The Hockey News’s Sam Stockton discusses the Red Wings’ revised forward lines as evidenced by Detroit’s Sunday practice:
Coach Derek Lalonde reunited an Alex DeBrincat–Dylan Larkin–Lucas Raymond trio that found some success early in the season. He also reconnected J.T. Compher and Andrew Copp, placing them on a line with Vladimir Tarasenko. Patrick Kane—who has been quiet since returning from injury—moves down to a third line role, beside Marco Kasper and Michael Rasmussen.
The purpose behind the changes is obvious: The Red Wings need to find more goals. As Lalonde explained, “We would like a little more secondary scoring, and again, we keep trying to pound some harder offense. And yes, obviously on the whole for the year, we rank towards the bottom of the league and rightfully so…The early stretches, we were not producing chances, kinda living off our power play there a little bit. But of late, we’re getting some quality looks.”
Continued with an update on the Red Wings’ goaltending situation…
