from Helene St. James of the Detroit Free Press,

If the Detroit Red Wings take a collective look in the mirror, they will see a team that hasn’t made good on the enthusiasm with which it began the season.

Their winless streak grew to seven with Wednesday’s 5-1 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning at Amalie Arena, and what little confidence the Wings earned after playing better defensively over the weekend has dissipated.

“We’re not happy with the result,” Glendening said. “We’re not happy with the process. We didn’t take a step in the right direction. We have to continue to go to work and get better. In a short season, especially, when you go on slides like this it makes it tough.

“We have to have some fortitude, some grit in this room, and get back to it.”

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