 6 games (I believe we would win at least one against anybody), the value of that experience cannot be overstated. They'll never forget that feeling of heartbreak and they'll fight like hell their entire careers to avoid it.

[@RedWingsninetyone]

​@@jackconrad2667I believe we had the 2nd most cap space entering free agency. That being said, Raymond and Seider still need deals so that'll eat up a good chunk of it and I'm guessing that was part of Yzerman's thought process. No need to overpay guys just to get or keep them (Perron and Stamkos, for example).

[@RogerDowney-zn2kv]

Wings have increased their point total three years in a row. That is good. Need to keep pressing and getting better. It will happen. We can be in the playoffs for a long haul if we keep bettering ourselves. 🏒

[@riggedreality420]

I'm not losing any faith at all. He's not going to go all out until they are close. He's building a core. A young core, the right way.

[@Asskins1588]

Going on 5 years of a rebuild on top of the previous 3 years of no playoffs. Your not building a cup contender your building a team to make the playoffs and build from there and he can't even do that...getting old

[@sallybags9090]

​​@@Asskins1588He came to Detroit with NO prospects. Bad, awful contracts, he just hired his own coach 2yrs ago. He kept bashill on because he was more concerned with our lack of prospects. He knew firing Jeff Blashill was a waste of time. It took him two years to get rid Ken Hollands bad decisions. Ken is good with turning really good teams better. Not buiding a team. Also, we get no lottery luck. Also having veterns help take some of the pressure of our young kids is a good thing on alot levels, including psychologically.

[@seanr.6596]

People are impatient. 20+ years of playoffs followed by 8 years without and some absolutely horrendous hockey, who could blame them. With that said, this is a franchise who has improved every season under yzerman without a single top 3 pick and without trading a single high end prospect. Unreal. Yzerman has said from the start that this would take a long time, but he was going to build the team the right way in order to achieve long term success

[@karlheinzvonkroemann2217]

People are morons. This team will make the playoffs this year. Stevie knows what he's doing.

[@bodhithomas5684]

Who do they make the playoffs over tho? Devils likely back too

[@DropKickMC]

@@bodhithomas5684capitals

[@ericscottstevens]

A lot of Atlantic teams added talent. This division alone is very hard to eek out a playoff spot. Ottawa is ahead in their rebuild Same for Buffalo. Montreal is assembling a pretty powerful roster through the draft

[@ericscottstevens]

@@bodhithomas5684 Devils seem to tank when they need the draft help. The team has way to much talent to be drafting in the top 10.

[@krimsonshadow94]

I mean we thought that last year and clearly they both were paper tigers in the Atlantic

[@XTheTrimReaperX]

Red Wings fan since 93 when I was 10 and Yzerman was our Captain and as GM he will have this team winning Cups again very soon

[@djostrand2176]

I have my own take.Yes Stevie Y knows something’s he has learned with Scotty Bauman, Jim Devellano, Ken Holland and his long and Successful career. Talent and interest in management.He has a really great crew running the club scouting Steve is the one to get the wings a good chance for several cups

[@cptbluehawk57]

Just saying, Yzerman built a multiple cup winning team with Tampa, and while some of these signings are not good, we just have to stick with it. Remember he drafted the best prospect pool in the league. Trust the Yzerplan. Go wings.

[@ericscottstevens]

SY inherited Stamkos and Hedman. So what does Detroit have in similar talent before 2019?

[@cptbluehawk57]

@@ericscottstevens Yzerman inherited stamkos and Hedman, you are correct. But he also drafted vasilevsky, kucherov, and point. All major pieces in their cup wins. In terms of talent, Detroit really only had Larkin.

[@RedWingsninetyone]

​@@ericscottstevensit was 10 years between the time SY took over and when TB won the cup. At the time he took over, TB was a bottom team in the league. SY had to dig out of a hole when he got to Detroit thanks to the bad contracts that Ken Holland left him. For example, Detroit is actually still paying for Justin Abdelkader who hasn't played in several years.

