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The Wings will need to step things up defensively if they hope to contend for a playoff spot.

See also – Pt. 1: Feelingsball,  Pt. 2: In Which We Actually Talk About Hockey

Well folks, we’re already fifteen games into the 2017-18 NHL season, and I still haven’t gotten around to writing the final installment of my Red Wings preview that I’m sure all my readers have been awaiting with bated breath. I’d like to take this opportunity to personally apologize to both of you; you shouldn’t have to wait this long for my opinions. In this segment I’ll take a look at what Detroit has to offer from a defensive perspective, and we’ll review how the team is looking so far this year.

Spoiler alert: if you thought the forwards preview was grim, you may want to avert your eyes from the first section.

Continue reading “Red Wings 2017-18 Season Preview Pt. 3: In Which I Finally Finish the Preview a Fifth of the Way Through the Season” →

 

See also – Pt. 1: Feelingsball

We have finally arrived at the regular season! No more waiting, no more speculating; hockey is back y’all. It’s like being a kid and waking up on Christmas, and I can’t wait to see what new shiny toys Santa left for us. Only this year it’s not quite as exciting as it maybe has been in years past, for reasons discussed previously. Still, it’s nice just to be able to watch meaningful hockey on TV again. In this part of the Red Wings season preview, we’ll take a look at the forwards on the roster and see what kind of dangermen the Wings might have.

Spoiler alert: there aren’t many.

Continue reading “Red Wings 2017-18 Season Preview Pt. 2: In Which We Actually Talk About Hockey” →

 

 When I was ten the University of Michigan football team went 7-5 because Tyler Eckert didn’t pitch the ball to Steve Breaston*, and everyone was mad as hell and I thought that was the worst thing that could ever happen to Michigan football. Then the RichRod and Brady Hoke eras were a thing, and I realized that my ten-year-old self was way wrong in that assessment, and that Michigan fans were spoiled when it came to long-term success. After not missing the playoffs for a solid quarter century, a similar phenomenon is happening with the Detroit Red Wings. In this first segment of their 2017-18 season preview, we’ll set the mood for the upcoming season as the Wings prepare to enter their own RichRod era by talking about, like, feelings and stuff. Part Two of the season preview will delve deeper into the actual hockey side of things.

* – Seriously, just pitch the goddamn ball to Breaston!

 

Continue reading “Red Wings 2017-18 Season Preview Pt. 1: Feelingsball; or, A Period of Transition” →