The good and the ugly: Detroit follow up big win in Buafflo with boo-worthy game against the Flyers
Friday the Red Wings managed to defy expectations and put up a huge win in Buffalo. DeBrincat posted another 3-point night and Moritz Seider set a new career high point total, while John Gibson was great as usual. They then followed that up with their biggest dud yet on home ice vs the Flyers. #LGRW
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Fire SY, NUKE CORE!!!!!!! The foundation of this team is awful and needs to be demolished. Bad culture, bad management, bad players, just all around bad. Get Larkin to waive his NTC, get some picks and find someone to where the C that is a leader. I like Larkin as a player but he really shouldn't be wearing a C. There is no path forward I see this core competing for cups.
They should of left Talbot in after it was 4 – 3.. Wings had enough momentum probably to score another one 5 on 5. They had over three minutes left , they should of have pulled Talbot the last minute or so..
I am so sick of this team. They arent tight. I dont even think they like each other? And the reason I say that, is there is just no Chemistry.
NONE!!!
Inconsistencies and year over year collapses!
I don't even care!! They couldn't win a series even if they trip over their asses backwards into the playoffs!!
I'm pissed and I'm done!!
no playoffs for you wings. b's, flyers, habs won and bj's picked up a pt. so wings lose ground by not playing. no shot a third in division. w c only hope now. horrible 5×5 team. when is yzerbluff gonna realize wings need a better 2 c? compher, copp, whoever aren't 2 c's.
The Wings should be done for the year. The Ilitch family should give Yzerman either an ultimatum or should allow him a chance to resign, and save face (maybe). They shouldn't bother showing up for the remaining 9 games bc that will be the number of wins they'll need to get a wild card spot. They can't do it. They're too inconsistent. They're not serious about getting into the playoffs. It's over and done. Keep McClellan but upper management needs to change, and that would be Yzerman and company. Yzerman and anybody connected with him needs to leave the organization.
OK guys you’re probably the only ones they’re gonna pursue this and I really don’t know if you will or not. Moe who is an interesting stat. I do my research I give this guy credit or credit due but lately no did you watch how he backed up when the guy was going towards the goalie last night and the guy shot the fucking scored and he’s about 10 feet from the guy and he doesn’t wanna attack him. OK well here’s a stats for you from 2022 to 2024. His hits were over 200 for each of those years for 2025 in and going 2026. 2025 he had 108 and with seven games left right now 2026. He’s got 109.. his ice time is the same. So the question is what’s the deal and how come it’s never been addressed.
Now Gibson 3-5-1 for March. Higher danger, middle danger and
Low Danger. These are on offensive shots to the goalie and this is what Gibson’s good at. He’s got like a 900 and something percentage on low danger, which is basically slap shots that are out there the middle danger I believe it’s past your face off circles to the right and left and let’s get to a little bit worse but it’s about 823 or something like that and high danger is, let’s just put it this way basically anything close to the goal for more importantly it’s the five hole his percentage for the high danger is like 822 good night
Fisher waited way too late to turn off the game. I turned it off the moment Philly scored their second goal. I had had it with the Wings. Losing games against these teams with a worse record, like Philly, who's virtually out of the playoff run is inexcusable. Wings need to reorganize from the top, but leave McClellan alone. This isn't McClellan's problem. This is an Yzerman connection problem. If a player doesn't produce in any way to help the team consistently, that player should sit, period. No ifs, ands, or buts. Even if it's Raymond, Seider, or Larkin. If a player doesn't produce or at least try to help the team contributing to winning, they should not be prime time the next game, at least.
Dead Wings live!!!
Tigers rule, No one care cares about this pathetic losing franchise.
Since they started wearing this priority patch on Feb 29 2024 it started a curse every March.
It’s kind of what this team is you have to string wins together and they can’t do it. Buffalo drops a game right back to winning.L
I’d like to see them play the Flyers again, with Tip but not in March. This will be remembered. We’ll get’em.
Can these Wings beat any team in the league? absolutely
Will they? 🤢
And now Philadelphia’s back in the mix again since last night 🤷
Maybe Washington will join in too—well, it’s all pretty annoying, to put it mildly.
