Red Wings Playoff Odds and Olympic Insanity - Feb. 11th, 2026
Winged Wheel Podcast - A Detroit Red Wings Podcast
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4.9 • 968 Ratings
🗓️ 12 February 2026
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Summary
This Detroit Red Wings podcast breaks down the playoff math with 24 games remaining in the season. Hockeytown analysis covers team MVP candidates and a wild start to Olympic hockey updates during the NHL break.
(00:00) - Intro & Olympic Talk
Sweden advances past Italy in a nail-biter as Olympic hockey delivers early drama.
(03:40) - Red Wings Playoff Chances
Detroit sits at 72 points through 58 games - is that enough for Todd McLellan's squad amidst the Atlantic Division chaos? Or is even a minor Steve Yzerman trade necessary?
(18:15) - Team MVP Discussion
Moritz Seider's runaway season as the best player in the Winged Wheel, as well as appreciation for John Gibson, Alex DeBrincat's work alongside Patrick Kane, and Lucas Raymond.
(26:35) - Broadcasting Changes
Updates on the Detroit Red Wings (and Tigers) broadcast, Ken Daniels and Mickey Redmond not going anywhere, and what it means for fans,
(29:55) - Olympics Recap
Italy's stunning run nearly spoils Swedens start, and Slafkovsky helps Slovakia stun Finland. Also, Team USA dominate Canada in the women's tournament.
(51:20) - NHL Notes
How the Florida Panthers may end up with a top 10 pick (Gavin McKenna?) in this year's NHL Draft.
(55:25) - Overtime Q&A
Your questions on playoff positioning, Olympic rosters, and Red Wings analysis.
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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. |
| 0:28.5 | What would have been off to a worse start? |
| 0:32.1 | My John Gibson 920 plus save percentage after his first game or two, or your suite of making the Olympic |
| 0:41.6 | finals had they lost to the Italians today? |
| 0:45.9 | Wouldn't have been good. |
| 0:48.1 | That would have been great, Evan. |
| 0:49.6 | Are you kidding me? |
| 0:50.9 | I was honestly about to buy a team Italy jersey. |
| 0:58.9 | I was about to do that too and smoke a cigarette on video during this episode. I would have let you. It would have been terrible audio |
| 1:05.5 | because I would have been choking the whole time, but I'm just dedicated. Well, you and Sweden |
| 1:10.0 | would have had something in common then. Yeah, that's true. This was a one goal game with, like, it was really late into the third before they scored the fourth. Yeah, it was. And they were on their second Italian goalie. Oh, yeah, I forgot Clara got hurt. He got hurt, yeah. And then you guy came in and was like, he was stretching after making like five saves |
| 1:29.5 | and his first shift on the ice. |
| 1:31.5 | There's never been a colder goaltender in Olympic history who made more big saves than that guy. |
| 1:36.7 | That was sick. |
| 1:38.0 | Well, he's Italian. |
| 1:40.4 | So there's a thousand percent chance he knew he was backing up that game. |
| 1:44.9 | So he had his feet up in the room before the game smoking a cigarette. |
| 1:48.1 | Just trying to calm down. |
| 1:50.0 | I don't want to borrow from the Olympic segment here, but man, the parties in the Italian |
| 1:55.5 | enclaves all over the world. |
| 1:56.7 | Hamilton, Ontario would have looked like it would have looked like Italy itself in terms of the party they would have thrown had they won that game. Crazy start to the first two games of the Olympics. Anyhow, welcome to the Wing to Wheel podcast, folks here to talk to you about all things Detroit Red Wings Hockey, the world of the NHL, Olympic hockey, and lots more in a still smoke-free environment. |
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