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Is the March collapse happening again for the Detroit Red Wings?
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00:26Yeah, let's dive right in, shall we?
00:29Jeremy Otto's a good sport.
00:31He cursed U of D, but he took his medicine.
00:34I was waiting for him to straighten you out.
00:36Let's get after it.
00:37We're going to get to the Lions at three because there's nothing to report.
00:41Yes, they restructured Goff in a half-assed manner,
00:44and we don't have any more signings, so we'll wait.
00:47We'll just get to it.
00:48And, yeah, we can talk Crosby if you want.
00:50You can say it until they're blue in the face.
00:52Doesn't mean they're going to do it, but I'm here for it.
00:54But we have to start with the Wings.
00:55We have to.
00:56That is one of the worst collapses in maybe a decade of Red Wings hockey.
01:02I mean, you have to frame this appropriately, okay?
01:05And if Todd McClellan doesn't want to get asked about March questions,
01:08then don't do March things, Todd.
01:10It's March.
01:11The Panthers are acting like an NBA team, like the Washington Wizards.
01:16They're load-managing players.
01:18They have to protect their pick because if they don't finish in the bottom 10,
01:23they lose it, they don't play Bobrovsky, you are up.
01:28You're up 3-2 with a minute and a half to go.
01:32Now, if you blow the lead, but you at least get to overtime,
01:37a.k.a. what they did against Vegas last week,
01:39yes, you can say that's disappointing, but we got a point.
01:42To give up two goals and to not even get to overtime.
01:48Dylan Larkin is hurt.
01:49Andrew Kopp is now dead.
01:51I just, here's what I want to do.
01:54I want to borrow a line from Wojo.
01:58And I need to know if this is what it is.
02:01And no, it's not Daisy Dips.
02:03Big game.
02:04Me, me, me, me, me.
02:07Panicking Hockey Town!
02:10Is this happening again?
02:13Is this bleep happening again?
02:16Yeah.
02:17Mike, it felt like it.
02:19It's almost like one of those cultural things
02:21where you just know that the team will find a way to lose.
02:25Typical sports radio guy.
02:28Yes.
02:28Typical.
02:29It feels that difference.
02:32It was like the SOL.
02:33Well, like, you'll find a way to blow this thing.
02:35And it's March.
02:36It's same old March.
02:37To get no points against the Panthers in two games in a week
02:40for a team whose season is over, that's an embarrassment.
02:44To blow the lead against Vegas and lose out on another point.
02:48Embarrassing.
02:49You get Tampa Thursday off a loss with blood in their mouth.
02:52And then you're going to get Dallas.
02:54And then you get a free square against Calgary.
02:57Maybe.
02:57Or as the Canadians like to say, Calgary.
03:00And then you do face Boston, Montreal, Ottawa, et cetera.
03:04Look, I'm asking the question.
03:06Is this March happening again?
03:10I think so.
03:10Because when the coach does not want to talk about March,
03:13it tells me that it's been talked about.
03:15You know what else he didn't want to do last night?
03:17And I don't understand it.
03:18But whatever.
03:19I'm just a guido who doesn't know anything about puck.
03:21Let's just get that one out of the way.
03:23Where was the effing timeout?
03:26You needed defibrillators.
03:28The wings were so out of it.
03:29They were gassed.
03:31Todd, you got to use the timeout.
03:32You got to recognize the situation.
03:33We got to get to overtime.
03:36You needed a defib to get guys over the bench.
03:40I just...
03:41Look, I want to bring Kenny on.
03:44Not to provoke.
03:46Not to incite.
03:47I don't know.
03:47Kenny's pretty spicy.
03:48But that's...
03:49You know what?
03:50Typical sports radio guy.
03:51I just want Kenny to just speak to his passion.
03:55I'm asking the question.
03:57I will tell you I will believe fully the collapse is on if they lose the next two.
04:03If they lose to Tampa and Dallas.
04:05If they don't get a single point out of those two.
04:07They're only three up.
04:09Columbus has a game in hand.
04:11But a full-blown panic for me will be if they lose the next two and come home.
04:18I'm not telling you I feel good about things.
04:20I'm not telling you I'm happy.
04:23Look, last night, I got to tell you.
04:24It was a double dip for me.
04:26It was a triple threat.
04:28Otto effed everybody.
