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Red Wings 2024 October Game Thread


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7 minutes ago, lordstanley said:

Excellent! How did they become Hughes fans - watched him for Michigan?

Not sure. Annie came home from school one day and said he was hot. I allowed it because he went to Michigan.

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27 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said:

And depending on whether you believe they have gotten a couple of goal-tending performances that are above average for the goalie involved, even that distance to the right may be unsustainable.

very rarely have they been on the front foot.  they are rarely they attacking team and they always look so passive.

that could be an acknowledgement that their defense is so weak they have to sit back and try to hit on the counter, or they forwards simply arent playing well or arent good enough to retain possession.

theyre very frustrating to watch right now when every team they play - from the good offensive teams like the rangers to the poor offensive teams like the islanders - outplays them offensively by such wide margins.

i have to think this is a plan.  other than edvinnson and seider (and edvinnson can alternate between excellent and shaky) they have below average to bad defensemen.  which falls squarely on yzerman's shoulders.

i'll defend the "no playoffs since 2019" streak because of the massive hole he inherited, but not being able to get ONE decent nhl defenseman in 5 years other than 2 of your top 6 picks?  

i wonder why their nhl pro scouting department has a job after this offseason.

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1 hour ago, buddha said:

i have to think this is a plan. 

I can't disagree with anything in this post - but if they are playing this way because Lalonde wants them to it's madness for the long haul because no goalies are going to be able to stand up to that kind of 40 out of 60 minute, 42 SOG per night pressure. Eventually GA will end up drifting up no matter how much they try to play rope-a-dope trying to keep it down.

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That didn’t take long. 

Wings, Sabres, Bruins and Leafs are in 4-way tie for 3rd, each with 4-4-1 records for 9 pts after 9 games. But it feels like the Wings 1/9 of the way into the season are closer to a bottom 5 team than a playoff team. Need to get better but don’t see an obvious source of improvement. 

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