Author: Prashanth Iyer

If I Was Steve Yzerman...My Approach To The 2021 Offseason (Part 4)

By Prashanth Iyer | Apr 21st 2021 | 10 min read |

Part 3 of this series focused on the “nuclear” approach to free agency. Part 4 today will focus on the “radical teardown” approach and my deci...

If I Was Steve Yzerman...My Approach To The 2021 Offseason (Part 3)

By Prashanth Iyer | Apr 20th 2021 | 16 min read |

After Part 1 and Part 2 which discussed the expansion draft, buyout period, and the 2021 NHL draft, the following transactions have been made: Evgeny ...

If I Was Steve Yzerman...My Approach To The 2021 Offseason (Part 2)

By Prashanth Iyer | Apr 18th 2021 | 14 min read |

After Part 1, which discussed the expansion draft and buyout period, the following transactions have been made: Evgeny Svechnikov was lost to Seattle ...

If I Was Steve Yzerman...My Approach To The 2021 Offseason (Part 1)

By Prashanth Iyer | Apr 14th 2021 | 9 min read |

It’s been only two years, but boy have Steve Yzerman’s first two years been eventful. After the shock of the Anthony Mantha trade wears off, there...

Rebuilding the Red Wings - My Approach To The 2019 Offseason

By Prashanth Iyer | Apr 17th 2019 | 23 min read |

In 2017, I attempted to sketch out a three-part, 18–month plan detailing how I would rebuild the Red Wings, culminating in the Wings being playe...

Evaluating Hockey’s Best Lines - Where Do Bertuzzi-Larkin-Mantha Fit In?

By Prashanth Iyer | Apr 6th 2019 | 5 min read |

Note: This article was written prior to the 04/04/2019 games. As another playoff-less Red Wings’ season comes to a close, one bright spot has emerge...

Go Greece Lightning - Evaluating Andreas Athanasiou’s impact on the Red Wings

By Prashanth Iyer | Apr 1st 2019 | 5 min read |

Between 1990-1991 and 2008-2009, the Red Wings had at least one 30-goal scorer every year, minus the 1997-1998 season. The last decade has been an ent...

Ken Holland and ELC Asset Management: Creating Rather than Exploiting Market Inefficiencies

By Prashanth Iyer | Mar 6th 2019 | 8 min read |

Here we are again. On Sunday, it was reported that the Detroit Red Wings had lost forward Martin Frk on waivers to the Carolina Hurricanes. Bob McKenz...

How Successful Is Your Coach With The Coach’s Challenge?

By Prashanth Iyer | Dec 31st 2018 | 8 min read |

Starting in the 2015-2016 season, the NHL instituted a new rule allowing coaches to challenge certain scoring plays. Specifically, coaches would be pr...

CCM Hockey Donates Equipment to Well-Deserving Detroit Youth Hockey Team

By Prashanth Iyer | Dec 18th 2017 | 2 min read |

DETROIT (December 18th, 2017) – Today, CCM Hockey surprised players from Detroit Ice Dreams Youth Hockey Association (DIDYHA) with new hockey equipm...