Three big-picture questions the Red Wings must answer as offseason begins

With the Detroit Red Wings’ 2025-26 season over, another offseason is set to begin too soon.Detroit’s playoff drought sits at 10 years, the longest in the NHL, after yet another late-season collapse. And that leaves some big decisions ahead.There is the usual front-office business, of course — contract extensions, trade talks and all of the like — but before the Red Wings can get to any of that, there are a few big-picture questions the franchise must answer to set the framework for what its summer will entail.Advertisement