With the Detroit Red Wings off to a 1-6-2 start, fans already are hungry for this rebuild to be over.

They may have to settle for curly fries while they wait.

Arby's, which has had a decade-long relationship with the franchise, has mercifully lowered the bar on its free curly fries promotion. Before, a Red Wings player needed to record a hat trick. That hasn't happened since the 2016-17 season.

Now, all that needs to happen is Detroit has to score three goals as a team. And that's already happened three times this season, despite the losses mounting.

"We want to continue to reward fans and give them the best chance possible to get free Arby's Curly Fries," an Arby's spokesperson told ESPN via email. "After last season, we realized there were too few occurrences of Hat Tricks, leaving fans hungry for more Curly Fries. This year, we hope to reward our die-hard Arby's and Red Wings fans with a chance to savor our Curly Fries more often."

The Red Wings ranked 28th in the NHL in goals scored in 2017-18, and only four teams have fewer than the 20 goals Detroit has scored thus far this season.