Abel to Yzerman · Dec 26, 2019
When The Wings Are Down, They Stay There
from Ted Kulfan of the Detroit News,
One of the areas where the Wings need a dramatic change is playing with increased confidence.
In recent weeks the Wings have let an opposing team’s goal demoralize them. Suddenly what was a 1-0 deficit becomes 2-0 and then 3-0.
Blashill believes that if the Wings can learn to play with a “short memory” it will reduce some of that snowball effect.
“We’re letting goals weigh us down,” Blashill said. “That’s where we’ve talked a lot of different times this year, that we have to have a short memory.