Talk about anything your heart desires. Be polite and upvote everything!

All rules (except #1, #2 and #10) are not applied here. Feel free to post memes, things not related to the Wings, or anything else!

Links
Join us on Discord!
Submit your guess for /r/DetroitRedWings Light the Lamp here! (Contact /u/ukajman with any questions)

34 comments

  2. It’s actually funny how everyone seems annoyed it went to OT. A tampa win in OT is way better than a Boston win in any fashion. We don’t care about Tampa, all we care about is the other teams of the division losing.

  5. Worst week in Red Wing hockey for a while. Here is hoping this week will be much better! #LGRW

  7. I haven’t really watched many of the pre or post game interviews lately, but has anyone asked about the slow starts this season?

  9. Bruins fucked up their own game last night. You give up a 5 on 3 man advantage to a top-tier team who scores twice in 30 seconds, and suddenly a 4–2 lead with three minutes left in the second just evaporates. Losing 5–4 after that isn’t bad luck it’s a reality against top teams.

    Putting things in perspective, we lost to the team with the most points in the league, and there’s a reason they’re there. If Boston couldn’t protect a massive lead against a team that’s second in points, maybe we can apply a little plain Jane reality to our own loss against the Avs. Sometimes the lesson isn’t ‘we’re bad’ it’s that other teams are just better and punish mistakes. Fans have to stay supportive 

  10. I didn’t get to watch the actual game Saturday just score checking as I was working but am off today. Let’s gooooooooo!! Statement game.
    LFGW 🐙

  11. Ok y’all im slightly back down to earth from my Petterson spacewalk and it’s based in data.

    https://www.nhl.com/nhl-edge/skaters/elias-pettersson-8480012/20252026/2/skating-speed

    2022-23 in 80g
    1.28 ppg
    max speed 23.31 mph
    22mph+ bursts: 2
    20-22mph bursts 153 (1.91/g)
    18-20mph bursts 595 (7.44/g)

    2023-24 in 82g
    1.09 ppg
    max speed 22.48 mph
    22mph+ bursts: 3
    20-22mph bursts 108 (1.32/g)
    18-20mph bursts 525 (6.4/g)

    2025-26 in 47g
    0.72ppg
    max speed 21.97 mph
    22mph+ bursts: 0
    20-22mph bursts: 67 (1.42/g)
    18-20mph bursts: 316 (6.72/g)

    He’s up from a productive ‘23-24 season in small and medium burst rate, but down as far as max speed and down in all speed categories compared to his best season in ‘22-23. Speed isn’t the most important thing is his game, he produced at a higher rate (on a better team) with worse speed metrics comparing this year to ‘23-24. There’s still a lot of skill and hockey sense there.

    I still think there are other reasons that can help explain why his production is down (Tocchet, Miller, Family issue, team around him, org signaling rebuild), and that he will bounce back with the right new team, but I’m now a bit more concerned about his knee than I was previously… I’m seeing tendinitis – not really anything you can treat and will probably just get worse over time. The advanced metrics are still favorable albeit slightly reduced from his peak production.

    I’m now less interested in acquiring him, but still a little petter-curious.

  12. Man this weather sucks. Avs away is gonna suck.

    But we’re all gonna be positive and survive this trying Monday. Manifesting good results.

    Edit: man every time I feel sick and go to bed early I miss a great hockey game, I totally passed out and skipped the stadium series.

  13. Seats 3 rowys behind the netminder at the Wings-shoot-twice end of the ice tonight. I’ll be rocking my #53, and I believe my redhead wife will be in her #5. (We were also out at Climate Pledge back in early December when Gibby started his mean streak, and got lots of comments about the two of us rocking a fearsome blueline.)

    RETRIBUTION!

  15. Happy Monday folks, hope everyone has a great week!

    I wouldn’t say this team is in a full on March-esque collapse yet, but we’re trending in that direction these last few games.

    Last year I remember Todd putting a big emphasis on going into the 4 Nations break on a positive note, we then proceeded to get smacked by Tampa and the uninspired play continued once we got back. Hopefully that was a lesson and they can end these last two games strong before heading into the Olympic break.

