Sandin Pellikka's Path, Kaprizov's Wild Deal, and Metro Preview - Oct. 1st, 2025
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🗓️ 2 October 2025
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The Detroit Red Wings are getting closer to puck drop on the regular season, and their rookies are still making noise...
Tune in as we open by discussing Nate Danielson's injuries, Todd McLellan's comments on his chances, & how this affects his NHL vs. AHL trajectory (4:10). Next, a look at Axel Sandin Pellikka's development over the course of the preseason and when he might join Moritz Seider, Simon Edvinsson, and Albert Johansson on the blue line. Also, Michael Brandsegg-Nygard's impressive shot & NHL-style game, & whether we may see him with the Detroit Red Wings, joining Marco Kasper, Dylan Larkin, Alex DeBrincat, Patrick Kane, & Lucas Raymond in the top 6 (10:25).
After that, a look at Kirill Kaprizov's new contract with the Minnesota Wild, how this shakes up the league's benchmarks, why Steve Yzerman should be happy about the deal, & what's next for players like Connor McDavid and Cale Makar (23:30).
Next up, our Metropolitan Division preview, including predictions and analysis on Aho's Carolina Hurricanes, Hughes' New Jersey Devils, Shesterkin's New York Rangers, Ovechkin's Washington Capitals, Barzal's New York Islanders, Michkov's Philadelphia Flyers, Fantilli's Columbus Blue Jackets, & Crosby's Pittsburgh Penguins (38:30).
All of that & lots more before we take your questions and comments in our Overtime segment (1:10:45) - 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. |
| 0:19.1 | Here are your hosts, Ryan Hanna, Brad Criscoe, and Evan Lopsinger. |
| 0:27.6 | Now sometimes you see like famous people or really prominent athletes and they always have an entourage around them. |
| 0:39.1 | There's just like guys and it's always the same guys and you might think, |
| 0:43.8 | oh, that's their, you know, business manager or their agent or something, but it just seems |
| 0:47.8 | like they're buddies, right? |
| 0:50.5 | And they always say like, oh, that's such and such is camp. |
| 0:54.0 | Like that's Evans camp. That's Kwai Leonard's camp, that kind of thing. It's like, oh, that's such and such is camp. Like that's Evans camp. |
| 0:55.1 | That's Kauai Leonard's camp, that, that kind of thing. |
| 0:57.9 | It's like, how do I become a paid friend of a multimillionaire athlete? |
| 1:02.7 | That seems like the best job in the world. |
| 1:04.7 | Because they have to be getting- |
| 1:05.4 | Multi millions of dollars and bad decisions by said person with multi-millions of dollars. |
| 1:14.1 | Right? Like it's ripe for the taking right there they must be getting a stipend you just got to get really good at laundering money |
| 1:20.3 | why would you even oh actually know that was going to be a silly you brought up kawai leonard so |
| 1:25.2 | it's not laundering money saving Brad. I don't know how you do that, but I'm just saying. None of us are in a position to find out, I don't think. No, because twice a week and all the extra stuff we're doing, we're recording this podcast. If we just, you know, fold the show and start learning Russian, |
| 1:48.4 | Karil Kaprisov could have some friends hanging out with him, you know, keep morale high. |
| 1:53.9 | I'd really have to work on my anti-tan because there's not a lot of |
| 1:57.2 | uber-tanned people in Russia like myself. |
| 1:58.7 | Well, you just spend all your time in Sochi. |
| 1:59.4 | That's what we'll say. |
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