lordstanley

Wings win. Sens win. Jackets lose. Caps losing. I’ll take it.

Edvinsson made that play. 2-1 Wings. Raymond with the goal.

Wings need more offense. Haven’t really threatened in the 2nd. 1-1 late in period. Ottawa, Columbus and Washington are all losing

Wings build on that decent road 1st period ...by giving up the tying goal 31 seconds into the 2nd. What a waste.

DeBrincat gives the Wings de lead!

Since leaving the Wings after the 2021 season, Luke Glendenning has played 33 playoff games for two different teams over four post-seasons. Now with the Flyers and contending with the Wings for another playoff spot.

Turning the page on the calendar, thank goodness. Looking like Dead Wings but sweep the next (at Philly, at NYR, vs Minnesota) and hopes could be resurrected Easter Sunday.

Turning the page on the calendar, thank goodness. Looking like Dead Wings but sweep the next (at Philly, at NYR, vs Minnesota) and hopes could be resurrected Easter Sunday.

Because if the Wings don’t make it this year I see no reason to think they’ll make it next year. Doesn’t seem there is much being “built”.

With all that being said, the Wings could still be back in a playoff position by the end of tonight if Detroit beats Philly, Columbus loses in regulation to Carolina, and Ottawa doesn’t beat Buffalo.

It gets worse ...Eastern conference points since return from the Feb 5-Feb 24 Olympics break (which for most teams is around 18 games +/-). Buffalo -30 Boston/Philadelphia -25 Montreal -24 Columbus/Ottawa- 23 Carolina/Pittsburgh -22 NY Rangers - 21 Tampa/NYI/Washington/New Jersey- 20 Detroit/Toronto/Florida- 14 In just over a month, February 25-March 31, the Wings lost 6 points or more in the standings to 13 of the other 15 teams in the conference. https://www.shrpsports.com/nhl/stand.php?link=Y&season=2026&divcnf=div&month=Feb&date=5

I can't be too hard on the Mantha trade because I thought it was great value at the time. And also because Vrana (just turned 25 when acquired) is the type of guy I was fine with Yzerman picking up, a potential diamond in the rough in his mid-20s who potentially could flourish with a new organization. Like Fabbri (24 when acquired) and Nedeljkovic (25 when acquired). Problem is none of them panned out.

The depressing thing though is that we were just as excited about this prospect pool - ranked top 10 at the time - as we are about today's prospect pool. And that was in 2014, when the Wings had made the playoffs 23 consecutive seasons, won a Cup six years earlier, been to an SCF five years earlier, and had pushed the Hawks to Game 7 of the 2nd round a year earlier. I'm not arguing that some of Kaspar, Danielson, MBN, ASP, Bear, Cossa, Augustine, Lombardi will become NHL players. But it's starting to look they might turn out like any random batch of mid-1st round prospects, which many teams have. This idea of "we're not building to make the playoffs, we're building to win the Cup" is the part that we all should have serious doubts about. 1. Anthony Mantha, RW 2. Dylan Larkin, C 3. Xavier Oullett, D 4. Ryan Sproul, D 5. Teemu Pulkkinen, LW 6. Petr Mrazek, G 7. Mattias Backman, D 8. Tyler Bertuzzi, LW 9. Axel Holmstrom, C 10. Alexey Marchenko, D

You trade him for a package of picks and prospects and then turn around and trade those picks and prospects for someone similar to Larkin but a few years younger. Supplement with a prospect or pick of our own if necessary. So 3 teams involved, even if it's not actually a 3-team trade. At least resets the clock to an extent.

What did I do to deserve this Red Wings game and Tigers game on a Tuesday night.