The Detroit News’s Ted Kulfan posted a profile of Alex Lyon this evening, discussing Lyon’s attempts to earn the #1 goaltender’s spot on the Red Wings team:
“I put in a lot of work this summer and just excited and optimistic to get going,” Lyon said. “My whole career I’ve had to kind of work for every inch that I’ve gotten, so my approach remains the same. Coming off last year I feel a bit more comfortable playing in the NHL and just trying to build on that confidence.”
Lyon, 31, signed a two-year contract with the Wings in July 2023, so simply being in the same town, the same organization for two consecutive season is a nice change of pace. The Wings are his fourth NHL organization.
“I’ve been on one-year deals for a long time, and so just being back in a place and to have a little bit of comfortability is something that I haven’t really experienced for a while,” Lyon said. “It feels good and I’m happy to be here and really looking forward to the season. I’m trying to kind of vindicate what happened last year.”
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For the Wings, that’s doubly good news in that elite goaltending can lift a team. And given what happened late last season, that’s another important ingredient that could push the Wings into a playoff berth.
“Everybody in the locker room feels like we’re on a mission,” Lyon said.
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