Detroit Hockey Now’s Kevin Allen offers a link to a fine article by Chicago Hockey Now’s Nate Brown, who compares the statuses of the rebuilds of the Red Wings and Chicago Blackhawks:
Chicago Hockey Now writer Nate Brown is comparing Chicago’s rebuild to various NHL teams going through rebuild. Today, Brown compares the Blackhawks and Red Wings rebuild scenario.
Brown writes: “The way Detroit fell into a rebuild was strikingly similar (to Chicago): Once a contender, early playoff exits, poor drafting, and an inability to move on from players past their prime.
Of course, the most major difference in their rebuilds is the Blackhawks won the lottery and landed a generational player in Connor Bedard. The Red Wings have had no luck in the lottery whatsoever.
Brown says the Blackhawks should be thankful for their lottery luck.
The Red Wings, dating back to 2017 when they first qualified for a lottery shot, have either stayed even or fallen in every draft,” Brown writes. “That includes the 2020 one, where the league changed lottery rules as a result of the wailing over Detroit falling three spots after having a historically bad year. Yzerman literally started from scratch.
