{"id":205313,"date":"2025-10-11T14:28:16","date_gmt":"2025-10-11T14:28:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/205313\/"},"modified":"2025-10-11T14:28:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-11T14:28:16","slug":"how-long-is-steve-yzermans-leash-in-detroit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/205313\/","title":{"rendered":"How long is Steve Yzerman\u2019s leash in Detroit?"},"content":{"rendered":"

When the Detroit Red Wings <\/a>hired Steve Yzerman in April of 2019, it seemed inevitable that he would turn the franchise around after the success he had during his time at the helm of the Tampa Bay Lightning<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Six full seasons later, the Red Wings still have not qualified for the Stanley Cup Playoffs during Yzerman\u2019s tenure, and they have only finished outside the bottom three of the Atlantic Division one time. <\/p>\n

The general consensus around this season\u2019s roster was that it was likely to be underwhelming again due to a lack of defense, and those concerns were quickly realized on Thursday night in a 5-1 season-opening drubbing at the hands of a Montreal Canadiens<\/a> team that was on a second leg of a back-to-back.<\/p>\n

On Friday\u2019s episode of\u00a0Daily Faceoff LIVE<\/a>, host Tyler Yaremchuk and co-host and former NHL goaltender Carter Hutton discussed Yzerman\u2019s job security and the state of the team after a disappointing start. <\/p>\n

Tyler Yaremchuk: Not the start to the season they were looking for, and I think they\u2019re one of those teams where their first month needs to be good. They need to come out of the gate strong, because we\u2019ve seen them try to play catch-up the last number of years, and it doesn\u2019t work. The playoff drought is extended. Everyone\u2019s questioning the Yzerplan\u2026 That was an ugly one for Detroit. <\/p>\n

Carter Hutton: You\u2019ve got to be a little bit worried [about goalie John Gibson]. But the other thing for me is the Wings\u2019 back end\u2026 when we talk about defensive zone and predictability and how they kind of set the foundation for your team\u2026 I feel like there\u2019s going to be an adjustment period. What I last night saw was the chances were very off-the-rush and East-West plays where John Gibson isn\u2019t really known for being this crazy lateral goalie. This Red Wings team, again, how long is the leash for Yzerman?<\/p>\n

You can watch the full segment and the rest of the episode here\u2026<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When the Detroit Red Wings hired Steve Yzerman in April of 2019, it seemed inevitable that he would…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":205314,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[433],"tags":[49,48,448,82],"class_list":["post-205313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205313","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=205313"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205313\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/205314"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=205313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=205313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=205313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}