Back in '02, this man played an entire playoff series with practically a broken knee and led the Red Wings to the cup, despite all the pain he went through. There is no doubt in my mind that he loves this team and wants to see it succeed.
Yes but that doesn’t mean he knows how to manage them back to the top. He keeps hiring former players he played with and has nepotism with his brother as a pro scout.
Facts! Fans need to have more loyalty to Stevie! Suffered through this in the beginning when he played, now the cycle continues. If you think he won’t bring a cup again to hockeytown, go kick rocks honestly and jump on the bandwagon of another team ✌🏻
@@heidiwilliams2730This roster on paper is actually not half bad, and wtf do you want him to do? Magically pull a Mcdavid out his as*. It don’t work like that
@President.GeorgeWashington waaaaay too many people are looking at yzerman the player and not.yzerman the GM. Great as a player but trash as a gm. He has made 0 big moves and won't give out a decent contract so players won't come to Detroit. Gretzky was a great player but a terrible coach and yzerman needs to know sometimes you're a better player than an office member. His ego is too big here. He was set up in Florida. If he wasn't why hasn't he fixed detroit like he did Tampa? He has had the time... he needs to go. Put 20 coaches on the team its the players that suck..
There's no chance in hell you remember me Yzerman, but you helped facilitate my best Christmas ever as a foster kid with nothing or no one, I gotta letter from you inspiring me and a bunch of your autographed memorabilia , I still Believe!!! Go Wings!!!!!
The thing I do like about Yzerman as a GM is the fact that he is not afraid to tell it like it really is during a press conference and he is honest about his assessment of things as they stand today. It has taken longer for this team to get back to competing for a playoff spot than most fans would like, but I do like the fact that he is stating that they are trying to set us up as a team that will be challenging for the Stanley Cup in a few more years on a consistent basis. Bringing Todd back as head coach, who does have coaching experience on this team already and has won over 400 games as a head coach himself for various teams is a wise move. Us Red Wings fans need to be a little more patient here because I think great times are coming again for us but they are not quite here yet.
Drafting pool. Once you have a base of good talent and winning, great talent will want to come here. We saw that last season. I truly think sy is just trying to bridge until the young guys are here. Hense the 2-3 yr contracts. But how long will it take? That's the problem.
Yzerman is still doing it right, he still has my full support. Patience and honesty and grit. Plus some of the questions are ridiculously dumb and boarder-line insulting His discipline is amazing!
Lmao It’s not that hard to say, idk, put the mic to your face and have both voice volumes equally match. That’s basic ish😂 Still love my Wings. Be better.
It’s wild eh?! How many years and still can’t hear an effin thing lol what’s the point in a press conference if you have no idea what anyone is asking? Argggggg
It'll work itself out. As bummed as I am about this season - Yzerman did say 8-9 years and that's if drafting works and Signings pan out. They haven't to date. This guy here gave us so much for so long as a player. He inherited a mess, and has turned it around to a better future - just not as fast as maybe we'd hoped. It'll get better, this guy is the guy who cares most about this franchise, and I truly believe that.
I lived thru the 80s and early 90s as a fan, before the Golden Era of Hockeytown. Perhaps you did, too. Sounds like it. We've seen worse and we see things headed the right way, if slowly. We trust Stevie to get it done.
Exactly. I don't think people understand how bad Ken Holland was, and how much this team was run into the ground. Justin Abdelkader is still on the payroll for goodness sakes.
I trust Yzerman still. No one said this would be easy. Imagine if Sheila Hemp fired Dan Campbell. She trusted the painful process and her patiece paid off despite the calls of his firing. The media and Fans were all wrong about her hire of Campbell not being the guy She ignored the media pundits. She trusted the hire of her GM which she selected herself. She defended her coach righfully so. More patience is needed and I'm willing to wait. I stand with Stevie. He's a well respected GM for a reason. Chris illitch with all due respect just isn't a good owner
For those with "ears", Yzerman throws shade at Lalonde at 24:26 when talking about Rasmussen and Veleno. "For whatever reason those roles were reduced a little bit."
I love stevie and always will. I have no doubt he's doing everything he possibly can for this franchise. But I think its fair we start asking some tough questions.
I know people are frustrated with Yzerman, but do remember he wants us to be setup for the long haul. He’s done a good job of making the team competitive considering where we were when Holland left. Yes, not quite the year we wanted as fans. The plan he had in the off-season hasn’t panned out with Tarasanko and Gustafsson, but hopefully McLellan will help. Always thought our defense was trash under LaLonde. Newsey seemed like an awesome guy, but it was move that had to be done. Stay patient y’all. It’s tough, but the team will be better when the younger kids come up. They’re just starting to climb up to the show.
So, at what point does that cease to be the case? When do we as fans get to stop equivocating about Yzerman having just got here and how hard it was to rebuild the prospect pool? When does any scrutiny fall to him for those picks, the hirings, the signings? Yzerman himself said the roster isn't good enough to win. Ownership has set the expectation this team is to try to make the playoffs, not rebuild anymore. That's why all the fawning praise for the prospect pool gets pushed. Ownership is selling that the rebuild is over, Yzerman has to follow suit. This is the team. There will be nothing better coming.
I am so tired of this argument. He is in year 6. He had made so many bad free agent signings it isn’t funny. Oh but holland left the team in bad shape. Actually holland left the team in good shape for a rebuild. He acquired a ton of draft picks. He had two bad contracts on the books when he left. This is now on yzerman. Sorry it’s year 6. This isn’t on holland. Look at what Dallas has been able to do. They haven’t had “lottery picks”.
@@workshoptelescopewhen those picks can actually be evaluated as NHL players. You can’t add elite, prime-age talent in the NHL without signing awful contracts that will be unmovable in 3 years in UFA (even worse as a rebuild) or coughing up a ton of picks and prospects in a trade (if the other team even wants that because they’re probably in win-now mode themselves). Holland left us a talent hole from Larkin (28) to Seider (23) that Yzerman hasn’t been able to fill because it’s impossible without fucking yourself for the future, and he still managed to land DeBrincat with an extra first rounder. It isn’t enough though. This isn’t football, stop acting like it is.
@@davidkruse4030the overwhelming majority of UFA signings are bad. That’s literally the nature of NHL UFA, and the worse your team is going in the better your odds are you’re gonna overspend on guys that aren’t actually that good, because the real winners in UFA sign with contenders. I bet you wanted Stamkos this year. Send me your address so I can ship you some clown makeup.
Mclellan couldn't win with the McDavid and Draisaitl. Those Edmonton rosters were just as flimsy as this Detroit roster, without any of the top end elite talent. He couldn't get anything extra out of the rest of the roster. Nothing is going to change.
Most important presser of the year so far and the majority of questions can't even be deciphered. Thank you Chris Ilitch again for being a cheap, billion dollar franchise just struggling to be professional.
I hope this coaching change make a difference. This season our team has felt subpar personnel wise. I never felt it was on the coach. Best of luck to Newzy in the future, He coached in the USHL while I was there and always had great teams and was loved by his guys.
Ownership is selling that the rebuild is over and playoffs are the goal. The roster is half-baked and there's no chance to improve the prospect pool from here. It's done. Now we get to enjoy wild card futility for a few more years until the rebuild rebuilds again.
LaLonde’s problem, from the outside looking in, was he had no fire and wasn’t a coach that inspired greatness. Polar opposite to Dan Campbell. McLellan is definitely an upgrade and has some decent NHL stripes and can be the breakthrough coach that we need. HOWEVER!, we need to put a much better roster on the ice and stop signing over the hill, B list players to fill the gaps. Kane being the exception, he’s had a rough year but is looking to break out.
I know this is a minor issue, but In this day and age, why cant these press conferences be miced up properly so we can hear the questions? The Redwings are supposed to be a first class organization. Ridiculous!
I really believe this team is going to be really good soon. I love this coaching change right now to save the season. I will always love my Wings no matter what!
Steve pretty much confirmed in the last answer to the last question that multiple prospects are very likely going to be up playing later this season. Which begs the question.. Who WON'T be here any more? I can name quite a few that shouldn't but hopefully, this is the case.
Stop blaming Yzerman. Every one of Yzerman's first round picks are stars in the making. Seider, Raymond, Edvinsson, Kasper, his first 4 seasons of first round picks are on the team. Holland couldn't do that, which is why 10 years ago with the exception of Larkin that Kenny Holland ruined the team. Zadina, Chosloski, Svechnikov, Rasmussen, Larkin, Sheahan, Mantha, how many of these guys are bonafide first rounders? One, Dylan Larkin, the blame is on Holland. Yzerman will need at least 5 more years of first rounders to grow the team from the draft.
