The future captain Dylan Larkin is also amid a five-game point streak where he’s accomplished 5 goals and 3 assists.
Dylan Larkin has scored 32 goals on the season, Andreas Athanasiou also has reached the 30 goal mark on the season something no Red Wing has accomplished since 2009. Mantha is sitting at 22 goals scored while Bertuzzi is one goal away from 20.
In a season that some consider a lost season, the team is finally showing growth, and the coaching staff is playing the youth over the veteran players down the stretch. Some of the personnel decisions have been forced on the coaching staff with all of the injuries that have occurred. When many fans want the team to lose to have a better lottery opportunity the team is beating Vegas, San Jose, and Boston. Look at the lineup on the ice and tell me what else the coaching staff can do to lose?
It seems the young players are blending well together and finally developing in a positive fashion and that bodes well for the future. If the Wings pick 6th, they might be able to snag Bowen Byram who is expected to be the first defenseman taken. With the emergence of Filip Honek and the potential shown by Dennis Cholowski earlier in the season, the Detroit Red Wings would benefit from adding another young defender to the sable that also holds Jared McIsaac who is a promising young defenseman.
In this article we will take a look at a transaction we wish would actually happen rather than just wishful April Fools jokes.