Red Wings intent on making sure missing playoffs isn't new norm

At the end of each of the past 25 NHL seasons, the city of Detroit could count on the Red Wings hosting at least a couple playoff games.

That streak is well on its way to coming to an end, but head coach Jeff Blashill wants to use the remaining 10 games to make sure the postseason miss is a one-off.

"First of all, we have to know this isn’t OK," Blashill said, per Helene St. James of the Detroit Free Press. "And if you don’t want to be here again, you better make sure that we continue to get better, and we better make sure that our approach is the right way so that the culture maintains."

Detroit won four Stanley Cups during their recent and extended run of success, and the expectations that come with being a perennially competitive team will remain through the offseason and into training camp come September.

"There are organizations where they have lost culture. They have missed the playoffs, and they miss it 10 straight years. We don’t want to be in this position again. This isn’t OK. That is the approach we are taking every day."

The Red Wings will begin playing at Little Caesars Arena next season, where they'll clearly be looking to serve up a hot and fresh slice of playoff hockey as soon as possible.