To be honest, most of those picks were not in the top 10 other than Zadina (who we were all excited to see drop) and Rasmussen who is contributing on the team.
I still trust Yzerman. A change was needed and I think this was the right one. Yes free agency didnt go our way this year but if you take a step back and see who we have coming up in the minors, you just cant help be feel hopeful and excited. I believe there was a question asked along the lines of "Who do you see in the lineup today who you think will hoist the cup with the team in the future?" Like he said when he first joined the team, rebuilds can take a decade or more. Yzerman inherited nothing but terrible contracts from aging vets. We're still paying for Abdelkader until 2026 I believe. Anything he's done from when he joined until this point regarding the main Red Wings roster is temporary. I didnt think Perron would ever make it to a cup with the Wings. I dont particularly think Rasmussen or Veleno or even Patrick Kane will see a cup in Detroit. They're more so stepping stones and temporary fillers until we can get the young guys in. Even Lalonde. I vividly recall Yzerman saying something along the lines of them being friends and being able to get a rather cheaper deal signed thanks to that. We needed a change. Lalonde was a cheap answer for that. I dont truly think there was any serious expectation that he was going to be our coach to hoist the cup. He was another stepping stone That's not to say the stepping stones aren't important, either. They're super important. We need them to perform and pull their own weight to help the Wings look like the spot to be at. That way free agency can go smoother in the future and we can get better and better players. It's a slow process with a lot of moving parts. We may not see the playoffs this year. But I'm very confident we'll see the playoffs within the next 2-3 years at the absolute most. I believe, I have faith. LGRW!
It's crazy to see this many negative comments from the SAME people that were calling for Lalonde's head! To be frustrated is one thing, but to say Yzerman has done jack-all since being GM in Detroit is just delusional. ALL of you Doomers would trade 10-12 straight yrs of "Hockey Town playoffs" for a 2019 St. Louis Blue's SC winning run. (no respect to STL; that was epic)
Think about it like this. You can fire a coach and thats probably what needed to happen. But after doing that, you're still left with this dogshit roster and you've still got to live down the walman trade, none of which he's had to answer for. So I dont blame people for still being frustrated. Bad coaching was only part of whats gone wrong here.
@@stevebell4853 How much of that is Steve's fault though?? Ken Holland ran this team into the ground, it takes time to build up from that. Yzerman's first three 1st rounders are all on the team, just be patient, man. This isn't the NHL of old, where you could just go and buy whoever you wanted, and that might not even work. Look at Stamkos and Nashville, and how bad they are. I don't think Steve is infallible, but he has us trending in the right direction.
@@BlueToronto Wait wait no, thats not the point I made. You talking at me like I just said Yzerman drafted weak and the timeline's too long. Where did I mention Yzerman's drafting? Where did I say I didn't have patience for the timeline. Okay you wanna talk about what Holland did and didn't do, I'm asking you to look at what I wrote and answer to that. Did Holland sign compher copp holl gustafson tarasenko? Did Holland trade Walman and a draft pick for a bag of chips and a pat on the back? These are the things I'm complaining about and what you did is you ignored that totally and acted like I complained about his drafting or the timeline because you know thats the only thing Yzerman can be praised for and thats some straight up dishonest shit. You gotta be more honest than that, stick to the script. If you wanna go backwards and forwards with me thats cool we can do that, but you got to at least read whats being written and argue the points being made, not just make up any old shit about how its all Hollands fault. Holland fucked this team there's no doubt about it, but he didn't pull any of the weak moves Yzerman's made in the last 2 years. Thats some shit he has to own for himself you cant ask Holland to own that shit.
@@stevebell4853You are complaining about the roster. I am defending it by saying Yzerman is putting pieces in place. Drafting is part of the construction of a roster. Next time be more specific if you are only complaining about certain aspects of the roster. You can't say the next coach needed to go then still blame the players. Maybe certain players are doing poorly exactly because of the coaching. Yzerman made it quite clear that that was his belief. How can you think the coach needed to go, but then can't relate poor performance to the coaching? I don't think Yzerman is infallible but you have to give things a chance.
Already seeing improvement. Not just because we won- but because they are playing hockey now. The guys are no longer trying not to lose- but they're trying to win games and score goals. Not trying to play a tight-assed defensive system that stifles creativity and bores fans to tears. Maybe I can stop yelling at the Tv now!
STEVE WITH PASSION ❤️ let’s go he’s mad and i love to see it, i love you steve yzerman so god damn much. all the babies in the comments should take a quick nap or maybe throw a sweater on and some skates and go play a game in the nhl themselves :-)
Yhea, cos you're not allowed an opinion unless you've skated on an NHL team right on. You can spend your hundreds of dollars on tickets and merch, but you're not allowed to say SHIT until youve skated in the NHL. Come on, grow up with that stuff. People pay a lot of money to follow this team, they are entitled to an opinion. If you cant take those opinions that says more about you than you realise.
No he is entiltled to his opinion and he stated it well. You didn't. Hockey is a game. Can you fathom that in your little Brain? Don't go insulting people. You don't want to watch the don't F'ng watch the Wings. Ever heard of changing channels or Not buying tickets. You type of fans Freaking make me Sick. And Don't tell me to Grow up either🤬🤬
Monday quarterbacks....geez. atleast our gm is honest. I am glad he is looking for the long term rather than trying to make the playoffs for the 1st round only!! I would rather go thru 2 more bad seasons to win the cup on 6, than make playoffs to lose in the 1st round for 2 yrs, then go thru it again...again.
I dont see steve being rude or mad at all. We cant hear reporters' questions, so we dont kno if they are legit good questions. Im sure he is frustrated, and thats good. He has a lot of pressure on him. Mistakes will be made, last off season seems like it, but he isnt driving the club into the ground by trading away our picks like other teams do just to make 1st round of playoffs. We spent 20 yrs as the dead-wings before we got 20+ yrs of playoff runs.
@@HockeyLoungehe’s been putting in work, draft luck has been atrocious and he’s needed to settle for players in the draft who needed time to develop. asp for instance is going to be a stud. we also have a prospect putting up numbers in the 2nd best league in the world. i agree when he says players like tarosenko need to perform, but most of our free agency has not been good
By the sounds of what Steve said in the 1st 3 mins of the video, players got Fester fired. I would like to know why Steve don’t give a direct answer on, if certain players are close to being NHL ready.
@@malcolmcossar6447 you are so far off. I wasn’t saying anything negative, but you took everything as negative. You must live a very negative life. You are part of the problem that lays on the internet. Your type wouldn’t say half in real life, you are keyboard warriors huh tough guy.
He seems pissed! It seemed like Newsy’s structure didn’t line up with the types of players Steve brought in. But, offensive players do need to have some kind of defensive responsibility it just seemed like they were handcuffed. We have a tough next 10 games coming too! LGRW!!!
Dump and chase and treat the defensive zone like it’s a PK. That’s the system lalonde started this year and it’s been a disaster - roster talent aside.
@@bbeaupFunny, if you actually watched the games this season and looked at the data, the Wings used the dump and chase method the 5th least in the NHL. The least the team themselves have used it since the early 2010s. Do you know hockey systems and zone checks or just default to saying "dump and chase" when things are boring to watch? And no I'm not a Lalonde supporter, he was the epitome of sticking a circular peg through a square hole. He needed to go. He tried to use a system that was too advanced for this current group but he dumbed it down in all the wrong ways. You are correct, this team needs more talent and I believe Steve when he says he's trying because it's quite obvious regardless of the sarcastic remarks in here. People just think other teams are willing to give their good players away for nothing lol.
@@thenickfoxxi have watched the games. The wings constantly chip the puck in and chase or dump the puck in for a line change. Lol okay with your newsy underlying analytics. The point is they have relied on that strategy way too much and of course there’s more to the story. Not gonna write an antagonist thesis like your comment 😂
@@bbeaup So I prove your point wrong and you get all pissy about it. Got it. You're looking for dump and chase, so you see dump and chase alot more than it's actually happened. They've used it more in certain games, but overall it's one of the lowest rates in the league. I guess knowing how hockey works is a bad thing when you're trying to state a case huh? Just so you know, knowledge isn't supposed to sound condescending. Just a fragile little ego you possess along with all the other cavemen.
Sure we’ve had horrible draft lottery results. But look at Florida. Bill Zito built a Cup winner with impeccable pro scouting, waiver gems and some trades. Only a handful of those players were drafted by FL. A masterclass in how to build a culture, an identity, a team. Fill your top 9 with natural centers who work their bags off.
I am hoping after the SHL season is over in March that Stevie brings in Sandin-Pellikka. Looking forward when that kid becomes a permanent fixture on our blueline.
