MLive’s Ansar Khan discusses the Red Wings’ belief that their revised roster should be more potent on special teams this morning:
The Detroit Red Wings’ power play last season was the best it has been in eight years, though the bar was low.
They ranked 17th with their best percentage (21.1) since 2014-15 (23.8) and with little contribution from Tyler Bertuzzi (five power-play points) and nothing from Jakub Vrana and Filip Zadina.
They’re gone, as are Dominik Kubalik (17 power-play points) and Filip Hronek (16 points).
The replacements – Alex DeBrincat, J.T. Compher, Daniel Spring and Shayne Gostisbehere – give the Red Wings’ power play the potential to be better.
“Potential being the key word,” general manager Steve Yzerman said. “I think we have more options. I think we have more left and right shots, a bit better balance. I would hope that both units are a little deeper and we can put both units out there and be a little more effective and in turn bump that power-play percentage up a little bit.”
