Detroit Red Wings: Grading the Wings’ Performance for 1st Half of NHL Season

March 15th, 2013 by Isaac Smith Leave a reply »


The Detroit Red Wings are 12-10-5 after 27 games in this 48-game season.

No, the Red Wings are not in the playoffs.

Yes, the Red Wings are still in the playoff picture (ninth overall).

How do they rate midway through the 2012-13 season?

The Red Wings must be rated in three fundamental areas: coaching, offense and defense.

 

Coaching: C+

How does a coach react when his best players are on "the shelf" with an injury?

Let's see.

How about putting Pavel Datsyuk on a line with Justin Abdelkader and Daniel Cleary?

Kulka's Korner explains why this was a terrible idea.

Pavel Datsyuk has had nothing short of a miserable time trying to find the score sheet since mid-February.



Being the center to two offensively inept forwards can be frustrating to say the least.

Kukla's Korner goes a step further in that article to say that head coach Mike Babcock "has somehow done what the rest of the league's never been able to accomplish: he's shut Datsyuk down."

Babcock has single-handedly disabled the Red Wings' second line ...

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