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You can follow along here for updates and a transcript of the Detroit Red Wings' season-ending news conference with general manager Steve Yzerman and coach Todd McLellan.
They're meeting the media now in the Meijer Media Room at Little Caesars Arena.
"I intend to see this through," Yzerman said. "We need to have blunt conversations, to do more and be better."
To put the Red Wings' 2025-2026 collapse in perspective, Detroit is only the second NHL team in league history to record 69 points in the first 53 games and not make the playoffs.
The other team was the Montreal Canadiens in 1969-70. Montreal also had 69 points after 53 games and finished fifth and out of the playoffs in the Original Six days.
More: Paul Woods exits Red Wings radio booth after 40 years: 'This has been a dream'
The Canadiens though bounced back and won the Cup in 1971 behind the rookie goaltending of Ken Dryden, who won the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP.
What are the odds of the Red Wings winning the team's 12th Stanley Cup next year behind the rookie goaltending of Sebastian Cossa or veteran goaltending of John Gibson or Cam Talbot?
Slim and none, right?
Officially, the 2027 playoff odds aren't out now with round one of the 2026 playoffs just underway.
▶ When: 11 a.m., Thursday, Meijer Media Room, Little Caesars Arena, Detroit
▶ Streaming: Follow along at detroitredwings.com, live on 97.1 FM
▶ Coverage: Detroit News columnists Bob Wojnwoski and John Niyo and beat reporter Ted Kulfan will be asking questions and live tweeting during the news conference.
▶ Podcast: Ted Kulfan will break down the news conference later Thursday on episode 145 of the OctoPulse podcast, taking the pulse of Steve Yzerman's rebuild in Year 7.
This article originally appeared on The Detroit News: Detroit Red Wings live news conference at Little Caesars Arena
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They're meeting the media now in the Meijer Media Room at Little Caesars Arena.
"I intend to see this through," Yzerman said. "We need to have blunt conversations, to do more and be better."
Red Wings' collapse was of monumental proportions
To put the Red Wings' 2025-2026 collapse in perspective, Detroit is only the second NHL team in league history to record 69 points in the first 53 games and not make the playoffs.
The other team was the Montreal Canadiens in 1969-70. Montreal also had 69 points after 53 games and finished fifth and out of the playoffs in the Original Six days.
More: Paul Woods exits Red Wings radio booth after 40 years: 'This has been a dream'
The Canadiens though bounced back and won the Cup in 1971 behind the rookie goaltending of Ken Dryden, who won the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP.
What are the odds of the Red Wings winning the team's 12th Stanley Cup next year behind the rookie goaltending of Sebastian Cossa or veteran goaltending of John Gibson or Cam Talbot?
Slim and none, right?
Officially, the 2027 playoff odds aren't out now with round one of the 2026 playoffs just underway.
How to watch Red Wings news conference
▶ When: 11 a.m., Thursday, Meijer Media Room, Little Caesars Arena, Detroit
▶ Streaming: Follow along at detroitredwings.com, live on 97.1 FM
▶ Coverage: Detroit News columnists Bob Wojnwoski and John Niyo and beat reporter Ted Kulfan will be asking questions and live tweeting during the news conference.
▶ Podcast: Ted Kulfan will break down the news conference later Thursday on episode 145 of the OctoPulse podcast, taking the pulse of Steve Yzerman's rebuild in Year 7.
This article originally appeared on The Detroit News: Detroit Red Wings live news conference at Little Caesars Arena
Continue reading...
