Red Wings coach Todd McLellan speaks bluntly about coaching bump Detroit has received

I think a marriage is when you get home from the honeymoon and the real world kicks in and it becomes work every day. We're probably in that phase now. We're in the work phase where we have to trust that the map or the path we're laying out for the players is the right one and we have to trust that they're willing to accept some of the guidance that we're giving them. We're counting on them playing faster, harder and smarter.

Accountability comes into play a little bit now. Catching them when they get a little bit sloppy or they start to slip. Catching them doing it right is important, too, because there are some good things that happen, too, you can't just harp on the negative. I think that's where we're at. I don't know for sure but we'll see where this week takes us.