No matter what, it always feels good to beat the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Tune in as we open by discussing the Detroit Red Wings and their two most recent games: a horrendous performance where Scott Laughton & Matvei Michkov danced around Derek Lalonde's squad despite Cam Talbot's best efforts (and a late Ben Chiarot goal), whether Sebastian Cossa would've made a difference, & John Tortorella & The Michigan (4:50), as well as a 4-2 win in Detroit over Matthews, Marner, & the Leafs, including Jack Campbell being called up to back up Ville Husso's 1st win of the season, Jeff Petry scoring twice (one being given to Rasmussen retroactively), Moritz Seider banging home a nice play from Andrew Copp and Patrick Kane, Berggren's ill-advised cross-check, offside reviews, Lucas Raymond sealing the game, & more (13:35)!

After that, we analyze the usage of Moritz Seider and Simon Edvinsson, how it signals that Steve Yzerman may only be a couple moves away from making this team a lot better, how Dylan Larkin, Alex DeBrincat, & others fit into that timeline, & more positive outlooks (27:55). Also, prospect updates on Kiiskinen, Mazur, Plante, & others (38:15) before jumping into NHL news including the Fowler trade, Blackwood trade, Trevor Zegras' injury & availability, & plenty more (39:45) before we take your questions & comments in our Overtime segment (50:45) - enjoy!

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SEBASTIAN COSSA WINS IN HIS NHL DEBUT!

Tune in as we cover a wild Detroit Red Wings at Buffalo Sabres game, including Sebastian Cossa taking over for Ville Husso and getting his debut win in the shootout, Moritz Seider taking no prisoners, Simon Edvinsson, Lucas Raymond, Dylan Larkin, Andrew Copp, J.T. Compher, & other Red Wings showing up, defensive woes & a crazy back & forth game (5:05)! We also discuss just how big it is when Moritz Seider makes big hits and gives Derek Lalonde's Hockeytown team a jolt (17:50) before discussing Sebastian Cossa's performance in his 1st career NHL game (23:10).

After that, an analysis on the Detroit Red Wings goalie situation and Cossa's future as he was reassigned to the Grand Rapids Griffins of the AHL, and what Steve Yzerman might do with Cam Talbot, Alex Lyon, Husso, & Jack Campbell moving forward (31:25). Next, a look at Patrick Kane's performance this season as wall as good news on Max Plante (44:30), NHL news including a standings update (51:45) & plenty more before we take your questions & comments in our Overtime segment (1:03:30) - enjoy!

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Has reality set in on the Detroit Red Wings season?

Tune in as we start by discussing Derek Lalonde's squad's two most recent losses, including a late heartbreaker against Brady Tkachuk's Ottawa Senators (including a brutal call on Marco Kasper, Alex DeBrincat scoring against his former squad, Norris beating Husso, & more) (4:25) and a "same old" loss against the Colorado Avalance (including Lucas Raymond's goal off a Dylan Larkin shot & not much else) (16:00). We then get into whether this season is a write-off and Steve Yzerman's Hockeytown team is truly in tank mode for Hagens, Schaefer, Martone, Frondell, or Misa, with players like Kane, Compher, Copp, Tarasenko, and others not performing and only the likes of Larkin, Raymond, DeBrincat, Moritz Seider, and Simon Edvinsson carrying the team (20:40).

We then discuss how bad the rest of the Atlantic has been including the Buffalo Sabres, Montreal Canadiens, and Ottawa Senators, before discussing whether Sebastian Cossa should get playing time with Alex Lyon and Cam Talbot still out (39:48).

Finally, the Jacob Trouba saga ends, how Steve Yzerman and the Detroit Red Wings played into the story, Drury escaping the contract and paying Shesterkin, & more (including Luke Richardson being fired) (52:55) before we take your questions & comments in our Overtime segment (1:05:35) - enjoy!

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Another Detroit Red Wings 3rd period lead, another overtime loss...

Tune in as we start by discussing Sebastian Cossa's first NHL call-up to back-up Ville Husso as Cam Talbot and Alex Lyon go down with injuries (4:20) before jumping into Detroit's 3-2 loss to the Boston Bruins, including Lucas Raymond's scoring heater, Simon Edvinsson's multi-point night, Rasmussen's solid offensive play, penalty kill woes, controversial penalties (an non-penalties with Pastrnak on Alex DeBrincat & others), Zadorov joining Marchand as an annoying force, Gustafsson's rough game, & more (including standings updates) as Derek Lalonde's squad drops a point (8:20).

