Red Wings 2026 April Game Thread

[buddha]

12 minutes ago, Jason_R said:

Way too many guys leave Detroit and look like different players. 

way too many executives leave yzerman and do well.  verbeek.  brisebois.  yzerman returns to detroit and is now working only with former red wings he played with and the results are not so good.

[Hongbit]

8 minutes ago, 1984Echoes said:

We are facing, right now, in this game:

Brock Faber, RHD, 23, drafted 2nd round #45 (I didn't look up how Minny got this pick from LA...) in the 2020 draft. This is his 3rd full year in the NHL. 2 games, 82, 78, 77 this year (with today's game).

6' 1" 210 #'s, 51 points this year in 77 games (that includes this game)... +22.

We had (3) 2nd rounders that year and (2) 3rds (Lucas Raymond draft):

#32 William Wallinder, 51 Niederbach, 55 Cross Hanas, #63 (3rd round) Donovan Sebrango, 70 Eemil Viro...

 

Draft is a crapshoot, I know.... Just sayin'

LA drafted him while he was in college at Minnesota and traded him before he ever played in the NHL.  Trade was Faber and a 1st round pick for Kevin Fiala.   Minnesota used that pick to take Liam Ohgren, who was a piece in the recent Quinn Hughes trade.   

[Motor City Sonics]

Start a new rebuild with a new GM.   Go ahead and trade Larkin.  Trade Raymond.   Trade DeBrincat.   Just do it.  This team is as soft as it gets.   Every single year Larkin gets hurt in March and every single year this team falls apart because ONE guy goes down. 

 

The Pistons lost a guy who is more important to them than Larkin is to the Wings and they step up.   Everyone elevates their game.  Everyone's intensity gets sharper.  

Not the Wings.      

Has it been a full decade now since their last playoff appearance?   In a league where HALF the teams make the playoffs?  

 

Two years ago they missed on a tie breaker -- because they lost two midseason games to Phoenix, the worst team in the NHL at the time. 

Soft. 

[Jason_R]

Now it’s 4-4? 

They’re not bad when they play with urgency. 

[lordstanley]

4-4, lol!

[Motor City Sonics]

Too little too late.  Where was this yesterday?     Where was this earlier in the game.  

 

Yeah, they're playing desperate.    They're supposed to be playing desperate the last two weeks.  

 

[Motor City Sonics]

3 minutes ago, lordstanley said:

4-4, lol!

Are they setting you up for a gutwrenching 5-4 OT loss? 

[lordstanley]

Ugh, what was Kane doing? Wild power play coming up. 

[lordstanley]

So close to killing that off. Another hat trick against the Wings. 

[lordstanley]

5 minutes ago, Motor City Sonics said:

Are they setting you up for a gutwrenching 5-4 OT loss? 

Worse!

[lordstanley]

Loss. I cant believe a vet like Kane took such a dumb needless penalty.

[lordstanley]

2-6 in past 8, for 4 out of a possible 16 points. 

[Hongbit]

They should fire McLellan tomorrow.  

It’s not his fault but you can’t fire the players (or the GM).  

[lordstanley]

1 hour ago, Hongbit said:

Jesus would’ve stayed dead if he was a Wings fan.  

John 19:30 “It is finished”. 

[Motor City Sonics]

18 minutes ago, Hongbit said:

They should fire McLellan tomorrow.  

It’s not his fault but you can’t fire the players (or the GM).  

They need to fire everyone..................EVERYONE !

 

 

[Motor City Sonics]

We finally make a trade dealine deal and the guy sucks.    

[Motor City Sonics]

Well, I just save $20 a month.   Goodbye FanDuel Sports !

[Shinzaki]

31 minutes ago, Hongbit said:

They should fire McLellan tomorrow.  

It’s not his fault but you can’t fire the players (or the GM).  

Break the internet...Hire Patrick Roy

Edited 1 hour ago by Shinzaki

[gehringer_2]

1 hour ago, buddha said:

way too many executives leave yzerman and do well.  verbeek.  brisebois.  yzerman returns to detroit and is now working only with former red wings he played with and the results are not so good.

This is becoming all too obvious isn't it? Is Ilitch paying attention?