Bleacher Report’s Sara Civian offers a single prediction for each and every NHL team for the 2025-2026 season this morning:
Detroit Red Wings
Prediction: The situation on defense makes or breaks Detroit’s playoff hopes.
The Reason Why: The Red Wings desperately need an upgraded defense, and they didn’t do much to drastically improve the situation in the offseason (which was fair because the market was so weak). Will the young players who stepped it up in the second half last season fully break out and solve this problem? Will Steve Yzerman outsource with a trade? One of these scenarios has to happen.
Continued; it’s going to take a combination of young players stepping up and an import or two to truly address the Wings defense’s shortcomings.
