Dylan Larkin, Elmer Soderblom, Todd McLellan Post Game Comments @ EDM | Dec. 11, 2025
Dylan Larkin, Elmer Soderblom, and Todd McLellan speak with the media following Detroit’s game against the Edmonton Oilers on Thursday December 11, 2025.
This team has got to learn how to make more fluid, guaranteed exits from the defensive zone. So many of their issues are coming from having no other plan than throwing the puck around the boards and hoping it's a Red Wing player standing there waiting for it. No one looks for an open guy in the middle of the ice ready to skate the puck out.
The worst part is the time with Hamonic was only 3 minutes or so out of 13+ minutes for Kane and that line. That's how much damage Hamonic can do in a short time. The first goal was a penalty taken bc Hamonic got them immediately hemmed in. The 2nd goal was bc Hamonic was stuck on the ice like 3 minutes, the middle of which was with the 2nd line. His awfulness did not allow him to clear the zone at any point.
Why is Moritz Seider running the power play at the point and not Kane? How is that a good idea? That's like playing Kane as the top pair d-man 30 minutes a night. You have a guy who is world class at the thing but instead you have this guy who can't do it at all doing it and refusing to pass to the guy who is world class at the thing. Just passes to Raymond over and over and ignores Kane. Or shoots and ignores Kane. Gee I wonder why the power play is gone. Hard to solve this mystery.
McLellan has explicitly said multiple times this year, as has Tanguay, that when the power play is working it is running through Kane. Seider is not allowing it to run through Kane. He is playing keepaway from Kane, as are a couple others. So do something different or the unit will stay broken.
The 2nd line looks about 2000x more like a power play at 5v5 than the power play does during the power play.
I’m not sure if I am right about this perception of my Red Wings. I am afraid they allow themselves to “ sit back on their laurels” with a false feeling that they have already won. They need to learn how to play a game of desperation for the whole 60 minutes. Never take your foot off the gas!
Box out the guy in front of our net. Thats been a big problem for the whole season now. This game would have looked very diffrent, if that would have been done
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Shame that Kane cost the game with such a bad penalty.
Hit the net, embarrassing how much this team misses the net
This team has got to learn how to make more fluid, guaranteed exits from the defensive zone. So many of their issues are coming from having no other plan than throwing the puck around the boards and hoping it's a Red Wing player standing there waiting for it. No one looks for an open guy in the middle of the ice ready to skate the puck out.
You idiots blew that game! Pathetic! Imagine if Cossa was in net. Maybe you suckers would stay on top.
Lost respect for Draisaitl and Hyman with the diving and embellishment.
Kane on-ice xGF-xGA at 5v5
overall: 1.01 – 0.83
w Hamonic: 0.09 – 0.72
wo Hamonic: 0.92 – 0.11
The worst part is the time with Hamonic was only 3 minutes or so out of 13+ minutes for Kane and that line. That's how much damage Hamonic can do in a short time. The first goal was a penalty taken bc Hamonic got them immediately hemmed in. The 2nd goal was bc Hamonic was stuck on the ice like 3 minutes, the middle of which was with the 2nd line. His awfulness did not allow him to clear the zone at any point.
That is an unplayable player.
Boys get revenge on the Hawks on Saturday and finish the road trip 4-1-1.
Why is Moritz Seider running the power play at the point and not Kane? How is that a good idea? That's like playing Kane as the top pair d-man 30 minutes a night. You have a guy who is world class at the thing but instead you have this guy who can't do it at all doing it and refusing to pass to the guy who is world class at the thing. Just passes to Raymond over and over and ignores Kane. Or shoots and ignores Kane. Gee I wonder why the power play is gone. Hard to solve this mystery.
McLellan has explicitly said multiple times this year, as has Tanguay, that when the power play is working it is running through Kane. Seider is not allowing it to run through Kane. He is playing keepaway from Kane, as are a couple others. So do something different or the unit will stay broken.
The 2nd line looks about 2000x more like a power play at 5v5 than the power play does during the power play.
I’m not sure if I am right about this perception of my Red Wings. I am afraid they allow themselves to “ sit back on their laurels” with a false feeling that they have already won. They need to learn how to play a game of desperation for the whole 60 minutes. Never take your foot off the gas!
can't win em all, on to Chicago, a totally winnable game. Regroup, come out strong and keep the momentum going, LFGRW!
Box out the guy in front of our net. Thats been a big problem for the whole season now. This game would have looked very diffrent, if that would have been done
Larkin is a third line center on a cup contender