[@TCornthw8]

Fans just need to chill. Let the man do what he needs to do in order to improve this team.

[@gordoncheswick4169]

How long?

[@TCornthw8]

@gordoncheswick4169 As long as it takes to build the core right. Even if they had made it into the playoffs, they wouldn't have made it past the first round. Hard pill to swallow, but the truth.

[@joeygrossbeak4092]

@@gordoncheswick4169 10 years or more I heard!

[@joeygrossbeak4092]

A long long chill?

[@DefectiveSquash]

I remember when steve had doubters as a leader and won 3 cups. Ill remain patient.

[@joeygrossbeak4092]

Player yes: great, GM: not so sure.

[@jakerain2820]

@@joeygrossbeak4092 IDK, Steve Yzerman laid down in front of a slap shot and took it to the eye socket to stop a potential goal at the end of an already HOF locked career. I wouldnt bet against him he hates to lose.

[@joeygrossbeak4092]

@@jakerain2820 I greatly respect SY as player too saw him play as rookie at JLA and many times after that. Just not sure about GM so far; playoffs this year -need to make them.

[@joeygrossbeak4092]

fyi: I feel for Dylan Larkin; I always thought they should have played him at least a full year (or two) in GR at the beginning; when Datsyuk left it was over. for Wings anyways. Holland rushed him (DL) and without PD he was lost. It is what it is.

[@rwingslsoccerc]

Detroit has increased their season standings points every year for the last several under Yzermam. This year I expect that to continue. I am expecting at least 1 more add via trade or free agent signing for a defenseman. Then leave room for the youth to move up from Grand Rapids. This youth movement is such an unknown factor in predicting the upcoming season. However the Red Wings were recently rated as having the #1 prospect pool in the NHL. If there's a team that one can expect positive outcomes from its youth it would be the Red Wings.

[@dj4aces]

I think "going viral" is being used rather liberally. Those tweets really aren't going all that viral at all. As for our core? Eh... could it be better? Of course it could. Not a whole lot you can do if you don't get a few first or second overall picks to build around. Our highest pick in this rebuild was Lucas Raymond, selected fourth overall. The best we can really do is try to pick up players in free agency and trades, and roll the dice. Fact is, Stevie is doing the best he can with the hand he was dealt. Patience.

[@RC-tm8jo]

3:28 Yzerman realizes that expectations ON ARE the rise for his team 😂.

[@dangroat4438]

Having been a Wings fan my entire life and remembering all the Stanley Cups we won when Yzerman was still playing for us I must say that he has made great progress since he took over as GM. When he first got here this team was in shambles due to the bad contracts and a depleted farm system. He has done wonders to straighten that out and has put us in a position where we could again be considered as contenders for the Cup. When you are rebuilding a team from scratch you will always have your doubters on how it is going because it takes time to do it but fans are generally impatient and tend to want results immediately. It doesn't work that way. I look back to the time the Wings hired Scotty Bowman to be their coach and eventually their GM and coach. The team was close but not quite there yet but he made the moves that had to be made in order to take that next step towards the ultimate goal. I think it is safe to say that Yzerman is taking that same approach now. I still trust the Yzerplan because it appears to be working. We have improved every year since he took over and now I think we are headed in the right direction towards winning a Stanley Cup again. The fans just have to have faith in his decisions about how this should go and not doubt him. He learned how to be a GM from one of the best.

[@joenuyen6017]

Man, Yzerman took over this team with a ton of bad contracts, never got lucky with the draft lottery and we have a competitive team right now. Period. I swear if the differences today are because we didn’t add Stamkos, y’all silly. Nashville gonna hate that contract in 2 years. I look at our roster, man, he can turn that puppy over in 2 years. It’s amazing to see. Keep on building Steve you’re doing good in my eyes

[@kenammerman3101]

I'm ok with the rebuild taking time, Once we get to the playoff phase I don't want it to be a one and done scenario, or never get past the 1st or 2nd rounds. Build for a long haul. I do think if Justin Holl is not going to play, or play very little, trade him for less cap hit so you have more money come the trade deadline if you need it.

