Copp, Red Wings Emphasize "Trust" During January Surge
From The Silky Mitten State: On the role of trust to the Red Wings' January Success
There are a number of different factors contributing to the Detroit Red Wings' strong month of January. We've written about the way Alex Lyon's stability in net has been a central driving force for Detroit's success. We've also written about Derek Lalonde's point that an increase in practice time afforded by a more relaxed schedule than the team had to endure in December has helped improved team defense.
One other factor in that success has been a particular version of trust. Last week, with the team still on its Southern road swing, forward Andrew Copp spoke about the way that "trust" has factored into that success—pointing to the fact that the team believes in its ability to score to the point that it doesn't have to cheat for offense to get back into
"We've got a lot of talent in this room," Joe Veleno told The Hockey News earlier this week. "We've proven that we can score in bunches, and we've got a lot of good players who can contribute offensively. And essentially, being good defensively is gonna win you hockey games. They've got a lot of skill in Tampa, for example. The other night we only allowed them one goal. That definitely says a lot, and we just gotta play strong defensively, and that's gonna win us hockey games.
On the most recent episode of The Silky Mitten State, my co-host Connor Earegood and I talked through the importance of that trust in scoring talent, and you can see a sample of that conversation in the above video.
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