Red Wings head coach Derek Lalonde (0:25) and executive VP/general manager Steve Yzerman (48:00) speak to the media following the 23-24 Detroit Red Wings season.
Its a blessing in disguise that we missed, i dont get the lalonde hate, its his second season, and the team has clearly improved overall since his hiring, we will have so much momentum going into next season with this extra time off, the future is bright.
Wtf do you mean he lost seven straight in a playoff chase he blows and he never props the boys up he's way to pessimistic id rather have a veteran coach
What the heck were you watching? Blessing in disguise that we missed the playoffs? Are you freaking kidding me? There’s no way we should’ve missed the playoffs. it wasn’t just that they lost seven straight, it’s how they lost them. Absolutely no fight or determination from the team. Getting smoked twice by Arizona? No defense at all? Lalonde sucks.
LaLonde is a BS artist. The D zone coverage was horrible, never fixing being out of position and poor gaps on D. He didn’t play Lyon until almost Thanksgiving when he had to. He mishandled Kostin and Holl. Why? Newsy is not the answer.
@@richierich398 the way this rebuild has been working has been drafting and developing from within, yzerman going out and making a bunch of signings was to give prospects more time to develop… Guys like copp, compher, chariot…these guys were signed do boost depth and hopefully flip for future draft picks once yzermans personal picks are ready to enter the lineup, these guys are not apart of the bigger picture….we have ALOT of young talent and if you ever thought the team you saw this year was the yzerplan you are getting too far ahead of yourself and by my observation a lot of dummy’s think we should somehow be making the playoffs when we have been screwed at every draft lottery? Like it’s written in the stars that this is going to be a long one. We will probably make the playoffs next season (and we’ll probably get eliminated quick),but if we would have made it this season we would have been destroyed by the rangers Larkin probably would have gotten more hurt than he already is and the morale that was built this season would have been shattered in 7 games or less.
Until ASP comes in. Honestly I believe ASP is already at 3rd pair level but it’s probably best for his long term growth to stay in shl for one more year
Just to think we could have had Quinn Hughes over Zadina, Jason Robertson over gustav lindstrom, and Brayden point over someone else is mind boggling, the guys we picked were right BEFORE those guys were taken, if ken holland wasn’t a fucking idiot we’d have playoffs to talk about, we’d have seider-Hughes, Hronek- edvinsson, Johannson and a veteran we would be stacked on the blue line but nah holland likes tiny guys that have one good season in junior hockey and think it’ll translate
They were 1 game away from making the playoffs. The two games they lost against the coyotes and especially the one against the sharks were a killer. All and all they're on the right path. Need improvement on defense
I totally agree federal off is one of my favorite players, but I've heard there's some hard feelings between him and the organization and they said that would probably never ever happen. That's why they haven't retired his number his jersey bad blood.
@@dukeford8893 there were a few coffee w/ Carly shows early in the season, she does a few Q and A segments on the red wings app, and a few spots w / interviews between periods during prospects camp. But definitely didn’t see enough of her during the season
Just like managers at a 9 to 5 and coaches we all know they only care about numbers and statistics. That being said this is the most emotion and good-feeling type hockey ive felt in a long time. I love this team and franchise and will support till the day I die. Not much should change for next year and we can get in there. I mean we were literally right there only cause Philly pulled there goalie when they didn't need too but at the same time we shouldn't have been down so late. That's why it's on us. Ggs boys
We weren't in due to a couple of massive collapses. EXPECTATIONS CHANGED in January and February. If I hear no one expected us to be here... what a defeatist mind set
I have to say, They’re moving the puck better than they have in years. STILL Way too many defensive lapses. All of those games where they were way up early, and then gave the game back to their opponent. Get just one of those games back…and they’re in the playoffs. That’s the difference between this current team, and the team 15 years ago. Those teams had stifling, shutdown defenses.
Anyone criticizing Lalonde really has no idea what is going on behind the scenes. bowman never yelled and screamed at players either. Not comparing the two, but you don’t know what’s said in the locker room.
One thing I noted: Steve Yzerman says the coaching staff has to groom the players more toward team defense next year. LaLonde says Yzerman has to provide him with players that have defense first DNA. There is obviously a mismatch between management and coach about who is responsible for team defense. My guess is that Yzerman will win the argument in one year. See ya later LaLonde...
You not present in the locker room or on the ice with them. None of us are. All we see are the end game interview and and he’s not throwing chairs and yelling at people so we think he doesn’t have heart…at least the haters in this instant gratification world we live in now
I came in this season only wanting to know Ras and Veleno’s long term fit with this team. And I know they are not it! Definitely not at a long term extension over $2+ mil AAV!! Hugely disappointed.
It's hard to take some of these comments seriously considering Berggren absolutely earned a spot and got screwed repeatedly just to protect waiver eligibility. Does anybody legitimately believe Czarnik or ZAR is a better player than Berggren?
@@casewojo6186 Particularly embarrassing that you're the dumber one in this conversation, then. You right tho, Czarnik played great contributing no offense and turning the puck over incessantly. Way better than Berggren. 🤣
Just stuff you already know mainly. Defense needs to improve. He did say he has interest in re-signing Kane if that grabs your bag. He's happy with the overall organization especially whats happening in GR. He was dissapointed to not make the playoffs but said the season was progress overall. When it was insinuated to him that the head coaching was an issue he said not for him it wasn't so he's pleased with Lalonde. Spoke about some of the prospects, I got the sense many of them wont be ready for next year but a couple of them might be (just my personal take). Basically nothing thats going to surprise you all that much.
This guy is too soft, too negative toward team goals, and does nothing but try to point out his 3 more wins or 5 more points or whatever his miniscule improvement was. He was given a veteran team to ice this year and did a fair job of coaching them. All year he said all season was how non elite they were. And how they didn't deserve their standing. What a buffoon.
The Detroit media is a bunch of "YES" men. Woman and a bunch of little guys who have never played a day of hockey. Let's just laugh and giggle instead of asking real questions or trying to figure out why they are not getting better.
This team has consistently gotten better the past 4 seasons. Problem is now they are at the bottleneck. You either push for 100 pts next year to make the playoffs, or don’t improve
@@heresJohnny73 no they didn’t? Look at how many soft goals they allowed in that Pittsburgh game alone. Are you going to deny the evidence of your own eyes?
3:08 this is all I needed to hear to know that this core doesn’t have it. We should have never resigned Larkin. This team should still be rebuilding and getting a proper #1 center who isn’t 27 already. What’s the point of rebuilding if you don’t do it properly.
Maybe the wings should hire you as GM as you think you know more than people who have actually done it for a living. Signing Larkin was a no brainer. He's a true captain and leader.
You’re so oblivious to the game it’s crazy 💀 just because Larkin isn’t putting up 120 points doesn’t mean he’s not a good player. You have the players at way to high of a standard yk how rare it is to find a macKinnon or a mcdavid? Go cheer for a different team if you’re gonna be a bum