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The Detroit Red Wings' slow, painful 'Yzerplan' is finally starting to pay off

When is the rebuild going to be over for the Detroit Red Wings?

"Is the rebuild ever over?" Shawn Horcoff, the Red Wings' director of player development since the 2016-17 season, said. "The rebuild's only ever really over when you win the Stanley Cup. That's my view of it. Either you're rebuilding and trying to get better, or you've won the Stanley Cup."

(So, apparently the Toronto Maple Leafs are in a 54-year rebuild ...)

"The Yzerplan" is not like building a dresser from IKEA, even if many of the parts are made in Sweden.