RED WINGS FREE AGENCY RECAP (Kane Returns, JVR Signs) and Yzerman's Job Ahead - July 2nd, 2025

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🗓️ 3 July 2025

⏱️ 106 minutes

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Summary

We open in honor of Alex Delvecchio's memory - forever a legend of the Detroit Red Wings and the NHL. (00:00)

NHL Free Agency has come and almost completely gone, and it went as predicted for the Detroit Red Wings (6:45)...tune in as we discuss every one of Steve Yzerman's moves, including: signing Albert Johansson (12:05), bringing back Jonatan Berggren (14:25), trading Vladimir Tarasenko away (15:50), keeping Showtime going in Hockeytown as Patrick Kane re-signs in Detroit (18:20), Ian Mitchell depth signing (25:30), Jacob Bernard-Docker brought in on defense (26:35), James van Riesmdyk signed (finally) with the Red Wings (33:35), Mason Appleton signed (37:20), John Leonard (organizational depth) signed and Elmer Soderblom extended (44:05).

After that, we take a look at the cap space Steve Yzerman has to work with, what holes are left to fill in the Detroit Red Wings roster, who the top 6 forward could be alongside Dylan Larkin, Lucas Raymond, Marco Kasper, Patrick Kane, and Alex DeBrincat, if a top 4 defenseman can still be available to join Mortiz Seider, Simon Edvinsson, Ben Chiarot, and Albert Johansson, how John Gibson helps the team's playoff hopes, whether Ehlers could come to Hockeytown, how close Yzerman was to trading for K'Andre Miller, if the Detroit Red Wings can be a playoff team, and so much more (47:15).

Next, a look at some of the contracts signed across the NHL, including Mitch Marner's sign and trade to Vegas, Brad Marchand & Aaron Ekblad staying in Florida, Evan Bouchard's extension in Edmonton, Ivan Provorov, Vladislav Gavrikov, & more (1:19:45).

All of that & plenty more (including our farewell to Bob McKenzie as he retires) before we take your questions and comments in our Overtime segment (1:32:00) - enjoy!

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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,
0:14.5	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.
0:27.6	Before we get into this episode, I think we have to open by acknowledging the passing of Alex Delvecchio yesterday on July 1st.
0:40.1	Incredible loss for the Red Wings and the hockey community.
0:44.5	Alex was a legend of not just the Detroit Red Wings, but the entire sport of hockey, the
0:49.7	NHL, one of the true all-time greats.
0:52.9	I mean, we know we see number 10 hanging from the rafters,
0:55.4	but after Sid Abel was traded, he took over on the production line between Gordy Howe and
1:01.7	Ted Lindsay on the production line two and being captain for a dozen seasons. So many of the records of
1:10.3	old were ones that he held. I think when he retired,
1:14.7	at the time of his retirement, he was second all time in the NHL, a number of games played,
1:19.0	assists, points, three-time cup winner, three-time Lady Bing winner, is one of three players in
1:24.8	league history with 1,500 career games, all with one team.
1:29.1	Eisenman and Listern being the other two, all with the Red Wings, like, just also served as head coach and GM.
1:35.3	I know Evan, we joke on the show like a lot about how you always bring up that Alex Delvecchio is one of the more underrated and underappreciated
1:45.7	greats of the game, especially in Redming's history, but there's not really words to
1:50.0	properly describe the impact he had on this organization.
1:53.8	He only missed 14 games in the last 16 years of his career.
2:00.6	They genuinely don't make them like that anymore.
2:03.8	Especially in an era where it was just a fight club out there,
2:08.6	just a real tough game.
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