With Bertuzzi, Fabbri, and Zadina due back soon, the Detroit Red Wings are set to make a push

The prolonged holiday break was a bit of a blessing for the Detroit Red Wings as it allowed injured players a bit more time to heal. As mentioned, this team has some injuries, as most teams do. They also have some players that will be returning from injuries very soon, which will help the Red Wings make a serious push for a playoff spot. Tyler Bertuzzi, Robby Fabbri, and Filip Zadina are all due back in January, combined with the emergence of RW- Jonatan Berggren. This should help the Red Wings ascend the Eastern Conference.

With the return of Bertuzzi, Fabbri, and Zadina, the question becomes, where does the trio fit into the current Detroit roster? First off, this is excellent news for the Red Wings and GM Steve Yzerman’s vision for his hockey team. Yzerman has said many times he wants to create depth. Head coach Derek Lalonde will be a step closer to having his complete arsenal at his disposal.

Lalonde will now have to fit Bertuzzi, Fabbri, and Zadina in with Andrew Copp, Dylan Larkin, Lucas Raymond, David Perron, Joe Veleno, Dominik Kubalik, Michael Rasmussen, Berggren, and another Red Wings player who has been out for a while Jakub Vrana. Please do not feel bad for Lalonde. This is an excellent problem to have.

More depth equals more scoring opportunities, and more depth also means that players who played on certain lines while filling in for injured teammates will go elsewhere. Creating the ability to impact games in ways the Red Wings were unable while players were out. This is something the Red Wings have not had in a while.

Again, Steve Yzerman has created depth. Not only has he created depth, but it is also quality depth that can impact games. How the lines will shake out is anyone’s guess right now. Derek Lalonde can plug in a player and move players to different lines, and the team will be stronger because of it.

Currently sitting in fourth place in the Atlantic, about to get some key players back, the Red Wings are in a good position to stay in the playoff hunt. Not only that, the organization looks to be trending to the top of the Eastern Conference, even if that does not happen this year.

Steve Yzerman, who came back to the Detroit Red Wings organization, was widely tight-lipped about how long the rebuild the team was under would take. Rightfully so, solid drafts, shrewd trades, and free agent spending has shaped the Red Wings into an organization that looks like it will be an Eastern Conference mainstay for a while.

In this episode, we breakdown the Red Wings' current hot stretch, going 6-0-1 through January thus far. We then steer our attention to Alex Lyon who continues to be the biggest reason to the Red Wings success. We discuss Lyon's current workload and if he is this team's true number one as he currently ranks 4th in the NHL in save percentage. To wrsap we talk about the depth stepping up, the TNT game, Nate Danielson, and more!
  1. Lyon King
  2. Cali Sweep
  3. New Year, New Red Wings?
  4. Slumpsville
  5. Let the Good Times Roll

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