04:30Okay?
04:30Otto screwed everybody.
04:32Telling people I'll bet the alt line.
04:34U of D.
04:36But then, then, I watched the Wings do what they do.
04:40And then I watched a game of the week in the NBA, which is Celtic Spurs, Mikey T on the
04:45call.
04:45And he's brain-dead officials throw Jalen Brown out of the game, which ends the game.
04:51I was livid.
04:52Kenny?
04:53But, but.
04:54What?
04:54Before we get to Kenny, I think you buried the lead.
04:57What's the lead?
04:58The Pistons are back.
04:59They won by 38 points.
05:01Oh, yeah.
05:02The Pistons won again.
05:03Over the Nets.
05:04Championship belt in the locker room.
05:06Oh, it's back.
05:08It's back.
05:10Okay.
05:11Of course, radio guy.
05:12Get that out of your system.
05:13Kenny Cott, I'm asking, is this happening again?
05:20And Hockey Elite, the bat signals up.
05:24248-539-9797.
05:27Wings fans, we are going with the lead today.
05:31We will get to the Lions.
05:33People, this ain't happening again, is it?
05:37Kenny?
05:38No, no.
05:40That's a drop.
05:41Kenny.
05:41This team played gutless last night.
05:47Absolutely gutless.
05:49You're playing a Florida Panthers team who is not playing Barkoff, who is not playing
05:55Marchand, who is not playing Sergei Bobrovsky.
05:58You have the lead with 90 seconds.
06:00Yes, call an effing timeout.
06:02But you play so gutless that you're playing a team way out of the playoff picture that
06:07is playing load management hockey, which never thought I'd say that out loud, but here we
06:13are.
06:13You're playing gutless and you can't hold a lead with 90 seconds.
06:17I'm not going to carry the water for that.
06:19That's nonsense.
06:20And by the way, my official take, they're missing the playoffs.
06:24No, no, you can't wait for Tampa tomorrow.
06:30Kenny, you can't wait till Saturday.
06:33Hold on.
06:34Now, listen, if you're telling me to collapse is happening, I'll live with it.
06:38OK, but I'm not ready to say factually they are simply not making it.
06:45I just Kenny, I want to give you an offering.
06:47That's emotions.
06:48I want to give you an offering.
06:48That's emotions.
06:49They can still make it.
06:51Stoney eulogized them earlier in this.
06:53That's Mike Stone.
06:55That's Mike Stone.
06:56What is paying customer Costa have to say?
06:59Is he buried them yet?
07:01He was not happy, but it didn't result in an actual take.
07:06He just and I thought Jim sounded great this morning.
07:09He was passionate.
07:10It was opinions.
07:10And, you know, he wasn't talking about doorknobs or, you know, Christmas tree ornaments.
07:14But, like, it never resulted in it's absolute.
07:18So I can't speak to where it ends for Jim, but he's pissed.
07:22The guy's got a season ticket package.
07:23He's not happy.
07:24See, I think Kenny's Kenny.
07:26And I don't mean to speak for you.
07:27I think Kenny is just upset right now.
07:30But it's because what happens, Mike, is you start thinking about all the other past March.
07:35And that's where you start saying this is just happening again.
07:40And that's what I'm going to be, you know, same month, new hurt.
07:43And, look, it's second time in a week with an outright collapse.
07:47They turtled only five shots on goal in the third period.
07:49I don't understand the lack of a timeout.
07:52And ultimately, look, it's the same group of players primarily doing the same stuff.
07:58And I don't get to blame Dylan Larkin.
08:00He didn't play.
08:01But overall, look at the rest of that room.
08:04I mean, even when Larkin gets cheap-shotted, no one's there to defend him.
08:10There is.
08:11This team lacks a little sawdust, a little salt.
08:14And, again, they needed help up front.
08:16They are 29th in hockey, five-on-five scoring.
08:2029th.
08:22So you just package it all together.
08:24Heather, I was thrilled they got Justin Falk, and I still am.
08:28And it's a nice goal last night.
08:30Yes.
08:30And, again, they have him next year.
08:32But when you look at the results in the aggregate, the month of March,
08:36it's happening again is what it feels like.
08:38It does.
08:38I'm reserving full-blown panic for the next two games.
08:42It feels as if they are limping through the end of this month.
08:45And you're hoping that you want the team to get stronger.
