{"id":128206,"date":"2022-04-30T18:52:45","date_gmt":"2022-04-30T22:52:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=128206"},"modified":"2022-04-30T18:52:45","modified_gmt":"2022-04-30T22:52:45","slug":"jeff-blashill-gone-detroit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2022\/04\/30\/jeff-blashill-gone-detroit\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeff Blashill Gone, Detroit Coaching Staff Cleaned Out"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The next era in Hockeytown has begun.\u00a0 In less than a day after the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/redwings\/\" target=\"_self\">Detroit Red Wings<\/a>&#8216; season ended, not only is Jeff Blashill gone but the majority of the coaching staff will not be returning for next season:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"zxx\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/p1sJ3nfg2z\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/p1sJ3nfg2z<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Detroit Red Wings (@DetroitRedWings) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DetroitRedWings\/status\/1520463001425485826?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">April 30, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Blashill Gone, What Legacy Remains?<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/redwings\/team\/hockey-operations\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Red Wings&#8217; Hockey Operations page<\/a> lists only assistant coach <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/t\/tangual01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alex Tanguay<\/a> and video coaches LJ Scarpace and Jeff Weintraub.\u00a0 The absence of Blashill, Houda, and Salajko from the list is large.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/y\/yzermst01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Steve Yzerman<\/a> will have the offseason to interview replacements.\u00a0 More immediately, fans will have the offseason to look back at the last seven years.\u00a0 They&#8217;ll decide <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2019\/12\/12\/jeff-blashill-on-thin-ice-for-detroit-red-wings\/\" target=\"_self\">how they will remember<\/a> their former head coach.\u00a0 The years were tumultuous, going downhill yearly save for the first half of this season.<\/p>\n<p>Blashill leaves Detroit and the distinction of the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2021\/05\/18\/jeff-blashill-extended-red-wings\/\" target=\"_self\">second longest-tenured head coach behind<\/a> with a 204-261-72 record over 537 regular-season games.\u00a0 He led his team to the postseason once, winning one game and dropping four in his first season coaching in Hockeytown.\u00a0 His job was one set up to fail.\u00a0 Jeff inherited a team that had emptied the futures reserves to extend their playoff streak to 25 seasons.<\/p>\n<p>[pickup_prop id=&#8221;22632&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>While they did make it to the quarter-century mark, the winged wheels were ready to fall off by 2016-17.\u00a0 The Wings have not been back to the playoffs since.\u00a0 That leaves Blashill&#8217;s last chance at a positive legacy with the development of the young players.\u00a0 Outside of a couple of late bloomers, the consensus is that the team&#8217;s youth did not progress at the pace they should have.\u00a0 Some players even regressed over time under Blashill&#8217;s care.<\/p>\n<h3>What This Means for the Future<\/h3>\n<p>With Yzerman&#8217;s edict, his team will now be moving in a very different direction.\u00a0 Many saw the writing on the wall for Blashill whether they defended him or denounced him.\u00a0 Salajko and Houda are a little more shocking but show the concerns with special teams and goalie consistency were too big to ignore.\u00a0 Who Stevie Y chooses for the replacement coach is a mystery to all but him, as with most dealings in Detroit.\u00a0 With Jeff Blashill gone, the next iteration of the Red Wings to be more in their GM&#8217;s image.\u00a0 The offseason is only beginning.\u00a0 Fans in Hockeytown could be looking at the most exciting summer they&#8217;ve seen in years.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"geGWVKFDRwVLK-26bCCbSw\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; 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