I've never heard Yzerman be so rude to reporters and I've never seen him show his anger off the ice. He has always been so calculated and precise. Gotta be real.. he was a bit of a prick to several journalists. Especially to Art. For as angry as the fans are, this was not the right tone for a response. I am in my 40's and have been a diehard Wings fan my whole life. Yzerman means a whole lot to me. For most of my childhood, I had at least 1 poster of him on my wall. I own several of his jerseys. Still.. there were moments in this interview where I really didn't like how he treated people or his responses in general. Copp, Compher, Chiarot, Holl.. what is he going to do about those players and their contracts? That's what I want to know.
I'm a lifelong Yzerman fan but he's gotten a free pass from the media in this town for too long. I'm gad that someone finally had the guts to challenge him. I'm very disappointed in Yzerman's responses and condescending tone. He clearly is walking on water in the organization and nothing and no one can challenge him.
He sounds like a guy who is annoyed at the slightest amount of accountability. This entitlement comes from too many fans and media giving him so many passes.
centers centers centers... you cant have every center playing 1 or more positions above were their talent level is. It's one of the biggest problems i see night in and night out, compher does admirable work barely treading water at 2c, copp is at best 4th line veleno 4th line. This is why Danielson should have stayed up to see if you have the 2nd line center you need, and kasper comes in this year playing 3c and you can move off copp with a buyout, or trade veleno.
🎯 finally, someone else gets it. Our pro scouts are trash. Worst in the league. Copp was a career bottom 6 player, had an outlier career yr and Stevie signs him to be a 2C. Then when that failed he did the exact same thing with Compher, same situation. These are depth centers, PK guys. Then to make matters worse our top 6 wingers are all the same player. Small, soft skill. Traded the wrong defensemen in Mattaa and Walman. Obvious to everyone. Sings TO’s cast off defensemen. The list goes and on. Yzerman has been horrible the last couple yrs. His first couple were great, but since then just terrible. Maybe pro scouts to blame, they have to be the absolute worst in the league.
At this point, I just want to see a few kids up by the end of the year for some NHL experience, it be fun to watch and we end up with a top 5 pick due to some good lottery luck. That would be awesome.
Mickey Mouse press conference when you can’t ensure the questions are audible. Who is in charge of media relations? They ought to be fired. And our media need to do internships in Canada in order to learn what to ask.
People in the chat still bitching about Wallman. Sharks are WAY worse than the Wings, so what is he helping. Wings would still be in this boat if Wallman was here.
"You can still draft and you can still get difference makers, uh elite players, at any spot in the draft." We're still waiting on someone to do that. Ownership is trying to sell that the rebuild is over so incredibly hard. There is plenty of everyday talent in the pipeline but no one has projected any of it to be elite. Look at how he's trying to manage the expectations: not a cup contender, hoping they might be a wild card team, the team and prospects lost its way but it's up to them, picked the experienced head coach but he'll need some time but the rebuild is being expedited but... it borders on double-speak. There's such a pall, a stymied fog around the vision and direction, at this point.
This is clown shit. We have Seider, Raymond, and Edvinsson already. Even players taken first overall take years to become elite. Raymond is outscoring MacKinnon and Kucherov through their first 4 seasons. You’re just impatient. This isn’t football.
@@colingiles4251 I'm not impatient, ownership is. I don't recall demanding this team bring playoff revenue in the new arena but sure cool go off, simple king. Selecting future hall of famers arbitrarily is fun but unless you're sincerely arguing that Raymond is projecting to be better than either of them, it's a moot point. It's a given that prospects take time to develop. Arguing for that in the face of a half-baked rebuild being forced to make the playoffs with less than a handful of competitive roster players is fundamentally failure. Next, you'll retread the tired bare cupboard Yzerman was left with and, golly gee, he drafted players and it's amazing how he did the thing he was literally hired to do.
@@colingiles4251 Oh there it is... lol. So, explain: as the general manager of a professional ice hockey team, is it his job to draft and sign human beings to play on the professional ice hockey team or is that something he's done above and beyond the terms of the contract he was given?
The Red Wings have one or two great defenseman . If you have players not playing well in the defensive zone your offense will not produce goals. Our goaltending is average. I think the talent will come next year. It seems like it's always the coach that has to go. Players will be next down the line . We can make the playoffs this year. Good luck Hockeytown!!!!!
As much as I like Mo Seider, I completely disagree with your assessment. We don't even have 1 really good D-man. Seider is still developing and is in no way a finished product. His skating and D-zone coverage, and physicality need to be so much better. Our defense "Sucks"!
To whom and for what? Both have No Trade Clauses and both make over $5m. Copp has two more years on his contract and Compher has three. How do you realistically get out of those contracts?
Honestly I feel bad rn calling myself a lifelong diehard wings fan, all you fans complaining/trashing Yzerman are a bad look. Where’s the loyalty? Wtf you think lions fans were doing after loosing for 30+ years. Bunch of spoiled little brats like my 5 y/o daughter when she doesn’t get her way smh.
I'm trying to stay positive even after seeing comment after comment of negativity. "The people that love great juice would never be able to pick the right fruits". ALL of these Doomers would trade 10-12 straight yrs of "Hockey Town playoffs" for a 2019 St. Louis Blue's SC winning run. (no respect to STL; that was epic)
What does loyalty buy you in most aspects of life? Screwed and taken advantage of by your employer, especially anything remotely in the corporate world. Sports is similar in "what have you done for me lately?" Keep standing on your moral superiority and high horse tho. You're one of the "good fans", congrats
Hate to break it to you but hiring Mclellan signals they're not shooting for the lottery. They're trying to win games for some reason and this team is trying neither to make the playoffs nor pick in the top 5...
Yzerman is my favorite player all time, he was the Detroit Red Wings for two decades. Did he make the right hire? I don’t know, but Lalonde 100% wasn’t the guy. I think our main concern is player personnel. They don’t have the players to make the playoffs and get past the first round. I know The Captain forgot more about hockey and the NHL in the last five minutes than most of us ever knew. With that said it’s a results oriented league. I don’t think Yzerman has a job after this season if they miss the playoffs again if not for his history as a player. He made a change, this season got off to a poor start. Hopefully there is still time to turn this team around and make the playoffs. If they miss the playoffs in spring 2026 I think Yzerman has to go. I think Steve is the greatest captain ever in NHL history, probably a lot easier to convince players to come to the beach than Detroit Michigan 🤷🏻♂️
Questions (Fester is Derek Lalonde btw) 1) when did u know you were firing fester 2) what did u like about todd 3) from a personnel standpoint what is missing right now 4) do you believe you have good players in place) (roughly) 5) when did u know to fire fester was it after stl game?? 6) were u waiting to fire fester based on todds availability (roughly) 7) how much responsibility do the players have with how much red wings suck up to this point (roughly) 8) when will the yzerplan pay off? What players are you expecting to make the plan work? 9) does the roster need a shakeup? 10) is the message is stale at the point? (The wait and construction of the yzerplan i guess??) 11) is it important to get guys with experience (coach)? 12) does his (todds) style fit the red wings vs festers style. Given it didnt work in LA (roughly) 13) did todds hire inspire the yawney pick? 14) red wings have improved since u took over (points wise). Whats your opinion of this year?? Why u suck so bad this year so late in the rebuild? Is this a setback? 15) what do u want to say to fan thinking firing fester is not enough? 16) how do u feel about your young players on the team from the draft players you got over the years in the nhl or lower levels? 17) what are the terms of todds deal? What were the facts of hiring him? 18) how are you not angry at the rebuild results? Why are you not panic trading and getting actual good players? How are you staying patient? 19) why are you not bringing all our prospects up? Do u think they aren't ready?
The Wings need a player or two who work their asses off every game. It might be infective to the rest of the players who are playing like they're depressed.
How can you have playoff expectations when you did not even acquire a true second line center or two decent defensemen during the off-season? Ridiculous thinking. We have a top line that is one of the weakest in the league then a bunch of third and 4th lines
Yzermans expectations prior to the season was a wild card spot ? 🤣 did he not see what he assembled? Maata chiarot petry Gustafson holl and 2 rookies on the back end to start the season? Man he was seriously deluded
@ I’m only on the fire yzerman camp when I see all these prospects we accumulated show up. If they fail he’s gotta go ... as awful those signings were and how nonsensical that walman deal was I’m willing to wait to see what’s in all those picks he made I also don’t think McClellan’s the coach that will be here when we’re a contender again so I’m expecting yet again another change within 24 months ... we’ll see if I’m right or wrong on that one. But ya yzerman’s running out of chances , we better have some gems coming from those picks
well you just made your hire stevie, this doesnt work out you might be done here. hope youre happy with who you got because you just hung your career on this dude
Lalonde said this in early season interviews the last two seasons as well. How are you supposed to get the most out of your players, when the GM and coach have already put a ceiling on your abilities…??? Just horrible leadership
Trade for a first line center that has a winning mentality, personality and hockey IQ that could take the team to a cup run. Larkin is not that player.
