from John Niyo of the Detroit News,
They said all the right things when it was finally over. But that was only after they’d done so few of the right things.
Or as Niklas Kronwall, the Red Wings’ elder statesman, put it, “We had nothing, simple as that.”
And maybe it really was that simple. But if you’re a frustrated hockey fan in Detroit, Tuesday night’s 8-1 loss to the Montreal Canadiens wasn’t merely an ugly reminder of how far the Wings have fallen. No, this was the sort of effort – the franchise’s worst home loss since a 10-3 loss to St.