You don’t do what Detroit has done for the past 24 years without being a model of consistency, and discipline. Not all those Detroit teams played the same way, but, in large part, they always made the playoffs because they seldom beat themselves. They are doing too much of that under rookie coach Jeff Blashill.

I guess it should be “thumbs up” to Philadelphia or anybody else that manages to dislodge Detroit, but lately, it’s “thumbs down” to the Red Wings for what they’ve done to put the streak on the endangered list.

-Dave Hodge of TSN where you can read more on the Wings.