Good luck finding THAT, being able to trade for THAT, while keeping what you've just spent the last 5-6 seasons building. Will you be upset when if he trades Kasper and Ray for 1C? Because that's what it will cost (probably add a pick or two in there)
Yeah, Yzerman should trade for McDavid, and while he's at it, throw the farm at Igor Shesterkin. No sense in not trading for Quinn Hughes while we're in fantasy land, right?
@@p00l95 You guys are clowns. Every one of Yzerman's first round picks are stars in the making. Seider, Raymond, Edvinsson, Kasper, his first 4 seasons of first round picks are on the team. Holland couldn't do that, which is why 10 years ago with the exception of Larkin that Kenny Holland ruined the team. Zadina, Chosloski, Svechnikov, Rasmussen, Larkin, Sheahan, Mantha, how many of these guys are bonafide first rounders? One, Dylan Larkin, the blame is on Holland. Yzerman will need at least 5 more years of first rounders to grow the team from the draft.
Sometimes it's more about Change than the people. I would hire Yzerman in a heartbeat for an expansion team but I think he has worn out his time in Detroit. I could be wrong but I'm not confident.
Oh this shit is pissing me off so much, it seems like Steve thinks our opinions mean nothing and him over ripening our prospects is the best thing. It's fucking infuriating!
I love this guy but I think he is making a huge mistake bringing Todd over to coach. As an Edmontonian I never liked his energy as all. We are really blessed to have Chris coaching here now.
Stevie’s first couple yrs were great. But last 2 have been downright awful. More bad decisions than good when it comes to signing FA’s and trades. Maybe it’s the pro scouts. The Copp and Compher signings were him getting fooled by 3rd line checking centers who had outlier career yrs going into FA. They are not 2C’s. Not 1 power forward on the team. Top wingers are all the same player. Soft, undersized skill. Might be the smallest top 6 wingers in the league. And Rasmussen is a frustrating player. Drafted to be a 1/2 center. He’s not that, fine. But maybe he could use his massive body and play with some passion. The team desperately needs a “dog”. A power forward. Some tough skill. Look at Florida’s top 6. Not even the biggest guys, but they play with bite. With passion. And it’s no coincidence that 8 of their top 9 forwards are all natural centers. They can drive a line. Whereas Wings have all these small skilled wingers who are essentially the same player. Wings have 1 center who can drive a top 6 line. Larkin. Kasper is about the only hope Wings have for a 2C. I’d stick Rasmussen on the top line and tell him to watch video of every shift from Bennett and Tkachuk. Either he plays that way, or he’s gone. Hell, tell all the forwards that. Success is found in the hard areas. It’s finishing checks and forechecking your bag off every single shift. It’s going to the net front and taking the abuse. Fighting for position. It’s going to be 10X harder because Steve decided we needed the smallest possible wingers to do it, but it can be done.
It's almost like this year's team isn't the one. It's almost like those players won't be the ones on this team when it matters in a few years. It's almost like it's a well thought out plan with a timeline that doesn't fit your immediate needs or ability to comprehend. Rasmussen, Zadina, Veleno, Berggren, Svechnikov, Chelowski, Smith, etc... ALL Holland. Terrible contacts pre 2019 until 2026 ALL Holland 22yrs of selling off every prospect and every pick ALL Holland Yzerman took what little we had and parlayed that into picks for a future team and has squeezed every drop out of them. The only thing he asked for was patience until they arrive a good chunk next year and an even bigger boatload in 2026.
Back in '02, this man played an entire playoff series with practically a broken knee and led the Red Wings to the cup, despite all the pain he went through. There is no doubt in my mind that he loves this team and wants to see it succeed.
Yes but that doesn’t mean he knows how to manage them back to the top. He keeps hiring former players he played with and has nepotism with his brother as a pro scout.
Best of luck going forward but this is a bad product on the ice. The coach didn't pick the players.
Facts! Fans need to have more loyalty to Stevie! Suffered through this in the beginning when he played, now the cycle continues. If you think he won’t bring a cup again to hockeytown, go kick rocks honestly and jump on the bandwagon of another team ✌🏻
@@heidiwilliams2730This roster on paper is actually not half bad, and wtf do you want him to do? Magically pull a Mcdavid out his as*. It don’t work like that
@President.GeorgeWashington waaaaay too many people are looking at yzerman the player and not.yzerman the GM. Great as a player but trash as a gm. He has made 0 big moves and won't give out a decent contract so players won't come to Detroit. Gretzky was a great player but a terrible coach and yzerman needs to know sometimes you're a better player than an office member. His ego is too big here. He was set up in Florida. If he wasn't why hasn't he fixed detroit like he did Tampa? He has had the time... he needs to go. Put 20 coaches on the team its the players that suck..
There's no chance in hell you remember me Yzerman, but you helped facilitate my best Christmas ever as a foster kid with nothing or no one, I gotta letter from you inspiring me and a bunch of your autographed memorabilia , I still Believe!!! Go Wings!!!!!
The thing I do like about Yzerman as a GM is the fact that he is not afraid to tell it like it really is during a press conference and he is honest about his assessment of things as they stand today. It has taken longer for this team to get back to competing for a playoff spot than most fans would like, but I do like the fact that he is stating that they are trying to set us up as a team that will be challenging for the Stanley Cup in a few more years on a consistent basis. Bringing Todd back as head coach, who does have coaching experience on this team already and has won over 400 games as a head coach himself for various teams is a wise move. Us Red Wings fans need to be a little more patient here because I think great times are coming again for us but they are not quite here yet.
Can't win a cup without elite talent. Where's that coming from?
Drafting pool. Once you have a base of good talent and winning, great talent will want to come here. We saw that last season. I truly think sy is just trying to bridge until the young guys are here. Hense the 2-3 yr contracts. But how long will it take? That's the problem.
Yzerman is still doing it right, he still has my full support. Patience and honesty and grit.
Plus some of the questions are ridiculously dumb and boarder-line insulting
His discipline is amazing!
Can we get a microphone for the media people? Jesus guys come on this is a PROFESSIONAL SPORTS TEAM WORTH BILLIONS.
It’s ridiculous
Good speakers simply repeat the question briefly before answering it.
Better questions lead to better answers as well.
@@kylezammit1868 must have been an issue with SY interview because the following ones were fine.
Fire the media guys next, hardly ever get to hear the questions asked, just Yzerman randomly speaking.
Lmao
It’s not that hard to say, idk, put the mic to your face and have both voice volumes equally match.
That’s basic ish😂
Still love my Wings. Be better.
Exactly but this always happens and they can't ever seem to figure shit out.@jasonkemppainen4731
It’s wild eh?! How many years and still can’t hear an effin thing lol what’s the point in a press conference if you have no idea what anyone is asking? Argggggg
Yea I go to a pirate aswell ARRRRRRRRR lol
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It'll work itself out. As bummed as I am about this season - Yzerman did say 8-9 years and that's if drafting works and Signings pan out. They haven't to date. This guy here gave us so much for so long as a player. He inherited a mess, and has turned it around to a better future - just not as fast as maybe we'd hoped. It'll get better, this guy is the guy who cares most about this franchise, and I truly believe that.
I lived thru the 80s and early 90s as a fan, before the Golden Era of Hockeytown. Perhaps you did, too. Sounds like it. We've seen worse and we see things headed the right way, if slowly. We trust Stevie to get it done.
Finally, people who remember the dead-wing eras!
It took almost 2 decades to get the 2 decades + playoff run. It's not like the team leaving is dependent on this season.
Exactly. I don't think people understand how bad Ken Holland was, and how much this team was run into the ground. Justin Abdelkader is still on the payroll for goodness sakes.
It's good to see him pissed off and straight to the point!
LOL brought a softness to this team I don’t think I’ve ever seen in my 30 years of watching. I’m pissed also 😂 LGRW
About time
I trust Yzerman still. No one said this would be easy. Imagine if Sheila Hemp fired Dan Campbell. She trusted the painful process and her patiece paid off despite the calls of his firing. The media and Fans were all wrong about her hire of Campbell not being the guy She ignored the media pundits. She trusted the hire of her GM which she selected herself. She defended her coach righfully so. More patience is needed and I'm willing to wait. I stand with Stevie. He's a well respected GM for a reason. Chris illitch with all due respect just isn't a good owner
Good press conference with Steve. I don't think he was in excuse mode. He provided a candid assessment of the situation and was forthcoming.....
I appreciate him doing a press conference--he’s been quiet for too long. I also think the new coach is a good hire.
