https://wesandwoodward.com/analysis/ Detroit Red Wings analysis, by the numbers. One item per article. en-us Mon, 26 Oct 2026 18:53:58 GMT https://wesandwoodward.com/icon-192.png https://wesandwoodward.com/ https://wesandwoodward.com/analysis/michael-brandsegg-nygard-2026-glowup/ https://wesandwoodward.com/analysis/michael-brandsegg-nygard-2026-glowup/ Mon, 26 Oct 2026 18:53:58 GMT Michael Brandsegg-Nygård’s first 10 games this season against his first 10 last season: the same shot rate from seven feet closer, a second-line job, and a line that drives play in every score state. The glow-up is real. The plus-10 is not the proof. https://wesandwoodward.com/analysis/michael-rasmussen-mt-rushmore/ https://wesandwoodward.com/analysis/michael-rasmussen-mt-rushmore/ Mon, 19 Oct 2026 21:24:03 GMT Forty-seven forwards have gone 400 minutes without a point since the NHL started tracking ice time. Four kept a real role the whole way. Michael Rasmussen is one of them, and by goals scored with him on the ice, the worst. https://wesandwoodward.com/analysis/dylan-larkin-checked-out/ https://wesandwoodward.com/analysis/dylan-larkin-checked-out/ Sat, 17 Oct 2026 23:07:03 GMT Dylan Larkin’s first five games since his trade request, measured against every five-game stretch of his career. The giveaways, the takeaways, the shots and what his speed says. https://wesandwoodward.com/analysis/marco-kasper-year-three/ https://wesandwoodward.com/analysis/marco-kasper-year-three/ Tue, 13 Oct 2026 17:58:35 GMT Marco Kasper’s second season was worse than a sophomore slump. What the comps, the luck and the projections say he needs in year three. https://wesandwoodward.com/analysis/two-way-forwards/ https://wesandwoodward.com/analysis/two-way-forwards/ Wed, 07 Oct 2026 19:32:59 GMT Detroit built its forward group around compete and defensive responsibility. Three seasons of 5v5 scoring, the teams that made the archetype work, and where this roster was really headed. https://wesandwoodward.com/analysis/2026-27-predictions/ https://wesandwoodward.com/analysis/2026-27-predictions/ Fri, 02 Oct 2026 23:19:22 GMT Five hundred simulated seasons with Dylan Larkin and five hundred without, one of each played out game by game, and a prediction.