ELIMINATED. Detroit Misses Playoffs for 10th Straight Year - Apr. 12th, 2026
Winged Wheel Podcast - A Detroit Red Wings Podcast
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🗓️ 12 April 2026
⏱️ 76 minutes
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Summary
A decade of no playoffs. This Detroit Red Wings podcast covers the elimination from playoff contention on fan appreciation night. Hockeytown news and analysis breaks down the spectacular blown lead that sealed the 10th straight season without postseason hockey for Steve Yzerman's team.
(00:00) - Intro & Elimination Reality
The Red Wings cap off a season-long pattern of blown leads with one final spectacular collapse at home, officially ending playoff hopes for the 10th consecutive year.
(05:00) - Flyers & Devils vs. Red Wing Game Recaps
Moritz Seider's record-setting five-point night and Dylan Larkin's hat trick quickly became a dampened memory, as they were followed by the crushing loss to New Jersey with nothing to play for.
(15:35) - Assigning Blame
Breaking down where this season went wrong - from coaching decisions from Todd McLellan to Steve Yzerman's roster construction to individual player performances that failed to meet expectations. Is this on Dylan Larkin, Lucas Raymond, or Patrick Kane, or does fault lay with everyone?
(25:40) - Playoff Drought Reality
The harsh truth about extending the drought to a decade, and what this means for Steve Yzerman's timeline and the organization's direction moving forward.
(31:15) - Offseason Changes Needed
What needs to happen this summer to avoid year 11 of missing the playoffs, including potential coaching changes and roster shakeups. Will Chris Ilitch consider firing Steve Yzerman?
(46:00) - Prospects Update - Plante and Augustine
The only bright spot remains in the pipeline as Max Plante wins the Hobey Baker and Trey Augustine wins the Mike Richter Award in the NCAA. Also, Kiiskinen and Dylan James join the Grand Rapids Griffins looking to make a long playoff run.
(54:05) - Overtime Mailbag
Your questions about another failed season in Hockeytown and what comes next for Yzerman's wayward squad.
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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 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. |
| 0:28.9 | Every day we're getting closer to the no talking, just 60 minutes of shuffling around awkwardly crunching on chips episode. |
| 0:38.1 | I only turned on the lights today because I thought it was the right thing to do. |
| 0:43.4 | Otherwise, we're doing this thing in the dark. |
| 0:46.8 | You know how many people messaged or called yesterday immediately after the game |
| 0:51.4 | and just gave me some variation of what the hell just happened. |
| 0:56.3 | Yes, I also had my version of that. |
| 0:59.5 | It's tough times. |
| 1:01.7 | Oh, I had the opposite. |
| 1:03.6 | This is one of the few times the Red Wings did something embarrassing and my phone was completely silent afterwards. |
| 1:08.4 | I think people were either pitying me or were worried about what I would snap back with, |
| 1:17.4 | given my mental state. |
| 1:19.7 | We're not surprised. |
| 1:22.0 | Like, we're not surprised, but it's so funny that with how this ended up, |
| 1:28.4 | and we were barreling towards this for a while now, |
| 1:31.3 | that the Detroit Red Wings managed to, |
| 1:34.5 | in the larger picture of a massive blown lead, |
| 1:39.1 | that was caused by a bunch of ridiculous smaller blown leads and individual games |
| 1:45.4 | that they capped it off with one more spectacular |
| 1:50.8 | for absolutely no reason did you need to do it |
| 1:54.6 | blown lead at home on fan appreciation night |
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