[@joeygrossbeak4092]

Like Leafs?

[@robertniklas4260]

When you get the team you inherited, what do yoh expect. You haven't been able to buy a team for a long time now. You have to build with the draft, and make smart acquisitions. Not every available free agent is a good fit. Steve Y is smart. I don't want him to panic, making bad decisions.

[@Monster-o1q]

More pressure will be on the coach than anyone else this season. Yzerman has added and subtracted NHL players quite aggressively each year. Obviously Debrincat and Kane have been the only really elite players he has brought in from elsewhere. But the majoriy of players brought in have been capable 2nd tier type players. Now that the goaltending has been made stronger (on paper at least), the pressure is on the coach to teach a defensive hockey system. Yzerman stated that at the end of the year about wanting to see defensive hockey team-wide. It's frustrating watching Larkin age and try his hardest year after year and not get much support. I'm sure Yzerman feels the same. I like to think that if this team plays run and gun non-defensive hockey Lalonde will not be extended. I don't think Yzerman will be lenient anymore. This is indeed a business and Yzerman does treat the players like disposable employees. He is definitely not as soft as Holland. When he took over the team I was expecting 5 years to significantly improve the team. Now I'm thinking 7 or 8 years. If it goes beyond that then there's a problem.

[@gordoncheswick4169]

Please - let’s ensure the scoring they got last year, is replaced. That they trade to get tougher. That the goalies do their job. Part of this, I believe, is the coaching. I see no fire!

[@riggedreality420]

Doubters know nothing at all about hockey. His first pick was Rookie of the year. He's doing a great job.

[@swen1208]

Steve's done a good job so far in this rebuild considering he started out with scraps but he has to make the playoffs either next season or the season after or else we'd need to have uncomfortable conversation about it.

[@datcrazywhiteboy6205]

Y Z E R P L A N 🤫

[@jennifer714714]

Looong time Wings fan here. I like a lot of his moves, and I've been questionable on others. But Yzerman will know these guys far better than I, along with all the financials. Also, this team had absolutely nothing going for it when Yzerman arrived. We had like no draft picks at all and next to no NHL caliber prospects. Then we got screwed in the NHL draft lottery and fell places every year for like 4 years straight. Plus we had a couple that like everyone thought was gonna be great just fall apart, like Zadina. But the culture of Detroit has started to shift back to a winning one. For the first several years no one wanted to come to Detroit, now we are starting to see stars pick Detroit over everyone else. These guys recognize that the team and culture is shifting to a winning one and lets face it, they all want to be on a winning team. Debrincat wanted to be here and saw a team on the upswing. Kane was looking mostly to proving he can still play and once he did, he chose to stay here as he wants to win and he sees something with us. Now we just got Tarasenko and while I don't know his story yet, it's probably not far off from the others. It may not be going as fast as many would like, but it's moving along.

[@RedWingsninetyone]

Detroit "fans" are used to calling for someone's head after 2 or 3 years and wondering why there's never a new result (see Detroit Lions before MCDC). It took 10 years for TB to win a cup from the time Steve Yzerman took over. Steve took over TB when they were already a bottom feeder team. Detroit was in a hole when Steve took over, thanks to Ken Holland. Hell, we're still playing for Abdelkader who hasn't played in years.

[@GaryDGuitar]

I have followed this team closely for years, and I don't think this roster is any better than last year's and I expect their record to be worse. Having said that, I think Yzerman is a good gm. Although he has signed some boneheaded contracts, for the most part, he has a knack for finding good value in trades and free agency. This free agency was a seller's market, teams were overpaying in term and salary like crazy, which helped inflate the cost of the mid-tier FAs as well. I thought Yzerman made two great signings with Kane/Tarasenko, which would like bring a nice return at the trade deadline. All in all, likely a regression year as far as team record goes, but sometimes you have to take a step back to take two steps forward. The cap situation is much improved and we have some good trade equity when the deadline comes. No playoffs this year, probably.

