Fedorov's 91 Retired, Thomas Trade Target, and Larkin's Play - Jan. 14th, 2026
Winged Wheel Podcast - A Detroit Red Wings Podcast
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🗓️ 14 January 2026
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Summary
A day that this Detroit Red Wings podcast thought would never come: Sergei Fedorov's 91 jersey retirement ceremony at Little Caesars Arena. Our Detroit Red Wings news and analysis discusses the tribute, game recap vs. Carolina and the Bruins, and potential trade targets as rumors heat up.
(00:00) - Intro & Recording Mix-Up
Brad and Ryan explain why they're flying solo after a rare podcast first.
(05:35) - Fedorov Jersey Retirement Ceremony
The emotional tribute to Sergei Fedorov was everything Red Wings fans hoped for - from the white skates in warmups to the red Corvette entrance and seeing Steve Yzerman, Brendan Shanahan, Chris Chelios, Vladimir Konstantinov, and more together again.
(12:30) - Red Wings Beat Carolina Hurricanes
The Hockeytown team follows up the jersey retirement with a chaotic win over the Hurricanes thanks to even more key play from James van Riemsdyk (assists from Moritz Seider and Lucas Raymond on the power play). Alex DeBrincat continues to be clutch, as does Patrick Kane's vision. John Gibson stood tall as Andrew Copp scored an electric (and controversial) overtime winner.
(20:15) - Boston Beatdown
We recap Detroit's tough loss to the Bruins, despite Cam Talbot playing a solid game.
(29:20) - Dylan Larkin and Axel Sandin-Pellikka Performance Discussion
Breaking down some concerning trends across Todd McLellan's lineup as the season hits its stride, plus some bright spots.
(40:30) - Quinn Hughes Trade Rumors & Thomas On the Market
New information emerges about Quinn Hughes' interest in the Red Wings, plus Robert Thomas trade speculation and how Yzerman could nab him. Also, updates on Trey Augustine and Michal Pradel in the prospect pipeline.
(51:33) - Overtime Mailbag
Your questions and comments to wrap up another eventful week in Hockeytown.
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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 | Brad, you and I sitting here, just us this episode, does it feel a little bit like we're |
| 0:34.2 | being punished right now, like we're grounded? |
| 0:37.4 | I had to drive through a snowstorm |
| 0:39.3 | to get here. It's a punishment from the universe for sure. Evan's not here this episode, and I want |
| 0:46.3 | everyone to know that he is passing up the biggest opportunity he's ever going to get on this |
| 0:51.0 | podcast. I can't believe we're not opening by talking about the Fedorff retirement jersey, but something somehow even less likely than Federoff's number |
| 0:59.0 | finally being retired in Detroit happened. For the first time in the near 11 year history of this |
| 1:06.2 | podcast, I forgot about an episode. |
| 1:19.5 | For the first time in the near 11 year history of this podcast, Brad forgotten episode. |
| 1:23.9 | Those two things happened on the same episode. |
| 1:44.3 | So at seven this morning, Evan was at my house. He's like, no one's answering the door. No one's answering the group chat. I don't know how long he hung out there. I was too ashamed to keep watching my doorbell camera. And he left. And he obviously, he planned his day around it because it was in the calendar. We had planned it. |
| 1:47.1 | Brad, you and I had planned it, and you're going to give us the kicker in a second. |
| 1:47.6 | Oh, yeah. |
| 1:48.5 | For this morning. |
| 1:49.9 | We had no excuse. |
| 1:51.4 | We didn't, there's no misinformation. |
| 1:53.0 | There was no miscommunication. |
| 1:54.4 | I don't think we even talked yesterday. |
| 1:58.8 | We have never done this and we did it on the same day, Brad. |
| 2:00.0 | How? |
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