Liam, Hank, Ace and Chelly debate if the Detroit Red Wings are ready to win now, and if not, how close they are to contending for a Stanley Cup. Is it time for Steve Yzerman to get aggressive?
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They can maintain their position in the standings or at least play well most of the time and good enough to win games and their main issue is truly just goaltending and some slight defensive stuff end rookie mistakes which rookies will get better a lot of fans are starting to see the vision this might be the year that there is a move made but it has to be the right one and I know for a fact Steve won't reach if it's not
Today I learned:
I don't want Henrik Lundqvist as the GM of the Red Wings.
Love ya, Hank, but you're a little too enthusiastic for my tastes.
Players have to want to come to Detroit like Cat and Kane did; you don't overpay a GM just because it makes you marginally better by giving up top assets.
No. The wings are to soft. When the refs stop calling penalties in March and playoffs that’s when the wings lose. Yzerman SUCKS at getting a grind line or a fighter and that’s why it’s been 7 years and Yzerman wings still haven’t made the playoff Yzerman. Wings are the softest team in the league since Stevie wonder has been GM.
As a die hard Red wings fan, let me answer that for you, no they are not. They will remain a decent team but they will not take the next step because both the owner group and the general manager refuse to take any chances to get to the next step. They'd rather wait five more years to see how these guys pan out and then in 5 years they'll wait 5 additional years to see how those guys pan out and we'll keep this repetitive ignorant cycle going.
The Wings are in their youth movement phase with the veterans but it'll take time
Kasper
Soderblom
Edvinsson
Danielson
Sandin-Peliikka
Finnie
This is their future….
Gotta go….
Chiarot
Copp
Rasmussen
Johansson
Compher
Talbot
These guys are dime a dozen players throughout the league and it's time we see Cossa in Detroit
As a Wings fan, I don't want to trade prospects (in the minors or young players on the Red Wings roster) for a Quinn Hughes type player who can help us get into the playoffs this year and maybe even win a round or two, but not make us good enough to win the Stanley Cup, and then leave as a free agent in a year or two.
We shouldn't be trading future prospects until we can get really good players in return, who are likely to still be here on a Stanley Cup winning team.
In the meantime, we have at long last another way to add great players. After years of good drafting and development, we are now just 2-3 years away from many prospects fully adjusting to the NHL, getting their rookie mistakes behind them, and becoming great players. Also, once we reach a critical mass and are seen as a team just one or two great players away from contending for the Cup, it should get easier to sign some of the top-tier unrestricted free agents who want to be those final players who enable a team to win a Stanley Cup. Once those things happen and we already have a shot to win it all, then we can talk about trading away significant future assets for "win now" rental players to improve our shot at breaking through.
I think they are a couple solid trades away based on their current playing style before they can be considered contenders. Less than 5 years they will be in a Stanley Cup Final!
“Minnesota was closer to a ship than Detroit before getting Hughes” is absolutely diabolical
I love the Redwings but even if they finally end the playoff drought this year they are gonna get swept or a gentleman sweep. Hank saying they are a great team was hilarious.
Thanks buddy, stick to what you know…goaltending.
Anson Carter was the only real and honest one but he usually is.
Also this panel is better WITHOUT Biz on it.
Come on, we know how this ends. They get off to a good start, then there’s the break for the in season tournament.
And a lot of their players will be involved, and then they will implode when they return. Book it.
Yeah but the mammoth has tusky
I see why hank never won a cup, he has no clue like you many wings fans who've been ripping Stevie for dealing with Ken hollands terrible mistakes.
We need a superstar. Letting Hughes go was a huge mistake especially since we need help on Defense. I would have gave up a lot for him but ONLY if he was willing to sign long term. I am sick of getting these mid veteran players who can hardly do anything. Its getting old.
I think the simple question that should have been asked is does Detroit have any player at the level of Quinn Hughes? No. So why are we not signing him? Sure just let him go and hope to god someone in our prospect pool plays at that level. Highly unlikely.