[@skylarburchfield6687]

Seider should be locked up for 7-8 year deal somewhere around 6.5-7 mil aav. Razor should be somewhere around 5 years at 5-6 mil. Lock them up and give bridge deals to the other guys.

[@MrNovemberbravo]

Not everything Stevie Y has done has been gold. Been a couple of bad contracts. All that to say he’s done a lot more good than bad. This franchise was literally at the bottom of a bottomless pit as far as contracts, lack of cap space, and next to zero talent in our prospect pool when he took over. People outside the fan base don’t have the context and even some Red Wings fans forget how bad this was when he took over.

[@jleif7736]

Every player he’s Drafted minus Kasper has exceeded expectations, and continuously gets better every year. I don’t care what ppl say about Yzerman, if ppl think the Yzerplan is failing solely Cause he didn’t bite the bullet and sign expensive UFAs this offseason, then you know nothing about hockey. Our main goal this offseason is first and foremost sign Seider and Raymond. The fact he was able to keep Kane on the team and then add Tarensenko, I don’t think our roster skill wise changed that much, yeah we lost gostisbere, but Yzerman replaced him with honestly one of the best players available for that role and for a good price. He is trying to build this team from tbe ground up, and as the vets on contracts expire and go to the market he’s going to keep adding our young prospects, and that’s essentially how you properly run a franchise.

[@Ace_334]

Like guys come on i know we want them to win but it takes time a rebuild a team takes about five to ten years to build a proper team here so be patient trust the Yzerplan good things take time the patience will turn out good one day! Just believe in the plan this man won't disappoint us. Look if you don't believe in it just wait to see if the disbelievers were wrong or the believers were let's see whose right in the up incoming years. And if he fails then good for you to being right if not then you know he did his job right. Wonder whose right in the up incoming years?

[@ericscottstevens]

He hit the gas pedal on splurge signing UFAs before certain great draft classes getting a little better where they needed to be selecting in draft order in the top 5. Instead spent big and they got better when really they needed to add young elite scorers. I suspect the rebuild will start all over in 5 years with middle of the league winning percentage dwindles the talent level they have. Finding Day 2 draft gems can rectify a bunch of faults, but as of now it is has not happened.

[@thewizardofoz511]

What??! Where did you get this from?? That's not what Steve Yzerman said.. is actually the opposite.. you guys need to pay more attention, he said that he DOESN'T feel the pressure from the media or other people to move quicker or make BIG splash or anything like that..🙄.. he basically said that he goes by the beat of his own drum, and going to continue to do things his way.. I actually had their correct someone earlier today on the local station who is the host of this show on Woodward Sports.. they have a live chat.. but that guy is always getting things wrong when it comes to hockey.. he actually gave me a shout out back.. shockingly lol And so far as for those other people who're making fun of the Yzerplan.. they're as relevant to a penny found on the ground.. anybody that knows their stuff and has been playing the game and studies the game can easily see what Yzerman is doing and the those other people are ignorant and they're envious.. the Detroit Lions are going through the same thing with Brad Holmes and Dan Campbell.. opposing fans try to rag on them but in reality they're really envious of what's going on and that they see Detroit is about to be a powerhouse.. PERRIODTT.. YOU DON'T NEED TO EXPLAIN ANYTHING TO MORONS..

[@jammrob4677]

it doesn’t make sense. These aren’t THE GUYS. He has only like 3 of his draftees up in the nhl. This team got significantly better Defensively with Gus Motte and adding guys like Johansson. Talbot helps a lot and now they get a full camp from kane and improved heavily over perron with tarasanko.

