from John Niyo of the Detroit News,
For a guy who’d felt tortured by puck luck for much of this NHL season, this probably seemed like cruel and unusual punishment.
Filip Zadina was a spectator Tuesday night, just like the rest of us, watching the Red Wings’ slumbering offense come to life. Even while shorthanded, sparked by a major penalty and aided by some minor-league goaltending as Detroit rolled to a 6-2 victory over the floundering San Jose Sharks at Little Caesars Arena.
And in a season where the Wings’ next generation of stars has shined brightly — with Moritz Seider and Lucas Raymond making this NHL transition look way too easy, at times — it probably makes all this a bit harder to take for Zadina.