Red Wings GDTs: March 2025

[slothfacekilla]

 

Insanely bad luck + playing against hot goalies, bad recipe

[lordstanley]

7 minutes ago, slothfacekilla said:

 

Insanely bad luck + playing against hot goalies, bad recipe

Yeah, it hasn’t been a total collapse in play like it was during last year’s 7 gamer. Clunker hosting Columbus, nice comeback at Columbus that should have gotten at least a point, clunker hosting Carolina, good 1st period but then fell off hosting Utah, good first two periods but then fell apart at Washington, played well enough last night in Ottawa to get at least a point. So 1-4-1 would probably have been a fairer representation of their play than 0-6-0. But even with those extra 3 points they’d still be in precarious position. 

[Hongbit]

I wonder if the season will solve the mysterious question of is worse to have a head coach that looks like Gru from Minions or one that looks like he’s on the tail end of a 3 day bender? 

[Shinzaki]

You compare the Pistons FA additions from the summer..Beasley, Harris and Hardaway jr...all of those guys have played a huge part in the team's resurgence. To SY off-season adds and it's pretty easy to see why the Pistons are in the playoff mix and the Wings are fading

Is SY the 4th best GM in town?

[gehringer_2]

51 minutes ago, Shinzaki said:

You compare the Pistons FA additions from the summer..Beasley, Harris and Hardaway jr...all of those guys have played a huge part in the team's resurgence. To SY off-season adds and it's pretty easy to see why the Pistons are in the playoff mix and the Wings are fading

Is SY the 4th best GM in town?

I keep getting drawn back to the parallels with Avila. Of the various tasks a GM has to do, Al did one pretty well -drafting); started others in the right direction but was too slow - development infrastructure; and at others was outright terrible - acquiring major league talent via trade and FA. He also keep a bad manager too long but then did hire a good one. 

The parallels with SY are striking - and of course in the end Avila's performance was judged by virtually all to be not good enough. Hard to be a total failure in an aspect as important as trades and FA and succeed no matter what else you are doing right. I agree with what's been said before  - that to retain his credibility SY would be advised to drop the hammer on the parts of his org that are clearly under performing and bring in some new ideas.

Edited 7 hours ago by gehringer_2