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WTF do you mean “good”? Their home record is atrocious. There is no good. This is why Yzerman had no business wasting a first on an old defenseman. Just you clueless people thinking they were one or two players away from being a competitive playoff team. Even when they won they were getting outplayed. They still have no strategy at getting the puck out of their zone. They cannot control the neutral zone. Their defense just backs up and lets the other team enter the zone unchecked. Where is the good? This entire team needs some serious retooling in the offseason season.
Theyve been out hit and out shot nearly every game the last month with the exception of when larkin wasnt playing. You wqnt to watch teams fighting for a playoff spot watch the boston colombus game last night. 2 fights in less than a minute, hard hits, close checking, all things missing from the wings games. And seider has been trash the last month, don care about the points, hardly any hits, always pinching, and too many turnovers. We all know razor has been trash and so has larkin the ladt month. Amd these are your leaders? They got lucky to play a goalie in buffalo who played subpar, stipl got outshot and out hit, but came out thinking it was a good performance. This team is delusional.
We need to dump Apples, Rass, Compher, and Copp in the off season.
They referred to the win over the Sabres as dominating. It was bad goaltending on the Sabres part.
No one would listen to me before the season started about Appleton ras. Like how is Danielson mbn not in over these guys. Idc scratch em and lose the money
Like I’ve said…they lack toughness! Period! If you’re getting pushed around now just think about how playoff hockey is! They won’t make the playoffs anyways. Embarrassing performance as usual when it matters.
This latest Match collapse has become national news.
The last two Saturday night ABC game loses has virtually every media outlet talking about the Red Wings choking again. Even the major Canadian sports media is prominently covering it. If they miss again it really hurts trying to attract good free agents and make trades
Now, you start eliminating teams you can't catch for a playoff spot.
When is Yzerman going to be held accountable for the soft, gutless, heartless, small roster he's put together???
The first game Brian shut off all season was also the first game my dad and I have attended at LCA since it opened. My my, what a gem of a game we decided to go to.
Wings need players with heart and a strong fire to win.
We are now 6th in the Atlantic at the bottom of the playoff pack. We NEED to stay ahead of OTT and at least 2 of CBJ, PIT and PHI. At this point we need a monumental end to the season and for most of these teams to flag a bit. I'm tired of watching other games hoping for the to go our way because we can't get it done ourselves.
we had three rooks make the team out of camp… can you really expect that much from a team that is just now bringing up their talent? they almost made the playoffs the last 3 years, but no one expected them to at the start if those years. they just got close so everyone got their hopes up. i think next year is the real year of expectations
I think what Scotty said – if the Wings has lost to Buffalo, then beat the Flyers – the feeling would be pretty upbeat. As it is, to fold against the supposed worse team was hard to accept – especially after showing the world they could buck up and beat the Sabres. Let's see what happens… There's still a chance.
The roster is a disjointed mess. Missing many important pieces like tough physicality & guys that can drive plays. In many ways, this seven year rebuild hasn’t worked out. If they miss the playoffs again, after another March collapse, more significant changes are definitely in order. Their terrible performances at LCA are really unacceptable . Yzerman’s conservative approach is reflected in many of the mediocre players he has acquired .
We desperatly need a spark to this team, this is how i would like to play next game:
Cat-Larkin-Raymond
(Cat & Ray showed great chemistry before & Larks need them both to get himself going)
Mazur-Copp-Kane
(Put Mazur here if you are gonna give him a real opportunity, he is a hard worker and right shot that Kane could feed… The 5 on 5 production between Cat & Kane have not been great for a while now, they can still have each others as "playmates" on the PP)
Finnie-Kasper-MBN/Tralmaks
(I miss a big physical body on this line next to the speedy Fin & Kasp. Now that we burned 1st year of MBN ELC, why not play him?? If not, give Tralmaks a shot already he been on fire in GR lately with his shoot first mentality and good skating, he for sure would work on a 3rd line at NHL level)
JVR-Shine-Perron
(These are basically a line i would not play much at all 5 on 5. Shine can come in when and if we need a spark/fight. JVR and Perron are both to slow at the pace today needed for this team to be effective 5 on 5, they both can be effective in less mins and right usage on the PP as retrive/board battle (Perron) and net front (JVR).
