A funny thing happened late last month when the Red Wings re-signed Joe Veleno. “Two years at $2.275 million?!” said a person who is imaginary but representative of pockets of fans on social media. “But the models had him closer to $2 million! This ~$250,000 overpay is yet another example of how poorly the Red Wings’ rebuild is going!” It’s been much of the same for most of the offseason.