Just three games into the 2013-14 season, concerns about how and when the Red Wings will improve their power play are already surfacing.
Ansar Khan at Mlive.com noted the Red Wings are looking to be “harder on the puck.”
Helen St. James at the Detroit Free Press has also accurately described Detroit’s power-play woes as a “tired and irritating topic.”
Indeed, going back to the 2011-12 season, the Detroit Red Wings’ power play has sufficiently underwhelmed and belied their overall offensive potential.
This is a relatively new and unfamiliar source of frustration for the Red Wings.
Dating back to their most recent Stanley Cup championship in 2008, the Red Wings were never ranked lower than 9th on the power play through the 2010-11 season.
A Red Wings power play was once something to be feared; of late, it’s more often been something to forget about.
Some might point to the retirement of defenseman Brian Rafalski in the summer of 2011 or the long-dreaded retirement of his legendary partner, Nicklas Lidstrom, in 2012 as harbingers of Detroit’s power-p ...
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How the Detroit Red Wings Can Ensure Improvement on the Power Play in 2013-14
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