What hurts the most for me right now is that this season, for all the excitement it brought, ended up being a complete failure. In my mind there is no spin or justifying this season as a whole. It was a season that had Super Bowl expectations attached and we failed to even get back to where we were last season. We regressed in fact and did so against a rookie QB with inferior talent on his roster.
I'm expecting a solid win by the Lions today. I simply don't think Washington has the defensive talent, especially in their back 7 and secondary, to stop what our offensive is going to throw at them. Ben Johnson is going to be firing on all cylinders and utilizing all sorts of motion, deception, trickery, and play action out of his playbook. I don't think this will be a Minnesota like blowout, but I do think we get an early lead and stay consistent throughout and win. LET'S ****ING GO LIONS!!!!!!!!!!!
So was Kenny and it became a detriment to this team and the players development. Gustav Nyquist was 24 years old and Kenny had him in Grand Rapids to start the 2012-2013 season. Tomas Tatar was 23 and Kenny had him starting that season sitting in the press box. This was all so Kenny could play the likes of Dan Clearly, Mikael Samuelsson, and Todd Bertuzzi.
I guess my concern is that Yzerman would rather play Lyon, Talbot, and possibly Husso and not give Cossa the NHL game time he needs for his development. I'll continue to be as patient and positive as I possibly can be.
If Cossa isn't on the main roster next year then I guess I'll start to worry more. He's still only 22 as of now and won't hit 23 until next season, so I suppose I'm fine with him getting more seasoning in Grand Rapids. I just don't want this turning into another Ken Holland situation where we keep playing useless veterans players (Husso) over him because our GM prefers playing vets and trying to win now versus letting a young player make his mistake but grow from them.