It was the Christmas gift Red Wings fans were hoping to recieve, it just came a day late. Derek Lalonde and Bob Boughner have been relieved of their duties behind the bench, and instead have hired Todd Mclellan as head coach on a multi-year deal and Trent Yawney as assistant coach. Is McLellan the savior we need? Who knows. But the move to hire a new head coach now rather than in the offseason shows me Yzerman has not given up on this team and the locker room. McLellan has plenty of regular season success but not much postseason success to speak of. The real headline here is that there is no one else to take a bullet for Yzerman anymore. Now, the success and failures of this hockey team rest squarely on his shoulders. #LGRW
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38 Comments
LFG
Lets go time for a reset and time to dominate
I'm optimistic about it.
LGRW!!! Yzerman is still alive. Love the hiring. McClellan won a Cup with Detroit. He was with the team while they were a dynasty. He knows what it meant to be a Red Wing and the culture the team had. Perhaps, he can help bring that culture of winning back, and remind these players exactly who they are playing for.
Id rather have 5th overall and get victor Eklund
I'm happy. Someone got fired. 😅
Isn't who I wanted, but im extremely greatful to have Lalonde gone. I've never seen a more uninspired Red Wings team in my entire life, not even in 2019.
Took way too long – this was obvious in October ! Mclellan was not my first choice but not a bad one – this team will soon be prepared to play – I expect to see a dramatic improvement = still does not make them a good team but at least they will be coached properly and hopefully we will see our young talent being coached in a way to maximize their talent .
I hope this brings improvement but it is in no way guaranteed with this signing. Best of luck to Newzy, should be interesting to see what Stevie and the players have to say.
Bring up the kids. Damn it
Need to move some bad contracts, Copp and Compher even if you have to attach assets and use the cap space in the off season to sign Mikko Rantanen
I’m reading mixed reviews about the coaching hire but I’m glad you guys were able to bring some new perspective on the topic which was needed to convince me that this could be a solid hire.
WOOOHOOO! So happy! About freaking time!!!
Kings fan here… Todd's a great guy and a good coach. My problem with him was his unwillingness to make changes on the fly during a game based on the ebbs and flow of a game. I believe the Kings lost more games than we should of because of this when he coached the Kings. Good luck Wings and GKG!!!
ASP crushed it today. Not so much for Trey. He was pretty shaky.
A bad team with a good coach is usually still a bad team! So if there isn't any improvement, it is then all on Yzerman!
Too bad Stevie isn't part of the firing, but no one ever accused "baby" Illich of having any guts.
Some good news. Prospect Axel Sandin Pellikka scored a natural hat trick for Sweden at the World Juniors today.
Sweden downed Slovakia to open the tournament
Play for a top 5 pick. By the time this team is ready to win, 70% of these guys won't be there. That includes Larkin!
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Good move. I always liked Todd. When Babs was let go I was surprised he'd didn't the job then but Dave Lewis got it for some odd reason. That was Holland though not Stevie. Of course we haven't thrown in the towel yet, there's is no reason to. There's plenty of games left. Something to remember is that when Todd get's a head coaching job it's usually a multi-year endeavor. So his GM's are usually happy with the direction he's taking the team in. There's every reason to believe that this will be no different. This team IS better than the team of very late last year. Stevie played the last few years of his career for Todd. They know each very well. Now everybody put's their noses down and plays hard to see if this team can't get into the playoffs. Maybe I'm being too optimistic but that has got to be the plan!
Buckle up buttercups. We asked for it and now it's time to put our loonies where our lip sweaters cover. T Mac is a good choice, he's not a passive coach, he means business and it feels good to have him back. I was shocked, even though I whinged about Lalonde for a month. Yzerman is hearing the chirp from the kitchen and he's responding. There's a long road ahead, look out come March trade deadline, and we might even squeeze in a wild card. It's new life, let's see how the team responds. After Monday, anything would be better. #LGRW
It's a beginning. These much more to do.
I personally don’t think Yzerman can be accurately judged until his draft picks are playing on the team. Currently 20% of the roster are his draft picks & next year around 40% based off current prospects on ELC’s that are expiring and current players he has selected. I truly believe all but one of his free agent signings are anything more than stop gaps for the younger players and sure I too wish the free agents were playing better but we aren’t meant to be really good until the youth players arrive after their ELC’s/ they are developed and ready.
Gru was a “bridge” coach and this hire was 50 games earlier than expected. If TM can get this team playing better that’s a step in the right direction. The rest of this season should be interesting to watch (at least) for sure.
you got what you wanted so move on quit bitchin
Yzershit is next on the chopping block
We're going to find out what larkin is made of real quick
I think some Wings fans forget he’s won a cup before in 2008:
Not saying he’s magically going to fix this team. Obviously not. However his experience alone will hopefully at least motivate the team. Even if it ends up in a loss.
People are forgetting just how deplorable this roster was in 2019. You talk about poor roster construction, but what did he have to build on? No prospects in the system at all other than the 1's playing on the current team today. No core, bad contracts all over the place. It's not like he could just wave a wand and have a contending team. He's drafted VERY well, given 0 top 3 picks. The prospect pool is deep now. Current roster had to be hodge podged together from whoever was available to just make us better in the meantime while we wait for player development. I think he's done as good a job with that as anyone could do.
"We were ready about a month ago." What took Stevie so long?
It was weird to me when Newsy was hired he had to keep Tangeay on as assistant coach and now McKlellen also had to keep Tangeay on. It really doesn't sit right with me. A head coach should be able to bring in their entire crew, it wasn't like the offense is lighting the world on fire
How yall kept this voice for your intro blows my mind
Oilers fan here and McLellan will bring about discipline and a standard that the Red Wings will stick to. His teams are structured and disciplined. Welcome back to the NHL Todd and best of luck the rest of the season and future seasons Detroit!
I never liked newsy as a coach. Always had the wrong message to the team and had a horrible defensive structure. Nothing against the guy personally but I’m glad he’s gone.
This is a positive move! Can't hurt.
Hoping Yzerman isn’t around to hire the next coach. Blame Lalonde for not getting the most out of this team but this roster is all in Stevie Y. At its best this is a 7th/8th seed team
Here is my thoughts. Lalonde being fired was a huge relief. Firing boughner was also a relief. It removed the interim crap I was concerned about. I think Todd is a safer hiring. I would have gone all in on Quenneville but yzerman probably didn’t want the heat that comes with that.