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Detroit Red Wings struggling at 'big boy hockey' time of year? 'Tough luck,' says coach

Detroit Free Press
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Detroit Red Wings are struggling to make the playoffs with just 14 games remaining in the season .

The team's performance has declined since February , with a bottom-ranked record and poor goals-for and goals-against averages.

Players and coaches acknowledge the need for improvement from both experienced and younger members of the team.

Coach Todd McLellan : "I’m not going to use age as an excuse. I don’t care how old you are".

The Detroit Red Wings are running out of time to put last year's lesson to better use.

The Wings have 28 points available to them; realistically, they're not going to close out going 14 -0.

Even if they embrace playing "big boy hockey," they need other teams to lose.