It has been an up and down season for the Detroit Red Wings. I expected a rollercoaster type of season, and I didn’t expect this to be a playoff team or anything close to it. I would argue at times throughout the season the Wings exceeded my expectations.
The Wings played very during stretches of the year, particularly in the first half of the season. For the first two months, they owned a top ten power-play and top ten penalty kill. Goaltender Jimmy Howard was posting nearly career numbers, not including wins of course but above average goals against average and save percentage.