How does Detroit fix their situation?

[Flowah]

Okay... https://goo.gl/6HvsFb

This is the thread that you're claiming has the "general consensus" that people weren't interested in him coming back? You need to look up what the word consensus means.

• Tampa wins cup this year. Yzermans job is done. Comes back home to the wings after Martin does nothing for a year
• I don't have any loyalty problems with Yzerman. Steve Yzerman has always operated on his own. Kronwall is retired at next summer and then Zetterberg is left from his old teammates.
  If you hire Yzerman, his connections will build a suberb level front office for 99% sure. No one says no to Steve Yzerman, when he's calling.
  
• It's a nice dream but if Yzerman wins a Cup with Tampa, trying to repeat the next season seems a whole lot more enticing than taking a job on a team with major cap problems, terrible contracts and no core.
  
• Yzerman has been cut throat as a gm. I wouldn't worry about that aspect.

Most of the posts about not wanting Yzerman are due to worries about him not being able to turn around the mess Holland would leave him and it tarnishing his legacy or how it's unrealistic to expect Yzerman to want to come to such a badly situated team.

 

[Dotter]

I know. I read the thread. Your bullet points are a more descriptive and cohesive version of what I already had said somewhere on this topic.

I think you may have cherry picked and left some out, though.

 

[WingsMJN2965]

From what I can see the only negative thing people are saying about the idea in that thread is that if Yzerman failed it may tarnish his legacy in the franchise.....

 

[Dotter]

From what I can see the only negative thing people are saying about the idea in that thread is that if Yzerman failed it may tarnish his legacy in the franchise.....

Bringing back Yzerman seems like more of the same type of loyalty that has gotten this team into the place we're at

 

[ColbyChaos]

Go back to doing what they did in the O6 era and have ownership of two other teams to bail them out of any situations.

 

[WingsMJN2965]

Brings up one ridiculous quote: "Consensus!"

 

[Syckle78]

Go back to doing what they did in the O6 era and have ownership of two other teams to bail them out of any situations.

Wut?

 

[naruto]

They can't fix their situation. They are pretty screwed.

 

[LeafChief]

The Detroit Red Wings are in a pretty bad situation in regards to cap-space for the 2018-19 season. They are loaded with long-term bad contracts, have no cap-space, and need to resign Larkin, Mantha, and AA next season. Larkin and Mantha's contracts are most likely going to cost them quite a bit and I cannot feasibly see them being able to sign them in their current cap situation. Most of the players that are signed to big contracts (especially Tatar at 5.3, Nyqvist at 4.75, and Ericsson at 4.25) are essentially unmovable. It really seems like an impossible situation. Is there anything they can do?

Fire everyone and start over.

It was a hell of a run. 20+ years of top tier success.

 

[Legionnaire]

They can't fix their situation. They are pretty screwed.

Nah. I think they'll be okay. Sure they'll have a rebuild period, but if they can land Dahlin this year that gives them a really good piece (provided he pans out) to build around for the future.