Scott Burnside of The Athletic grades every NHL team at this point of the season.
On the Wings...
New Grade: D-minus
July Grade: C
Everyone from new GM Steve Yzerman on down knew that this was going to be another difficult campaign for the once-proud Red Wings. What we didn’t know is that they would be this much of a disaster, a team only intermittently competitive and prone to long stretches of disorganized play. Their league-worst goals allowed and league-worst goals scored per game numbers suggest a team a million miles from anywhere.