Detroit Red Wings

Tonight...

 

Starting to compete as of late...

 

That's Chris Osgood.at 1:30.

 

Buffalo clobbered Detroit. Tonight Wings look to turn it around vs New York...

 

Im a forget that performance in NY and hope for something better on Friday night...

 

*Detroit Free Press*

How does Gerard Gallant's firing affect Yzerman, Blashill and the Detroit Red Wings?

General manager Steve Yzerman has praised the job performed by Detroit Red Wings coach Jeff Blashill, but things took an interesting turn Wednesday.

The Vegas Golden Knights announced via Twitter that they have fired head coach Gerard Gallant and hired former San Jose Sharks head coach Peter DeBoer.

Gallant is the seventh coach fired during the 2019-20 season, the fifth fired for on-ice performance-related issues. The Golden Knights are one point behind the Calgary Flames for third place in the Pacific Division and very much part of the wild-card race in the Western Conference.



Gallant is close friends with Yzerman. The two played together from 1984-85 to 1992-93, with Gallant often lining up on Yzerman’s left wing. Since retiring as a player in 1995-96 (when he had a brief stint with the Detroit Vipers), Gallant has forged a successful coaching career. He was nominated for the Jack Adams Award as the NHL's coach of the year in 2016 after guiding the Florida Panthers to a franchise-record 103 points and an Atlantic Division title.

Gallant was named coach of the Golden Knights in April 2017, and led the expansion team to the Stanley Cup final in its inaugural season before falling to the Washington Capitals.

The Wings are last in the NHL with a 12-32-3 record and are headed for a fourth straight draft lottery, but there has been no indication Yzerman has been mulling an in-season coaching change. Blashill, who succeeded Mike Babcock in 2015, is the NHL's third-longest tenured coach, after Tampa Bay's Jon Cooper (2013) and Winnipeg's Paul Maurice (2014).

Yzerman defended the job done by Blashill, saying “regardless of injuries, our record and our team's performance is somewhat unfair to pin that on the coaching staff at this point. The injuries make it really difficult to really know what you truly have.”

It has been expected that Blashill will finish out this season, then possibly be offered another job within the organization.

In addition to Gallant, Yzerman also could look at another former teammate in Lane Lambert, currently an associate coach with the New York Islanders. Lambert was a fellow Wings draft pick of Yzerman in 1983, and as rookies shared an apartment on Detroit’s riverfront.

 

Wings hung tough...

 

Tonight...

 

Red Wings drop another. Zadina with 2 goals.



Its the ALL-STAR break... Detroit needs a break.

 

Wings finally back in action...

 

Tonight...

 

Red Wings shut out for the second straight game, while Gerrard Gallant sits at home.

 

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