BERTUZZI AND VRANA TRADED (RED WINGS TRADE DEADLINE RECAP) - Mar. 3rd, 2023

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🗓️ 4 March 2023

⏱️ 96 minutes

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Summary

Steve Yzerman's vision for the future of the Detroit Red Wings took some major steps this week, with the 2023 NHL Trade Deadline culminating in the trade of Tyler Bertuzzi, Jakub Vrana, and Oskar Sundqvist (after already trading Filip Hronek and signing Dylan Larkin & Jake Walman earlier in the week). The only thing that didn't happen was the James Van Riemsdyk trade - JVR, you'll be missed in Motown.

Tune in as we open by discussing the Tyler Bertuzzi trade to the Boston Bruins in exchange for a top-10 protected 2024 1st round pick & a 2025 4th round pick. We analyze the quality of the return, whether Bertuzzi was ever close to signing in Hockeytown before becoming a UFA, Dylan Larkin's emotional press conference right after the trade, Bertuzzi's impact in the room & on the ice, & more (4:20).

Next, the Jakub Vrana saga ended as Yzerman traded him to St. Louis for a 7th round pick and McLaughlin. We explain why the Red Wings chose to move on Vrana, the reasons the return was so small, and wish Vrana well in a hopefully fresh new start (20:55).

Finally, trading Oskar Sundqvist to the Minnesota Wild for a 4th round pick - the "Namestnikov Special" (26:12).

We then take stock of the Red Wings' draft capital over the next few years, and assess whether the Yzerplan is on track, if spending on players like Copp, Perron, Husso, & Maatta last season was a mistake, whether Yzerman will use or trade those picks for key players, honest analysis on where the rebuild stands, & LOTS more (28:20).

Finally, some quick notes on signings like Doucet & Letheman (Sebastian Cossa's teammate), Alex Nedeljkovic being recalled as Ville Husso was hurt, Yzerman's notes on Simon Edvinsson, Marco Kasper, Albert Johansson, Cross Hanas, Michael Rasmussen, Joe Veleno, Filip Zadina, & other young guns (54:15), Red Wings game recap & look ahead at the standings and Connor Bedard draft lottery (1:01:55), and a look at some more trades from across the NHL (1:07:35).

All of that & plenty more before taking your questions during Overtime (1:17:35) - enjoy!

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to the winged wheel podcast. Here to talk all things hockey are your hosts Brad
0:10.8	Crisco, Ryan Hanna, and Evan Lopsinger.
0:13.4	This special trade deadline recap edition of Winged Wheel Podcast is dedicated to James Van Rimes Dyke.
0:27.9	We hardly knew you in Hockeytown.
0:30.0	The Trade That Never Was.
0:32.4	We'll miss you JVR. A true legend. That that
0:37.2	recap video that came out from ice hockey gifts was first of all instant like
0:41.4	the story was still playing out where this thing happened but then just
0:45.2	didn't happen the trade that never was and the video went up and I nearly fell off my couch laughing.
0:53.0	What a strange 20 minutes.
0:57.0	You know what, it was a nice cap to a rather dull day considering how crazy the rest of the week was leading up as the league changed
1:06.2	Trade Deadline day to Trade Deadline, almost month.
1:10.6	But we have to appreciate the way Steve Eiserman kind of separated things out.
1:15.0	You know, last episode can really be considered part one of the recap with the Larkin contract, the Wallman contract, the
1:20.0	Hieronic Trade, everything else that kind of happened around the Red Wings and then we said last episode
1:26.4	that Bertusi trade is probably going to follow pretty soon after we hit post here and it was up for
1:31.8	I think it was like 12 hours after we posted that
1:33.7	Bertusi was traded the next morning so all in all really yeah not bad at
1:39.0	all we we have to enjoy this moment because we are never going to have a trade deadline fall in our
1:43.5	favor like this one did. Live it now. Future years you know it's going to be painful.
1:50.5	Yeah, you take the you take the W is where you can.
1:53.0	All right folks, welcome to the Winged Wheel Podcast.
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