Red Wings

[Whitley]

NL leaving really exposed the blue line. He was stud and ate up a ton of minutes. Being able to score on a consistent basis will also help the blue line a bit.

[WingsFan]

You cant replace a guy like him and Holland found that out, meanwhile Babcock loses game 7 to Boston

[chemiclord]

You cant replace a guy like him and Holland found that out, meanwhile Babcock loses game 7 to Boston

You can't replace someone like Lidstrom, no. But it shouldn't take 7 years to at least find adequate.

[WingsFan]

Backcock is getting ripped big time on twitter after losing game 7 tonight

[WingsFan]

Sharks vs Las Vegas Knights right now game 7

VGK up 1-0 late first

[WingsFan]

Toronto Maple Leafs remain 1 of 2 NHL teams (Florida) without a playoff series victory in the Salary Cap Era

[froot loops]

I"be been watching the Wings for nearly 40 years and I can name off 4 defensemen they have developed that turned into good defensemen:

Nick Lidstrom
Vladimir Konstantinov
Niklas Kronwall
Jonathan Ericsson

There are a few more with DeKyser and Dandenault, but most of the time they had to trade a lot of treasure to get decent defensemen. You can find forwards, but you can go a long time trying to find a blue liner. It's why they beg and plead for these guys to stay even after they have surpassed their expiration date. Right now they would be a fairly dangerous team with two new defenders.

Really, the Wings glory years were basically the Lidstrom years. The dude was so good he could make any graybeard defenseman instantly better.

[WingsFan]

This game is crazy! Sharks were down 0-3 and have scored 4 goals on a powerplay in the 3rd to take the lead - game 7 playoff hockey!

[WingsFan]

lol Joe Thornton what a bum, cant clear Vegas scores with a goalie pulled OT Unreal!

[WingsFan]

This matches that Duck comeback vs the Oilers whoever wins

[jaadam4]

I"be been watching the Wings for nearly 40 years and I can name off 4 defensemen they have developed that turned into good defensemen:

Nick Lidstrom
Vladimir Konstantinov
Niklas Kronwall
Jonathan Ericsson

There are a few more with DeKyser and Dandenault, but most of the time they had to trade a lot of treasure to get decent defensemen. You can find forwards, but you can go a long time trying to find a blue liner. It's why they beg and plead for these guys to stay even after they have surpassed their expiration date. Right now they would be a fairly dangerous team with two new defenders.

Really, the Wings glory years were basically the Lidstrom years. The dude was so good he could make any graybeard defenseman instantly better.

I'm offended by Ericsson being on this list. He's terrible and I will not discuss him any further.

You missed Steve Chiasson and could probably include Jiri Fischer but that's a very sobering list. I can't believe thats all the homegrown defensemen in the last handful of decades.

[froot loops]

Ericsson is better than Chiasson was, Ericsson's big problem was the contract and being thrust into having to play top pair minutes. Fischer may have turned out, we'll never know but his short career was filled with a lot of bad Jiri moments.

I'm not sure how bad or good the Red Wings are at finding and developing good blue liners, I suspect of you made similar lists of other teams it wouldn't be very long. It is hard to find really good defensemen and once you get them you try to keep them.

[WingsFan]

Ill take Reed Larson over both

[jaadam4]

Ill take Reed Larson over both

lol.. how far back are you going bro?

[Malto Marko]

lol.. how far back are you going bro?

To your cradle, grasshopper.