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Don’t sleep on the Red Wings, their Cup window is cracking open

The Detroit Red Wings find themselves on a long Stanley Cup drought, and that has no end in sight. So how do they get back there?

Detroit Red Wings v Pittsburgh Penguins - Game Six | Dave Sandford/GettyImages

The Detroit Red Wings last won the Stanley Cup in 2008, and haven't played in the Final since 2009. Both times, the Pittsburgh Penguins lined up on the opposite end of the ice. Since then, the Red Wings saw their franchise record setting 25 consecutive seasons with a playoff berth end following the 2015-16 season, and the franchise hasn't returned to the postseason since.