Agree totally, he has been too quiet but glad he's finally made a bold move.
For those with "ears", Yzerman throws shade at Lalonde at 24:26 when talking about Rasmussen and Veleno. "For whatever reason those roles were reduced a little bit."
I noticed those 2 were being used less and differently. Glad he noticed too!
I love stevie and always will. I have no doubt he's doing everything he possibly can for this franchise. But I think its fair we start asking some tough questions.
I know people are frustrated with Yzerman, but do remember he wants us to be setup for the long haul. He’s done a good job of making the team competitive considering where we were when Holland left. Yes, not quite the year we wanted as fans. The plan he had in the off-season hasn’t panned out with Tarasanko and Gustafsson, but hopefully McLellan will help. Always thought our defense was trash under LaLonde. Newsey seemed like an awesome guy, but it was move that had to be done. Stay patient y’all. It’s tough, but the team will be better when the younger kids come up. They’re just starting to climb up to the show.
So, at what point does that cease to be the case? When do we as fans get to stop equivocating about Yzerman having just got here and how hard it was to rebuild the prospect pool? When does any scrutiny fall to him for those picks, the hirings, the signings? Yzerman himself said the roster isn't good enough to win. Ownership has set the expectation this team is to try to make the playoffs, not rebuild anymore. That's why all the fawning praise for the prospect pool gets pushed. Ownership is selling that the rebuild is over, Yzerman has to follow suit. This is the team. There will be nothing better coming.
I am so tired of this argument. He is in year 6. He had made so many bad free agent signings it isn’t funny. Oh but holland left the team in bad shape.
Actually holland left the team in good shape for a rebuild. He acquired a ton of draft picks. He had two bad contracts on the books when he left.
This is now on yzerman. Sorry it’s year 6. This isn’t on holland.
Look at what Dallas has been able to do. They haven’t had “lottery picks”.
@@workshoptelescopewhen those picks can actually be evaluated as NHL players.
You can’t add elite, prime-age talent in the NHL without signing awful contracts that will be unmovable in 3 years in UFA (even worse as a rebuild) or coughing up a ton of picks and prospects in a trade (if the other team even wants that because they’re probably in win-now mode themselves). Holland left us a talent hole from Larkin (28) to Seider (23) that Yzerman hasn’t been able to fill because it’s impossible without fucking yourself for the future, and he still managed to land DeBrincat with an extra first rounder. It isn’t enough though.
This isn’t football, stop acting like it is.
@@davidkruse4030the overwhelming majority of UFA signings are bad. That’s literally the nature of NHL UFA, and the worse your team is going in the better your odds are you’re gonna overspend on guys that aren’t actually that good, because the real winners in UFA sign with contenders. I bet you wanted Stamkos this year. Send me your address so I can ship you some clown makeup.
Exactly @@davidkruse4030
Steve is fucking pissed and I love it.
Interesting ..to me he sounds baffled & without answers to why they still suck
I think having a coach who isn't either an assistant or an ahl coach will be a nice change of pace for this team.
Mclellan couldn't win with the McDavid and Draisaitl. Those Edmonton rosters were just as flimsy as this Detroit roster, without any of the top end elite talent. He couldn't get anything extra out of the rest of the roster. Nothing is going to change.
@@workshoptelescopethose guys were rookies at the time. Plus they had incompetent gm at the helm
@@workshoptelescopeHow many have they won since he was fired?
@@davidkruse4030 your counter-argument to my suspicions about a coach is the GM who hired him was incompetent?
@ ahem.
He needs to have Dan Campbell come in and fire the boys up
Hey Wings media, why don't you try making it so your audience can actually hear the questions asked for once. How many years have we been doing this?
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Most important presser of the year so far and the majority of questions can't even be deciphered. Thank you Chris Ilitch again for being a cheap, billion dollar franchise just struggling to be professional.
They must have had some issues with the SY presser because the media mic worked fine for TM and the players portion of this event
@@Shroomer47 they probably woke up realized they needed to unbox the microphones for the next presser
I hope this coaching change make a difference. This season our team has felt subpar personnel wise. I never felt it was on the coach. Best of luck to Newzy in the future, He coached in the USHL while I was there and always had great teams and was loved by his guys.
Ownership is selling that the rebuild is over and playoffs are the goal. The roster is half-baked and there's no chance to improve the prospect pool from here. It's done. Now we get to enjoy wild card futility for a few more years until the rebuild rebuilds again.
LaLonde’s problem, from the outside looking in, was he had no fire and wasn’t a coach that inspired greatness. Polar opposite to Dan Campbell. McLellan is definitely an upgrade and has some decent NHL stripes and can be the breakthrough coach that we need. HOWEVER!, we need to put a much better roster on the ice and stop signing over the hill, B list players to fill the gaps. Kane being the exception, he’s had a rough year but is looking to break out.
I know this is a minor issue, but In this day and age, why cant these press conferences be miced up properly so we can hear the questions? The Redwings are supposed to be a first class organization. Ridiculous!
We'd be nowhere without you Steve
The bad knee The high stick 97 98
Fing Warrior
You're doing a great job
It's gonna pay off
I really believe this team is going to be really good soon. I love this coaching change right now to save the season. I will always love my Wings no matter what!
Detroit redwings need to change defence if they want to make playoffs.
Okay then who?
Steve pretty much confirmed in the last answer to the last question that multiple prospects are very likely going to be up playing later this season. Which begs the question.. Who WON'T be here any more? I can name quite a few that shouldn't but hopefully, this is the case.
Yzerman is still doing it right, he still has my full support. Patience and honesty and grit.
Plus some of the questions are ridiculously dumb
Stop blaming Yzerman. Every one of Yzerman's first round picks are stars in the making. Seider, Raymond, Edvinsson, Kasper, his first 4 seasons of first round picks are on the team. Holland couldn't do that, which is why 10 years ago with the exception of Larkin that Kenny Holland ruined the team. Zadina, Chosloski, Svechnikov, Rasmussen, Larkin, Sheahan, Mantha, how many of these guys are bonafide first rounders? One, Dylan Larkin, the blame is on Holland. Yzerman will need at least 5 more years of first rounders to grow the team from the draft.
To be honest, most of those picks were not in the top 10 other than Zadina (who we were all excited to see drop) and Rasmussen who is contributing on the team.
I still trust Yzerman. A change was needed and I think this was the right one. Yes free agency didnt go our way this year but if you take a step back and see who we have coming up in the minors, you just cant help be feel hopeful and excited.
I believe there was a question asked along the lines of "Who do you see in the lineup today who you think will hoist the cup with the team in the future?" Like he said when he first joined the team, rebuilds can take a decade or more. Yzerman inherited nothing but terrible contracts from aging vets. We're still paying for Abdelkader until 2026 I believe. Anything he's done from when he joined until this point regarding the main Red Wings roster is temporary. I didnt think Perron would ever make it to a cup with the Wings. I dont particularly think Rasmussen or Veleno or even Patrick Kane will see a cup in Detroit. They're more so stepping stones and temporary fillers until we can get the young guys in. Even Lalonde. I vividly recall Yzerman saying something along the lines of them being friends and being able to get a rather cheaper deal signed thanks to that. We needed a change. Lalonde was a cheap answer for that. I dont truly think there was any serious expectation that he was going to be our coach to hoist the cup. He was another stepping stone
That's not to say the stepping stones aren't important, either. They're super important. We need them to perform and pull their own weight to help the Wings look like the spot to be at. That way free agency can go smoother in the future and we can get better and better players.
It's a slow process with a lot of moving parts. We may not see the playoffs this year. But I'm very confident we'll see the playoffs within the next 2-3 years at the absolute most. I believe, I have faith. LGRW!
It's crazy to see this many negative comments from the SAME people that were calling for Lalonde's head! To be frustrated is one thing, but to say Yzerman has done jack-all since being GM in Detroit is just delusional.
ALL of you Doomers would trade 10-12 straight yrs of "Hockey Town playoffs" for a 2019 St. Louis Blue's SC winning run. (no respect to STL; that was epic)
Think about it like this. You can fire a coach and thats probably what needed to happen. But after doing that, you're still left with this dogshit roster and you've still got to live down the walman trade, none of which he's had to answer for. So I dont blame people for still being frustrated. Bad coaching was only part of whats gone wrong here.
@@stevebell4853 How much of that is Steve's fault though?? Ken Holland ran this team into the ground, it takes time to build up from that. Yzerman's first three 1st rounders are all on the team, just be patient, man. This isn't the NHL of old, where you could just go and buy whoever you wanted, and that might not even work. Look at Stamkos and Nashville, and how bad they are. I don't think Steve is infallible, but he has us trending in the right direction.
