Hughes Rumors Heat Up and Apologies to John Gibson - Dec. 11th, 2025

Winged Wheel Podcast - A Detroit Red Wings Podcast

Winged Wheel Podcast

Sports, Hockey

4.9 • 968 Ratings

🗓️ 11 December 2025

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

John Gibson shutout, Quinn Hughes being linked to the Detroit Red Wings...wild time in Hockeytown!

Tune in as we start by recapping Detroit's latest two wins, starting with a 4-0 victory over Quinn Hughes and the Vancouver Canucks, including John Gibson's best game in the Winged Wheel, excellent performances from Axel Sandin-Pellikka, Patrick Kane, Alex DeBrincat, James van Riemsdyk, Elmer Soderblom, J.T. Compher, Michael Rasmussen, Dylan Larkin, Andrew Copp, and more Red Wings (4:10). Next, a nail-biting 4-3 victory over Nazem Kadri and the Calgary Flames, including Gibson's performance, Simon Edvinsson's injury, Patrick Kane and Alex DeBrincat showing their mind-meld yet again, Axel Sandin-Pellikka's offensive game emerging, Raymond and Larkin, an almost goalie fight between Cooley & Gibson, & plenty more (15:10).

Next, we take a look at just how well the DeBrincat-Copp-Kane line has been playing, Cat's goal pace, Kane's milestones, what it means for guys like Kasper and Danielson down the roster, and how it takes pressure off the Finnie-Larkin-Raymond line (32:25).

After that, our updated reports on what we're hearing in the Quinn Hughes saga, including heightened interest from Steve Yzerman and the Detroit Red Wings, whether a potential return would include someone like Carter Bear, if Yzerman would need an assurance of an extension from Hughes & Pat Brisson, & more (39:40).

All of that & lots more, including a note on Carter Bear's World Junior Championship Team Canada training camp invitation (54:05), before we take your questions and comments in our Overtime segment (57:20) - 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 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. So John Gibson absolutely hates you, Evan. We know that now, right? I was, when I woke up after the Vancouver game, I had a bunch of people message me saying like, well, not message, but like, tag me in things being like, oh, what do you think of John Gibson now?
0:45.7	It's like my opinion has not changed.
0:47.6	I, like, I don't understand, like, I'm very happy that John Gibson got a shutout.
0:52.7	Well, a real Gibson shut out, not a Gibson shutout, a real NHL goalie shutout. By Evan Lopsinger's standards, he posted two shutouts. That's true. A true shutout, and then an Evan Lopsinger shutout, which is three goals against. Because at first, when they scored that penalty shot goal, I was like, that kind of sucks. Gibson was tracking well. I thought
1:11.3	he had a good bid there for a second straight shutout. That would have been a great, you know,
1:15.8	big middle finger to Evan Lopsinger. And then he allowed three, which last episode you said,
1:21.7	that's it. That's a Gibson shutout. So. You got two in a row. Here we go. With apologies to
1:27.4	John Gibson. Another credit to. With apologies to John Gibson.
1:28.8	Another credit to you, Evan.
1:30.9	Last episode I said, you know, the Red Wings have a tough schedule ahead and you're like,
1:33.9	no, they don't.
1:35.0	They have Vancouver at Calgary.
1:37.0	Yeah, they're bad.
1:38.0	They're bad.
1:39.3	They're bad.
1:40.0	It's looking tough at West right now.
1:43.4	But hey, two regulation wins for Detroit.
1:46.9	Here we are.
1:48.0	This is like the inverse December.
1:50.5	I know.
1:51.3	It's weird.
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