Plymouth — Jeff Blashill strode into USA Hockey Arena like a hockey coach looking for some wins.
Fresh from a morning of work in his office in the Red Wings dressing room at Joe Louis Arena, Blashill seemed to churn with purpose. Animated, he did not so much sit for an interview as seize the opportunity to talk about the team, which debuts in two months in preseason.
The intensity of the Wings’ first season out of the playoffs, and last in its old home, ebbed. But other than a tan and summer clothes, judging by the coach, the pursuit of better performance remains hot.