Boos rain down on Red Wings after missing playoffs for 10th straight season
Lucas Raymond said it "stinks" to end the season the way the Wings did on Saturday against the Devils.
Detroit — The boos were loud and stinging and showed how frustrated Red Wings fans are. They rained down after the Wings' 5-3 loss to New Jersey , officially eliminating the Wings from the Stanley Cup playoffs, and during the final minutes as the Wings struggled to generate a goal and at least earn a point for the standings. They didn't score.
They lost. And fans let them hear about it. The Wings now own the longest streak of not making the playoffs in the NHL, at 10 consecutive seasons.
Without a doubt, fans aren't happy about it. Coach and players understood the booing, accepted it as the fans simply not being happy with the same outcome now, season after season. "This is Detroit, this is Hockeytown," said coach Todd McLellan, who was an assistant coach on the Wings' last Stanley Cup winning team in 2008.
"I've been lucky enough to be on the other side of it, when they couldn't stop cheering for this team. They're dying for that. They crave that.