The immediate future looks sort of, well bleak. Good thing future success does not depend on the now. A changing of the guard is at hand. The good old days are a treasured memory. Now it is time for younger, faster players to take the Detroit Red Wings franchise to a new direction.
Red Wings head coach Jeff Blashill has done an excellent job developing Dylan Larkin, Anthony Mantha, Tyler Bertuzzi and Andreas Anthanasiou into skilled players. As was the case with Mantha and AA he used tough love. Blashill insisted they do things his way that would lead to great team ways.