After that, we discuss an impending free agent superstar and whether Steve Yzerman could (or should) go for him at a mega-contract next offseason: Mikko Rantanen of the Colorado Avalanche (as well as Mitch Marner, Kirill Kaprizov, & others) (25:40).

Next, we analyze the Four Nations Faceoff rosters, who got left off, & offer our opinions on who's the favorite (rosters at bottom of description) (39:30) before going into Detroit Red Wings system news (including the Grand Rapids Griffins, Axel Sandin Pellikka, and Emmitt Finnie) & NHL news (55:40) before we take your questions & comments in our Overtime segment (1:03:10) - enjoy!

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Canada: Sam Bennett, Anthony Cirelli, Sidney Crosby, Brandon Hagel, Seth Jarvis, Travis Konecny, Nathan MacKinnon, Brad Marchand, Mitch Marner, Connor McDavid, Brayden Point, Sam Reinhart, Mark Stone, Cale Makar, Josh Morrissey, Colton Parayko, Alex Pietrangelo, Travis Sanheim, Shea Theodore, Devon Toews, Jordan Binnington, Adin Hill, Sam Montembeault

USA: Matt Boldy, Kyle Connor, Jack Eichel, Jake Guentzel, Jack Hughes, Chris Kreider, Dylan Larkin, Auston Matthews, J.T. Miller, Brock Nelson, Brady Tkachuk, Matthew Tkachuk, Vincent Trochek, Brock Faber, Adam Fox, Noah Hanifin, Quinn Hughes, Charlie McAvoy, Jaccob Slavin, Zach Werenski, Connor Hellebuyck, Jake Oettinger, Jeremy Swayman

Finland: Sebastian Aho, Joel Armia, Aleksander Barkov, Mikael Granlund, Erik Haula, Roope Hintz, Kaapo Kakko, Patrik Laine, Artturi Lehkonen, Anton Lundell, Eetu Luostarinen, Mikko Rantanen, Teuvo Teravainen, Jani Hakanpaa, Miro Heiskanen, Esa Lindell, Olli Maatta, Niko Mikkola, Rasmus Ristolainen, Juuso Valimaki, Kevin Lankinen, Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen, Juuse Saros

Sweden: Viktor Arvidsson, Jesper Bratt, Leo Carlsson, Joel Eriksson Ek, Filip Forsberg, Elias Lindholm, William Karlsson, Adrian Kempe, William Nylander, Gustav Nyquist, Elias Pettersson, Lucas Raymond, Mika Zibanejad, Rasmus Andersson, Jonas Brodin, Rasmus Dahlin, Mattias Ekholm, Gustav Forsling, Victor Hedman, Erik Karlsson, Filip Gustavsson, Jacob Markstrom, Linus Ullmark

The Detroit Red Wings power play giveth, and the Detroit Red Wings penalty kill taketh away...

Tune in as we start by discussing the Red Wings' loss to Jack Hughes & the New Jersey Devils, including Lucas Raymond extending his goal streak, Tarasenko, Motte, & Holl contributin, Michael Rasmussen following up on the fireworks from last game, Derek Lalonde's goalie interference challenge, a rough night of goaltending, and how the Red Wings penalty kill failed them (4:40). After that, the overtime loss to Quinn Hughes' Vancouver Canucks, including one of the goals of the year from Tarasenko, Marco Kasper, and Jonatan Berggren, Raymond's point streak, DeBrincat from Larkin & Raymond on the power play, Rasmussen's net-front presence, a strong power play undone by a worse penalty kill, Talbot out for Husso, & more (9:40).

We then dive deep into the Detroit Red Wings penalty kill, what Lalonde, Boughner, Yzerman, Chiarot, Petry, Seider, Edvinsson, & others can or should do, & how much of an impact it's having on the season (18:05).

After that, we're joined by Dan Milstein of Gold Star Sports Management, Pavel Datsyuk's NHL agent and the repesentative for Nikita Kucherov, Andrei Vasilevskiy, & MANY others (30:40)!

We then discuss NHL news including David Jiricek being traded to the Minnesota Wild & whether Hockeytown could have competed for that landing spot (1:11:00) before we take your questions & comments in our Overtime segment (1:15:20) - enjoy!

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Don't let Lucas Raymond get hot!