[@hunterleudke259]

It’s not looking like sprong is resigning he’s still a free agent

[@richierich398]

I still trust the Yzerplan. However, I do think it’s fair to criticize some of the bad moves he has made. I would also add that every fan base probably isn’t happy with every move their GM’s have made as well.

[@icedo1013]

What is the end goal with the criticism though? Sure, we can talk about the Holl contract or the output of guys like Chiarot or Copp, but at the end of the day none of these guys are part of the real future core Yzerman has been building for this team. I can understand deriding him if Kasper or Wallinder or Danielsson or ASP or Cossa or Johansson or any combination thereof fall completely flat, but everything we have points toward truth in the antithesis. All of those guys will be regular NHL players, and some to a very high caliber. These 1/2/3 year contract guys are little more than mentors/consultants for the real meat and potatoes of the team while still being serviceable enough to make legitimate bids to earn some playoff experience.

[@apprenticephil649]

When we win the cup in 3-4 years all the haters will disappear again.

[@icedo1013]

Nah, they'll just shift the goalposts and start reminding us of how we "finally don't suck anymore (took you long enough)" or how we won't win another and that failing a B2B means consummate mediocrity. Red Wings vs. Everybody is a legitimate medical malady at this point. I've been saying it since the offseason we drafted Raymond, the Detroit Red Wings *will* be your 202X Stanley Cup Champions. Prepare yourselves folks, it's coming whether you want it to or not.

[@standardyeepz]

i don’t think the team got better but so many bad contracts were handed out in the league im glad he didn’t do that

[@thewizardofoz511]

Then you don't know about hockey analytics.. I feel for fans like you.. this video is meant for people like yourself.. so YES take it personal.. You are what they call a 'fly-by+night' fan.. you only see the obvious.. you only see the points.. you don't understand enough to understand what Steve Yzerman has done or is doing.. it's really quite as simple as if you knew the game better and understand the true depths of hockey than you would be stoked about what Steve Yzerman is doing and take plessure in it..

[@joeygrossbeak4092]

@@thewizardofoz511 Dude: timely results matter; that is the hockey business, This year is important.

[@thewizardofoz511]

@@joeygrossbeak4092 so then lets us as fans LET THE MAN COOK!😋.. PERRIODTT....

[@jessepappagoalsky4358]

Yzerman is almost there. Have a little more patience

[@joeygrossbeak4092]

All I heard is maybe in 10 years (from now!) RWs will make playoffs.

[@pwvincil]

Clown on a team that almost made it to the playoffs. Clown on a team that has a very young core. Clown on a team that gets better every single season? Youre clowning on yourself. To all the Detroit fans crying about Yzerman, when we make the olayoffs next season, I want to hear apologies. We need depth, not superstars.

[@OFDProductions]

As long as Petry is the Wings 2nd line defenseman it’s hard to have much faith in their d core. Hopefully Ed and Johansson step up big this year.

[@cameronfranke8566]

Their ain’t no pressure shut up a lot of red wings fans make pressure on themselves let the man do his job

[@Gillies19hockey]

Just a lot of haters 😂, they're scared of us now

[@blackrocks8413]

they overbragged Yzerplan waaaay too much.

[@SaltyLegion]

Gosh if it wasn't for Stevie this team would already be Stanley Cup champs! 🤣

[@crossface222]

It has been a little frustrating. But we’re not in his position. But you have to realize that Detroit has had a lot of crappy sports teams for a long time. The one consistently great team we had was the Red Wings through the 90s and into the 2000s. And now it’s been 8 years since we’ve seen our team in playoff hockey which we use to live for. We’re getting impatient.

