The Wings have good 1st periods because they're defensively focused, skate well, and try like world beaters. I think it catches teams off guard but we see the adjustments and the reply. If an opponent can match Detroit's complete level then natural talent takes control. Game over. Talent>work ethic.
An excellent 1st period but the Canadians realized they had to start skating and the game tilted in their favor.
Save me a spot on the "Can Blash" wagon. When we see Glendening on the 1st line the end must be near. I still hate his incessant line changes. 11 forwards is like a sick, twisted fantasy for Blashill. He said he would work on it after his 1st season and promised even 4 weeks he would leave the lines alone. Unfortunately for us he's a maniac that can't control himself. His lines have no identity or purpose, his juggling makes no sense.
Yeah, Blash doesn't help himself.
Earlier in the season it seemed like his tactics and approach were working, and as you say, he preached stability. 2 bad games and the line blender is back in force, with little rhyme or reason. He'll be gone after this year barring a surprise up-swing, but with him helping the stealth tank, and it maybe being KH's final season, it doesn't make a lot of sense to can him now. What quality coach would come here now with our roster issues, lack of top end prospects bar the ones in the team and the likelihood of a new GM, who may want their own people, arriving in the summer. As I said elsewhere, its going to be a frustrating season, but we've just got to ride it out and see where the chips fall (likely outside the playoffs and trading away Green and a goalie at least by the deadline).
