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We’re going over the recent comments made by Detroit Red Wings captain Dylan Larkin, on the state of the team and its new light.
Interview: https://x.com/Sportsnet/status/1875735592451104879
Article: https://www.redwingsinsider.com/nhl-team/detroit-red-wings/red-wings-dylan-larkin-latest-comments-are-a-major-indictment-on-former-coach-derek-lalonde
This video is taking place after the 2024 NHL Entry Draft, and after the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs.
The 2024 NHL Draft 1st Round went as follows:
1st) San Jose Sharks, Macklin Celebrini
2nd) Chicago Blackhawks, Artyom Levshunov
3rd) Anaheim Ducks, Beckett Sennecke
4th) Columbus Blue Jackets, Cayden Lindstrom,
5th) Montreal Canadiens, Ivan Demidov
6th) Utah Hockey Club, Tij Iginla
7th) Ottawa Senators, Carter Yakemchuk
8th) Seattle Kraken, Berkly Catton
9th) Calgary Flames, Zayne Parekh
10th) New Jersey Devils, Anton Silayev
11th) San Jose Sharks (from Buffalo Sabres), Sam Dickinson
12th) Minnesota Wild (from Philadelphia Flyers), Zeev Buium
13th) Philadelphia Flyers (from Minnesota Wild), Jett Luchanko
14th) Buffalo Sabres (from Pittsburgh Penguins via San Jose Sharks), Konsta Helenius
15th) Detroit Red Wings, Michael Brandsegg-Nygard
16th) St. Louis Blues, Adam Jiricek
17th) Washington Capitals, Terik Parascak
18th) Chicago Blackhawks (from New York Islanders), Sacha Boisvert
19th) Vegas Golden Knights, Trevor Connelly
20th) New York Islanders (from Tampa Bay Lightning via Chicago Blackhawks), Cole Eiserman
21st) Montreal Canadiens (from Los Angeles Kings), Michael Hage
22nd) Nashville Predators, Yegor Surin
23rd) Anaheim Ducks (from Toronto Maple Leafs), Stian Solberg
24th) Utah Hockey Club (from Colorado Avalanche), Cole Beaudoin
25th) Boston Bruins (from Boston Bruins via Detroit Red Wings and Ottawa Senators), Dean Letourneau
26th) Los Angeles Kings (from Winnipeg Jets via Montreal Canadiens), Liam Greentree
27th) Chicago Blackhawks (from Carolina Hurricanes), Marek Vanacker
28th) Calgary Flames (from Vancouver Canucks), Matvei Gridin
29th) Dallas Stars, Emil Hemming
30th) New York Rangers, EJ Emery
31st) Toronto Maple Leafs (from Edmonton Oilers via Anaheim Ducks), Ben Danford
32nd) Edmonton Oilers (from Florida Panthers via Philadelphia Flyers), Sam O’Reilly
This video is also taking place after 2024 NHL Season, and after the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs, where the Florida Panthers defeated the Edmonton Oilers in the Finals.
Dylan Larkin was one of the top NHL prospects at the 2014 NHL Entry Draft.
