Dylan Larkin and Jeff Blashill talk after the Detroit Red Wings lose, 2-0, to the Buffalo Sabres on Friday, Oct. 25, 2019, at Little Caesars Arena. Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press
Jeff Blashill pushed back against the Detroit Red Wings needing to show desperation because he doesn’t like what the word implies.
"When you’re desperate in life,” he said, “you do stupid things. When you have no money, you go rob a bank because you’re desperate. I always try to be real careful with that.”
Blashill prefers the word urgency. Whatever verbiage is applied, the Wings want to redefine their season, want to prove they are better than the team that is on a seven-game losing skid heading into Sunday’s contest at Little Caesars Arena against the defending Stanley Cup champion St.