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Surveying the media’s takes on Steve Yzerman’s press conference

Red Wings GM Steve Yzerman spoke with the media earlier this afternoon, and the Red Wings’ press corps all posted articles about said press conference.

The Detroit News’s Ted Kulfan took note of the GM’s take on the Red Wings’ likely status as playing for a playoff spot down the stretch again…

“I don’t think it’s any different than I felt last year,” Yzerman said during Thursday’s media conference. “We’re in that group of teams that has a chance to compete for the playoffs if we stay healthy and if our goaltending is good and you get some, maybe unexpected production some players outplay your expectations, you might get in. Or you might miss by a point on the last game of the season. That’s the fine line of it all.”

The Wings have missed the playoffs the last eight seasons, including the last five with Yzerman managing the Wings. Yzerman admitted to feeling some pressure to get into the playoffs, but he’s not going to change his masterplan.

“Our fanbase wants to win and we came close last year in making the playoffs,” Yzerman said. “The finish of our season was very exciting and dramatic. Maybe a little misleading in that we have to really improve like we’ve talked in some areas, we have to get deeper. We’d love to make the playoffs this year and I’m hopeful, but we’ll continue to build a strong nucleus of players that will be around here. Pressure, whatever you want to call it, will not change what I’m trying to do.”

But Yzerman did suggest that he may yet make another addition, as Detroit Hockey Now’s Kevin Allen noted…

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Press release: Red Wings sign defenseman Tory Dello to 1-year contract

Per the Detroit Red Wings:

RED WINGS SIGN DEFENSEMAN TORY DELLO TO ONE-YEAR, TWO-WAY CONTRACT

  … Blueliner Has Skated in 188 AHL Games with Grand Rapids, Laval and Chicago …

DETROIT – The Detroit Red Wings today signed defenseman Tory Dello to a one-year, two-way contract.

Dello, 27, split the entire 2023-24 season with the American Hockey League’s Chicago Wolves, recording 13 points (3-10-13) and 28 penalty minutes in 65 games. The 6-foot, 200-pound defenseman played the 2022-23 season with the AHL’s Laval Rocket, tallying 15 points (4-11-15), a plus-13 rating and 24 penalty minutes in 48 regular-season games. Originally signed by the AHL’s Grand Rapids Griffins to an amateur tryout on March 11, 2020, Dello picked up two assists, a plus-four rating and 14 penalty minutes in 20 games in parts of two seasons with the Griffins from 2019-21. In total, Dello has collected 48 points (12-36-48), a plus-42 rating and 112 penalty minutes in 188 AHL games with the Griffins, Rocket and Wolves.

Prior to turning professional, Dello played four seasons at the University of Notre Dame from 2016-20, logging 40 points (7-33-40), a plus-19 rating and 133 penalty minutes in 154 games. He helped the Fighting Irish win a Big Ten Conference championship in 2017-18, in addition to consecutive Big Ten Tournament titles in 2018 and 2019. Dello also picked up 36 points (7-29-36), a plus-22 rating and 186 penalty minutes in 152 games with the Tri-City Storm in the United States Hockey League from 2012-16, captaining the Storm to a Clark Cup championship in 2016. He was named the recipient of the 2016 Curt Hammer Award, presented annually to “the USHL player who distinguishes himself both on and off the ice by demonstrating outstanding performance skills, pride and determination.” The Lakewood, Ill., native won a bronze medal with Team USA at the 2014 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament, finishing with two assists and six penalty minutes in five games.

Tweet of note: the Red Wings’ Summer Development Camp scrimmage starts tomorrow at 8:30 AM, will be streamed

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THN’s Stockton examines a Wings learning model

Red Wings beat writer Sam Stockton got into the details of the Red Wings’ Summer Development Camp’s learning model, as evidenced by breaking down several videos of skill development drills:

The person who does the work does the learning. This sentiment is a fundamental truth of any form of education, and athletic training is no exception. From that sentiment, a question begs for the world’s teachers and coaches: How do we make sure the right work is happening to maximize our efficiency in the limited time we have with which to impart a lesson?

Take 2024 Red Wings Development Camp as an example. As Detroit brass likes to say, the camp is meant to be educational and not evaluative. Camp is also only five days, which is reduced to three days of on-ice education by a preliminary day of testing and capstone day reserved for scrimmaging. The camp represents an extremely limited window of direct, face-to-face, collective opportunity to work with a group of 50 drafted and invited prospects for the organization, building in an imperative to make that time count.

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Video link: Red Wings to stream Steve Yzerman’s press conference

Per the Detroit Red Wings’ YouTube channel:

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