Guaranteed McDavid Pack 👀 therthcompany.com/collections/all Do you agree with what Yzerman has done in Detroit? Who is the best GM in the league?

What people forget to mention is the dumpster fire Yzerman had when he took the job. Terrible contracts, no prospects in the system and no lottery luck. It took him 2 years just to clean up Hollands mess.

Some people forget what the team looked like when Yzerman took over. And what kind of lottery fuckery we’ve been cursed by. Yzerman is working absolute magic right now with the cards he’s been dealt and the team this year looks actually competitive for once.

If you think two short term contracts to two awful defenseman undoes the incredible things Yzerman has done for the Red Wings, your meds arent working.

I believe in the Yzerplan. His first move was Moritz Seider, and he won the calder trophy. I Believe

For every 1 bad move Stevie has made, he’s made 10 good ones.

Did people really think Yzerman would just turn detroit into tampa immediately after becoming their GM?

Never, I say NEVER doubt the Yzerplan. He was an absolute gem as a Captain and leader for all his years and he is now showing he is a gem when it comes to being a GM. This years version of the Wings is already showing they are on a huge uptick. I repeat, never doubt the YzerMAN!

Think about how long it’s been since the Red Wings were good. Now think about the fact they haven’t had a top 3 pick since 1990.

He had a better base starting in Tampa. It will take time. This season is one of the big pivot points on how we see his tenure.

Absolutely not. Rebuilds take time, and he has done well considering the draft luck the Wings have gotten. It’s like he said himself, these things take time and to have patience, being competitive doesn’t happen over night. To say Yzerman is doing a poor job is jumping the gun, like people who expect Bedard to get 50+ goals this year

No legitimate Red Wings fan has any objection to what Yzerman has done so far...

Yzerman is simply put, a hockey genius!

ANYONE saying the Yzerplan is a failure.. doesn't know how hockey works at all or do not understand how a rebuild works. You don't do it in a few years. Its took Yzerman 2 years to clean up the messes placed ahead of him. Then 2 more years to get amazing draft picks by getting RID of such setback players.. he has built up a better goalie tandem in 1 single year. Im sick of all these people thinking its a failure because its not a Stanley Cup yet. Let's ask Toronto how that must feel being failures for decades on that criteria. Look at how the team is compared to 4 years ago.. talent wise, money wise and skill wise. Its still going UP. Red Wings have DeBrincat now which is an improvement. AND we still have a few 1st round picks coming our way, with cap space to spare.. and it's just 4 bloody games IN! Impatient.

As someone who's a huge wings fan from detroit I have 2 comments: 1. Stevie Y has always been consistent in one message when talking to the press... He refuses to rush the rebuild and making the playoffs is not the goal in his mind. Building a team that can compete for the cup is the goal, and it will take as long as it takes. Even if we don't make the playoffs this year that's no reason to not, #trusttheyzerplan, however, I'm confident that we will. 2. We don't just draft and hope for the best. Part of why we have such strong developement is that we make sure our minor league affiliate teams are implementing the current coaching strategies and we work with the organizationa and players to guide them where we want them to be. Not only that, but we have strong competition. The staff is always making tough choices about who gets to play in the big league, and if your skills aren't up to par, someone else will claim that spot.

My opinion Yzerman has done a great job. I will be waiting for him to join Joe Sakic. Winning the Stanley Cup as a player than a GM. Maybe not this season but soon.

Steve will get the Red Wings back in the playoffs

He’s done well with no league help in drafting. Gotta overpay sometimes when things are rough. Same as Sens and Sabres in my opinion.

I would wait till most of the players he has drafted hit an age where we can confidently judge how good they are. As long as they keep improving each year I will be happy with his team.

the yzerplan has been great. we've improved every season yzerman has been here.

started watching you 4 years ago, the vids have come a long way and so have you, im glad to see you doing your thing in a hockey world full of people doing tier lists and rankings, you truly stand out. Keep at it!

Great vid Rob! I agree folks are jumping the shark. Maybe the Chiarot contract is bad but Copp had core surgery and wasn’t right for a long time last year. Let’s judge Copp and Compher after this season if they remain healthy. Also those contracts look way better in a higher cap which appears to be coming. I trust the Yzerplan. Danielson and Pelika look amazing.

