Larkin, USA to Semis, Raymond Dominates, and Edvinsson Returns - Feb. 18th, 2026

Winged Wheel Podcast - A Detroit Red Wings Podcast

Winged Wheel Podcast

Sports, Hockey

4.9 • 968 Ratings

🗓️ 19 February 2026

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

This Detroit Red Wings podcast breaks down the Olympic tournament through the quarterfinals & predictions ahead. Hockeytown news and analysis covers Dylan Larkin's massive goal for USA, Lucas Raymond's tournament performance, the semifinal matchups ahead, and Simon Edvinsson's return.

(00:00) - Intro & WWP Anniversary
Celebrating 11 years of the show and upcoming Winged Wheel podcast night at LCA on March 21st against Boston.

(04:35) - Olympic Updates and Quarterfinal Recaps
Team USA beats Sweden 2-1 in overtime as Dylan Larkin scores his first Olympic goal before Quinn Hughes delivers the winner, while Lucas Raymond was Sweden's best forward all tournament.

(11:10) - Other Quarterfinal Results
Finland comes back against Switzerland, Slovakia upends Moritz Seider, Leon Draisaitl, and team Germany, and McDavid and Marner help Canada advances past Czechia in a wild finish.

(30:00) - Red Wings Olympic Update
Only Larkin remains as Raymond and Sweden exit - breaking down their tournament performances (as well as Mrotiz Seider's and Eduards Tralmaks).

(35:15) - Semifinal Predictions
USA faces Finland while Canada takes on Slovakia - analyzing matchups and medal favorites heading into the final four.

(40:00) - Simon Edvinsson Surgery News
Updates on the young defenseman's procedure and timeline for return to the Red Wings lineup.

(46:35) - NHL Trade Deadline Buzz
Early rumblings around the league and potential targets (Gavrikov? Kyrou? Elias Petterson?) for Steve Yzerman as the March Trade Deadline approaches.

(56:30) - Overtime Q&A
Your questions on playoff positioning, Yzerman's recruiting, and Red Wings analysis.

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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.
0:28.6	A bit of a late start to the process, but good of Dylan to continue his Red Wings'
0:33.2	future teammate recruiting campaign today, allowing both Quinn and Jack Hughes to assist on his,
0:40.0	what should have been the game winning goal for Team USA, but on the opening goal of the game.
0:45.1	It's like seeing into the future.
0:47.0	Yeah.
0:47.8	It's like, get the vibes going.
0:49.3	He got, I think you can give Dylan probably 90% of the credit for Quinn's overtime goal, obviously. He got him, you know, warmed up, ramped up for that, gave him the confidence. Then Quinn mentioned something about Larkin in the post game. It's as unbiased Red Wings coverage, I think we can say this is all about the Red Wings and Quinn Hughes being destined for the Red Wings. I was going to say, I hope I see that stat line on a goal in the future, but I know the monkey paw will curl and it won't go the way I wanted to. Hold on. Knock on whatever would you have around you. If you're driving, stop your car and find something. It's a good thing. That's not good because that means he's going to Minnesota because he's not going to New Jersey with the state that they're in right now.
1:31.1	So at least it'd be in the West.
1:33.6	At least it be in the West.
1:36.2	It is tough to watch Lucas Raymond try to drag that Swedish team kicking and screaming, though.
1:41.8	It wasn't fair that one of those two guys couldn't move on
1:45.0	to the semis. Well, Sweden should have had a better round robin play, and they could have maybe
1:50.1	avoided a quarterfinal matchup against the United States, which will cover. All right, folks,
1:55.6	welcome to the Wingwheel podcast, back in studio here to talk to you about all things Detroit,
1:59.7	Red Writings hockey, Olympic hockey updates to the world of the NHL and lots more.
2:04.4	I'm one of your hosts, Ryan Hanna.
2:06.1	I'm Brad Criscoe.
2:07.2	And I'm Evan.
2:07.9	On this episode of the Wingreel podcast, we are going to be recapping the Olympic tournament to date as the quarterfinals just wrapped up as Team USA beat Sweden in overtime and set up our two semi-final matchups.
2:19.7	We're going to be giving you Red Wings updates and then whatever other NHL news we get into before.
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