“As much as everyone would love to rush the process, and I would say I lead that charge — I want to win today — you simply can’t,” Blashill said. “The message from Steve has been super clear on that. We want to win today, for sure, but we’re not going to hurt ourselves a year from now or two years from now. We’re not going to force guys onto the team if they’re not ready to help us win.”
Man, it’s tough to be patient sometimes.
#RedWings in practice:
Bertuzzi-Larkin-Mantha
Erne-Nielsen-Filppula
Athanasiou-Glendening-Hirose
Helm/Ehn-de la Rose-Abdelkader
DeKeyser-Hronek
Nemeth-Green
Cholowski-Daley— Dana Wakiji (@Dwakiji) September 30, 2019There’s still plenty of time for the lines to be changed up, but so much for having Frans Nielsen and Valtteri Filppula as your 2nd and 3rd line centers, eh?