Bob Duff: Continually Getting Struck By Lightning The Detroit Red Wings have lost 10 in a row to the Tampa Bay Lightning and they've also lost 10 straight in Tampa Bay.

Bob Duff: Continually Getting Struck By Lightning
The Detroit Red Wings have lost 10 in a row to the Tampa Bay Lightning and they've also lost 10 straight in Tampa Bay.
- BobDuff

This will get ugly. Lightning 7, Red Wings 1. Have fun Feds.

This will get ugly. Lightning 7, Red Wings 1. Have fun Feds.
- gergeswillems

Win Dahlin, let him play another year in Sweden and ride out some bad contracts. There is young talent in this system. Unfortunately it seems that Det's best players are all making under 2M and due for raises. Please Ken, move some bad contracts and keep Larkin!!!!

Win Dahlin, let him play another year in Sweden and ride out some bad contracts. There is young talent in this system. Unfortunately it seems that Det's best players are all making under 2M and due for raises. Please Ken, move some bad contracts and keep Larkin!!!!
- bikeguy99

Call me a pessimist, but I have always been skeptical of the young talent (despite constantly calling for them to get more ice time). Nothing against them, but if you want to go far in the playoffs consistently you've got to have at least a couple players in the "consistent all-star" range, preferably both up front and on defense. I just don't see that from Detroit.

For starters, they need Dahlin in the worst possible way since the cupboard is about as bare as it can possibly be on defense. In addition to icing quite possibly the worst current blueline in the NHL, our top prospects are Filip Hronek (who is good, but no PK Subban), a 5'10" guy having a terrible year (Saarijarvi), and a 5'8" undrafted guy having an even more terrible year (Hicketts).

Up front, Mantha and especially Larkin are quality NHL players but certainly not players I see ever getting to the same level as a Toews, or Tarasenko, or Getzlaf, or Bergeron, or what Datsyuk and Zetterberg were in their primes. As for Athanasiou, I think he's a one-trick pony. Granted his one trick (scoring goals) is the best one you can have, but he's a liability without the puck.

Again, nothing against these players, who actually make watching Red Wings games somewhat enjoyable. I'd love it if they all stayed Red Wings for a long time. But if these are the guys we build around and are still the best players on the roster by the time they hit their mid-late 20s, I think Detroit doesn't have much chance at being anything better than mediocre in that timeframe.

Call me a pessimist, but I have always been skeptical of the young talent (despite constantly calling for them to get more ice time). Nothing against them, but if you want to go far in the playoffs consistently you've got to have at least a couple players in the "consistent all-star" range, preferably both up front and on defense. I just don't see that from Detroit.

For starters, they need Dahlin in the worst possible way since the cupboard is about as bare as it can possibly be on defense. In addition to icing quite possibly the worst current blueline in the NHL, our top prospects are Filip Hronek (who is good, but no PK Subban), a 5'10" guy having a terrible year (Saarijarvi), and a 5'8" undrafted guy having an even more terrible year (Hicketts).

Up front, Mantha and especially Larkin are quality NHL players but certainly not players I see ever getting to the same level as a Toews, or Tarasenko, or Getzlaf, or Bergeron, or what Datsyuk and Zetterberg were in their primes. As for Athanasiou, I think he's a one-trick pony. Granted his one trick (scoring goals) is the best one you can have, but he's a liability without the puck.

Again, nothing against these players, who actually make watching Red Wings games somewhat enjoyable. I'd love it if they all stayed Red Wings for a long time. But if these are the guys we build around and are still the best players on the roster by the time they hit their mid-late 20s, I think Detroit doesn't have much chance at being anything better than mediocre in that timeframe.
- Sven22

Ignore bikeguy. He knows nothing.

Call me a pessimist, but I have always been skeptical of the young talent (despite constantly calling for them to get more ice time). Nothing against them, but if you want to go far in the playoffs consistently you've got to have at least a couple players in the "consistent all-star" range, preferably both up front and on defense. I just don't see that from Detroit.

For starters, they need Dahlin in the worst possible way since the cupboard is about as bare as it can possibly be on defense. In addition to icing quite possibly the worst current blueline in the NHL, our top prospects are Filip Hronek (who is good, but no PK Subban), a 5'10" guy having a terrible year (Saarijarvi), and a 5'8" undrafted guy having an even more terrible year (Hicketts).

Up front, Mantha and especially Larkin are quality NHL players but certainly not players I see ever getting to the same level as a Toews, or Tarasenko, or Getzlaf, or Bergeron, or what Datsyuk and Zetterberg were in their primes. As for Athanasiou, I think he's a one-trick pony. Granted his one trick (scoring goals) is the best one you can have, but he's a liability without the puck.

Again, nothing against these players, who actually make watching Red Wings games somewhat enjoyable. I'd love it if they all stayed Red Wings for a long time. But if these are the guys we build around and are still the best players on the roster by the time they hit their mid-late 20s, I think Detroit doesn't have much chance at being anything better than mediocre in that timeframe.
- Sven22

We have depth players and no stars or game changers. Our minor league system is just a younger version of what we have now. Nothing is changing until Holland and his minions are shown the door.

We have depth players and no stars or game changers. Our minor league system is just a younger version of what we have now. Nothing is changing until Holland and his minions are shown the door.
- gergeswillems

Larkin and Mantha can be considered game changers. You notice the difference when they’re not in the line up. Are they elite star players? Not currently.