[@rwsaldrich]

Our defense is awful right now

[@petec9201]

The d core is just not it

[@CoreyD_42]

Incredibly dishonest video dude…

[@gordoncheswick4169]

The Yzerplan is fine. Do I think SY has made mistakes - MANY! The prospects coming up are skilled - but I don’t see any big scorers or big checkers coming up. I think Stevie should have been targeting HUGE scorers in the last two drafts. I think he is giving away to much to get cap space without shopping the players around more. I truly believe he has to trade for a big forward who can score. They need to get progress of ALL of the goalies they have drafted and traded for. Then DRW must get the kids into NHL action. Only then will I say the Yzerplan has worked!

[@generalimlerith8356]

Lego trying to say they almost made the playoffs let’s be honest even if they had they wouldn’t of gotten past the first round given the level of talent on other teams it’s just copium almost is always the cope

[@icedo1013]

This is completely irrelevant, playoff experience is invaluable for all players, and young players especially. Nobody expected them to go deep in the playoffs at the beginning of the season, the expectation was to be playing meaningful games in April, which they absolutely did. You shifting the goalposts to "Well, even if they squeaked in they wouldn't have done anything l0l cope" does nothing but show your unmitigable bias, how little your opinion actually means and how it should be summarily discarded with extreme prejudice.

[@generalimlerith8356]

Can’t even remember the last time the wings were in the playoffs that’s how long it’s been

[@jenn1388]

It was 2016, you have a short memory.

[@ChrisWienberg]

Defense is a mess. Wings aren’t a serious team. Goal tending still sucks.

[@xrsroofingsolutionscanada2151]

Detroit is still 3-4 years out as in Montreal. Difference is Detroit started the rebuild way, way before Montreal. I don't get either team at all. Detroit helped Tampa run for a cup year after year and that's about all Detroit has done.

[@dannik9932]

How many top 5 overall picks has Montreal had? Now how many has Detroit had? How many times did Montreal move down in the draft? Now do Detroit. Hint, Detroit has 1 (4th overall) since 2018, while Montreal has 4 (3rd, 1st, 5th, 5th). Don't get me started on Buffalo. I think Detroit has moved down in draft more than any other team in the league. The Wings have been screwed over nearly every step of the way. Do I like our picks? Yeah, but that doesn't mean I wouldn't have liked someone higher up.

[@xrsroofingsolutionscanada2151]

@@dannik9932 100% they have not had luck in the draft but they have a ton of young assets and they have a shot at the UFA market also. I'd like to see Detroit sign some big name ufa's and make some trades to become competitive not just mid. Nashville just went off and did what I expected Detroit to do last year let alone this year and they simply didn't do enough.

[@dannik9932]

@@xrsroofingsolutionscanada2151 Nashville is a playoff team, so it's easier to draw free agents. Also, l am very glad Detroit didn't give out those awful contracts. They'll be bad before we are true contenders.

[@PurrMeow69]

If the wings are worse this year the yzerman stick riders will still defend him until death. The core is mediocre. And yzerman is in cap tightness. Sound familiar? Ken holland.

[@icedo1013]

Nobody expected him to dump $4m out of nowhere to find room for Tarasenko. What makes you think *now* you've seen it all and can expect/predict every move even in the rest of the offseason, let alone years into the future? Holland didn't have a nearly ubiquitously ranked #1 prospect pool in the league while flirting with the playoffs, he was selling the entire farm for another magic bean or two in Stephen Weiss or David Legwand types with not even an iota of a plan for when they were done. This is an apples to seahorses comparison and it's no small miracle that nobodies like you will never sniff NHL management.

[@joeygrossbeak4092]

Agree: Excuses every year, now it's 10 years (from now) to make playoff;s at least Holland pushed Oiler to Stcup final

[@hockeytalk13]

The yzerclown should’ve been fired the second he signed holl for 3 years

[@icedo1013]

It must be a really sad state of affairs to be you. So much esoteric hockey knowledge and nobody to take you seriously. How tragic!

[@hockeytalk13]

@@icedo1013 the blind leads the blind. AKA yzerclown and his pathetic sheep heard of yes men suck ups

[@theskatebus1687]

Problems: Lalonde. Copp. Answers: Fedorov. Trade