The Hockey News’s Jason Chen kicks off the 2023-2024 season’s power rankings with a slate of late preseason rankings, and the Red Wings sit in “prove it” territory:
22. Detroit Red Wings (35-37-10, -39. CF%: 26, xGF%: 26)
Key addition: Alex DeBrincat, and just about every middle-six forward and bottom-pairing defenseman who was available in free agency. GM Steve Yzerman is trying to spend his way out of a team that’s been stagnant, and another disappointing season and the Yzerplan is in danger of being Yzerscrapped.
Continued; that’s an Yzerignorant thing to Yzersay.
It’s not Pig Latin, either.