    My biggest issue right now honestly is Larkin. 4 points in 5on5 play since December 1st. I love the guy and I know he’s dealt with injuries in past years, but his play down the stretch becoming a pattern is really starting to worry me. Especially when you factor in the comments he made in his postseason presser about wanting help at the deadline and how deflating it feels when nothing happens. Yzerman addressed Larkin’s comments and clearly didn’t seem thrilled, it kind of came off like a loser mentality from a captain.

    If Larkin really wants this team to push and add at the deadline, we were literally on pace to do exactly that in December. But now with how the team is playing and him not really showing up the way you’d expect, it puts a magnifying glass on whether he’s actually the guy who can dig this team out of a slump.

    I’m not trying to be a doomer, I still think this team is better than the last few years. It just feels like we’re stuck in the same middle ground where the progress is real but the same cracks keep showing up, and it’s hard to fully trust that this time is different. The only thing giving me some hope is that we’ve seen them face adversity this year and bounce back pretty quickly, they just need to find a way to get back to playing inspired hockey when it matters most, which is asking for a lot seeing how the last few seasons have ended for us lmao

  16. It’s pretty crazy how you hear about the stadium series in Florida, and you’re like it’s not gonna work, it’s too hot, then Tampa has Michigan-esque winter temps and it doesn’t feel so out of place. I still think the winter classic down there was a bit of a blunder but so be it.

  17. Driving to Jackson today for a pup. Then gotta rush home for my partner to get to a meeting. Busy morning

  19. Anyone in panic mode yet? 3 losses in a row, big game in Colorado tonight. East is tighter than s butthole. Im not, but just wondering.

  20. New Truckfighters is out today, I think I like it more than really anything on their last album V from 2016. I looked into it and the artwork they’re releasing with it isn’t AI, it’s some Swedish graphic designer who has been making weird looking stuff like this since before AI was a big thing. That’s a bit of a relief. I was pissed when I nearly got fooled by an AI shirt at their show last year. They let me swap it for a genuine designed one

  23. Wings should be going into Colorado feeling the same way the Avalanche did coming into Detroit. Need to win tonight, no excuses. LGRW! 

  24. An annoying but also slightly encouraging fact that has been true for pretty much the whole season: We are the only team in the Atlantic division race with a sub-100 PDO. (Stats per Moneypuck)

    MTL, BOS, and BUF are all significantly below 50% in xG% (Boston massively so) but have gotten either excellent goaltending and/or wild shooting percentages to keep up.

    We are +22 in High Danger shots on the season while the other 3 teams behind us are a collective -69 (nice?).

    Who knows how things shake out after the Olympic break, but, for once, the statistical tilt of regression might be on our side.

  25. Not sure who needs to hear this today, but it’s okay to fall short or make mistakes sometimes. It’s okay not to be perfect or to not reach a goal. It happens to everybody, and it’s all part of trying. I’m proud of you for trying!

    Happy Monday!

  27. When are we going to let other teams stop taking liberties with our best players? The video of the scrum late in Saturdays game, where DeBrincat is in a headlock with 2 other avs holding onto him, and Mackinnon just comes over and starts yanking on his glove hand outside the pile, is so frustrating to watch. Nobody on this team will do shit physically

  28. Trotz stepping down in Nashville. Pretty subpar tenure to put it politely. I wonder if the replacement will have a drastically different outlook on the team and make certain players available.

  30. I’d like to think Wings fans are finally appreciating how good Ed already is but it doesn’t look like based on comments in the game threads or daily discussions

  32. Roster freeze starts at 3pm EST on Wednesday and I need some decent defensemen to materialize at manageable cap hits before then….

  33. Trotz steps down as GM, was he really that bad? On paper, I really liked his moves to keep Nashville competitive, a sort of last hoorah before a rebuild can begin.

  34. Really missed opportunity that the only trade Detroit made with Trotz’ Preds was the Andrew Gibson for Jesse Kiiskinnen and a 2nd swap that preceded the awful Walman deal.

    Gibson hasn’t even really developed particularly well, but I would like our prospect pool better with a defensive 6’4 RHD than with a streaky winger who doesn’t have a track to the NHL because there are so many other wingers ahead of him.

    Well, now that Trotz is gone, Ken Holland once again becomes the worst GM in the league. Should give him a call and see what dumb ideas he’s got for the Kings.

Leave a Reply