Larkin's All-Star Day, Vrana Saga, and Zadina Returns - Feb. 5th, 2023
Winged Wheel Podcast - A Detroit Red Wings Podcast
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🗓️ 6 February 2023
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
Dylan Larkin was Detroit's only representative at the 2023 NHL All-Star game, but he made sure to shine arguably more than anybody else!
Tune in as we discuss the All-Star weekend, including what's wrong with the Skills Competition, how Larkin fared in the Fastest Skater, how Hardest Shot & other events should be the focus, & what we'd do to "fix" the weekend - plus a review on Larkin's 5 goal performance during the All-Star game (with Matthew Tkachuk edging him out for MVP) (5:25)!
In Red Wings news, Steve Yzerman waived Adam Erne to make room for Jonatan Berggren and, more surprisingly to some, Filip Zadina, who just finished a conditioning stint with the Grand Rapids Griffins in the AHL. With Erne clearing, what's next for Lalonde's roster? Does Zadina finally break out? Was waiving Erne the "right" move (16:30)?
Also, Jakub Vrana has been heating up in the AHL. With him possibly back to his scoring ways, is there a path back to the Red Wings roster for him (24:40)?
In addition to a quick note about Soderblom and Edvinsson playing well, we also cover Bo Horvat's 8 year, $8.5 million per season contract with Lou Lamoriello & the Islanders, what that means for Dylan Larkin's contract, whether it's a comparable deal to what he might make in Hockeytown, Steve Yzerman's position, & more (32:05).
Finally, what the NHL has to do to increase its reach & viewership compared to other major sports leagues (40:25) before we take your questions during Overtime (48:50) - enjoy!
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the winged wheel podcast. Here to talk all things hockey are your hosts Brad |
| 0:10.8 | Crisco, Ryan Hanna, and Evan Lopsinger. |
| 0:13.4 | I got to say Lou Amarillo complaining about a contract that he just signed. |
| 0:26.3 | Too long and for too much money. |
| 0:28.2 | I understand that there's a bigger discussion |
| 0:30.5 | to be had about the cap and the rules |
| 0:32.4 | and how long should teams actually |
| 0:34.8 | should be allowed to sign players for etc etc but I think it's so funny that he just |
| 0:39.9 | has like grumpy old man energy saying this is what I have to do to sign a top six |
| 0:44.8 | center for way too much I don't think I don't think this guy is worth that |
| 0:47.7 | commitment or that much money. Islanders fans are definitely they're |
| 0:50.7 | dealing with some stuff right now happy or sad but I appreciate |
| 0:54.8 | Lou giving us the comedy for to wrap up the weekend. |
| 0:58.6 | I mean in his grumpy old stubborn ways he has been one of the ultimate chaos |
| 1:06.8 | gyms in the NHL like when you go all the way back to the COVilchuck |
| 1:09.6 | contract oh God yeah he out, what was it? |
| 1:13.0 | How many years was that? |
| 1:14.0 | Like 15 years, wasn't it? |
| 1:16.0 | A hundred and some odd million, like 105 million or something like that? |
| 1:21.0 | And like the last five years of the contract, |
| 1:23.8 | his salary was like $12. |
| 1:26.6 | You've seen that mean before where it's like a picture of a utopia. |
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