Should Wings have dealt Edvinsson in possible Hughes trade?

In this edition of The Detroit News’ OctoPulse podcast, Ted Kulfan takes a look at the Quinn Hughes trade and Todd McLellan’s first full year as coach of the Red Wings.

The podcast guest is Phil Osaer, the former head of goaltending scouting and development with the Detroit Red Wings. The 45-year-old Livonia native is now the general manager of Honeybaked Hockey.

Honeybaked’s U15 team has a 40-7 record with a 27-game winning streak, outscoring the opposition 154-40. The U15s feature six defensemen at least 6 feet tall and are bigger than the Red Wings’ defensive corps with 6-foot-6 Simon Edvinsson and 6-3 Moritz Seider.

Honeybaked’s 6-4 defensemen are New Hudson’s Jake LaMontagne, Ann Arbor’s Liam Weaver and Russia’s Ivan Belikov. Captain Max Lappan from Livonia is 6-2 and leads the team’s defensemen in scoring with 71 points in 48 games.

Here are highlights from episode 135 of The OctoPulse podcast:

▶ 1:30: Canucks requested Simon Edvinsson in Quinn Hughes trade

▶ 3:20: Wings to face top-ranked Washington, Dallas, Carolina

▶ 4:10: Captain Dylan Larkin on 4-1 loss to Utah

▶ 5:20: Goalie John Gibson on six-game winning streak

▶ 6:40: Joanatan Bergrren claimed on waivers by St. Louis Blues

▶ 7:30: Varsity Ford of Ann Arbor

▶ 8:40: Phil Osaer interview

▶ 19:30: Todd McLellan on 3-2 victory over the Islanders

▶ 21:20: McLellan recorded 97 points in first full year in Detroit

▶ 22:40: Wings, Pistons both in first place with Lions’ season on the brink

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Previous OctoPulse podcasts

▶ Wings hit the road for 10 days; Ryan Kennedy interview

▶ First-place Wings in rarefied air; Kannok Leipert interview

▶ Wings hold serve in Atlantic race; Rich Kincaide interview

▶ Red-hot Wings banking points; Jacob Truscott interview

▶ New-look Red Wings begin playoff quest vs. Canadiens

▶ JVR returns to Red Wings; Jake Davis interview

▶ Yzerman starts Year 7; Gibson in goalie spotlight

OctoPulse guests in alphabetical order

▶ A: Trey Augustine, Dave Andrews, Kenny Albert, Kashawn Aitcheson

▶ B: Riley Brengman, John Bacon, Red Berenson, Matt Beniers, Scotty Bowman, Joe Bowen, Cooper Black, Phil Bourque, Jason Bukala

▶ C: Steve Coates, Leo Carlsson, Mike Cammalleri, Logan Cooley, Caley Chelios, Cole Caufield, Mitchell Clinton, Mellissa Channell-Watkins

▶ D: Nate Danielson, Dave Drinkill, Jamie Drysdale, Ken Dryden, Jake Davis

▶ E: Cole Eiserman, Simon Edvinsson, Mike Emrick, Emerson Etem

▶ F: Jordan Forgione, Everett Fitzhugh, Jim Fox, John Forslund

▶ G: Cutter Gauthier, Dylan Guenther, Jerry Green, Stu Grimson, Gerard Gallant, Liam Greentree, Bruce Garrioch

▶ H: William Horcoff, Mark Howe, Cross Hanas, Luke Hughes, Murray Howe, Milan Hejduk, Brian Hayward

▶ I: Greg Innis

▶ J: Kent Johnson

▶ K: Joakim Kemell, Mark Kirton, Megan Keller, John Kelly, Mike Keenan, Emily Kaplan, Rich Kincaide, Alex Kannok Leipert, Ryan Kennedy

▶ L: Ryan Leonard, Nick Libett, Chaz Lucius, Brian Lawton, Pat Lafontaine, Nicklas Lidstrom, Craig Laughlin, Dave Legwand, Bill Lindsay

▶ M: Doug MacLean, Al Montoya, Tim Mayer, Wes McCauley, Dan Milstein, Max Namestnikov, Ken Morrow

▶ N: Ted Nolan, Frank Nazar, Dwayne Norris, Pat Nagle

▶ O: Mark O’Brien, Phil Osaer

▶ P: Madison Packer, Dave Poulin, Gabe Perreault, Jakub Petr, Doug Plagens, Cole Perfetti, Darren Pang, Zayne Parekh, Julie Petry

▶ R: Abby Roque, Jason Ross, Manon Rheaume, Lucas Raymond, Marco Rossi, Luc Robitaille, Marcus Ragnarsson, Sam Rosen, Daryl Reaugh

▶ S: Riley Sawchuk, Bob Stauffer, Will Smith, John Shannon, Paul Stewart, Moritz Seider, Tim Stutzle, Jake Sanderson, Craig Simpson, Kirsten Simms, Mats Sundin, Brad Stuart

▶ T: Tripp Tracy, Bryan Trottier, Tim Taylor, Jacob Truscott

▶ V: Rick Vaive

▶ W: Paul Woods, Shane Wright, Bob Wilkie

▶ Z: Rick Zombo, Trevor Zegras

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