NHL TRADE MAYHEM & 2026 DRAFT PREVIEW ft. Tony Ferrari - June 24th, 2026
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🗓️ 25 June 2026
⏱️ 99 minutes
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Summary
This Detroit Red Wings podcast breaks down the NHL trade frenzy & what it means for Dylan Larkin trade rumors as things heat up before the NHL Draft week. Hockeytown news & analysis covers Steve Yzerman's "patience", the Atlantic Division arms race, and a full 2026 draft preview with Tony Ferrari.
(00:00) - Intro
A random Tuesday turned into a trade deadline that played out like the NBA.
(03:45) - NHL Trade Frenzy Reaction
GMs going buck wild after the Brady Tkachuk deal seemingly burst the dam across the league.
(06:50) - Dylan Larkin Trade Situation
Whether Yzerman's monk-like patience makes sense with the Minnesota Wild & many others sniffing around, the thin center market, and the price only going up.
(13:00) - Atlantic Division Outlook
Florida, Tampa, Toronto and a stacked Buffalo loading up while Detroit sits in radio silence.
(24:10) - Recapping the Trades
Ottawa's Eklund return, Chicago's baffling Bowen Byram swing, and Washington's Alex Tuck gamble.
(37:20) - Trade Rumors and Jason Robertson
Robertson's eye-popping ask, the Alex DeBrincat question, and what a real Larkin return looks like.
(48:15) - 2026 Draft Preview with Tony Ferrari
McKenna vs. Stenberg at the top, Detroit's pick 47 swings, and which prospects fit a rebuild reset.
(1:12:15) - NHL Expansion to Texas, Babcock Returns to Edmonton, and Hall of Fame Class
Bettman's $3.5 billion Houston/Austin talk and where this league is headed. Mike Babcock back behind a bench and why it ends in either a Cup or a blaze. Bergeron, Price, Burke get in - and the Henrik Zetterberg and Chris Osgood snubs.
(1:24:00) - Overtime Mailbag
Patron questions on Cossa's future, Patrick Kane's next deal, and Landon DuPont heading to Michigan.
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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. |
| 0:28.4 | People have wanted us to do a trade deadline stream for years. |
| 0:33.6 | And I think every year we were like, it's just not worthwhile for you, the viewer, and the listeners, because it's like nothing happens. |
| 0:42.4 | And they're going to get it this year. |
| 0:43.8 | And it's going to be during our NHL draft live stream. |
| 0:47.3 | Where's Armabo? |
| 0:47.7 | We missed it. |
| 0:48.2 | It was yesterday, wasn't it? |
| 0:50.0 | Trade deadline was yesterday? |
| 0:51.9 | I don't understand what league this is, but this isn't the NHL. |
| 0:56.5 | These aren't NHL GMs. |
| 0:57.9 | These aren't the hockey heads that we know. |
| 1:01.1 | The players decided to treat this like it was the LeBron era, Heat era NBA. |
| 1:07.5 | So the general managers went, okay, and now we're just just the NBA I think we might be able to sell |
| 1:15.0 | Evan for like a third round pick ourselves he doesn't even play hockey well given the fact that |
| 1:20.2 | they are talking expansion again that is very possible you might be on someone's expansion list |
| 1:45.1 | we're not even going to do a long intro. I have a feeling this episode. If not, lengthy, it's at least going to be dense. Welcome to the Wing-Dwheel podcast, folks, here to talk to you about all things. Detroit Red Wings Hockey, Larkin Trade Rumors, NHL, Trade Mania, the world of the NHL and lots more. I'm one of your hosts, |
| 1:49.2 | Ryan Hanna. I'm Brad Crisco. And I'm Evan. On this episode of the Wingwheel podcast, |
| 1:55.7 | trades, a ton of trades, trade rumors, guys on the market, how this all affects Dylan Larkin and Steve Eisenman in that situation, whatever we can get to before it will inevitably be out of date by the time you listen |
| 2:01.7 | because the news is moving that fast. We are also going to get into our, believe it or not, |
| 2:06.5 | this is supposed to be our official NHL draft preview episode. And we are going to do that. |
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