RED WINGS PLAYOFF ODDS & OLYMPIC INSANITY – Winged Wheel Podcast – Feb. 11th, 2026

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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10 comments

  4. The Tuscany Lucky Strikes lost to the Napoli Kool Menthol Lights in round one. In the women's Italian league, the Scungili Virginia Slims took the crown over Parma Alfred's for the second straight year, as Maria Domi scored the game winner.

  5. In 2024, with 24 games remaining, we only needed a .500 point percentage to finish with 94 points and a guaranteed playoff berth. We finished with 91 points and missed the playoffs on a tiebreaker.

    Brad is right. Nothing but at asterisk or an 'X' next to our name will stop me from being very worried.

  6. The Hockey Guy said he doesn't see any way Detroit misses this year. He said that last January too, so I'm 100% convinced Detroit is missing the playoffs. 😅

  7. I get what you're saying but Toronto is not a good team lol. They have some good players but they are absolutely not a good team, their ranking is absolutely because of their play. We should be past the point of "everyteam is a good team, its the NHL" type of mentality. WE are the good team. WE need to set the standard of what a good team is.

  8. Love to see NHL players but for us Finns this is not beneficial as our coach(es) have been building a system and team, though now they have to go 180° and adjust according to these players(!).

    Look when players like Laine didn't want to play for their country, we went and won the Worlds, and coach was crying during his press conference, and got a little mad that certain players didn't want to join.

    Because of their choices of not hoining, our Mörkö (Anttila) is forever one of the biggest legends. 🎉❤🎉

  9. The bare minimum to get regional sports network in any stream, fubo, Comcast, YouTube, Hulu etc is like $79. There's no way the new deal cost that much. All I care about is hockey so it's a win for me.

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