We all know how the Detroit Red Wings performed this past season and this team has a long way before it’s ready to assert themselves into the contender conversation again. But, the Wings do have a small nucleus of young players — Dylan Larkin, Tyler Bertuzzi and Filip Hronek to name a few — that show some promise and potential light at the end of the tunnel.
The one thing that GM Steve Yzerman has never shied away from (even in his days with the Tampa Bay Lightning) are working the phones to improve his team.