Keep calling us Doomers like some effin Redditor for being frustrated with a near decade of suckitude
@@BlueToronto Wait wait no, thats not the point I made. You talking at me like I just said Yzerman drafted weak and the timeline's too long. Where did I mention Yzerman's drafting? Where did I say I didn't have patience for the timeline.
Okay you wanna talk about what Holland did and didn't do, I'm asking you to look at what I wrote and answer to that. Did Holland sign compher copp holl gustafson tarasenko? Did Holland trade Walman and a draft pick for a bag of chips and a pat on the back? These are the things I'm complaining about and what you did is you ignored that totally and acted like I complained about his drafting or the timeline because you know thats the only thing Yzerman can be praised for and thats some straight up dishonest shit. You gotta be more honest than that, stick to the script. If you wanna go backwards and forwards with me thats cool we can do that, but you got to at least read whats being written and argue the points being made, not just make up any old shit about how its all Hollands fault. Holland fucked this team there's no doubt about it, but he didn't pull any of the weak moves Yzerman's made in the last 2 years. Thats some shit he has to own for himself you cant ask Holland to own that shit.
@@stevebell4853You are complaining about the roster. I am defending it by saying Yzerman is putting pieces in place. Drafting is part of the construction of a roster. Next time be more specific if you are only complaining about certain aspects of the roster.
You can't say the next coach needed to go then still blame the players. Maybe certain players are doing poorly exactly because of the coaching. Yzerman made it quite clear that that was his belief. How can you think the coach needed to go, but then can't relate poor performance to the coaching? I don't think Yzerman is infallible but you have to give things a chance.
Already seeing improvement. Not just because we won- but because they are playing hockey now. The guys are no longer trying not to lose- but they're trying to win games and score goals. Not trying to play a tight-assed defensive system that stifles creativity and bores fans to tears. Maybe I can stop yelling at the Tv now!
Hahaha, so many experts here... LGRW!!
PLEASE FIX THE AUDIO . Can’t hear a damn question , like how hard is it for them to speak into a mic? It’s frustrating , I wanna hear everything.
Mr Bong Rips is such a hardass. I trust him.
Cannot hear the questions. Come on...
It's the only thing that Detroit is consistent at 😂
Nice work. Millions and millions of dollars in this organization, and we can't even hear the questions being asked.
STEVE WITH PASSION ❤️ let’s go he’s mad and i love to see it, i love you steve yzerman so god damn much. all the babies in the comments should take a quick nap or maybe throw a sweater on and some skates and go play a game in the nhl themselves :-)
Yhea, cos you're not allowed an opinion unless you've skated on an NHL team right on. You can spend your hundreds of dollars on tickets and merch, but you're not allowed to say SHIT until youve skated in the NHL. Come on, grow up with that stuff. People pay a lot of money to follow this team, they are entitled to an opinion. If you cant take those opinions that says more about you than you realise.
No he is entiltled to his opinion and he stated it well. You didn't. Hockey is a game. Can you fathom that in your little Brain? Don't go insulting people. You don't want to watch the don't F'ng watch the Wings. Ever heard of changing channels or Not buying tickets. You type of fans Freaking make me Sick. And Don't tell me to Grow up either🤬🤬
Monday quarterbacks....geez. atleast our gm is honest. I am glad he is looking for the long term rather than trying to make the playoffs for the 1st round only!! I would rather go thru 2 more bad seasons to win the cup on 6, than make playoffs to lose in the 1st round for 2 yrs, then go thru it again...again.
This was passion? Are you joking? He’s like Ben Stein, and instead of red eye it’s a wing.
I dont see steve being rude or mad at all. We cant hear reporters' questions, so we dont kno if they are legit good questions.
Im sure he is frustrated, and thats good. He has a lot of pressure on him. Mistakes will be made, last off season seems like it, but he isnt driving the club into the ground by trading away our picks like other teams do just to make 1st round of playoffs.
We spent 20 yrs as the dead-wings before we got 20+ yrs of playoff runs.
It seems like the red wings don’t hate to lose, I hope this changes with the coaching changes
Just imagine if some day we could afford to mic up our press like normal professional teams that care about communication with their fans…
SY is the heart and soul of Red Wing success; all-time after the Howe era. Nobody is trying harder to win.
Trading Walman with a pick for "future considerations" didn't feel like he was trying real hard if you want the truth.
We're so used to Dan Campbell answering questions directly. I wish someone would ask a question about what this team's identity is or should be.
he looked a little frazzled in this one. haven’t felt that before
He's being asked to work now instead of smoke pot with Draper and Cleary
Dont forget his brother!@@HockeyLounge
Could be he feels if this doesn’t work he’s next?
he smokes weed?
@@HockeyLoungehe’s been putting in work, draft luck has been atrocious and he’s needed to settle for players in the draft who needed time to develop. asp for instance is going to be a stud. we also have a prospect putting up numbers in the 2nd best league in the world. i agree when he says players like tarosenko need to perform, but most of our free agency has not been good
Dude, glad to hear him say marco is playing great!
In todays workd it us not hard to have decent audio spend $100 bucks and use a internt to ensure we can hear the questions come on.
By the sounds of what Steve said in the 1st 3 mins of the video, players got Fester fired.
I would like to know why Steve don’t give a direct answer on, if certain players are close to being NHL ready.
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Because he doesn't owe you a damn thing. He's the GM NOT You. When you are then conduct your own press conference😒
@@malcolmcossar6447 you are so far off. I wasn’t saying anything negative, but you took everything as negative. You must live a very negative life. You are part of the problem that lays on the internet. Your type wouldn’t say half in real life, you are keyboard warriors huh tough guy.
I love that you can't hear any of the questions of the press...
Bob Boucher and his Defence/PK was horrible for years! I was so happy to see him go as well.
The guy they brought back in isn’t that much better.
He seems pissed!
It seemed like Newsy’s structure didn’t line up with the types of players Steve brought in.
But, offensive players do need to have some kind of defensive responsibility it just seemed like they were handcuffed.
We have a tough next 10 games coming too!
LGRW!!!
Dump and chase and treat the defensive zone like it’s a PK. That’s the system lalonde started this year and it’s been a disaster - roster talent aside.
@@bbeaupFunny, if you actually watched the games this season and looked at the data, the Wings used the dump and chase method the 5th least in the NHL. The least the team themselves have used it since the early 2010s. Do you know hockey systems and zone checks or just default to saying "dump and chase" when things are boring to watch?
And no I'm not a Lalonde supporter, he was the epitome of sticking a circular peg through a square hole. He needed to go. He tried to use a system that was too advanced for this current group but he dumbed it down in all the wrong ways.
You are correct, this team needs more talent and I believe Steve when he says he's trying because it's quite obvious regardless of the sarcastic remarks in here. People just think other teams are willing to give their good players away for nothing lol.
@@thenickfoxxi have watched the games. The wings constantly chip the puck in and chase or dump the puck in for a line change. Lol okay with your newsy underlying analytics. The point is they have relied on that strategy way too much and of course there’s more to the story. Not gonna write an antagonist thesis like your comment 😂
They play knowing the back end is sub par, always looking to limit mistakes
@@bbeaup So I prove your point wrong and you get all pissy about it. Got it. You're looking for dump and chase, so you see dump and chase alot more than it's actually happened. They've used it more in certain games, but overall it's one of the lowest rates in the league.
I guess knowing how hockey works is a bad thing when you're trying to state a case huh? Just so you know, knowledge isn't supposed to sound condescending. Just a fragile little ego you possess along with all the other cavemen.
Sure we’ve had horrible draft lottery results. But look at Florida. Bill Zito built a Cup winner with impeccable pro scouting, waiver gems and some trades. Only a handful of those players were drafted by FL. A masterclass in how to build a culture, an identity, a team. Fill your top 9 with natural centers who work their bags off.
I am hoping after the SHL season is over in March that Stevie brings in Sandin-Pellikka. Looking forward when that kid becomes a permanent fixture on our blueline.
I Love Stevie Y. I am so happy he gave us all the best Christmas gift in Todd Mclellan 😊
Goodbye Penguin 🐧 ⚰
I've never heard Yzerman be so rude to reporters and I've never seen him show his anger off the ice. He has always been so calculated and precise. Gotta be real.. he was a bit of a prick to several journalists. Especially to Art. For as angry as the fans are, this was not the right tone for a response. I am in my 40's and have been a diehard Wings fan my whole life. Yzerman means a whole lot to me. For most of my childhood, I had at least 1 poster of him on my wall. I own several of his jerseys. Still.. there were moments in this interview where I really didn't like how he treated people or his responses in general. Copp, Compher, Chiarot, Holl.. what is he going to do about those players and their contracts? That's what I want to know.
