Red Wings Blueprint: Carolina? and Yzerman's New Signing - June 17th, 2026

Winged Wheel Podcast - A Detroit Red Wings Podcast

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Sports, Hockey

4.9 • 981 Ratings

🗓️ 18 June 2026

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

This Detroit Red Wings podcast further breaks down how Larkin's future hangs over the offseason. Hockeytown news & analysis looks at how the Stanley Cup champion Carolina Hurricanes built their roster & whether Steve Yzerman can follow that blueprint.

(00:00) - Intro
The Larkin trade timeline, cottage plans, and the case for circling July dates on the calendar.

(05:25) - Hurricanes Win the Cup
Carolina's dominant run, Jordan Staal's Conn Smythe, and the most efficient roster-building masterclass in recent memory.

(15:30) - Can Detroit Follow Carolina's Model?
Why a team with no game-breaking superstar is the most realistic path for the Red Wings, and what has to change in their pro scouting and player philosophy to build around Moritz Seider and Lucas Raymond.

(30:05) - Theo Rochette Signing
A zero-risk ELC flyer out of Switzerland: Grand Rapids Griffins depth or a potential Detroit jersey replacement?

(34:35) - Around the NHL
Leafs hire Jim Hiller, Tortorella out in Vegas, plus the Kesselring and Ross Colton trades and Vincent Trocheck's representation switch.

(47:10) - Prospect Profile: Tynan Lawrence
The Boston University center's unique path and the Marco Kasper comparison that has us intrigued and cautious.

(52:30) - Prospect Profile: Adam Valentini
The Michigan winger in Detroit's backyard who could be a second or third-round target.

(59:15) - Overtime Patron Questions & PWHL Detroit
The 2027 draft class, Dan Watson's NHL future, buyout odds, and PWHL Detroit's roster building.

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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	We're all wondering when the Dylan Larkin trade's going to happen.
0:32.4	And I want everyone to know that my cottage plans were canceled.
0:41.3	So we're, the plan was to go right after the draft. So we, we do the draft, we do the live stream. Second day, we do the Patreon
0:45.9	stream. That evening, we do the full draft recap episode. I'm up late posting it, like producing
0:52.6	posting, et cetera. Sometimes I drive up to the cottage that
0:55.7	night. Sometimes I go the next day and it just didn't work out this year. It's a friend's cottage
1:02.1	and the dates didn't line up. And Melissa's like, I can't sit in the car for all that time being this
1:06.7	pregnant and put her on the roof of your van. That what I suggested in the tully and then I woke up the
1:11.6	next day oh I have a huge headache today but yeah we we're not going this year and I was like okay so
1:18.2	I'm going to be home and ready and I'm going to be prepping for free agency and that entire like
1:22.9	that means it's not going to happen you know what it's going to happen happen. I just looked at the calendar, July 5th or July 6th.
1:30.9	That's right.
1:31.1	We have a member guest.
1:32.1	That's right.
1:32.7	And we'll just not be possible to leave.
1:35.5	It's almost unfathomable to me how dumb both of you are.
1:40.6	Ryan, we know.
1:41.6	How is it unfathomable?
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