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Podcast: Winged Wheel Podcast
Episode: Is Detroit a Playoff Team? - July 13th, 2025
Description: Has Steve Yzerman done enough to help the Detroit Red Wings become a Stanley Cup playoff team?
Tune in as we discuss what would need to happen for the Red Wings to contend with the likes of Montreal and Ottawa for a wild card spot, starting with the goalies in John Gibson, Cam Talbot, and Sebastian Cossa (4:00), before going over how Moritz Seider, Simon Edvinsson, Albert Johansson, Jacob Bernard-Docker, Erik Gustafsson, Ben Chiarot (and even an unlikely Axel Sandin Pellikka) would help the defense improve (14:15).
After that, the forwards including another Marco Kasper season, Lucas Raymond's ceiling, Dylan Larkin alongside A...