Red Wings to introduce Yzerman as new GM

[Maple Leaf]

Yzerman will draft some high skill Russians who no one trusts which will lead to regular season success but playoff failure when the going gets tough. Nothing new

 

[Linnie The Pooh]

I always like when a player comes home. I hope he has much success with the Red Wings.

 

[SimonEdvinssonAtSix]

Yzerman will draft some high skill Russians who no one trusts which will lead to regular season success but playoff failure when the going gets tough. Nothing new

Detroit has never won anything with high skilled Russians. I fear you are correct

 

[DFC]

Yzerman can definitely build a team, but the process is slow. He doesn't cut corners or risk too much to "speed up the process." He'll load up on picks and prospects and wait with Job-like patience for them to develop. He values draft picks like no one else I can think of, although I do believe it's started a trend.

 

[WingsMJN2965]

Yzerman can definitely build a team, but the process is slow. He doesn't cut corners or risk too much to "speed up the process." He'll load up on picks and prospects and wait with Job-like patience for them to develop. He values draft picks like no one else I can think of, although I do believe it's started a trend.

Holland already hooked him up with a f***ton of picks and prospects. I think he's gonna have to take a different approach this time. Detroit's got plenty of young depth and depth picks. They need to move up and grab elite talent.

Honestly, if it's looking like Byram and Cozens are both gonna be gone before #6, I'd be looking to move up. Byram/Hronek/Cholowski/McIsaac would make for a solid group of young defensive prospects. Larkin/Cozens/Rasmussen/Veleno would be good depth at center.

 

[Goalie guy]

Yzerman will draft some high skill Russians who no one trusts which will lead to regular season success but playoff failure when the going gets tough. Nothing new

Yeah the Wings and those no good in the play off Russian players!! Is that you Mr Cherry??

 

[Ezekial]

And what's the Holland plan the last several year? To hand out a bunch of dumb contracts to a bunch of crap players like Abdelkader and Ericsson? And all these other guys?

No, he hasn't signed a bad contract the last couple years. Unless of course Dylan Larkin at 5x6.1 is a terrible contract. Unless signig Tatar to a 4 year 5.3 million dollar contract then trading it for a first, second, and third is a terrible contract and move. Holland acquired 10 additional top 100 picks between the 2017, 2018, and 2019 drafts.

 

[Blues88]

That the Lightning have a ton of dead weight locked into bad contracts and an alarming lack of defensive depth.

And that Yzerman made a huge mistake drafting Drouin instead of Jones.

Hmm...no, I dont think so. You dont win 62 games and then suddenly get exposed. Play this SERIES over again and are you confident in a CBJ sweep? How about a CBJ win? I certainly wouldn't be.

This is a cap league. Every single team has bad contracts and weaknesses. A sweep in round 1 is proof of nothing other than sample sizes, score effects, and momentum.

When do we go ahead and give the winning team their due for beating the favorites? People like to repeat ad-infinitum that all you have to do is make the cut to have a chance, but when the favorites are eliminated, it's as if destiny has somehow been cruelly undermined.

82 games is enough to call a team good or not good, but the playoff format doesnt lends itself to easy conclusions. Columbus was better than many expected, but the shock comes from expectations of them being competitive and ultimately losing, as opposed to sustaining a high level of play throughout the series and disrupting TBL at every turn.

This is what parity looks like (and also a multitude of variables that aren't easily predictable).

 

[MapleLeafs94]

Maybe it's already been talked about, didn't read the whole thread. But do people expect Yzerman will try and poach some of the scouting staff from Tampa?

 

[WingsMJN2965]

Red Wings fans as Yzerman stepped on the stage...

 

[Chuck Norris Trophy]

If someone can make Detroit great again, it's this guy. Congratulations to all Red Wings fans.

 

[Datsyukian Deke]

Imagine TOR vs DET and BOS vs MTL with the winners playing each other in the playoffs.

That would do nothing but benefit the league, altogether, if that were to happen. Hopefully it comes to fruition, indeed.

 

[newfy]

Maybe it's already been talked about, didn't read the whole thread. But do people expect Yzerman will try and poach some of the scouting staff from Tampa?

He implied that there might be some changes in scouting staff and things like that in his press conference, I would imagine that would come with a couple of tampa personnel. I've said before I could see Pat Verbeek coming to Detroit in some capacity. His family is from around Detroit and he played/was invovled in management with the Red wings. Yzerman took him to Tampa with him so I could see him being a guy Yzerman targets to come back with him.

Lots of wings fans are hoping for Al Murray but I dont see it happening

 

[izzy]

No, he hasn't signed a bad contract the last couple years. Unless of course Dylan Larkin at 5x6.1 is a terrible contract. Unless signig Tatar to a 4 year 5.3 million dollar contract then trading it for a first, second, and third is a terrible contract and move. Holland acquired 10 additional top 100 picks between the 2017, 2018, and 2019 drafts.

yeah i think hollands done a good job with the rebuild, unfortunate for him yzerman would get the job from anyone

 

[PhysicalGraffiti]

Been saying this was going to happen for the longest time, but the Bolts fans said it wouldn't.

Took way longer than I though, but definitely called it. This was always his plan.

Maybe now the Bolts can get real unis/logos with him gone.

 

[TheAngryHank]

Fantastic

 

[BodaciousBeefBazooka]

Right on, good for him. His blood, sweat and tears has been devoted to the franchise. This is where he should be.

 

[TheMule93]

 

[newfy]

I could see him having a role in Russia. Be a scout/ambassador kinda and talk to players like Podkolzin so the org can understand where hes at with coming over

 

[Huck Cheever]

The Yzerplan got swept by a team that was battling Montreal for a playoff spot

Jus sayin

 

[NinjaKick]

I don't think there's anything wrong with Holland... he's a legend... but thw wings needed a fresh take...

and so begins... the return of the wings...

 

[WeDislikeEich]

Great hire by Detroit.

For those saying “but his team got swept” -

How confident would you be in Columbus winning that series again?

And how many other NHL rosters would you currently take over the roster he built in Tampa Bay?

 

[drw02]

The Yzerplan got swept by a team that was battling Montreal for a playoff spot

Jus sayin

Safe to say Columbus will probably beat anyone if they keep playing like that. Some key pieces weren't acquired until the deadline, they're obviously a better team now than they were earlier in the season.

 

[KCC]

Great hire by Detroit.

For those saying “but his team got swept” -

How confident would you be in Columbus winning that series again?

And how many other NHL rosters would you currently take over the roster he built in Tampa Bay?

The excuse of them playing in such an easy division always gets tossed around. Put them in a different division and who knows. /shrug

 

[WeDislikeEich]

The excuse of them playing in such an easy division always gets tossed around. Put them in a different division and who knows. /shrug

I don’t buy that, personally.

They play 28 of their 82 games against teams in their division

of those teams Boston and Toronto can not be looked at as crappy. Florida and Montreal were both average this season. Buffalo was good until mid-end of December, then sucked. Detroit wasn’t good. Ottawa wasn’t good either.
So 3 crappy teams, 2 average teams and 2 good teams.

We are talking what, a total of 12 games against crappy teams?
And 8 games against really good teams (Toronto and Boston)


Tampa also played the non-division teams in their conference 24 times.

And 30 non conference games.

So 54 of their 82 games were out of division.


If this were the NFL, it’d be a different story.