Larkin's Trade List, Cossa Trade Rumors, and Babcock Returning to the NHL? - June 10th, 2026

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🗓️ 11 June 2026

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Summary

This chaotic Detroit Red Wings podcast digs into the latest Red Wings trade rumors as Dylan Larkin's trade list potentially expands & Sebastian Cossa's suitors emerge. Hockeytown news and analysis breaks down Yzerman's potential returns from Utah, Dallas, & others, plus the Mike Babcock to Edmonton madness.

(00:00) - Intro
The Larkin saga, Cossa rumors, Babcock, and a high-octane Stanley Cup Final - what is happening in June?

(05:25) - Dylan Larkin's Trade List Maybe Expands
Helene St. James reports the initial three teams (Minnesota, Vegas, Florida). Pierre LeBrun follows with Yzerman going back to Pat Brisson to push for more - Dallas, Tampa Bay, and Utah enter the chat.

(21:10) - Potential Suitors Breakdown
What a Jason Robertson or Mavrik Bourque package from Dallas could look like, why Utah and Montreal might offer the best return, and whether Macklin Celebrini's Sharks should be sniffing around (Misa?).

(35:10) - Sebastian Cossa Trade Rumors
Edmonton's interest, Kevin Weekes pointing to the Utah Mammoth, and how packaging Cossa with Larkin could bridge the gap to an Eichel-style return (Desnoyers & Iginla, maybe?).

(46:05) - Mike Babcock to the Oilers?
Daryl Katz, Stan Bowman, and the NHLPA investigation - plus what current and former players really think about Babs returning to a bench.

(56:05) - Michael McCarron's Wild Contract
Six years, full no-move for a 31-year-old fourth liner. "Wild" Bill Guerin strikes again.

(1:02:15) - Stanley Cup Final
Carter Hart history, Jordan Staal's acrobatics, and what Rod Brind'Amour does with Frederik Andersen.

(1:06:10) - Overtime Mailbag
Faith in Steve Yzerman seven years in, Emmitt Finnie's ceiling, and what a Justin Holl trade looks like.

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Pierre's Article: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7349305/2026/06/10/nhl-trades-free-agency-larkin-matthews-werenski/

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.
0:28.6	You guys know the movie Whiplash?
0:31.0	I'm familiar.
0:32.6	There's that one scene where J.K. Simmons is just yelling.
0:36.3	I think at the, at Miles Teller. And then someone comes in and he says, get the out of my sight or I.K. Simmons is just yelling. I think at the, at Miles Teller, and then someone comes
0:39.2	in and he says, get the out of my site or I will demolish you. We were looking at Dylan
0:45.0	Larkin trade list reactions, trade proposals. The idea of Steve Isman going back to Pat
0:51.5	Brise on and Dylan Larkin to expand the trade list, Mike Babcock potentially returning to the NHL with the Edmonton Oilers,
0:57.8	the NHLPA saying, you need to complete an investigation.
1:01.6	And then Kevin Weeks tweets a picture of just a hockey net and the eyeballs emoji.
1:08.6	And he was the guy walking into the room and all of us were, get out of my sight or I will demolish you. Not now, Kevin, with your cryptic tweets, dude. I love Kevin. I have so much time for weeksie. But I was like, I feel like I am going through a fever dream right now. What's happening? I'm not complaint. I mean, I actually am complaining quite a bit based on, you know, the larkin of it all.
1:30.3	But this is great for, you know, an exciting summer.
1:33.2	But what's going on?
1:34.2	And after all that, you didn't even touch on, oh, the Stanley Cup final is going on with 33 goals scored in four games.
1:45.1	Not to mention Detroit's most tradable prospect, who we had, I think, four full episodes
1:50.4	talking about potentially trading him.
1:52.2	More news and reports came out about him potentially being traded or another team that
1:56.0	was interested.
1:56.9	It was substantial news, but relative to everything else, it hardly even registered in my brain.
2:01.5	I saw it, and then I put my phone down, and then 10 minutes later, I went, yeah, I should probably tweet about that, shouldn't I?
2:06.5	An NHL team could have folded in the last 48 hours, and nobody would have known.
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