I love the style of your videos. Please keep working hard!

Great vid as always rob 😤

Growing up watching hockey in the late 90's early 00's Sakic and Yzerman were some of my favourite players. It is so awesome to see them ripping it up in the GM position. Both have fleeced the competition and made amazing trades and drafted amazing ELITE players to both bring the cup to their respective organizations. It would have been better to see Yzerman bring it back to Detroit, but I'm hoping to see it within the next 5 years, seeing Yzerman lift the cup again as a Detroit Red Wing just as Sakic did as an Avalanche would be poetic.

First time seeing your videos bro, I really enjoyed and subscribed!! I’m a diehard Bruins fan and we just beat Detroit 4-1 last night but I’m a big believer that much brighter days are ahead for the Red Wings. It takes time for all that young talent to grow, mature, and form that chemistry it takes to be successful at the NHL level. That’s all I got to say bout that. Let’s Go Bruins!!

We have terrible draft lottery luck. It’s that simple.

I love that your videos give me a shot of hockey insight and a shot of nostalgia with the GoldenEye music.

Steve Y is on exactly the right track. If you remotely think Steve Y doesn't have the learned knowledge of Bowman and dozens of other high end coaches, you need your head examined. If you are part of the Detroit organization, you are going to find out that Steve Y has a 5 year plan for you. You have to comprehend who Steve Y is. He is debateably the most notable player and all time GOAT of making teammates better.

They've looked pretty good this year, so I wouldn't call it a disaster just yet.

Even when Yzerman was a player, he just had that exceptionally high hockey IQ (yes, I'm that old). That doesn't mean he won't make mistakes, but the guy knows what he is doing. I think that the Wings fans just got so used to the team being top tier for so long, they forgot that a rebuild can take a few years to do it correctly. One or two drafts will not make a team ready for the cup. It usually takes about 5 years to build your draft picks, sign the right free agents and make sure you have all your key positions filled before a team becomes a contender again.

Great video! I feel like Yzerman knows how to do his job way more than I do, and every year the Wings look better. They'll compete for a cup in the near future..

Couldn't agree more. Great video RTH. Just a little patience, yeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaa

Superb video. So much insight. Thanks.

@RobTalksHockey Great video Rob, one thing had me wondering though at 9:08 someone says “stop smashing my guy” to Perron after he hit Walman with the puck but it looked a little tense I was just curious if you had any insight.

As much as I hate to say it being a Blackhawks fan, I think this year is going to be the start of the Red Wings being a force to be reckoned with in the NHL. The start of the season, they’re looking very good.

Yzerman is building Detroit's next dynasty club. We are patient here in Hockeytown.

Yzerman's got results in every role he has accepted because he is patient, pragmatic and professional. There's a handful (maybe) of former players that everyone respects. He is one them and for good reason.

In Stevie we trust

Hell, the 97, 98, and 02 Red Wings had great centre depth with both Yzerman and Federov

I know we’re only 4 games in, but 3-1 with a high powered offense and an OCEAN of prospects at the AHL level or below. Yeah I’m not worried regardless of a few poor contracts

Oh, ye of little faith. This man learned from the best.

Detroit is drastically improved in a short time. Yman knows what he is doing.

As a die hard wings fan, the yzerplan is definitely still going well, I mean watch a game this year, and then go watch one from 2019-2021. Considering how many prospects we have and the fact the team already is looking like a potential playoff team is an extremely good sign

i dont normally komment, but i must say a job well done as a wings fan in sweden i approve of this vid keep it up :)

Signing 2 bad free agent contracts sucks, yes. But don’t discredit everything Steve has done for the wings. When he took over the team was absolutely awful full of bad contracts and with no future. In the short time he’s been there he’s given hope and optimism for a franchise that had none prior. Developed Larkin, added a quality scorer in Deb, drafted a cornerstone player in seider, drafted a 6’6 goaltender in the first rounder(say what you will about cossa and comparing him to askarov, tendys can take a while to develop) built a forward core with great depth, defense is still an issue however the rise of edvinsson is coming. For every bad Justin holl contract there’s a Nate Danielson hit, and great value Daniel sprong signing.

Treading water with Blashill for way too long was a mistake. Fixed that, looks back on track to me.

