The Detroit Red Wings and Tanking
Red Wings fans, all things considered, have had things pretty good the past two and a half decades. Ken Holland, GM and executive vice president of the Detroit Red Wings, has been the architect of three Stanley Cup Championship teams, but now he faces a different challenge: rebuilding the Red Wings to their former glory. Heading into this season, with the retirement of former captain Henrik Zetterberg, many fans ear-marked the Red Wings as a shoe-in for the bottom of the league's standings. Although that would require a lot of pain and losing in a single season, the silver lining would be a shot at winning the draft lottery and attaining the number one overall pick, and spending said-pick on superstar forward Jack Hughes, a skilled center skating for the US National Team Development Program in Plymouth, Michigan. The problem is, this season has not gone as expected for most Red Wings fans. Through 31 games, the Detroit Red Wings sit just three points outside of the second wild-...