Detroit — There were no surprises.
Red Wings coach Jeff Blashill strongly hinted after Monday’s sleepwalking loss to Carolina that the Wings would work hard at Tuesday’s practice.
He wasn’t kidding.
It was physical, there was loads of skating, and a message was clearly delivered.
“It wasn’t going to be a fun day of power play, for sure,” forward Thomas Vanek said of the team’s expectation arriving for practice. “We’ve all played long enough where you know nobody is happy. Nobody is pleased. What is going here right now isn’t fun.