The Cossa Question: Detroit's Goalie Situation and NHL Drama - May 3rd, 2026

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🗓️ 4 May 2026

⏱️ 93 minutes

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Summary

What's the plan between the pipes in Hockeytown? This Detroit Red Wings podcast tackles the Sebastian Cossa question as the Grand Rapids Griffins playoff run raises debates about Detroit's goalie depth chart. News and analysis covers Red Wings prospects, a Marco Kasper injury update, and NHL drama including the Oilers' postseason meltdown.

(00:00) - Intro
Ryan learns the hard way not to wade into Bruins-Sabres discourse online, plus a tragic Costco hot dog incident in the parking lot.

(06:25) - Goalie Situation Next Season
Sebastian Cossa is no longer waiver-exempt, Michael Postava has taken the Griffins net, and John Gibson holds down Detroit. How does Steve Yzerman handle a backup spot when Cam Talbot is a UFA and playoff expectations are real?

(26:00) - Trading Cossa Scenarios
Edmonton, Vancouver, and the Elias Pettersson rage-baiting Evan return. What kind of return makes sense if Yzerman moves a goalie prospect this summer?

(38:20) - Marco Kasper Knee Injury
Kasper reportedly played through a lingering knee issue, plus Moritz Seider and Albert Johansson updates heading into the World Championships.

(43:10) - Oilers Crash Out & McDavid & Draisaitl's Futures
Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl scorch their own organization after the Anaheim loss. Stan Bowman, Jeff Jackson, and a franchise backed into a corner - could the unthinkable happen?

(59:45) - McAvoy-Benson Incident
Charlie McAvoy's two-handed chop, Zach Benson's slew foot, and the rat energy that ended the series as the Sabres beat the Bruins.

(1:05:30) - More NHL Stanley Cup Playoff Series Updates
Buffalo over Boston, Minnesota & Hughes drop Dallas, Vegas-Anaheim on deck, and Carolina and Colorado as buzzsaws.

(1:13:20) - Leafs Hire John Chayka
Toronto's baffling GM choice, Matt Sundin: window dressing?, and Keith Pelley running the show.

(1:20:05) - Overtime: Patron Questions
Cossa and Nate Danielson trade talk, Cole Perfetti reclamation idea, Evgeni Malkin rumblings, and bottom-six UFA targets.

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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.
0:28.4	There are going to be a lot of people who are going to agree with this.
0:30.9	I know,
0:31.4	but I've,
0:32.8	I really need to learn a lesson,
0:35.4	which is to just shut up sometimes.
0:38.8	Yet again, I have put a post out online and just not use my brain for half a second.
0:45.3	And I would have been better off just shutting up.
0:48.0	And I don't mean the post of me dropping my Costco hot dog.
0:51.0	Oh, I didn't see that.
0:51.9	That's tragic.
0:52.5	My condolences, by the way.
0:54.0	Yeah. I did see that and I forgot to text you sympathies. Heavy financial setback. Look, the three minutes I had to use up to go back inside and swap it for another hot dog. I actually was going to buy another one, but the girl saw me and she's like, kind of looked at me. I was like, I dropped in the parking lot. She's like, oh, don't buy one. She just handed me another one, which is very nice of her. But that's not what I'm talking about. I'm talking about after the McAvoy Benson situation, I put out a post about my feelings on Benson's slewfoot, you know, saying McAvoy's slash was bad. We'll talk about all that. So I'm not trying to dive into it. But I always forget to qualify. Like I'm not a Boston fan. I'm coming in completely neutral. If anything, if you ask me who was pulling for in that series, like other than the meteor, like I'm pulling for the Sabres. Like, what a great story that is. Those fans deserve it. But the onslaught that I took after that, I just watched everyone come in and I was like, I'm not even going to try arguing this. Like, someone called me a macehole. And I'm like, I'm not, yeah, you know, I'd go for it. One guy just DM'd me 100 clown emojis.
2:01.1	Wow.
2:01.7	I was like, sure, man.
2:03.3	Like, I'm curious now.
2:06.4	One string of a hundred clown images or one per cent, send, send.
2:11.7	No, no, no.
2:12.6	It was one string.
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