Playoff Push Begins and Detroit Prospect Updates ft. Frankie Corrado - Feb. 25th, 2026
Winged Wheel Podcast - A Detroit Red Wings Podcast
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🗓️ 25 February 2026
⏱️ 93 minutes
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Summary
Focus is back on Hockeytown! This Detroit Red Wings podcast covers the playoff push ahead as team prepares for their showdown with Ottawa. News and analysis features an exclusive interview with NHL player-turned-broadcaster Frankie Corrado on the Atlantic division, with trade deadline chatter following.
(00:00) - Welcome Back to Hockeytown
The hosts reset after Olympic break drama and gear up for the Red Wings' return to action against the Senators.
(05:12) - Frankie Corrado Interview
Exclusive conversation with the former NHL player and current broadcaster covering his playing career, stories about Mike Babcock, transition to media, and thoughts on Detroit's playoff chances.
(36:45) - Red Wings Playoff Push Analysis
Breaking down where Todd McLellan's squad stands in the tight Atlantic Division race and what to expect from the final stretch from Dylan Larkin, Moritz Seider, Lucas Raymond, & Simon Edvinsson.
(48:50) - Prospects and Development Update
Latest on the Hockeytown pipeline and looks on players like Carter Bear, Amadeus Lombardi, Larry Keenan, Eddie Genborg, and others across the hockey world.
(58:25) - NHL Trade Deadline Buzz & Michigan's Women's Hockey Opportunity
Around the league news including Kyle Dubas' recent move. Also, more chatter on Elias Petterson, Mackenzie Weegar, and Robert Thomas as targets for Steve Yzerman.
(1:16:35) - Overtime Mailbag
Listener questions on the playoff race, potential roster moves, and Olympic takeaways.
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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 know what this episode is and tomorrow when the Red Wings are back for me? |
| 0:33.7 | You know when like you'd go out in college or university and you just have a messy night |
| 0:39.8 | with like some of your best friends and feelings would get hurt and then the next day |
| 0:46.0 | you'd all just meet up and be like let's just start over let's just forget that night |
| 0:51.4 | never happened that's me with the Olympics. |
| 0:57.6 | I feel like people have been very upset with me lately, and we've all been kind of like jarring at each other, |
| 1:01.2 | taking shots at each other. |
| 1:03.0 | I think we're, you know, we should just bury the hatchet. |
| 1:05.8 | We're all back on the Red Wings wagon, ready to go. |
| 1:09.4 | I just feel like we just need to give each other a pass on that. |
| 1:14.8 | Well, there's two outcomes here for you, Evan, and I'll brace you for both them. One, the Red Wings |
| 1:20.4 | play well, and what you just said is exactly what happens. Or B, the Red Wings play bad, and people |
| 1:27.4 | are going to somehow be even angrier at you. |
| 1:30.7 | Hey, I tried my best. I extended the olive branch. |
| 1:34.1 | Aside from making repeated, godawful opinions and predictions on this show, you know what I'm |
| 1:39.7 | actually the most mad at you about? You took the heat off Brad. And that's just, I can't abide by that. |
| 1:45.5 | I was like passing by the sun and I felt the heat of that. And I'm like, that's enough. |
| 1:52.7 | One trip around was enough for me. Evan Icarus Lob Singer. Pretty much. The amount of people who I |
| 1:59.9 | had to tell, no, he is indeed kidding. Like, that's how he delivers his jokes. Like, he delivers everything deadpaned. But no, Evan was kidding. Yeah, you've made a lot of enemies with your terrible predictions over the Olympics. Yeah, we'll just move on. We'll move past it. We're all, well, let's just forget about it, you know? Well, think about it again in four |
| 2:19.2 | year old, two years, I guess. You put yourself in a dangerous spot because historically on this |
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