Todd McLellan already paying off for Detroit Red Wings

Some areas we've picked (to concentrate on), we've gone after it pretty hard and there haven't been many, but we have picked and we've worked hard in practice and we're seeing it (improvement) in games. Players are quite receptive, the effort we're getting in practice is sharp and they're getting to the rink to get better and not just practice.

So far, so good. But it's still the honeymoon. We'll see where it all goes later on.

I'm excited to see how our team will respond on the road. We're a week into together as a group. We have concepts in place and they feel good about themselves. We're going into a building (Thursday) where they've lost only four times (12-4-3) all season. They have a real good home record and playing very well there. Then, going to play one of the best teams in the league (Winnipeg, 27-11-1), so the next six, seven, eight periods we're going to play, as I talked about with road maps, this will provide a road map as to where we go as a group.

Either we'll keep forging forward, or we go back and review things. I'm excited to see how the group will play.