Wings GM Ken Holland on importance of youth to team's future. Filmed April 8, 2019 in Detroit. Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press
Over the coming week Detroit Red Wings players young and old will be sent away with a plan on how to make themselves a better commodity.
Front office personnel and players emphasized Monday how miserable a feeling it is to be shutting down after the regular season for a third straight year, rather than anticipating a playoff run. The 2018-19 season had positives — the performances of the young core headlined by Dylan Larkin, a competitive work ethic most games — but the overall low is another long offseason.