The Detroit Red Wings are a Dysfunctional Mess

1. "To be frank, inside the organization, things are operating perfectly well." -Chris Ilitch, September 2026.

2. That right there is an owner that either needs to sell the team or entirely remove himself from all involvement. He's drunk off of their historical success and lost all sense of objectivity about where they are at.

3. "The culture is actually damn good" type response

4. Chris Ilitch is an absolute embarrassment to the Red Wings and the NHL.

5. SO MUCH CONTENT IN ONE DAY AHHHHHHHH

6. Jesse's gets more out of the Red Wings being dysfunctional than the leafs being good. They aren't btw

7. Ilitch be tripping.

8. Ty wings for making my team look like winners

9. Chris Ilitch the billionaire CEO that can’t even execute in a softball interview (which is like 90% of a billionaire CEOs job). How does anyone in Detroit expect him to execute in getting this team out of the gutter?

10. No, my family was a dysfunctional organization. The Red Wings are a Pee Wee league club that makes my family look like a well-oiled machine

11. Very entertaining Jesse

12. As Wings fan, it's astounding/dismaying how ridiculously they've screwed this up. Amateur hour.

13. Hahahaha they don’t know what they are doing?? Why rush the process when you have a more then capable person I Shawn to run things for the next little while..

14. and theres still wings fans saying shit like “you guys can never be happy, you’re choosing to be miserable!” lol no the team is literally a disaster

15. I agree, but at the same time. At least it’s not chayka and Jim Hiller

16. 10:11 this still doesn’t make any sense to me. Why on earth would you make a change once Stevie did the draft, free agency, etc?

    I also straight up don’t believe him

17. I think that this is unnecessary panic. I don't think this is as bad as it seems…they weren't a bad team. They certainly need direction but if they get a good return from a Larkin trade, they'll compete.

18. Haven’t forgotten adam trying to convince us chris illitch was a good owner for most of the last 3 years of yzerman bashing

19. How ironic. Everyone is hating on Larkin for wanting out. Now you know.

20. The end came when Mike Ilitch died. Chris Ilitch is the most inept owner in the NHL. How else do you explain leaving Yzerman in place for the draft? Last season, Yzerman had trades in place which were vetoed by Ilitch. But at least we have four Stanley Cups since the original NHL expansion. (Cue playing "Memories" by Elvis Presley as we fade out…)

21. Chris Iliitch is a jerk and doesn't deserve to own any professional sports teams. He has made a mockery as the owner of 2 storied franchises, both the Wings and the Tigers. He should be boycotted indefinitely until he sells those 2 franchises to an owner who loves Detroit sports and will do what it takes to bring back a championship to the Motor City.

22. as a wings and tigers fan this guy is making his dad roll in his grave. the team is a joke and its infuriating at this point.

23. "we like you shawn…but not LIKE like you."

24. Detroit sports fans NEED to fire Chris Iliitch and fire him fast. How? By boycotting his businesses and franchises, including Little Caesars, as well as the Wings and Tigers organizations, until he sells both franchises.

25. Love the Scepters hat ❤ great video!

26. Two months to promote the assistant to interim lol

27. They have done something….,??? Now they have a new problem….who’s going to want to be attached to that sh..show and do the lack of candidates who have stepped up to get the job already is pretty telling for me…

28. Still quiet on Vladdy and the Jays, Jesse? Can't blame you after what Varland and Vladdy did to give the game away yesterday lol. The longer you go without addressing it, the worse it will look for you as a Jays fan because it makes you look like a bandwagon front runner

29. Some folks thought that Stevie actually voluntarily stepped aside. Now we know for sure.

30. As a Canucks fan, it's nice to not be the biggest joke in the NHL anymore.

31. Ilitch handcuffed Yzerman, and has shown exactly why Detroit has not taken any meaningful steps forward over the years. Glad Yzerman has gotten out from under that mess. It's also no surprise that their search has turned up nothing, because people probably don't want to go into that nightmare.

32. So The Red Wings had no contingency plan in place? I know here in England in the football, teams have lists of players for every position & even to cover the sudden departure of Head Coaches so if for any reason a replacement is needed the ground work has already been done & a short-list is to hand. The Red Wings seem to have been caught totally unprepared & what are board members paid large wages for if not to guarantee the smooth running of the organization? They look very amateur at present?

33. I'm a Red Wings fan and I don't believe Chris Illich statement for a second he is spineless and purely a product of nepotism and an example of why Nepotism should not happen. Sell the damn team you incompetent piece of human trash. That is completely disengenous. His responses are so smug. This is disgusting

34. Please sell the team ugh !!!! Horrible owner

35. We were begging Illitch to speak for months here, now I wish he didn't. I'm so embarrassed as a life long Wings fan.

36. Make no mistake about it, Chrissy Ilitch is the GM of the Red Wings 😂 Basically the same thing as the last few years

37. For those of us who are older , Chris Illich is the modern day Bruce Norris . He's a spoiled brat that inherited a sports franchise that his daddy bought !! Bruce ran the team into the ground during his ownership and Chris is repeating it !!

38. I won’t be watching their games this season. They need to sort out the basics before I dedicate any more of my time. Not even a proper GM ? This guy needs to sell the team. He definitely doesn’t allow GMs spend either. Biggest joke in the NHL now- who would’ve saw this coming from an original six team

39. He says "I'll " make a hire when "I" find the guy…shouldn't it say WE??

40. Illitch would make a great politician

41. They are going to the basement and starting all over again. Remember the DEAD WINGS IN EARLY 1980'S.

42. As a wings fan this is horrible we have no future with this leadership

43. I’m a wings fan and I’m past being angry (not including Larkin, he can jog on 😂), I’m simply laughing at me favourite franchise. We are a complete joke 😅😂

44. Lol.i love hearing maple leaf fans complain about other organizations…🤣🤣🤣

45. Wild

46. Detroit has not had a vision, clear or not, for a decade.

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