GDT: Game 73: Red Wings at canes 7:30 pm et 3/28/24 (ESPN+, BSD)

[Sadekuuro]

Nice of them to not make poor Andersen make a difficult save all night.

 

[ShanahanMan]

How the hell is NJ behind us.

 

[LongTimeDRWF]

Isles and NJ are catching up though, it may be a five team race for the last two spots

Yep, but it does make all their games against one another mean something a little more...

 

[Steve Yzerlland]

Literally trolling Berggren

At least the Tigers won!

 

[Lazlo Hollyfeld]

How the hell is NJ behind us.

Honestly how are NJ, the Sens, and the Sabres behind us?

 

[LongTimeDRWF]

Honestly how are NJ, the Sens, and the Sabres behind us?

and on that note, it be serious dranking time, night all

 

[nbwingsfan]

So what does one cheer for when you've got no offense, inept defense, bad goaltending, no adjustments, no physicality, no heart and no pushback? They just meekly play out the string with their tails between their legs, not even looking to win the next shift, there's nothing there at all.

One starts to picture the marketing department in a few years wondering why the team doesn't have any fans under 35 years old...

I became a Wings fan because of watching electric players like Fed/Yzerman/Shanahan, McCarty etc and the best of the NHL.

I can’t imagine becoming a Wings fan if this were the team I had to watch.

I can’t imagine we’re building any kind of fan base outside of Michigan

 

[FMichael]

They buy into the system. Same with Nashville, Philadelphia, and other teams that aren't loaded with world talent but are playoff bound. Their coaching staff and system are better.

I still don't understand what Lalonde's system is and we're almost two years into his tenure.

Don't know what Blashill's system was either. Was it really "dump and don't chase"?

Agreed…Blashill and Lalonde certainly don’t appear to emphasize defensive hockey, nor physical hockey, and certainly lack the talent to be considered a skilled team.

Ken and Mick making me depressed watching this Hank and Syuk highlight reel.

God…25 seasons of making the playoffs…The Cups, the skill, the heart, the memories.

 

[Steve Yzerlland]

Nice of them to not make poor Andersen make a difficult save all night.

Believe it or not its difficult to keep your concentration when you get zero pressure for the entire game.

Ken Holland doesn't deserve McDavid for what he did to us.

Fischer pretty upbeat for getting stomped lol

 

[OgeeOgelthorpe]

 

[JediOrderPizza]

Someone just freeze me.

 

[GMR]

Honestly how are NJ, the Sens, and the Sabres behind us?

The scary thing is all those teams have players much better than our best player.

Those teams should all be better next season.

 

[Dotter]

whelp.

 

[lilidk]

Not everything is bad, our kids doing pretty good

 

[OneMoreTry]

I became a Wings fan because of watching electric players like Fed/Yzerman/Shanahan, McCarty etc and the best of the NHL.

I can’t imagine becoming a Wings fan if this were the team I had to watch.

I can’t imagine we’re building any kind of fan base outside of Michigan

That’s exactly what I recognized when I saw the Wings in Stockholm. For both games, the other team had more fans. Sens and especially Leafs. And almost no Swede under 25 wore a Wings jersey. Most Wings fans were older.

God…25 seasons of making the playoffs…The Cups, the skill, the heart, the memories.

Could be worse - you could be me, getting into hockey and becoming a Wings fan in the 10/11 season. Getting a couple more playoff seasons.. and then a decade of rebuilding, which still isn’t ending..

 

[Lazlo Hollyfeld]

The scary thing is all those teams have players much better than our best player.

Those teams should all be better next season.

That's kinda what I meant. Like literally how are they behind us given the advantages they've had?? The Sabres have two 1st overall picks on their blueline for chrissakes.

But also I think it's a sign of how hard it is to build a good team under the cap. As frustrating as this stretch is, I'd be even more frustrated if I was a fan of those teams. And I think it's going to be a longer road on the rebuild than any of us want to admit. Yzerman has been telling us that in so many words since day 1.

The Wings will likely finish close to but not in a playoff spot, which is about where many have predicted. And I've enjoyed watching more games this season than in the last several years.

Hopefully next season that trend continues. We get some shiny new toys in the lineup to obsess over, the team starts to develop some sort of identity, and wins some more games and makes the playoffs.

 

[The Flying Octopus]

Season is over. Never seen a team quit like this in my life. Total 180 on the season.

Team lacks talent, leadership and drive. Nobody taking accountability and the coaching staff has failed them to top it off. Disgusting what has gone on here the last month or so.

 

[Oddbob]

Not surprising but still disappointed we play the first half of a game we need and have 7 shots on net.

 

[RedHawkDown]

Derek Lalonde is definitely not the Lisan Al gaib

 

[Hockeyfan2390]

The bloom is off the rose with Yzerman.

It was never supposed to take this long to get back to the playoffs, and it's truly disheartening to see the amount of Yzerman sycophants on social media repeating the Lalonde "well we were never supposed to be in the playoffs this year" loser talk. Detroit could still be out of the playoffs by 2028 and you'll still have the usual "Trust the Yzerplan! How dare you question the CAPTAIN!!!" people defending this garbage.

There's a standard for the Red Wings, and it's not being met. And as far as I can tell, there is zero pressure on Yzerman from up top to get this thing rolling.

 

[Hockeyfan2390]

Jeff Petry led all defensemen in ice time.

My God.

 

[Shaman464]

The bloom is off the rose with Yzerman.

It was never supposed to take this long to get back to the playoffs, and it's truly disheartening to see the amount of Yzerman sycophants on social media repeating the Lalonde "well we were never supposed to be in the playoffs this year" loser talk. Detroit could still be out of the playoffs by 2028 and you'll still have the usual "Trust the Yzerplan! How dare you question the CAPTAIN!!!" people defending this garbage.

There's a standard for the Red Wings, and it's not being met. And as far as I can tell, there is zero pressure on Yzerman from up top to get this thing rolling.

When your best player is a sub PPG center who can’t even score as much as Trocheck, you can’t expect to be a playoff team.

 

[SoupGuru]

FLACCID

 

[raymond23]

Could be worse - you could be me, getting into hockey and becoming a Wings fan in the 10/11 season. Getting a couple more playoff seasons.. and then a decade of rebuilding, which still isn’t ending..

Exact same thing for me

Oh well

The bloom is off the rose with Yzerman.

It was never supposed to take this long to get back to the playoffs, and it's truly disheartening to see the amount of Yzerman sycophants on social media repeating the Lalonde "well we were never supposed to be in the playoffs this year" loser talk. Detroit could still be out of the playoffs by 2028 and you'll still have the usual "Trust the Yzerplan! How dare you question the CAPTAIN!!!" people defending this garbage.

There's a standard for the Red Wings, and it's not being met. And as far as I can tell, there is zero pressure on Yzerman from up top to get this thing rolling.

God those quotes from Lalonde at the beginning for the season were brutal

Give me a coach with some f***ing balls. I'm so tired of this team acting so spineless

 

[Hockeyfan2390]

When your best player is a sub PPG center who can’t even score as much as Trocheck, you can’t expect to be a playoff team.

Why they went after Copp instead of Trocheck, I'll never understand.