Detroit's Top Draft Targets and Defense Projections - June 8th, 2025
Winged Wheel Podcast - A Detroit Red Wings Podcast
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5 • 869 Ratings
🗓️ 9 June 2025
⏱️ 78 minutes
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Summary
The Detroit Red Wings have Moritz Seider, Simon Edvinsson, Albert Johansson, Axel Sandin Pellikka, and others in their homegrown blue line talent - but is this enough to be competitive for the Stanley Cup, or does Steve Yzerman need to add a Gavrikov, Ekblad, or K'Andre Miller to bolster things? How big is the defense's holes compared to the offensive help needed for Dylan Larkin, Lucas Raymond, Patrick Kane, Alex DeBrincat, and Marco Kasper (maybe in the form of Mitch Marner) (4:45)? Also, updates on the Red Wings' current and former coaches, including Derek Lalonde going to the Toronto Maple Leafs and Jay Varady headed to the Phildelphia Flyers (19:20).
Next, a Stanley Cup Final update as Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl, and the Edmonton Oilers are in an incredibly tight series against Matthew Tkachuk, Sam Bennett, and the Florida Panthers (23:20). After that, NHL trade rumor updates, including thoughts on potential 2025 NHL Draft order trades (to try to get Matthew Schaefer, Michael Misa, or James Hagens), Dahlin, Peterka, Quinn Hughes, and more in a chaotic start to the offseason (28:35).
After that, thoughts on the NHL Draft Combine and players for Steve Yzerman to target as Hockeytown's newest additions, focusing on Cole Reschny and Carter Bear (46:45).
All of that & lots more before we take your questions and comments in our Overtime segment (1:07:45) - enjoy!
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Wingwheel podcast, the number one source for news, analysis and discussion, |
| 0:14.5 | on the Detroit Red Wings, the NHL, and all things hockey. |
| 0:19.2 | Here are your hosts, Brian Hanna, Brad Criscoe, and Evan Lopsinger. |
| 0:27.4 | This is going to be a bad episode for thighs. |
| 0:34.7 | Oh, you're wearing shorts. |
| 0:36.7 | That's bold. |
| 0:37.2 | Like really short. Not like really short, but they wearing shorts. That's bold. Like really short. |
| 0:38.4 | Not like really short, but they just ride up when I sit. |
| 0:42.0 | Is that our open? |
| 0:43.0 | Do we just use that as the open? |
| 0:44.3 | Oh, no. |
| 0:44.9 | Yeah, that's that. |
| 0:48.0 | It's going to be a bad episode for thighs as easily our spiciest open so far. |
| 0:52.9 | It's going to be a great title, though. |
| 0:56.2 | The All Legs episode. |
| 0:58.7 | Our listenership plummeted, but our Patreon strangely spiked. |
| 1:03.8 | The dollars per viewer skyrocketed on this show. |
| 1:09.5 | I was going to open by saying, like, it's the summer, as you can tell, by Evan's glaring |
| 1:15.2 | white thighs, but I was going to open with an offseason. |
| 1:19.7 | I messaged Evan the other day from the range saying I have terrible news. |
| 1:23.6 | He's like, what? |
| 1:24.1 | I'm like, I figured something out on the range with my driver. |
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