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We’re going over some comments made by former Detroit Red Wings head coach Derek Lalonde on his firing, and the team itself.
Article: https://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports/nhl/red-wings/2025/05/23/ex-detroit-red-wings-coach-derek-lalonde-steve-yzerman-made-me-a-ton-better/83802072007/
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.
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8 Comments
Maybe its just me and i am old but I didnt hear anything from this that makes me believe Lalonde was the issue with this team. Sounds alot to me like the players got him fired and still are not being held as accountable as they should be. Losing Perron Ghost and Walman hurt the chemistry early on. I dont think guys like Kane and Larkin and the vet free agents did their parts early and the coach had to take the blame. Todd was just more experienced but look how the season ended for him. The exact same as Lalonde started. The players needed to play better. Period.
I recommend people listen to the Podcast instead of reading an article because it misses the tone, timeline, and context of how and why he answered these questions. I left thinking that Lalonde didn't have any hot takes or bold statements, but seemed happy with his time in Detroit and understood that HC jobs only last about 3 years. The podcast hosts asked him point-blank on SY, Wallman, off-season, what it was like to get let go near the holidays. He also goes into how the media can make things blow up over nothing, citing the Vasilivsky comments he made on air. Which is kinda funny watching this video.
All I remember LaLonde saying is "we have to be hard on the puck" and occasionally he talked about playing a "200 foot game". McClennan is more specific and direct. In addition he is prepared to mention names; good play and where improvement is needed. One of them is a buddy and the other a coach.
Watched the interview, nothing incendiary or controversial.
I think describing Lalonde's remarks as "heat" is an incredibly overstatement. It's much ado about nothing. Could we have been better if we had Perron instead of Tarasenko? Sure. But he's the only one we would've been better with. Ghost wouldn't have helped our PK, and whatever Walman was doing in the room clearly didn't help us at all in 2023-2024, and clearly wasn't something Lalonde was interested in discussing. At the end of the day, he was there for the boys when they needed him to provide some direction, but the boys also needed to take another step forward. Hopefully we land good free agents this time around.
Detroit seems messy
LeLonde is the limp handshake of hockey.
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