The Athletic’s Sean McIndoe, a.k.a. Down Goes Brown, offers a season preview this morning, and he’s predicting that the Red Wings will finish in his “Middle-of-the-Pack Division,” and he notes that it’s fashionable to bash the “Yzerplan,” at least:
Last season: 35-37-10, 80 points, seventh in the Atlantic
Their offseason in six words: Yzerman blockbuster! (He can do that?)
Why they’re here: You know the drill by now. Where outsiders see a rebuild that’s spinning its wheels and watching other teams zoom past, Wings fans see a patient plan unfolding without much help from the lottery gods. They trust Steve Yzerman — maybe not unanimously, but close enough that I know not to dig too deep into any criticism. Instead, I’ll put the Wings here, expecting them to be better than last season but not quite good enough for a playoff spot. Yet.
Continued; patience is necessary here in Detroit, and we’re pretty much out of it, but the Yzerplan remains an in-progress rebuild, so there’s not much else to do, other than whine and complain because the Red Wings’ GM is working at his own pace.
Thankfully for the organization, he doesn’t care what you or I, or the rest of the media, think about him.
