The Free Press’s Helene St. James posted an article this morning which discusses three reasons why the Red Wings’ 2020-2021 season won’t be as challenging as the previous campaign. I’d suggest that her “third reason” may be the most pertinent as she levels with the fan base:
Look, 2021 can’t possibly be as challenging as 2020. We will have to make do with a shortened season because the novel coronavirus delayed the start of the season until Jan. 13. The Wings are scheduled to play 56 games — eight each against the temporarily re-designed Central Division (the Wings, Carolina Hurricanes, Chicago Blackhawks, Columbus Blue Jackets, Dallas Stars, Florida Panthers, Nashville Predators and Tampa Bay Lightning).
The Wings project to miss the playoffs for a fifth straight season, but come autumn, the likes of recent draft picks Moritz Seider, Jonatan Berggren and Lucas Raymond could boost the rebuild. Remember: It took 14 years for Yzerman to lift the Stanley Cup, and that was with the amazing 1989 draft (when the Wings hauled in Sergei Fedorov, Nicklas Lidstrom and Vladimir Konstantinov). Next seasson may look bleak, but the future looks bright.
Continued, with praise for the “Filips” and Dylan Larkin.
I think there are lots of reasons why the 2020-2021 season could be just as challenging as the 2019-2020 one, but they involve that “novel coronavirus” more than anything else. On the ice, I’m expecting some improvement.
