Jeremy Laura: Another serving of disjointed play as Wings torn apart by Coyotes

Wow Lyon is playing like Junk Yzerman have some balls and fire the loser Lalonde he is way worse than Blashill. If Blashill had this team instead of the teams he had I have to believe they would be playing better than this. Fans should boycott this crap and show this bunch of losers how disgusted we are in this overpaid, heartless, lazy , prideless group of players. FIRE LALONDE immediately the players do not respect or play for him. So disappointed

And you can bet Sabres are gonna come out medieval on Saturday!

Wow Lyon is playing like Junk Yzerman have some balls and fire the loser Lalonde he is way worse than Blashill. If Blashill had this team instead of the teams he had I have to believe they would be playing better than this. Fans should boycott this crap and show this bunch of losers how disgusted we are in this overpaid, heartless, lazy , prideless group of players. FIRE LALONDE immediately the players do not respect or play for him. So disappointed
- saintdog19

I’m not for a boycott, but LaLonde seems to just act helpless. These pressers are embarrassing. Lyon is not on. Yzerman left the team to its own fate. No adds and one subtract. I can’t believe a leader hasn’t emerged or at least tried. I don’t think Blash would fare better, they need a coach that can take control. This feels like apathy

And you can bet Sabres are gonna come out medieval on Saturday!
- StargateSG1

Blood in the water right now. The players have to turn it around or it will be more of the same

It’s time to move on from Lalonde, he just is not up to the task and the players don’t seem to be listening to him. Put the perfect human behind the bench for the remainder of the games. 1. He can evaluate the players more closely. 2. He would instantly have more respect and the team might actually pull out of this mess and make the playoffs.

Train wreck... what else is there to say. Get rid of LaLonde and hire Gallant

Train wreck... what else is there to say. Get rid of LaLonde and hire Gallant
- Vladdie_Kon1

Totally agree. But Yzerman is blind to this You would think after being coached by Scotty Bowman he would understand coaching better. This team is truly pathetic

I'll start this by saying that i don't think Lalonde is all that as a coach and i absolutely hate the collapsing defensive system the Wings use but this is the same stupid system Blashill also used and the same stupid system that many NHL teams use just like the drop passes on the PP.

That being said, i think some people are putting way too much blame on Lalonde. Lalonde wasn't the one who traded for a horrible defenseman like Petry and sign Holl (a pressbox mainstay) to that stupid contract. He wasn't the one who got a bunch of offensive minded players that can't play defense and can't be physical with a defense to match. Yzerman brought in those guys not Lalonde.

As horrible as they are to watch since Larkin went down, for the most part this season, they have been much more entertaining to watch compared to the last 5 years.

As much as they are pissing me off right now, most of the guys on this roster are just place holders to help this team be a bit more competitive until some of the prospects are ready to take over. When the Wings are actually ready to compete for a cup the majority of these guys will be gone. Still wish Yzerman added more physical guys and some toughness to this roster though because they don't seem to have much of that in prospects either.

Wow Lyon is playing like Junk Yzerman have some balls and fire the loser Lalonde he is way worse than Blashill. If Blashill had this team instead of the teams he had I have to believe they would be playing better than this. Fans should boycott this crap and show this bunch of losers how disgusted we are in this overpaid, heartless, lazy , prideless group of players. FIRE LALONDE immediately the players do not respect or play for him. So disappointed
- saintdog19

Lol… and i read the posts here earlier about the genious yzerman plan. Fickle finger of fate.

Totally agree. But Yzerman is blind to this You would think after being coached by Scotty Bowman he would understand coaching better. This team is truly pathetic
- saintdog19

Yzerman obviously going for highest draft spot pissible. He lnows this team going nowhere

I'll start this by saying that i don't think Lalonde is all that as a coach and i absolutely hate the collapsing defensive system the Wings use but this is the same stupid system Blashill also used and the same stupid system that many NHL teams use just like the drop passes on the PP.

That being said, i think some people are putting way too much blame on Lalonde. Lalonde wasn't the one who traded for a horrible defenseman like Petry and sign Holl (a pressbox mainstay) to that stupid contract. He wasn't the one who got a bunch of offensive minded players that can't play defense and can't be physical with a defense to match. Yzerman brought in those guys not Lalonde.

As horrible as they are to watch since Larkin went down, for the most part this season, they have been much more entertaining to watch compared to the last 5 years.

