Moritz Seider's about-face turned out to be an excellent development for the Detroit Red Wings, even as it left his NHL head coach empty handed.
Derek Lalonde saw first-hand how well Seider played at the World Championship, because Lalonde was an assistant coach with the U.S. team that was in the same group as Seider's Germany. Aided by having as good a defenseman as Seider in their lineup, the Germans rallied to upset the Americans in the semifinals, and wound up leaving the annual event with the silver medal, Germany's first medal since West Germany took silver in 1953.