The Detroit Red Wings long rebuild has them looking at a decade of 82-game seasons. But should we have seen this coming?
Max Bultman of The Athletic wrote a detailed piece discussing "Why the Red Wings’ rebuild and playoff drought have dragged on under Steve Yzerman." It's worth the read, but I'm here to give you the more obvious answer on why this rebuild's taken the greater part of a decade, or at least it's heading that way.