Kane and UFA Rumors - Red Wings Free Agents and Draft Steals - May 27th, 2026
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🗓️ 27 May 2026
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Summary
Is Showtime returning to Hockeytown? This Red Wings podcast digs into the latest Detroit free agency report, with Patrick Kane reportedly the only UFA Steve Yzerman wants back. News and analysis covers what walking away from JVR, Talbot, and Perron means, plus Raymond & Brandsegg-Nygard lighting up the Worlds and a shocking Western Conference Final sweep.
(00:00) - Intro & Fun Fact
(05:10) - Red Wings UFA Report
Reports say Kane is the only UFA the Wings want back. Why letting JVR, Perron, and the rest walk is just step one, plus the case for buyouts and trades to send a real message to the room and make space for Mazur, MBN, and others.
(20:15) - Patrick Kane's Future
Why the Patrick Kane conversation may be the only easy one. Measuring production vs. Compher, Rasmussen, and Appleton combined. The top six gap, the DeBrincat chemistry, and what still needs to be addressed.
(25:25) - Wings at the Worlds
Michael Brandsegg-Nygard's tear with Norway, Moritz Seider's unreal goal-line save, Lucas Raymond among tournament scoring leaders, and Cam Talbot picking up wins. Max Plante, Emmitt Finnie and Justin Faulk chipping in too.
(31:10) - Vegas Sweeps Colorado
Breaking down one of the bigger choke jobs in recent memory and what Mitch Marner is doing in Vegas.
(38:00) - Canes vs Habs Update
Carolina imposing their will up 2-1, and whether Montreal's young core can find offense against this smothering style.
(41:35) - Prospect Profile: Viggo Bjorck
A dream pick that screams top-3 talent if size weren't a factor.
(46:45) - Prospect Profile: Marcus Nordmark
First-round skill sliding into the second because of attitude and motor questions - exactly the swing this front office needs to take to give Dylan Larkin and Lucas Raymond a potential future winger to play with?
(54:20) - Overtime: Patron Questions
Favorite moments from the season, Dorofeyev trade fits, and a Dylan Larkin/Sebastian Cossa blockbuster thought experiment.
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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. |
| 0:28.6 | To start this episode, let's go with a fun fact. |
| 0:32.0 | One that will confuse you, make you happy, make you sad. |
| 0:36.7 | A lot of thinking early in the morning. |
| 0:39.3 | The Detroit Red Wings won more games in the regular season this year than a team in the |
| 0:44.4 | Stanley Cup finals. |
| 0:45.4 | Oh, no. |
| 0:48.3 | Oh, I really did not see that one coming. |
| 0:51.2 | Oh, no. |
| 0:53.4 | The Detroit Red Wings won more hockey games this year than the Vegas Golden Nights. |
| 0:58.9 | That can't be right. |
| 1:00.0 | It's a thousand percent true. |
| 1:02.6 | Vegas was the OT merchants to the regular season outside of L.A., of course. |
| 1:08.1 | Oh, Brad. |
| 1:14.6 | That's hard to believe, considering what we just witnessed. |
| 1:23.0 | Honestly. 41 wins in Vegas has 30. Oh my God. Vegas lost 43 hockey games this year. |
| 1:28.3 | Oh, yeah. They were awful for a large stretch of the season. Oh, I hate, I really hate, I know it's going to balance out eventually, |
| 1:34.6 | but I really hate the East-West disparity this year. |
| 1:37.9 | And honestly, a lot of days I just hate this whole league. |
| 1:41.4 | It's probably for the best for our mental health that Vegas beat Colorado |
| 1:49.6 | so dominantly because it feels less bad that they're in the Stanley Cup final after having such a |
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