The Free Press’s Ryan Ford posted an article which discusses “Everything to know about Alex DeBrincat, 40 goal-scorers and the Detroit Red Wings,” but “everything to know about Alex DeBrincat” only constitutes a quarter of his article:
In Steve Yzerman’s fourth season as Detroit Red Wings general manager, playoff hopes are as high as they’ve ever been. This is due, in large part, to Yzerman’s effort to address the team’s scoring woes over the offseason.
After the Wings finished 24th out of 32 teams in goals scored, Yzerman traded for forward Klim Kostin at the NHL draft, added forwards J.T. Compher, Christian Fischer and Daniel Sprong and defensemen Shayne Gostisbehere and Justin Holl via free agency, then nabbed forward Alex DeBrincat via a July trade and defenseman Jeff Petry in an August deal. In all, Yzerman added players who combined for 109 goals last season.
The biggest offensive talent of that bunch is DeBrincat, the Farmington Hills product who had 27 goals and 39 assists with Ottawa last season in what was a down year for him. That’s because DeBrincat is a two-time 40-goal scorer, hitting the milestone with the Chicago Blackhawks.
Continued; that’s not everything about DeBrincat, but Ford’s “blurb” sets up a column which really discusses the phenomenon of high-scoring forwards in the NHL these days, the Red Wings’ 40+ goal-scorers, and the history of American 40-goal scorers.
