You have to give a little to get a little in any good relationship. And in a way, that’s exactly what Steve Yzerman has done this offseason.
The Red Wings’ general manager gave away some of that financial flexibility he’d worked so methodically to create the last few years. But in the process, he has given new head coach Derek Lalonde the sort of flexibility his predecessor behind the Wings’ bench, Jeff Blashill, didn’t really have as the organizational rebuild bottomed out in the middle of his tenure.