Regarding ‘Bounce Back’ Players

Red Wings need more from these six players in 2026-27

Six Red Wings need bounce-back seasons after subpar years to break 10-year playoff drought.

Regarding ‘bounce back’ players

The Detroit News’s Ted Kulfan names 6 Red Wings players who must “bounce back” from difficult 2025-2026 campaigns this upcoming season. Not all of the players he lists are offensive contributors, like J.T. Compher, Michael Rasmussen and Mason Appleton… Mason Appleton The free-agent signing from the previous summer had a poor first season, not giving much of the lift to the Wings’ bottom-six forward group. Appleton, 30, had one goal and two assi…