As much as they are pissing me off right now, most of the guys on this roster are just place holders to help this team be a bit more competitive until some of the prospects are ready to take over. When the Wings are actually ready to compete for a cup the majority of these guys will be gone. Still wish Yzerman added more physical guys and some toughness to this roster though because they don't seem to have much of that in prospects either.
- dcz28

Now you know whatchicago is doing and why

Before everybody gets out the torches and pitchforks, it's only a losing streak. Every team has them. The Coyotes themselves had a 14 game losing streak just a little over a month ago. The trouble is, the Wings are going through one now, at the worst time. The Kings were riding high back in November looking like a contender, then hit an 8 game losing streak where they couldn't do anything right. Wings will come out of it and things will seem back to normal or sort of. Lets not take this all personal as we all seem to do. After all, nothing we can do about it.

Fire Lalonde? This team has over achieved up until lately! It is still a rebuild. Wings are about 3 years off to being a much better team. Y wisely stood pat on TDL and saved his picks for what he can get this summer. As for the AZ games, they have beaten the Wings about 90% of the time in the past 5 years. Not a big deal.
The Wings may or may not pull out of this funk....but they are not the team to bet on for this year, sadly. Realistically, I think Y should have sold Perron and Ghost and maybe Sprong at the TDL. Now that would have made everyone howl!!!!! But that is just a bit of hindsight on my part. I was looking for 1 add at the TDL, but balking at the price was enough to stop that. I really wanted Y to go after Konecny in the preseason when Philly was selling. Oh well.

The Wings are FUBAR right now. It really feels like they've given up. I stopped watching 2 minutes into the Buffalo game. I made it longer last night, right up until Cooley's goal. Seider lost an edge, it happens, but Cooley never got good control of the puck, it stayed on his backhand the whole time, he didn't make a single move, and Lyon barely made any attempt to stop a 35mph backhand. It was a goal that gets scored in warmups when the goalie isn't paying attention to you.

The Wings looked lost, and they looked like they didn't care. Time for them to start polishing the clubs because it's almost golf season.

ok, listen, earlier in the season when we were stinking up the joint and after the Larkin/Perron/OTT scuffle, I stated I thought Lalonde lost the room following his comments about the OTT player taking up arms to fight the Wing's dude. Lalonde's comments were off-colour at best. I pulled back a bit, then team started playing well, defense improved, blah blah blah. But now, as I look back at it, I wonder if me and those who stated the same sentiments, were kinda on with the assertion that he lost the room? These guys are playing, otherwise the scores would be exponentially worse than they are right now. But how are they being motivated. The Boogie Man was a beast in his playing days, Tanguay was a sublime skater with a pretty good defensive mind to compliment his offense. WTF is going on???

At this point, I think it won't do any good to shi-can Lalonde, IF (big IF) he was to be terminated, I think it's in the off-season. But I go back to previous statements made across the spectrum of commenters here: This team is NOT playing the way it's capable of; players aren't the high-calibre we need to be a potent SCPO threat; and we're back to lagging behind in adjusting defensive schemes and overall team play. Who is reponsible for that? Military folks will tell you that the "Commander" is ultimately responsible for that happens or fails to happen on their watch. Full stop. Was good to see the guys mix it up a bit, but to what end?

Leadership establishes the way ahead for the organization. The Captain wasn't much of a yeller back in his days, by all accounts. But I'll say this again (and I could be wrong, but just going off of my experience); someone needs to get mad. Pushing n shoving opponents for a few minutes ain't making a difference. Not advocating for needless benach-clearing, Slap Shot/Hanson Brothers actions, mind you, but this team has GOT to assert itself somehow. Right now, they can't find their collective asp without a road-map. Again, this team IS better than what we're seeing. Some holes in the line-up? Yes. BUT, rudderless boats wash ashore every time....someone, hell the damn Zamboni driver...SOMEONE needs to step up. And I don't see it happening and neither do any of the posters who've been on your blog for the past couple of weeks or so.

RUDDERLESS.

I don't think Yzerman expected a contender this year. Still has a lot of developing young players. They'll be fine if he sticks with the patient rebuild process. I do think some of these UFA signings are already looking regrettable, but overall DET is well positioned for the future. No reason to freak out. They need more development on their blue line prospects to better control play.

Fire Lalonde? This team has over achieved up until lately! It is still a rebuild. Wings are about 3 years off to being a much better team. Y wisely stood pat on TDL and saved his picks for what he can get this summer. As for the AZ games, they have beaten the Wings about 90% of the time in the past 5 years. Not a big deal.
The Wings may or may not pull out of this funk....but they are not the team to bet on for this year, sadly. Realistically, I think Y should have sold Perron and Ghost and maybe Sprong at the TDL. Now that would have made everyone howl!!!!! But that is just a bit of hindsight on my part. I was looking for 1 add at the TDL, but balking at the price was enough to stop that. I really wanted Y to go after Konecny in the preseason when Philly was selling. Oh well.
- HenryHockey

Mornin', H. Hope all's well in the U.P. I miss the Spring up there......a lot.

