Detroit Red Wings set to tank in the 2025-26 season to acquire top NHL draft prospect 1st overall
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According to a report from Bleacher Report, https://bleacherreport.com/articles/25223260-8-nhl-teams-already-looking-toward-gavin-mckenna-and-2026-draft-class.
The Detroit Red Wings are among the 8 teams listed:
"Speaking of teams in a dicey place in their rebuild, here are the Detroit Red Wings. General manager Steve Yzerman has all the pressure in the world to get Detroit back to the playoffs for the first time since 2016.
The team's offseason consisted of adding goalie John Gibson from the Anaheim Ducks and mixing in some depth additions in James van Riemsdyk, Mason Appleton and Jacob Bernard-Docker."
The team's offseason consisted of adding goalie John Gibson from the Anaheim Ducks and mixing in some depth additions in James van Riemsdyk, Mason Appleton and Jacob Bernard-Docker."
But what about the talent already in the lineup, it doesn't appear to be a 'tanking' roster?
"Yes, the Wings have a lot of talent with Lucas Raymond, Moritz Seider, Patrick Kane, Dylan Larkin and Alex DeBrincat, and they've been close to the playoffs in past years without cracking through, but is Gibson enough to get them over the hump in a wildly competitive Atlantic Division? It doesn't feel like a sure bet as much as it does a long shot.
If the Wings run into the same problems they've had in the past, their depth can't contribute and their up-and-coming players like Marco Kasper and Simon Edvinsson can't take the next step, they could be thinking long and hard about what it would take to get the best odds at Gavin McKenna, especially if McKenna winds up playing college hockey nearby at Michigan State."
If the Wings run into the same problems they've had in the past, their depth can't contribute and their up-and-coming players like Marco Kasper and Simon Edvinsson can't take the next step, they could be thinking long and hard about what it would take to get the best odds at Gavin McKenna, especially if McKenna winds up playing college hockey nearby at Michigan State."
With several teams in Detroit's division heavily improving in free agency, and Steve Yzerman's strategy of not doing much when he has the opportunity to make a big move, it appears a tanking season is underway.
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| Yes | 46 | 27.5 % |
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| No | 106 | 63.5 % |
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