I'm a lifelong Yzerman fan but he's gotten a free pass from the media in this town for too long. I'm gad that someone finally had the guts to challenge him. I'm very disappointed in Yzerman's responses and condescending tone. He clearly is walking on water in the organization and nothing and no one can challenge him.
He sounds like a guy who is annoyed at the slightest amount of accountability. This entitlement comes from too many fans and media giving him so many passes.
I did t see him being rude or snippy. We don't hear most of the questions. But he seems to always be honest.
It is not easy firing a good man. So...leave Yzerman...Lalonde.
(Dad joke 🚨)
Yzerman is so handsome.
I like your post.......Although I am not certain that being handsome is his biggest concern at the moment.....🙂
@@geoffbarker5669no no, she has a point
centers centers centers... you cant have every center playing 1 or more positions above were their talent level is. It's one of the biggest problems i see night in and night out, compher does admirable work barely treading water at 2c, copp is at best 4th line veleno 4th line. This is why Danielson should have stayed up to see if you have the 2nd line center you need, and kasper comes in this year playing 3c and you can move off copp with a buyout, or trade veleno.
It's almost like we drafted and signed a roster full of 3rd line centers...
Couldnt agree w you more. If Danielson pops, the whole lineup is changed. Every single C is forced to punch above their weight class.
🎯 finally, someone else gets it. Our pro scouts are trash. Worst in the league. Copp was a career bottom 6 player, had an outlier career yr and Stevie signs him to be a 2C. Then when that failed he did the exact same thing with Compher, same situation. These are depth centers, PK guys. Then to make matters worse our top 6 wingers are all the same player. Small, soft skill.
Traded the wrong defensemen in Mattaa and Walman. Obvious to everyone. Sings TO’s cast off defensemen. The list goes and on. Yzerman has been horrible the last couple yrs. His first couple were great, but since then just terrible. Maybe pro scouts to blame, they have to be the absolute worst in the league.
@ Yzerman’s brother is head of the pro scouting table. We are here for a good time, not a long time.
im gonna call it right now. AS-P aka ASP the SNAKE! he wont be a end all be all fix, but man will he bring some real punch when he gets here
Nice to have Charlie Brown's teacher asking the questions!
😂😂😂made me laugh, nice
The Steve has spoken.
Who is running the Audio?
the normal guy called in sick for the last few years. so the got the guy selling roasted nuts doing audio...
Can’t hear the questions …… come on Detroit
It's a tough league to win in. A top 5 draft pick in 2025 wouldn't be bad.
At this point, I just want to see a few kids up by the end of the year for some NHL experience, it be fun to watch and we end up with a top 5 pick due to some good lottery luck. That would be awesome.
Mickey Mouse press conference when you can’t ensure the questions are audible. Who is in charge of media relations? They ought to be fired. And our media need to do internships in Canada in order to learn what to ask.
Todd Beam - Director, Public Relations. Contact him regarding the lack of mics at a major press conference. It is embarrassing.
People in the chat still bitching about Wallman. Sharks are WAY worse than the Wings, so what is he helping. Wings would still be in this boat if Wallman was here.
Sharks have great, young talent. Celebrini will be a superstar. San Jose is in a much better position long term to be a content than Detroit IMO.
Great move Steve. I think the players were not responding well to the head coach. Time for a change.
Exactly!
"You can still draft and you can still get difference makers, uh elite players, at any spot in the draft."
We're still waiting on someone to do that. Ownership is trying to sell that the rebuild is over so incredibly hard. There is plenty of everyday talent in the pipeline but no one has projected any of it to be elite.
Look at how he's trying to manage the expectations: not a cup contender, hoping they might be a wild card team, the team and prospects lost its way but it's up to them, picked the experienced head coach but he'll need some time but the rebuild is being expedited but... it borders on double-speak.
There's such a pall, a stymied fog around the vision and direction, at this point.
This is clown shit. We have Seider, Raymond, and Edvinsson already. Even players taken first overall take years to become elite. Raymond is outscoring MacKinnon and Kucherov through their first 4 seasons.
You’re just impatient. This isn’t football.
Dallas has done it without winning the lottery.
@@davidkruse4030 Dallas missed the playoffs 8 out of 10 seasons from 08-09 to 18-19. Their GM also didn’t leave his successor with basically nothing.
@@colingiles4251 I'm not impatient, ownership is. I don't recall demanding this team bring playoff revenue in the new arena but sure cool go off, simple king.
Selecting future hall of famers arbitrarily is fun but unless you're sincerely arguing that Raymond is projecting to be better than either of them, it's a moot point. It's a given that prospects take time to develop. Arguing for that in the face of a half-baked rebuild being forced to make the playoffs with less than a handful of competitive roster players is fundamentally failure. Next, you'll retread the tired bare cupboard Yzerman was left with and, golly gee, he drafted players and it's amazing how he did the thing he was literally hired to do.
@@colingiles4251 Oh there it is... lol.
So, explain: as the general manager of a professional ice hockey team, is it his job to draft and sign human beings to play on the professional ice hockey team or is that something he's done above and beyond the terms of the contract he was given?
They are not holding back on Steve, lol.
Good. He needs to explain himself. The position the team is in is unacceptable and is on him.
And to the yzerbots this isn’t on holland anymore.
The Red Wings have one or two great defenseman . If you have players not playing well in the defensive zone your offense will not produce goals. Our goaltending is average. I think the talent will come next year. It seems like it's always the coach that has to go. Players will be next down the line . We can make the playoffs this year. Good luck Hockeytown!!!!!
As much as I like Mo Seider, I completely disagree with your assessment. We don't even have 1 really good D-man. Seider is still developing and is in no way a finished product. His skating and D-zone coverage, and physicality need to be so much better. Our defense "Sucks"!
Trade Copp and Compher
Who would take their contracts?
@@spencerdobkin9479not one team in the league
Hate to tell you this... But nobody is taking on those contracts unless they light up.
To whom and for what? Both have No Trade Clauses and both make over $5m. Copp has two more years on his contract and Compher has three. How do you realistically get out of those contracts?
@@newplbob two of the worst contracts in the league
No real answers from Yzerman imo
Honestly I feel bad rn calling myself a lifelong diehard wings fan, all you fans complaining/trashing Yzerman are a bad look. Where’s the loyalty? Wtf you think lions fans were doing after loosing for 30+ years. Bunch of spoiled little brats like my 5 y/o daughter when she doesn’t get her way smh.
So many doomers in Detroit
I'm trying to stay positive even after seeing comment after comment of negativity.
"The people that love great juice would never be able to pick the right fruits".
ALL of these Doomers would trade 10-12 straight yrs of "Hockey Town playoffs" for a 2019 St. Louis Blue's SC winning run. (no respect to STL; that was epic)
What does loyalty buy you in most aspects of life? Screwed and taken advantage of by your employer, especially anything remotely in the corporate world. Sports is similar in "what have you done for me lately?" Keep standing on your moral superiority and high horse tho. You're one of the "good fans", congrats
In the 2025 nhl entry draft, the Detroit redwings select, from Boston college…. James Hagens.
Hate to break it to you but hiring Mclellan signals they're not shooting for the lottery. They're trying to win games for some reason and this team is trying neither to make the playoffs nor pick in the top 5...
@@workshoptelescopethe good news is I don’t see this team getting any better anyways.
Yzerman is my favorite player all time, he was the Detroit Red Wings for two decades. Did he make the right hire? I don’t know, but Lalonde 100% wasn’t the guy. I think our main concern is player personnel. They don’t have the players to make the playoffs and get past the first round. I know The Captain forgot more about hockey and the NHL in the last five minutes than most of us ever knew. With that said it’s a results oriented league. I don’t think Yzerman has a job after this season if they miss the playoffs again if not for his history as a player. He made a change, this season got off to a poor start. Hopefully there is still time to turn this team around and make the playoffs. If they miss the playoffs in spring 2026 I think Yzerman has to go. I think Steve is the greatest captain ever in NHL history, probably a lot easier to convince players to come to the beach than Detroit Michigan 🤷🏻♂️
Questions
(Fester is Derek Lalonde btw)
1) when did u know you were firing fester
2) what did u like about todd
3) from a personnel standpoint what is missing right now
4) do you believe you have good players in place) (roughly)
5) when did u know to fire fester was it after stl game??
6) were u waiting to fire fester based on todds availability (roughly)
7) how much responsibility do the players have with how much red wings suck up to this point (roughly)
8) when will the yzerplan pay off? What players are you expecting to make the plan work?
9) does the roster need a shakeup?
10) is the message is stale at the point? (The wait and construction of the yzerplan i guess??)
11) is it important to get guys with experience (coach)?
12) does his (todds) style fit the red wings vs festers style. Given it didnt work in LA (roughly)
13) did todds hire inspire the yawney pick?