Scratch "the jerseys" Appleton & Compher, i don't want to see them the rest of the season. Rasmussen can stay on LtIR rest of his career for all i care, been a major disappointment for two straight years now, basically ever since he got his 4 year contract extension, go figure…
Lastly I might add as a sidenote (since i already went into depth on this on diffrent post) that i would re-insert ASP over JBD on that 3rd pair, since we are SCREAMING for scoring for a long while now, and he would def provide more offensive push from the back end (he got 2 goals and a helper since he returned to GR past 3 games.) I don't LOVE the Faulk addition so far but hey we have nobody else to play there… Maybe they should try Chiarot with Seider and see if Edvinsson with Faulk would spark something, since Simon has not played up to his standard since he returned from injury… Anyways, just some thoughts… Gattu do SOMETHING before everything is totally flushed away, this "afraid to let in goal/lose" – coaching in how we run out our lines are clearly not (chocking, right?) working…
Getting all the help in the world and can't make it count..
"Word" – Scotty
Wow way to add to the conversation. Im so glad they have this clown
There is no "good"
The Habs just keep on winning!
The difference in vibes between Buffalo and Philly is not so much that the Buffalo game was first. The real killer is that you beat a team you have no hope of catching, but losing to Philly let's another team climb closer to you in the standings. They keep losing to the teams they NEED to beat and winning against teams where they get the least amount of benefit.
You beat Montreal…cool. Jersey? Fine. Buffalo? Nice.
You still lost the games that mattered. You gave Boston, Ottawa and Philly each a 4 point swing by losing in regulation.
How about that Justin Faulk? One assist in the past 5 and is a minus since joining the team. His addition to the team has proven meaningless and wasting money on a mid-thirties D man sounds even more idiotic than it did at the time.
This team was way under the cap and could have made some moves. They did not. All of this talk this season about depth is making less sense by the day as many of those guys wasting away in GR are on expiring contracts. I see nothing on this team to get excited about.
It's hard to criticize Gibson but I'd love it if he tightened up that 5 hole.
Bring Austin Watson up for the rest of the season, no worse than Appleton offensively and can beat the crap out of 99% of the league
This non retaliation business started when Minnesota’s Erickson Ek crosschecked Patrick Kane headfirst into the boards…
No one did anything…!!!
That is a serious lack of accountability…!!
The Wings have become easier to neutralize down the stretch. I was hoping they would swap in Talbot for a few games to give Gibson a breather, but probably not going to happen. Very disheartening.
Unfortunately for me my first wings game ever was the game against philly. Im almost 40 so as a fan of 30 years that was a pretty crappy outcome for my first game ppl were walking out halfway through the 3rd. At least it got electric in There the last 5 mins when we almost came back
No it wouldn’t be better. They prove they have the skill to beat the best then they get obliterated by the shit Flyers on no effort and no heart. Think it’s time to put mclellan on the hotseat. He’s not getting this team fired up for March hockey. We are soft bottom line. We are burnt toast.
Kasper deserves a pass as well. Can we trade Larkin please. Brady tkachuk contract is up this year
Yzerman needs to get this 2 way player mindset out of his head this offseason… You still need goal scorers. He still has the ghost of Scotty Bowman's criticism of his play in his head..
I think we need a new GM
All the hyped up talent isn't that great
One has to wonder when Talbot had some innjury playing Ps5 and they don’t call up Cossa or Postava, it's hard not to think they don’t trust their own goalie pipeline. Coaching didn’t help either; Gibson shouldn’t have gone back-to-back. If they miss the playoffs, expect changes, Yzerman likely shifts to President of Hockey Ops, with Draper or Horcoff stepping in as GM. Hard to see Todd and the staff staying. Meanwhile, I am shocked that the Kings have burned through two coaches in three years and still look playoff-bound. Wouldn’t be surprised if DeBoer ends up in Detroit. It's too bad Babcock hasn't been released from the Asylum to get the Wings back on track.
Well I don't think it was as big more it wasn't important enough to buffalo to get an injury to a team they already own tie break
Thinking they get giddy over splitting the weekend is probably the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard lol
Realize patience doesn't always come easy but perhaps the Redwings are still in the green banana stage of the Rebuild and will be through next Season.