08:48And, once again, it's March, and it's a collapse on the way.
08:51David, it is definitely a collapse on the way.
08:54Since the 23-24 season, the Wings are now 9-12-3 in March.
09:01Is that good?
09:02It doesn't sound good to me.
09:03Oh, okay.
09:03I just wanted to make sure.
09:053-9-2-23-24-4-10 last year.
09:092-2-1.
09:10Any team can win a meaningless Tuesday game in January,
09:14and that's fine and well and dandy.
09:16That's cool.
09:16But now that the games actually matter, now that there's actually stakes,
09:21whenever there's stakes, that's when this team collapses.
09:24Whether Larkin is healthy, whether Larkin is not healthy,
09:27this team collapses when it means the most.
09:29So let's say they do trip their way into the playoffs.
09:32Let's say it works out somehow, and I'm wrong about missing the playoffs.
09:36That's fine and well enough.
09:37How many games do you think they're actually going to make in a playoff run?
09:40I think they lose in five.
09:42I think they're a five-game exit in the first round, and I'm sorry.
09:45That's not good enough.
09:45Well, I would need to see the construct of the games.
09:48Now, you lose a couple of those in overtime, that's not a gentleman's sweep.
09:52I just saw the construct of last night's game.
09:54Listen, don't project.
09:56I'm not attacking you.
09:58You shouldn't be happy.
09:59I don't understand anyone trying to spit shine the turd.
10:02We don't need to do that.
10:04Two brutal collapses in a week, one worse than the next.
10:08This was worse than Vegas.
10:09You didn't even get to overtime.
10:11I just, look, is it happening again?
10:15What is your panic level?
10:17I am waiting for this Tampa Bay game and for the Dallas game.
10:21And those are not easy assignments.
10:23I'm not saying they are.
10:24But at this time of year, it is your job to grind out points, to be able to steal a
10:31few games.
10:31It can't just be, well, we'll beat the dog water teams.
10:35Like, these collapses, I would say already in the month of March.
10:39You didn't beat a team that wasn't trying.
10:41First 10 days of the month, they've given away three points.
10:46They've just given it away.
10:50What makes you think you have that kind of cushion?
10:53That you would then make the playoffs by four points, where that doesn't cost you.
10:58You cannot be giving away points in a compressed, ultra-competitive Eastern Conference.
11:042-4-8-5-3-9-9-9-7-9-7.
11:07Kenny, I want you to take a moment.
11:09I'm going to give you one more shot.
11:10Now, don't write them out of the playoffs yet.
11:13You could say the March collapse is happening.
11:15But if they come out, they can win one of these next two.
11:17Come on.
11:19You only need six or seven wins now the rest of the way.
11:21Fair?
11:22I think this is one of those both things can be true moments.
11:25I'm trying to help Kenny.
11:26I know he's emotional.
11:27You know what?
11:27Kenny, just go ahead.
11:29Be emotional.
11:29I can help you next figure out my thought process on why I believe what I just said.
11:34Okay.
11:35Also, Wings fans clearly in their feelings.
11:38The hockey elite normally is amped up to get involved.
11:41I think everyone's a little bit sad.
11:44We'll get to the Lions at three.
11:46I've got a B squad.
11:48The Lions did a single kind of half-assed restructure because they didn't recoup all the money.
11:54So I want to offer you, you've heard of the A team, right?
11:56Okay.
11:57Well, they all signed.
11:59I want to offer you the B team.
12:01Okay.
12:01And maybe if the Lions do this with their money, how amped would you guys be?
12:06I'm trying to offer some solutions that financially would make sense.
12:10Or we could just blather on about Max Crosby.
12:13I mean, that's fine, too.
12:13Well, you know that's what every Lions fan is.
12:15Like, wait, wait.
12:16There's still a shot?
12:17I'd love to see it, but I really don't think with the needs of the team and what the offseason's
12:21been.
12:21Look, if they'd done their damn job in free agency and gotten several high-level players,
12:26well, then the first-round picks don't mean enough.
12:28Now we're at a point where I feel like the first-round pick has to be used and has to
12:31start
12:32and has to be a right tackle.
12:34I don't know.
12:34Here's Rico.
12:35He's going to tell you about trees.
12:37Way to go!
12:37Way to go!
12:38Way to go!
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