Two things people never consider with Yzerman: 1- He has had absolutely NO lottery luck. Hey, do you think people would be such doomers about the Yzerplan is Connor Bedard was part of it? They'd be planning a Cup route right about now. Chicago is flat out garbage around Bedard and we already aren't hearing the end of their impending dynasty. 2- Yzerman inherited a black hole of talent from Ken Holland. Holland procured the oft injured and underachieving Mantha, the since departed Hronek, the decent Bertuzzi, and Larkin. That's what he left Yzerman to work with in terms of young players. On top of that he saddled him with bad contracts on worthless players. Yzerman didn't take over a rebuild, he had to start one on a team that was already in the bottom 5.

I'm super happy with how it's going. They have 6 players in the minors that would all have been on the wings, and it stunts their development unless they're spectacular, and with how hall was used by Toronto last year, he could have a Renaissance.

Great vid. There was some terrible contracts, for example with Franzen. Needed cap space. Also i love how you included adding Perron. Veteran leaders are key. Look at who Yzerman brought into Tampa. Johnson for example. Prior captain.

great video!!

I think the wings are headed in the right direction the rebuild is taking a little longer then you would want, but the highest they have drafted is 4 nothing else in the top 5. Looks like he has been picking the right players it just takes longer with out a top pick.

The teams looks amazing. Yzerman has already demonstrated his chess mastery.

Great video man just give the wings time and they’ll come good

Great vid brother. You nailed it. Yzerman is a frickin genius. He's known the ins/outs of this league since what, '84?! It's obvious that a LEGEND player would become a LEGEND GM.

No question he is doing things correctly to build a long-term winner and eventually a championship team. I've enjoyed watching the rebuild over the last 4 years even during our worst season. We are just starting to see some results as his 1st picks start to mature.

I like your subtle Michael Scott reference with putting your initials under the name of the famous person you're quoting. " You miss 100% of the shots you don't take"

Yzerman has more than earned the right to work the Yzerplan in Detroit. Take a look at the Lightning. Yes, they're exiting their Cup window but have had the potential to win the Big Prize since what, 2015? Yes, Holland left our cupboards bare in pursuit of what? Continuing an arbitrary streak for his resume. There's some tea, Yzerman jumped for Seider more because he knew KH was super interested in doing so for the Oilers. The only way to build a perennial Contender is through the Draft. Really helps to get players to take the hometown discount to really solidify it all.

As a Lightning fan and someone who has met Yzerman, he is a hockey genius!

11 of Yzerman's draft picks played on Tampa's 2020 Stanley Cup team, most notably Andrei Vasilevskiy. It took 10 years to build that team.

It’s been a good start to the season this year.

I would never doubt Stevie Y. He's a master at his job but what Tampa did well beyond drafting was development. That mainly happens in your minor league affiliate.

yzerman has done great, the last two season he added copp and compher, the best grit scoring available in back to back free agency. the drafted skill. the drafted sieder. the cheap deals. this team is gonna be deep. as usual...

It's insane to think about the fact that Pavel Datsyuk was a 6th round draft pick.

dude the GoldenEye tune is so clutch.

Glad to see the that most people here are being patient. This is only the fourth season he's really been able to effect change and he's taking a long view to success and I think it's the right call. I think we a have a real shot to make the playoffs this season and I think we're going to be playoff regulars again as the decade unfolds. Yzerman has forgotten more hockey than I'll ever know and I am keeping the faith.

Looking good so far

I agree with all your points. He’s clearly made some nice moves already and some have to wait and see.

Yzerplan is working I think, it’s just taking Stevie Y longer to build. He had a massive mess to clean up. He’s doing well, he’s got the right coach, the right players, and when Cossa comes in, they’ll be a playoff team.

Yes. As a Bruins fan, my team has only missed the playoffs two-times in-a-row, twice; since the 1967 O6 expansion. It's more of an indictment of Detroit than the hockey club itself.

