Detroit: Buyers or Sellers? ft. Max Bultman - Feb. 26th, 2023

Winged Wheel Podcast - A Detroit Red Wings Podcast

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🗓️ 27 February 2023

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Summary

Detroit Red Wings fans wanted playoff hockey, and Andrei Vasilevskiy made sure they got it alright.

Tune in as we discuss the 2 games in Hockeytown: first, a commanding victory over the New York Rangers, ft. Andrew Copp's strongest game of the season, Filip Zadina's triumphant return to the lineup after a nice play by Dylan Larkin, Michael Rasmussen's fun night, & Ville Husso being the backbone of Detroit's success (5:35). Next, Detroit's solid play against the Lightning but Vasilevskiy's other-worldly performance in net, Detroit's shooting woes, Berggren being a bit shaky, & overall commentary on questionable calls over the past 2 games (18:20).

Next, an update on Michael Rasmussen's injury, being out indefinitely, & how it affects Derek Lalonde's lineup decisions (especially Lucas Raymond, Filip Zadina, Jakub Vrana, Elmer Soderblom, etc.) (29:55). Also, an update on Jakub Vrana being "showcased" for a potential trade, & why Steve Yzerman would even consider doing so (31:50).

We're joined by Max Bultman of The Athletic Detroit to talk about how Detroit's trade deadline trajectory has changed, who would be a potential "buy" target if Yzerman decides to help the playoff push, whether playoffs are realistic, & plenty more (36:45)!

Finally, a look at the Eastern conference wild card playoff race, whether the Red Wings should be positioned as buyers or sellers, Yzerman's focus on making the postseason & if it's worth keeping the likes of Bertuzzi for the sake of getting Moritz Seider & Lucas Raymond some playoff experience, & who is most likely to be traded/who the Red Wings could acquire (49:00). Also, a note on trades across the NHL & the Western conference making the East a "thunderdome" (1:02:30) & more before we take your questions during Overtime (1:09:15) - enjoy!

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Max's Trade Deadline Article: https://theathletic.com/4250282/2023/02/26/red-wings-trade-deadline-buyers-targets/

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	Well, we wanted to play off hockey.
0:20.7	You got it. You got it. Big monkey paw, finger curling moment. One of the best
0:29.2	regular season goal tending performances I've seen in a long time. Says something for the Red Wings
0:35.3	that they are now privy to that, because usually it's like a backup goalie makes 35 saves, not
0:40.8	you know, Andrei Vastelevsky. First one off the ice and warm-ups in your chuckling because all of a sudden the
0:45.8	red wings are seeing starters again, but then he puts up a near 50-safe shutout.
0:50.6	You could see that coming from a mile away. Yeah, there were a lot of posts about that on social media throughout the day,
0:56.0	because not only was Detroit not getting Tampa's backup like they usually do.
1:03.4	Tampa's on a back to back.
1:05.0	So it was very much a situation where they would have been in the realm
1:08.4	of playing the backup against the Red Wings.
1:11.8	And I forget who Tampa was playing today, but it was another team in the playoff race and they chose
1:18.1	to play Vassalefsky against the Red Wings and everybody's like, wow, what a great sign.
1:24.2	The Red Wings are the team that good teams legitimately respected and possibly fear a little bit
1:29.5	now.
1:30.3	And like you said, Ryan, monkey paw curls.
1:34.0	You know what? It's not like, it's unfortunate for the Red Wings and we'll talk about the game that they played.
1:39.0	But this is, this is what it's like. This is what it's like to be playing with the big boys. You want to play
1:45.6	big boy hockey? That's you're going to have to face the best goalie on the planet. And you know what was funny actually
1:51.1	in the middle of all of this happening?
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