COLUMBUS, Ohio — Chastised by their leader, young Red Wings vowed to bear down on their lessons.
As the Wings tip further toward a young lineup, growing pains are inevitable. This past week has been a particularly challenging stretch, with mistakes leading to deficits leading to losses.
Friday morning saw Anthony Mantha admit just how bad he’d been the night before, when, after a 4-0 loss to Vegas, captain Henrik Zetterberg said there was too much poke-and-hope in some teammates, that they need to learn to play the right way. Zetterberg didn’t name names but the criticism fit Mantha and Andreas Athanasiou in particular, and Mantha owned it immediately.