Steve Yzerman and the Detroit Red Wings announced on Saturday that contracts for Jeff Blashill, Doug Houda, and Jeff Salajko will not be renewed.
Blashill was selected as Mike Babcock’s replacement following the 2014-2015 season. He was chosen in part because of his reputation as a development coach and his winning ways at every previous level he’d coached, including in the USHL with the Indiana Ice and in the NCAA with Western Michigan. It would be a tough task for him to helm the Red Wings, however, as the team was already in decline when he took over.