Red Wings Running Out of Time, Coach Running Out of Patience
The post Red Wings Running Out of Time, Coach Running Out of Patience appeared first on Detroit Hockey Now. As he was acknowledging that his team was running out of runway to make the NHL playoffs, it was evident […] The post Red Wings Running Out of Time, Coach Running Out of Patience appeared first on Detroit Hockey Now.
The post Red Wings Running Out of Time, Coach Running Out of Patience appeared first on Detroit Hockey Now . Todd McLellan As he was acknowledging that his team was running out of runway to make the NHL playoffs, it was evident that Detroit Red Wings coach Todd McLellan was running short on patience with his perplexing team. Clearly, he’s also running out of ideas to motivate this moribund bunch.
“We’re all over the map with poking and prodding and then a little bit of a hug here,” McLellan said. “We have to find some consistency so that they will too. ” Consistency was again an elusive quality for the Red Wings during Sunday’s 5-4 loss to the Minnesota Wild .
Detroit took a 1-0 lead into the dressing room for the first intermission. That’s a rarity for this team. “I didn’t mind our first period,” McLellan said.
Red Wings Can’t Live With Prosperity Living with prosperity once again wasn’t on the agenda of things to do for the Red Wings. “We score first, we have a lead, we get in between periods, and now we’re discussing what we’re going to do the period coming up,” McLellan said. “We win the opening faceoff, which is always important.