The 2014 NHL Entry Draft saw many top NHL prospects get selected by a variety of teams. The first round of the draft went as follows:
1st – Florida Panthers, Aaron Ekblad
2nd – Buffalo Sabres, Sam Reinhart
3rd – Edmonton Oilers, Leon Draisaitl
4th – Calgary Flames, Sam Bennett
5th – New York Islanders, Michael Dal Colle
6th – Vancouver Canucks, Jake Virtanen
7th – Carolina Hurricanes, Haydn Fleury
8th – Toronto Maple Leafs, William Nylander
9th – Winnipeg Jets, Nikolaj Ehlers
10th – Anaheim Ducks (from Ottawa Senators), Nick Ritchie
11th – Nashville Predators, Kevin Fiala
12th – Arizona Coyotes, Brendan Perlini
13th – Washington Capitals, Jakub Vrana
14th – Dallas Stars, Julius Honka
15th – Detroit Red Wings, Dylan Larkin
16th – Columbus Blue Jackets, Sonny Milano
17th – Philadelphia Flyers, Travis Sanheim
18th – Minnesota Wild, Alex Tuch
19th – Tampa Bay Lightning, Tony DeAngelo
20th – Chicago Blackhawks (from San Jose Sharks), Nick Schmaltz
21st – St. Louis Blues, Robby Fabbri
22nd – Pittsburgh Penguins, Kasperi Kapanen
23rd – Colorado Avalanche, Conner Bleackley
24th – Vancouver Canucks (from Anaheim Ducks), Jared McCann
25th – Boston Bruins, David Pastrnak
26th – Montreal Canadiens, Nikita Scherbak
27th – San Jose Sharks, Nikolay Goldobin
28th – New York Islanders (from New York Rangers via Lightning), Josh Ho-Sang
29th – Los Angeles Kings, Adrian Kempe
30th – New Jersey Devils, John Quenneville
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21 Comments
So far, they've been great at backchecking, forechecking passing, blocking shots, getting shots on goal, having control of the puck, playing fast when they need to, and holding a lead. The defense looks better than before. I think gus, holl, and ras have actually looked better under TM.
The biggest change is they have just settled down. We were playing panic hockey nonstop. Unnecessary chips up the board, afraid to get into board battles, turnovers incessantly, lack of forecheck, etc. etc.
Todd has settled them down and reminded them they are in this league because they are among the best. Turned them loose.
This roster by no means is a cup contender but they’re not nearly as bad as a bottom 5 NHL team. Lalonde was the problem. He was too soft. Players gave up on him and his systems. Wings have a real shot to get a wild card spot under Mclellan
The Smiths FTW
I hope Dylan is right. Question is, can they keep up the improved performance? Remains to be seen.
Lalonde and Blash we're all about process. The wings of them stopped doing basic things like making good passes and taking available shots. Last month the Red Wings idea of offense was to dump the puck in and go for a line change because they've been hemmed in their zone for so long. Their idea of defense was to chip it to the middle and then wait for the other team to attack again.
Todd comes in and suddenly possession is a thing. They quickly outlet it and if there's nothing there they pass back and try again. Instead of chipping every Puck into the zone, they try to skate it in.
The difference is Todd is coaching a bunch of world-class players that got where they are because they have good hockey sense whereas the last two coaches were trying to coach a bunch of robots into a process.
Who needs Cozens when you got burga boi
the issue is shots. wings have alot of smallish forwards that really lacked defensive. so now they are posessing the pick more . defense is still not great but if you have the puck in the offensive zone then that helps the D.
Seider and Lyon are both beasts right now
You can buy "PLAY F*CKING HOCKEY!" shirts now.
Honestly I can see Detroit being a wild card team. They don’t have the roster to be even remotely competitive in the postseason but at least it’s an improvement on Gru.
PLAN THE PARADE!!!!!
Bounce backs are often bigger when the bottom you hit is lower
tbh I don't think i've seen Kane skate this hard the entire time hes been with us. That backcheck he did the other night would have not happened in november. And overall the team looks better controlling the puck.
Mo started the season like he didn't really care. At the red carpet he speed walked right past everyone! He was playing like that attitude. He even cost us a few goals in 3rd periods.
Now, he is playing like he wants to.
I think Stevie was hesitant on firing Lalonde cause he was Yzermans coach he hand picked for the job and admitting that he was a bad pick implies that Stevie makes bad choices so in order to not make himself look bad he dragged him along for as long as he did.
Dereks system was a square peg round hole, the Todd father is like let’s try the round peg.
It’s not about what was said, but more so about how it was said and who said it. Todd McLellan presents himself well. He doesn’t put himself above the players and is there to support them, but he also seems to be straight forward.
Also, it’s hard to say whether or not the coach change would have been this effective if it was done sooner. Maybe they really had to hit rock bottom with DL to feel this drastic of a difference.
DL seems like he’s fine as an assistant coach but you can see a big difference how he and McLellan presented themselves in post-game interviews.
They are still in the Honeymoon stage.
Lalonde lost the room.
Maybe they needed to go through the Lalonde months in order to feel the "lightness of being" under the new coach McLellan. They look like a team with the wind at their back now. LGRW!