14) red wings have improved since u took over (points wise). Whats your opinion of this year?? Why u suck so bad this year so late in the rebuild? Is this a setback?
15) what do u want to say to fan thinking firing fester is not enough?
16) how do u feel about your young players on the team from the draft players you got over the years in the nhl or lower levels?
17) what are the terms of todds deal? What were the facts of hiring him?
18) how are you not angry at the rebuild results? Why are you not panic trading and getting actual good players? How are you staying patient?
19) why are you not bringing all our prospects up? Do u think they aren't ready?
Give it 10-12 years. Trust the plan. 😂
IM SO SAD GE DIDNT SAY MERRY CHRISTMAS IN THE BEGGINING
The Wings need a player or two who work their asses off every game. It might be infective to the rest of the players who are playing like they're depressed.
Let’s get JT Miller
Call up Mazur, Soderblom or Austin Watson
I thought Mazur was injured
@@therantwithgrant13 probs right. I haven’t followed the griffins much but he looked good in preseason
I was patient with the rebuild up until this year.
Same. After I saw how he handled this off-season I decided he's a failure as GM
How many yrs did todd sign for?
2
they never said they just said he signed a multi-year contract.
Yeah, I had only heard the multi yr too, but 2 sounds like it fits Steve's answers. Thanks
@thefamilymans2545 look at this way
2 year and 1 of the year is the rest of this season so.....
@@RickThomthanks
How can you have playoff expectations when you did not even acquire a true second line center or two decent defensemen during the off-season? Ridiculous thinking. We have a top line that is one of the weakest in the league then a bunch of third and 4th lines
Thx for taking the time to provide this!
Its a long hard road out of hell
Goddamn if that ain’t the truth. But when you’re going through hell, keep going.
Why can’t I hear the media
Yzermans expectations prior to the season was a wild card spot ? 🤣 did he not see what he assembled? Maata chiarot petry Gustafson holl and 2 rookies on the back end to start the season? Man he was seriously deluded
Exactly. He literally built this shit show. He needs to go next.
@ I’m only on the fire yzerman camp when I see all these prospects we accumulated show up. If they fail he’s gotta go ... as awful those signings were and how nonsensical that walman deal was I’m willing to wait to see what’s in all those picks he made
I also don’t think McClellan’s the coach that will be here when we’re a contender again so I’m expecting yet again another change within 24 months ... we’ll see if I’m right or wrong on that one. But ya yzerman’s running out of chances , we better have some gems coming from those picks
well you just made your hire stevie, this doesnt work out you might be done here. hope youre happy with who you got because you just hung your career on this dude
Would love to see Blashill have a chance to coach a team that's not $30M under Sal Cap.
I knew it..!
Steve is about to trade Dylan Larkin to Dallas, Patrick Kane will go to Colorado.
Or Anaheim.
Very bad joke if not to say more
Also how is he still so tan? He hittin’ the sun bed?
Bro said we need good players a lot, meaning we ain’t got our good players yet… gotta sting as someone on the roster right now.
Hopefully it stings enough to encourage them to not play like shit
Lalonde said this in early season interviews the last two seasons as well. How are you supposed to get the most out of your players, when the GM and coach have already put a ceiling on your abilities…??? Just horrible leadership
They're big boys getting a big boy paycheck who watched their coach get fired. If it doesn't sting they need to get a desk job.
Trade for a first line center that has a winning mentality, personality and hockey IQ that could take the team to a cup run.
Larkin is not that player.
Like they are easy to trade for
Good luck finding THAT, being able to trade for THAT, while keeping what you've just spent the last 5-6 seasons building.
Will you be upset when if he trades Kasper and Ray for 1C? Because that's what it will cost (probably add a pick or two in there)
Yeah, Yzerman should trade for McDavid, and while he's at it, throw the farm at Igor Shesterkin. No sense in not trading for Quinn Hughes while we're in fantasy land, right?
Your delusional man
So many teams looking to get rid of awesome cornerstone pieces. Should be easy. Expecting to see the trade go down next week.
Yzerman might get fired if he wasn't a legacy hire. Hopefully McLellan can get the group going.
Yzerman should be fired after this season. Lalonde was not the issue
@@p00l95 You guys are clowns. Every one of Yzerman's first round picks are stars in the making. Seider, Raymond, Edvinsson, Kasper, his first 4 seasons of first round picks are on the team. Holland couldn't do that, which is why 10 years ago with the exception of Larkin that Kenny Holland ruined the team. Zadina, Chosloski, Svechnikov, Rasmussen, Larkin, Sheahan, Mantha, how many of these guys are bonafide first rounders? One, Dylan Larkin, the blame is on Holland. Yzerman will need at least 5 more years of first rounders to grow the team from the draft.
@@SS-iv7wvpreach it brother
Sometimes it's more about Change than the people. I would hire Yzerman in a heartbeat for an expansion team but I think he has worn out his time in Detroit. I could be wrong but I'm not confident.
Oh this shit is pissing me off so much, it seems like Steve thinks our opinions mean nothing and him over ripening our prospects is the best thing. It's fucking infuriating!
Getting rid of walman Gostisbehere Perron is the reason our season looks like this
We need defense yzerman
Perron has played only 9 games and has 0 points this season.
I only agree on the loss of Ghost😆😬
Hey Steve, having JT Compher as your second line center DOES NOT make this team better. Just saying 😂😂😂😂
I love this guy but I think he is making a huge mistake bringing Todd over to coach. As an Edmontonian I never liked his energy as all. We are really blessed to have Chris coaching here now.
Bottom line, this season is over. Maybe next season, again 😩
8 points out of a playoff spot with 3 and a half months of games means the season is over?!
Try close caption
Stevie’s first couple yrs were great. But last 2 have been downright awful. More bad decisions than good when it comes to signing FA’s and trades. Maybe it’s the pro scouts. The Copp and Compher signings were him getting fooled by 3rd line checking centers who had outlier career yrs going into FA. They are not 2C’s.
Not 1 power forward on the team. Top wingers are all the same player. Soft, undersized skill. Might be the smallest top 6 wingers in the league.
And Rasmussen is a frustrating player. Drafted to be a 1/2 center. He’s not that, fine. But maybe he could use his massive body and play with some passion. The team desperately needs a “dog”. A power forward. Some tough skill. Look at Florida’s top 6. Not even the biggest guys, but they play with bite. With passion. And it’s no coincidence that 8 of their top 9 forwards are all natural centers. They can drive a line. Whereas Wings have all these small skilled wingers who are essentially the same player. Wings have 1 center who can drive a top 6 line. Larkin. Kasper is about the only hope Wings have for a 2C. I’d stick Rasmussen on the top line and tell him to watch video of every shift from Bennett and Tkachuk. Either he plays that way, or he’s gone. Hell, tell all the forwards that. Success is found in the hard areas. It’s finishing checks and forechecking your bag off every single shift. It’s going to the net front and taking the abuse. Fighting for position. It’s going to be 10X harder because Steve decided we needed the smallest possible wingers to do it, but it can be done.
It's almost like this year's team isn't the one. It's almost like those players won't be the ones on this team when it matters in a few years. It's almost like it's a well thought out plan with a timeline that doesn't fit your immediate needs or ability to comprehend.
Rasmussen, Zadina, Veleno, Berggren, Svechnikov, Chelowski, Smith, etc... ALL Holland.
Terrible contacts pre 2019 until 2026 ALL Holland
22yrs of selling off every prospect and every pick ALL Holland
Yzerman took what little we had and parlayed that into picks for a future team and has squeezed every drop out of them.
The only thing he asked for was patience until they arrive a good chunk next year and an even bigger boatload in 2026.
No more patience. No coach can coach a crappy roster. Rebuild year one or year 7 ??? !
We're not asking for a big trade, we want you to draft better (stop being safe) and manage better (stop holding back Cossa!)
Stop being safe?! We drafted Mo Seider 6th overall and everyone was puzzled.
@ what 5 years ago?
@@Thegooman67 how’s Axel Sandin Pellikka?
@@scotteberline5458 we need to be going for high upside here, you think MBN, ASP and Kasper bring that?
@@scotteberline5458 Not on the roster that's the problem
Looks like it’s not Lalonde!!!!!! Hahahahah!!
Such a great team we have.
Lalonde must of enjoyed the game vs Toronto
one game huh
You think that’s how it works?
Like… what?! Pft.
This shtick is getting old. He’s so annoying to listen to.
This man is a hockey god, sir. You'd best watch your tone
@@President.GeorgeWashington shut up, fool
@@MuskratWhiskersignorant comment, fools calling other ppl fools 😂
Go watch another team ✌🏻 don’t want/need ya
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