Ah, there’s nothing like a little skepticism regarding the Red Wings’ start and its sustainability, via power rankings from The Athletic’s Dom Luszczyszyn and Sean Gentille’s power rankings, to get your blood moving:
23. Detroit Red Wings
Record: 7-6-2
Last Week: 28
Dom rank: 22
Sean rank: 23So dust off your highest hopes
All I know is pouring rain
And everything has changed
All I know is a new found graceDom: At their absolute worst, the Red Wings kept striking out at the draft lottery. It’s a devastating blow for a team designed to be bad and year after year the team had to settle for a lower pick making the rebuild that much harder.
Well, a team can do much worse than “settling” for Lucas Raymond, drafted fourth in 2020, and Moritz Seider, drafted sixth in 2019. It’s super early, but both players have flashed star potential already, helping the Red Wings get off to a much stronger start than expected. It probably won’t last, but faith in the Yzerplan is finally being rewarded. This team is on the cusp of a turnaround.
Sean: Yep. If I’m a Wings fan, I’m ready to go all-in and root for them to win every game. If they end up with the 11th-best lottery shot, so be it. What’s done is done. Enjoy Raymond and Seider. There’s value in chasing a winning record, even if it doesn’t last.
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When I figure out how these , somebodies, arrive at these rankings, I will respond. OK, just stopped trying to figure out their madness. Do anything, (no matter how disgusting) for a buck or loonie.
If it is OK with the Grand Blogger in need of Funding, I will stay just a fan and happy and unpaid.
Thank you for all the Red Wing, etc good stuff and you don’t get paid either. Some Red Wing fan must have won the Lottery, Share with the unnamed Blogger. Otherwise there will only be talking Too Many Heads that are Hockey Empty, HSJ is Number uno on my list of Dense pretenders. Off to Edmonton with you, only thing different is clothes have to be worn, Thank the Lord for that!!