Tune in as (after a quick practical joke on a returning Evan Lobsinger) we cover the Detroit Red Wings and their 2 (TWO) game winning streak, including a merciful final game to get the season sweep against Patrick Roy's New York Islanders, including Moritz Seider, Lucas Raymond, Dylan Larkin, Simon Edvinsson, and Alex Lyon's contributions in the win (4:50), as well as Alex DeBrincat, Lucas Raymond, Cam Talbot, and Simon Edvinsson helping Derek Lalonde's squad to win a grind of a game against the Calgary Flames (11:50).

Next, we discuss Lucas Raymond heating up and finding his scoring touch & what his upper ceiling may be offensively (23:55), as well as just how good Moritz Seider and especially Simon Edvinsson have been (28:20).

We then take a look at the NHL trade market, and whether Steve Yzerman has one or two crown jewels in Alex Lyon and Cam Talbot for teams looking to compete for the Stanley Cup (Edmonton Oilers, Colorado Avalanche, Carolina Hurricanes), what a return would look like, and whether he should even consider trading some of Hockeytown's best players this season (or someone like Patrick Kane down the road) (35:35).

After that, Detroit Red Wings system news including Axel Sandin Pellikka leading the way in the SHL and William Lagesson maybe going a biiit too far with the Grand Rapids Griffins in the AHL (48:10).

Finally, NHL news including potential roster blow-ups for the New York Rangers (Kreider? Trouba?) and the Ottawa Senators (Stutzle? Norris?) (56:40) before we take your questions & comments in our Overtime segment (1:01:50) - enjoy!

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How can the Detroit Red Wings turn things around, and when? Max Bultman of The Athletic Detroit joins us on this episode to discuss!

Tune in as we open by discussing Detroit's 2-1 win over the New York Islanders on PAvel Datsyuk's HHoF night in Hockeytown, including Jonatan Berggren breaking Sorokin's shutout, Dylan Larkin's great play to Lucas Raymond for the winner, Alex Lyon's bounceback performance & more (3:40). Next, their disappointing loss to the Boston Bruins, including Seider, Edvinsson, Tarasenko connecting for a great goal and a whole lot of not much else in front of Cam Talbot, followed by a discussion of what Derek Lalonde's team truly is at this point in the year, what's realistic for them moving forward, potential trade targets for Steve Yzerman to focus on (David Jiricek, Trevor Zegras, Seamus Casey, Bowen Byram?), & more (16:00).

After that, updates as Jim Montgomery is immediately hired by the St. Louis Blues and what this means for Derek Lalonde, as well as Red Wings notes including Albert Johansson's development, Amadeus Lombardi, and Dmitri Buchelnikov (37:55).

Next, Max's "Good in the Room" segment covering the rising salary cap in the NHL, how Detroit's core contracts are shaping up, and Steve Yzerman's window to grab a superstar like Marner, Rantanen, or someone else to accelerate the rebuild (56:20).

Finally, NHL news including Alexander Ovechkin's injury update (1:15:30) before we take your questions & comments in our Overtime segment (1:16:50) - enjoy!

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The Detroit Red Wings freefalling, Derek Lalonde's seat getting hotter, Jim Montgomery fired in Boston...is change coming in Hockeytown?

Tune in as we start with an ugly overtime loss for the Red Wings in San Jose, including Dylan Larkin's 50 goal pace, Marco Kasper continuing to improve, Simon Edvinsson slotting in and scaring us all, Cam Talbot's tough night (as well as Compher), Alex DeBrincat, Lucas Raymond, Patrick Kane, Moritz Seider, and the Red Wings power play keeping things alive, Rasmussen's awkward goal, and the lacklustre effort in a must-win game (6:05).

After that, a discussion on where this leaves the Red Wings season, if Detroit is destined to fire their coach, the schedule ahead, and an overall analysis on how this affects the "Yzerplan" as Steve Yzerman seeks to balance the rebuild (with Sandin Pellikka, Brandsegg-Nygard, Cossa, Augustine, Danielson, Buchelnikov, & others in the pipeline) with this tough season (15:00).

Next, an analysis on where Derek Lalonde is at in terms of his time as the Detroit Red Wings coach, Jim Montgomery firedby Sweeney and the Boston Bruins & how he changes things, Tanguay, Gallant, Quenneville, keeping Newsy, & other options (36:21).

We then discuss possible Red Wings trade target like David Jiricek and Trevor Zegras, as well as quick news on Jack Campbell, as well as NHL news including Martin Necas' insane pace & Alexander Ovechkin's injury as he chases Wayne Gretzky's goal record (54:05) before we take your questions & comments in our Overtime segment (1:04:35) - enjoy!

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