Red Wings Roundtable - Yzerman Saga ft. Max Bultman and Prashanth Iyer - July 19th, 2026
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🗓️ 20 July 2026
⏱️ 88 minutes
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Summary
This Detroit Red Wings podcast convenes a full roundtable with Max Bultman & Prashanth Iyer to break down Steve Yzerman stepping aside & the search for Detroit's next GM. Hockeytown news and analysis digs into trade buzz surrounding Dylan Larkin & what this front office shakeup means for the direction of the franchise.
(00:00) - Intro
(04:15) - Reacting to the GM News
Why the timing caught everyone off guard, the unfinished offseason business that may have forced the issue, and a look back at the tenure - the early cap cleanup versus the last five years of one and a half steps forward, one and a quarter back.
(10:25) - What the Next Front Office Should Look Like
Analytics minds, former agents, the Tigers' data investment, the Carolina model, and why groupthink has to go. Plus the internal vs. external candidate debate and the power dynamic between a president of hockey ops and GM.
(38:25) - The Dylan Larkin Trade Request
Can a new regime repair the relationship, or does a Dylan Larkin trade have to happen? Trade return expectations, futures vs. young players, and three-team trade scenarios.
(57:00) - Contract Talk
Simon Edvinsson's unsigned contract and the offer sheet risk (real?), plus why an Alex DeBrincat extension might be a blank check situation.
(1:10:25) - Overtime Mailbag
Which prospects are untouchable, ceilings for the top names, and the Lucas Raymond at center experiment.
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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. |
| 0:28.7 | I can't believe I let you go up to nothing, Brad. |
| 0:32.0 | I can't believe I gave you that gift. |
| 0:35.2 | I have to own up to this first. |
| 0:41.4 | I head into the Wingwheel podcast group chat today to send some message about today's show or actually Brad asked a question and I go in there |
| 0:46.4 | and in the message box undelivered is a like a screenshot of something I was going to send Brad for |
| 0:53.1 | his birthday saying happy |
| 0:54.6 | birthday which was two days ago and so for the second time I told Brad I was like this counts |
| 1:00.3 | is me missing it like I didn't send you a message like this counts so for the second time in 11 years |
| 1:06.1 | I didn't wish Brad a happy birthday as long as the Wingwheel podcast has been going, |
| 1:11.3 | and he has got mine every single year. |
| 1:13.9 | I've been working and grinding to try to get it to an even score, a one-one. |
| 1:19.5 | I've been praying every year for my birthday that you'd miss it, and you never do, |
| 1:22.9 | and now I just fall behind two nothing. |
| 1:24.9 | I don't know how I'm going to come back from this financially. |
| 1:27.0 | I think the funniest part of it all was I knew something weird happened because Evan had it in the group chat. And I'm like, Ryan checks this group chat religiously. There's no way he misses. But the best part of it all was Evan's message was he just screenshoted the bubble of my birthday in his calendar and just put that in there. |
| 1:46.0 | See, and I thought you guys are doing... I thought you guys are doing your classic, let's wait and see if I've been notices. |
| 1:51.0 | And I think I did it rather late in the day. |
| 1:53.4 | So that's why I was like, for sure Ryan's already said something privately. |
| 1:58.1 | And this is just a test. |
| 2:00.1 | So yes, happy Google birthday. I don't know if it was your real birthday, but that's what my calendar said. We do do that every year. And the funny thing is, in Evans' calendar, the K and Crisco was lowercase to show how much care he put into this. That's right. Well, I miss Brad's birthday, so happy birthday, Brad. Sorry about that. |
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