The Red Wings practiced on Saturday at the BB&T Center ahead of their two-game set against the Florida Panthers (starting Sunday at 3 PM EST), and Bobby Ryan and coach Jeff Blashill were made available for Zoom calls on Saturday afternoon.
Ryan told the Detroit News’s Ted Kulfan that the condensed schedule has done the Wings no favors in terms of attempting to stop the snowball that is the team’s 8-game winless streak:
“Everything is happening so quick, and you’re in a funk, or teamwise, or me personally, getting trouble getting the puck on the net right now, you need reps to get out of it,” Ryan said. “A lot of times when you’re practicing on a day like today, we play at 3 (p.m.) tomorrow (Sunday), you can’t really get to work on the details as much as you’d like. You have to get moving and get some shots on the goalie and get a chance to install (schematics) but other than that, you’re really saving it for the next night all the time.
“That’s the downside of where we’re at, but more so this year. We’re seeing a lot more video and things like that and that’s where you’re at right now, that’s just the way it is. It is more difficult, but we have to accept it.”
Kulfan continues; coach Blashill also weighed in on the steps that the team has taken forward, as noted by DetroitRedWings.com’s Brett McWethy…
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