DeBrincat's Future and Can Yzerman Land the Larkin Trade? - June 14th, 2026
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🗓️ 15 June 2026
⏱️ 76 minutes
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Summary
This Detroit Red Wings podcast dives further into the Larkin trade request ordeal, focusing on Alex DeBrincat & Steve Yzerman weighing a possible hard reset. Hockeytown news & analysis breaks down Alex DeBrincat's looming contract decision and what a step-back season could mean for the roster.
(00:00) - Intro and Birthday Wishes
We open with Evan's belated birthday (or is it Eric's?) and a look ahead to the draft and free agency.
(04:40) - Alex DeBrincat Contract Situation
DeBrincat's extension could decide whether Detroit retools or tears it down — and why keeping him matters at all costs.
(16:10) - Yzerman's Path Forward
The death-by-a-thousand-cuts problem in pro scouting and how a Larkin trade return shapes the next five years.
(29:35) - Simon Edvinsson Extension Talk
Edvinsson's RFA deal, the eight-year window before the CBA change, and whether a bridge makes sense.
(36:00) - Darnell Nurse Trade Block
What it'd take to even consider Nurse's contract, plus a wild Edmonton retention hypothetical.
(42:05) - NHL Awards Voting
Kucherov edges McDavid for the Hart, and Moritz Seider lands the Red Wings' first Hart votes since a surprising name.
(45:50) - Prospect Profile: Keaton Verhoeff
The right-shot North Dakota defenseman playing his true 17-year-old season in the NCAA, and why his ceiling is worth a gamble.
(53:30) - Prospect Profile: JP Hurlbert
The Kamloops winger with a wicked shot who could fall to Detroit's range at 47th overall.
(58:34) - Overtime Patreon Questions
Trade-request floodgates, Connor Hellebuyck rumblings, the Gibson goalie surplus, and an onion-eating sacrifice for McDavid.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Wingwheel podcast, the number one source for news, analysis, and discussion on the Detroit Red Wings, the NHL, and all things hockey. |
| 0:19.2 | Here are your hosts, Ryan Hanna, |
| 0:21.5 | Brad Criscoe, |
| 0:22.5 | and Evan Lopsinger. |
| 0:28.6 | Well, Evan, |
| 0:30.1 | happy belated birthday. |
| 0:32.3 | Oh, yeah. |
| 0:33.1 | Thank you. |
| 0:34.1 | You're about, |
| 0:34.9 | are you 100 now? |
| 0:36.1 | I feel like it. |
| 0:54.8 | But you actually have something to admit to the listeners and the viewers, and we forgot to bring this up. You finally ready to tell them that Evan's not your real name? Oh, yes. Yeah, yeah. Eric Lobb Singer. That's right. Yeah. Eric Lobb Singer. We had one of the courses that we went to, |
| 0:58.6 | they had like they printed out like a welcome to the, you know, it was such and such club. And they had our names and they had Eric Lob Singer. So Ken and I were calling Evan Eric the |
| 1:02.7 | entire trip. I thought it was Shea. Well, very many aliases. So happy birthday to whoever you are |
| 1:10.2 | today. Actually, I mean, yesterday. You enjoyed it? |
| 1:14.1 | Always. Always. I heard you're pretty warmed up for the prospect profiles this episode. |
| 1:20.5 | Yes. Well, the ones you were asking for us to talk about, I had strong opinions about when I |
| 1:26.6 | thought about them for 6 AM episodes, but not for 6 p.m. episodes. We had to go pretty far down the list before we were all like, yep, I am well-versed enough on this guy to talk about him today. I thought, I was like, okay, you know what, we can wait on the prospect profiles while we do another like full larkin episode and then i looked at the date and oh maybe not |
| 1:44.8 | draft is almost here it's crazy like stanley cup finals is about to wrap up the drafts right around |
| 1:52.4 | the corner obviously free agency is going to be incredible this year so we're looking forward to |
| 1:57.3 | that it's it's coming to an end pretty fast no No, I, I, I, I can't believe this actually is over. Is between my two kids, the last spring tournament wrapped up this morning. Brad, you say that every three weeks. You have to understand how little that means. We're, we're good for a while now. What's that? Like two more weeks? Oh, two months until they start getting in the prep tournaments. |
| 2:18.9 | Okay. |
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