STEVE YZERMAN’S BIGGEST DOWNFALL: THIS THE DETROIT RED WINGS FOREVER

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1. Scott Laughton got 2 empty net goals bud don’t glaze him too much

2. Yzerman has done fine in drafting but in Free Agency and pro roster construction he’s been awful. Beside Danielson and Cossa who’s ready to come up? We’re gonna be bad for the next 4 years unless they’re willing to shake things up.

3. Lalonde is absolutely a problem. We expected some regression this season. But there is a lot going for yzerman next offseason. I bet yzerman is gone if he flops in the 25/26 season. This offseason had a few handicaps for him. The contracts that were bad still had too many seasons left in those contracts. Raymond and seider contracts. And players like asp and Danielson were not ready. 25/26 has more options

4. Red Wings finished last a few years ago…. What did that get us? A 4th overall pick. We have players like Larkin who have done nothing but loose for 10 years. We can't have young players like Seider, Raymond, Veleno, Berggren, Edvinsson, etc. playing in an environment where tanking is the goal. How is that currently helping Bedard in Chicago? Red Wings had the cap, signed players to help the team, and all but Copp and Compher were short term deals. Stupid post, Lego.

5. FYI if Chris would give Steve the money to sign the players he wants to they would be doing alot better. Chris is doing the same thing with the wings as the tigers. Let the kids grow. Stop blaming Steve blame ownership.

6. Honestly trading off some of the expiring veterans at the deadline and bringing in a few more pieces from GR would be the move at this point. If Lalonde keeps losing he'll have to bring in an interim coach or permanent replacement.

7. Unfortunately, all of that is true. Even if they didn't get Kubalik (provided 20 G), and Chiarot it would've made all the difference…they would've been right close to the bottom in the standings…which is where they should have been at that point in a rebuild.

8. The one they should have found a way to keep was Perron. This team has no grit or character and their last game showed that with their lackluster performance on ice. It looked like only a couple of them wanted to be there. If it wasn't for Talbot, who's one of the best in the league this year, this could have been an 8-1 blowout. Bad News Lalonde needs to go and they need to find some alpha to lead the team in the locker room and on ice. Maybe Trouba would have been a good deal after all???

9. Hindsight is 20/20, there’s no guarantee that the players who are drafted will be great players in the NHL, but he needed veteran players who won the cup to show the young players what it takes to have a winning mentality. If you keep the tanking mentality, then players will walk away after three years because they don’t want to play for a team that tanks for drafts every year, especially when the draft lotto has been the worst luck for the team.

10. If there was no draft lottery, I'd agree that Stevie was trying to drown the Wings. And, I believe that any GM that shoots for last place to rebuild 8 years into a rebuild, is not worthy. Millions of dollars in fan purchases will be lost. Fans will be lost. Especially the younger kids who are starting to pick out their heroes and teams, no kid with a brain will pick a losing team for 10 years, and not many kids will idolize Dylan Larkin if he doesn't go to a team that gives him a shot at a StanleyCup. Kids want Gordie Howes and Bobby Orrs and Ovetchkins and Makars. They want to cheer on winners. They don't want to get beat up for wearing a Uwe Krupp sweater. Unless the kid is a manic-depressive and like to see people lose, again and again. Fire Lalonde.
    Montreal 4, Detroit 1.

11. They are an absolute embarrassment to the city of Detroit, honestly. They should all be fired and Illitch needs to sell the damm team, he is the worst owner in all of sports.

12. Hey weiner shnittzle nows a great time to make fun of the edmonton oilers. 😂

13. I tend to agree if Ken Holland or anyone else was the gm we would all be calling for his job. But you can't deny his drafting track record in the first round. I also think it's pretty obvious the bedrad draft is and was deep but irs been 2 years. How are people gonna say Leo and Adam are stars? What has Columbus Chicago and Anaheim done since they were drafted? They have been bottom feeders. It's takes time no matter what

14. The illitches have never(?) fired a coach mid season. My assumption is that this team is stuck with lalonde until the end of the season when his contract runs out. This offseason the wings will shed Lalonde and his disastrous system, Kane, Petry, Fischer, Husso, Berger, Lyon, Motte. I wouldn’t be opposed to bringing back Motte and Berger on good deals. That’s a lot of cap space and roster spots to fill with young guys who are ready (Cossa, Danielson, Mazur, etc) and sign some players. Yzerman has done poorly in free agency so far, but this team also isn’t in a cup contending window yet. If he continues to make bad signings that keep them from getting to that point, he’s for sure at fault, but to this point I think things are shaping up nicely for the future despite this atrocity of a season

15. People overlook that this year, the Wings have a good chunk of the roster filled with youngsters that were Griffins last year. Those guys that were referenced in this video like Motta, Kubalik, Perron, were placeholders and mentors. The Detroit Griff-Wings with Edvinsson, Johanson, Kasper, Berggren are "struggling" while being 6 points out of a playoff spot with 2 or 3 games in hand over a few of the teams ahead of them. Also, don't forget the Wings have some of the best prospects in the SEL and KHL as well as a couple of great goalies coming up…one who collected his first NHL win on a shootout in relief…bailed them out!

    Lego, do a show on the 2025-26 Wings based on current contracts and prospects in the system. ASP, MBN, OMG!

16. 6 seasons into a rebuild and yzerman built a lottery team lol

    btw walman has 22 points in 27 games but was given away with a pick for nothing 😂

17. If this team tanks again, it'll be hard to get free agents to sign here. I wouldn't want to come to a losing team. Most players want to play for the cup.

18. While I agree with the premise of this video. And even if we got someone like Mitchov or Bedard or whatever, who's to say they wouldn't be just playing for the Griffon's or elsewhere? This team has a bad habit of letting guys "over rippen" or whatever, it's horrible. And yes, Lelonde needs to go.

19. Detroit finished 8th in 21/22. If they wanted Will Smith they would have needed to send Raymond and Seider to GR and probably trade Larkin.

    Bringing up Michkov is just pointless. He wanted to be in Philly and he used the leverage he had to make it happen.

20. Its ironic that Stevie doesn't want to admit he's wrong by getting rid of Gru, but his reputation only worsens the longer he keeps him around. Maybe he should come down and coach the Wings himself, because I believe he would be a much better coach than GM.

21. Yzerman is way overrated as a GM. If you ain't winning and making the playoffs by now, you ain't doing a good job.

22. Fantastic player. Awful GM.

23. I would agree the summer 22 free agency was a bad decision on when to hit the gas and the contracts we still have are horrible. Too late now

24. The Habs are even worse, the HAD MICHKOV and the chose a second pairing defenseman with bad knees. Now they signed Laine (who will be gone in 18 months) and will miss out on the top talent in the next year's draft. Move over Izerman, Kent Hughes is even more incompetent.

25. Um we got dainelson and asp I'm very happy we did very well