MBN: Griffins Hero! and Detroit Needs to Pick a Lane ft. Prashanth Iyer - May 20th, 2026
Winged Wheel Podcast - A Detroit Red Wings Podcast
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🗓️ 21 May 2026
⏱️ 87 minutes
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Summary
This Detroit Red Wings (and currently Grand Rapids Griffins) podcast breaks down Michael Brandsegg-Nygard's heroics, Red Wings offseason direction with Prashanth Iyer as the Wings figure out how to actually build a contender. News and analysis covers Simon Edvinsson's contract, Sebastian Cossa's future, and MBN saving the Griffins' season with an all-time overtime goal.
(00:00) - Intro
Sentience watch in Detroit and why one Griffins prospect might be ready to wake the lineup up.
(03:55) - Prashanth Iyer on the Red Wings Season
A 10,000-foot look at what happened - overperformance through December, the March collapse, and the 5-on-5 scoring problem that buried the team.
(07:00) - Picking an Offseason Lane
The case for committing one direction: aggressive trades to build around Dylan Larkin, Lucas Raymond, and Alex DeBrincat, or hitting the reset button before Larkin turns 31.
(15:55) - Potential Trade Targets
Josh Norris, William Nylander, Mikey Anderson, Robert Thomas, and Elias Pettersson - who actually moves the needle and who carries the most risk.
(20:20) - Free Agent Options
Alex Tuch's pointless 2nd round and the contract conversation, plus thoughts on Bobby McMann as a speed-adding fit.
(23:50) - Simon Edvinsson Contract
Bridge vs. eight-year max term, why the cap going up bakes in the hedge, and the Jaccob Slavin comparison for locking up a unicorn early.
(31:20) - Sebastian Cossa's Future
Waiver-exempt status is gone - what that does to his trade value and whether he's actually ready to be an NHL backup next year.
(36:10) - Griffins Stay Alive
Michael Brandsegg-Nygard's filthy overtime winner keeps the Calder Cup hopes breathing, plus huge goals from Carter Mazur, John Leonard, and more as Postava hangs on.
(43:55) - Habs-Sabres Game 7 and Conference Finals Predictions
Alex Newhook's overtime winner, UPL's nerves, and why the Atlantic Division just got even harder for Detroit. Plus, Carolina vs. Montreal and Colorado vs. Vegas - rust, rest, and which underdog has the better shot.
(56:20) - Prospect Profiles: Ivar Stenberg and Thomas Vandenberg
The case for Stenberg over Gavin McKenna at first overall and why his SHL production is the real deal. Vandenberg: The Athletic mocked him to Detroit at 47 - a perfect Steve Yzerman type, which may be exactly the problem.
(1:10:30) - Overtime Mailbag
Patreon questions and comments: What if Jakub Vrana panned out, waiving roster vets, and which Red Wing gets a video-game stat boost.
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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, Ryan Hanna, |
| 0:21.5 | Brad Criscoe, |
| 0:22.5 | and Evan Lopsinger. |
| 0:28.5 | Under the post about MBN scoring that unbelievable goal |
| 0:33.5 | to keep the Gryffins and our hopes alive last night, |
| 0:37.7 | there was a response from someone saying, this is from dot FM. |
| 0:44.1 | They said, he's ready. |
| 0:45.2 | And in parentheses, they wrote, please Todd, put him with players who are sentient. |
| 0:52.3 | It's just the simplest statement, but that's where we're at right now with the Red Wings, |
| 0:56.2 | where it's just like, hey, are they aware of their own existence? |
| 1:00.0 | Can they consider, can they contemplate their own reality right now? |
| 1:03.0 | Do they know that they're alive? |
| 1:04.9 | When they look in the mirror, are they like, what the hell is that? |
| 1:07.9 | Are they like, hey, it's me, Michael Rasperson? |
| 1:12.1 | No, no, they're not. |
| 1:14.9 | You know, some teams are talking about healthy scratching a guy who'd be like a second |
| 1:19.3 | line center on a lot of other teams in the league, and some teams are talking about |
| 1:22.5 | sentience for their important prospects. |
| 2:03.3 | So that's about where we're at right now. Morning episode, welcome to the Windwheel podcast here to talk to you about all things. Detroit Redwoods hockey, Grand Rapids, Griffin's hockey, which still alive, the world of the NHL and lots more on your host, Ryan Hannah. I'm Brad Criscoe. And I'm Evan. On this episode of the Windwheel podcast, we're going to be talking to you first. Actually, we're going to be joined by Prashant toire to talk about what happened and everything that came from the end of the year-during season and what's to come in terms of free agency trades, important decisions. And just a general catch up with Prashantas, he gives his take on what Detroit's lanes are moving forward. We're going to be talking about the stellar result from the Griffin's |
| 2:07.6 | game last night as their season and their Calder Cup playoff hopes stay alive thanks to |
| 2:12.7 | MBN's all-time goal for the AHL playoffs. We're going to be talking about these daily cup playoffs and NHL updates, our prospect profiles for this episode and whatever else we get into before overtime. Very quickly, the Windwheel podcast is primarily brought to by our Patreon supporters, patreon.com slash windwheel podcast if you want to support the show. You get access to benefits like our bonus overtime episodes, |
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