Listen, I agree with you, and many of the posters saying "hold on, now..." The main issue I have is how there's seemingly no effort to reverse the skid. At least there was an adjustment when we crapped the bed earlier this year....not sure who put it in place. The thing I have an issue with is that leadership KNEW we were hunting for a SCPO spot - moves could've been made for sure but I agree that dumping picks for a possible 2d-round exit (at best...) wasn't worth it, nor were the asking prices. 100% spot-on call, my friend.

There just seems to be a generalized lack of "give-a-ship" right now. To me, throwing in the towel, or generally not caring enough to institute change when needed is a major indicator of lack of leadership. If we were skating our butts off and losing, with this currently constructed team, I'd be less upset. But we have shown this season that we're better. I just want to see someone take the lead and be the example..... I personally think it's the coach because the guys ain't cutting it.... some agree, some don't. I agree with Perron, and seriously think Ghost could've gotten us a sweet return. But, I also think Spring should be re-signed.... I dunno, my friend. It's just hard to watch, hard to accept, hard to understand how this happens and why it mirrors the earlier funk with the same results.

I don't think Yzerman expected a contender this year. Still has a lot of developing young players. They'll be fine if he sticks with the patient rebuild process. I do think some of these UFA signings are already looking regrettable, but overall DET is well positioned for the future. No reason to freak out. They need more development on their blue line prospects to better control play.
- jfkst1

I don't think anyone here thought we were gonna be a deep threat for the SFC, we wanted to see improvement, and for the bulk of the season, we've seen it...and a BUNCH of it. Many here (H2, Blue, Jeremy, etc...) have said that we're not a serious threat and there's massive agreement. But seeing how some of these guys are apparently not willing to take a leadership role with Larkin out gives cause for concern.

To a poster (regular, not some of the drive-by posters); we agree that this IS a foundationally good team. I'm 100% agreeing with that. But when I personally look for what we may have and who steps up when the chips are down, I'm not seeing it. When there are issues with how the aggregated team plays, seems like no one's making changes. Then it seems like there's no desire to fix what's broken.

This IS a good team. We're gonna have some REALLY good players in the next 3-5yrs and SHOULD be a threat for a while. I just want SOMEONE to take the lead in trying to fix the current funk.

Good call on the blue-line issues!

Lol… and i read the posts here earlier about the genious yzerman plan. Fickle finger of fate.
- LFS

All your negative posts are just as worthless here as they are on the Hawks blog. Nobody has claimed Yzerman is a genius. But he is a pretty astute GM that has already built a cup winning team in Tampa. Detroit has a good pipeline of talent coming in. The best group I've seen in a couple of decades. This Wings team is still far and away more talented team than last year in terms of offense. Most of the UFA's will be gone next season and our top prospects will start to trickle in. Wings have a logjam of good defensive prospects coming up like Edvinsson, Johansen, and Axel Sandin Pellikka. Danielson, Mazur, Kasper, and Berggen will add more offensive depth.

Yes.. this losing streak sucks... especially the timing of it. But the sky isn't falling and the there is still more good talent coming in the pipeline.

I don't think Yzerman expected a contender this year. Still has a lot of developing young players. They'll be fine if he sticks with the patient rebuild process. I do think some of these UFA signings are already looking regrettable, but overall DET is well positioned for the future. No reason to freak out. They need more development on their blue line prospects to better control play.
- jfkst1

Yes... I agree. Yzerman preached patience from the beginning. We've got some good talent in the pipeline. Look at the dumpster fire team he inherited from Ken Holland. The rebuild has started to turn the corner. The Wings have a logjam of good defensive prospects coming.

Yes... I agree. Yzerman preached patience from the beginning. We've got some good talent in the pipeline. Look at the dumpster fire team he inherited from Ken Holland. The rebuild has started to turn the corner. The Wings have a logjam of good defensive prospects coming.
- Vladdie_Kon1

I think rebuilds are more a test of ownership and fan base patience than anything else. IF a GM is given time to keep adding futures and not expected to make steady improvement progress in the standings each season, then I believe most rebuilds will work and turn a team into a long term contender. Of course, easier said than done when ownership is paying the bills and have to look at no postseason revenue for 5+ years.