Travis Yost wrote a solid post the other day about the divergence of Detroit and Toronto's possession numbers this year, and it set off a bit of a stir in some of the Red Wings community. Here's the key quote:
You are reading that correctly. Detroit’s possession through the first eight games of this season is 45 per cent, good for 29th in the NHL. The only team they’re ahead of right now is Colorado, but that low bar is cleared very easily.
The part that’s really concerning though is how many times Detroit has been this bad in the past eight-and-a-half years.