Yzerplan is a long game which is gonna build us into a Stanley cup powerhouse before Larkin is ready to retire. We’re making huge steps each season and the belief that it’s going to take years and years to complete this rebuild is starting to lose its strength. The wings this year have the potential to make the playoffs, give it a year or two and we will be going further and further in the playoffs eventually becoming serious cup contenders.

once in the finals can be a fluke, twice means somethings going right with some luck. But 3 times... that means he's using the same recipe with some twiking here and there... That only shows the man knows what he's doing and what it takes...

the debrincat move sold me. made a guy like kubalik look like a star long enough to capitalize on his increased value

I remember at the beginning of the season people were saying it was the make or break season for the yzerplan. They are in a wildcard spot now, I think that if they make it into the playoffs people are going to go "oh shit detroit is back" and michigan is suddenly going to look like a really attractive spot for a lot of players.

Stevie is a winner at heart, he knows what he is doing, He is the Secretariat of Hockey, we have just begun to see the mind behind the winning heart of Stevie. I believe . Love my Red Wings, #LGRW

I’d love to see you do a deep dive on Billy G’s wild plan.

Would you rather have a 3 year rebuild, 1 or 2 year progressively playoff competitive but lose before eventually winning 1 in year 6 or 7 Or rebuilding in 2 years lose in first or 2nd round rebuild again in 3 years then lose your playoff game again and 2 to 3 year rebuild and not win again?

To add onto the goalie situation, they drafted Trey Augustine who’s a beast and I think will be great in the future

The "Gandhi, RTH" michael scott bit is good lols

Notable draft picks that could be up for Detroit future- William Wallinder, Albert Johansson, Simon Edvinsson, Axel-Sanidin, Shai Buium, Carter Mazur, Marco Kasper, Nate Danielson, Elmer Soderblom, Amadius Lombardi, Dmitri Buchelnikov, Sebastian Costa, Trey Augustine, and more guys that could take a next step, Yzerman has a massive pool of young talent.

This video aged well

To borrow from a film... "Are You Yzerman?.... No. Because I am Yzerman" The plan is in place.

the centre position has always been the most important position. Goaltending is also very important but that doesn't mean you need a future HOF tender. I think the big change in the last 18 years was due to the cap not a change in the importance of goaltending. Cup winners have 2 of these 3; a true number 1 C, a true number 1 D, a true starting goalie in addition to depth, meaning a 7 and 8 D that should be NHL regulars. Third liners that could be 2nd liners on weaker teams. With the Cap for teams to do this they need to build through the draft not overpaying in free agency

He’s good at what he does. You could say he has a… golden eye for building great teams.

I'd say we're right on schedule.

It’s a marathon, not a sprint. We’ve gotten better each year, our prospect pool has gotten better, our cap space is better. How can anyone think this has been a failure at this point?

Glad to have him there.

Anyone who thinks it’s been a disaster, doesn’t understand how rebuilds work. Yzerman came in 2019 to the team with no high end talent, no top prospects and picks that Ken Holland mortgaged in previous years. Couple that with the worst draft lottery luck of any team the past 4 years, his circumstances are the worst possible, due to no fault of his own. Not even sure how a video can have this title from a YT hockey content creator. Unless it’s clickbait.

I like the direction the Red Wings have been going over the last few years, they just need a solid goalie to help hold them up.

So far and it’s early it looks decent to good. To my eye the issue with this construction is you have alot of good to a smidge better than good players but no real breakout player. When that happens you have this issue that defensively the players do not have to overplay the “star” so it opens up other players chances. We will see. So far they seem better but once they play the better team you will have more of an idea.

No.

Jim Devellano took forever to get the right pieces together and that formula led to 25 straight years of playoff hockey in Motown. It takes a long time to build a good team Rob #inYzermanwetrust

Augustine is the goalie of the future for the Red Wings I dont think they see Cossa as that anymore

Anyone who questions doesn’t understand how to build a team. You don’t want to win right away, you want to get draft picks to get long term talent. Too many people don’t understand that.

Some teams draft well then win early (Chicago, Pittsburgh), some take time (Colorado, LA, Anaheim), some take forever (Washington), some never do. The big difference? The teams that never do trade away draft picks once they have 3-4 top picks.

Fans want to win NOW! GMs want to build a long term competitive team.

Maybe the reason certain players are drafted more is because that just happens to be the existing talent pool, not because teams favor the position.

Do we forget how bad the wings were prior to Steve. Also he was stuck with massive awful contracts.

As of today, I think it’s safe to say we have faith

Stevie is doing just fine as far as I’m concerned ! The Wings will be champions soon and Stevie will be there to hoist the cup!