Detroit — They will have not played an actual game in about 10 months because of the pandemic, which ended a season the Red Wings would largely like to forget.
The Wings’ had the NHL’s worst record and hope on the ice seemed far away.
But general manager Steve Yzerman overhauled the roster, and has brighter expectations for the rapidly approaching, and much-awaited new season.
“I can’t predict what we’re going to be, but I hope we’re improved from last year,” Yzerman said Tuesday during a Zoom call with media. “How much I don’t know.