Red Wings Rant Podcast

Hi everybody, and welcome to Episode 228 of Red Wings Rant : Where tirades and impassioned pleas about your Detroit Red Wings, finally, have a home.  The Detroit Red Wings lose big to two Stanley Cup Playoff contenders, the New York Rangers, and the Florida Panthers. We also have some much-needed updates from the SHL on Simon Edvinsson and the WHL for Sebastian Cossa. The Detroit Red Wings went do...

Hi everybody, and welcome to Episode 227 of Red Wings Rant : Where tirades and impassioned pleas about your Detroit Red Wings, finally, have a home.  The Detroit Red Wings were swept in their season series with the Ottawa Senators and have nine games left on the season. The Red Wings also announced the signing of Magnus Hellberg, The Red Wings lost 4-1 to the Ottawa Senators. The lone goal came fr...

Hi everybody, and welcome to Episode 226 of Red Wings Rant : Where tirades and impassioned pleas about your Detroit Red Wings, finally, have a home.  Vrana Elite Goal Scoring and Red WIngs NCAA Prospects and Free Agents, including University of Denver Prospects and a couple of Undrafted Free Agent Options The Red Wings University of Denver Prospects won the NCAA Championship and look to eventually...

Hi everybody, and welcome to Episode 225 of Red Wings Rant : Where tirades and impassioned pleas about your Detroit Red Wings, finally, have a home.  Jakub Vrana elite performances for the Detroit Red Wings continue! The Red Wings get a goal and an assist from the Czech winger to help defeat the strong, playoff-bound Boston Bruins.  Vrana is an elite goal scorer and he proved it again with his pow...

Hi everybody, and welcome to Episode 224 of Red Wings Rant : Where tirades and impassioned pleas about your Detroit Red Wings, finally, have a home.  The Detroit Red Wings had an ugly weekend against Ottawa Senators. The Red Wings went down 5-2 in the first matchup and faced the Sens in a matinee matchup this Sunday. Lucas Raymond continued his hot rookie season with two goals in the first matchup...

Hi everybody and welcome to Episode 223 of Red Wings Rant : Where tirades and impassioned pleas about your Detroit Red Wings, finally, have a home.  The Detroit Red Wings April wishlist is here. The Red Wings will play 15 games in the month of April to finish out the season.  In those 15 games, fans have little to get excited about or hope for. So we decided to come up with a shortlist of things f...

Hi everybody and welcome to Episode 222 of Red Wings Rant : Where tirades and impassioned pleas about your Detroit Red Wings, finally, have a home.  The Detroit Red Wings were destroyed by the Pittsburgh Penguins. The Yzerplan offseason can’t come soon enough.  The Red Wings looked bad, but there are some ways we could look to improve this team. We look at the ice-time for the likes of Adam Erne a...

Hi everybody and welcome to Episode 221 of Red Wings Rant : Where tirades and impassioned pleas about your Detroit Red Wings, finally, have a home.  Jakub Vrana leads the Red Wings, Oskar Sundqvist, and Jake Walman to victory in their first game after the trade deadline. Steve Yzerman had a busy trade deadline, making two significant deals, not including their movement of Troy Stecher for a 7th Ro...

Hi everybody and welcome to Episode 220, Season 3 of Red Wings Rant : Where tirades and impassioned pleas about your Detroit Red Wings, finally, have a home. Today, we have a special guest, Jake Rivard (@RivardNHL on Twitter) from WInging it in Motown! Steve Yzerman and the Detroit Red Wings are rumored to have big Trade Deadline Activities planned, but we haven’t seen much yet.  So far, the Detro...

Hi everybody and welcome to Episode 219, Season 3 of Red Wings Rant : Where tirades and impassioned pleas about your Detroit Red Wings, finally, have a home. Marc Staal and the Detroit Red Wings nearly comeback vs the Edmonton Oilers. Staal’s two goals, however, were not enough to overcome two different 3 goal deficits. McDavid and the Oilers played keep-away for the first five minutes of the game...

Hi everybody and welcome to Episode 218, Season 3 of Red Wings Rant : Where tirades and impassioned pleas about your Detroit Red Wings, finally, have a home. The Detroit Red Wings were shut out vs Calgary Flames. Are Filip Zadina and Jakub Vrana due more ice-time?  The lack of shots on goal and possession led to a Flames easy win, but what went wrong for the Wings to come on so soft? Should Vrana...

Hi everybody and welcome to Episode 217, Season 3 of Red Wings Rant : Where tirades and impassioned pleas about your Detroit Red Wings, finally, have a home. Jakub Vrana Returns to the Detroit Red Wings lineup!  Unfortunately, the Arizona Coyotes provided an absolutely devastating Detroit Red Wings loss. We’ll discuss the terrible decision-making behind the bench by Jeff Blashill. We will also dis...

Hi everybody and welcome to Episode 216, Season 3 of Red Wings Rant : Where tirades and impassioned pleas about your Detroit Red Wings, finally, have a home. What is Steve Yzerman’s Next Big Yzerplan Move? After two straight losses against two of the toughest matchups in the NHL, Red Wings fans want answers! While Jeff Blashill’s departure is an inevitability, will Steve Yzerman decide on a more e...

Hi everybody and welcome to Episode 215, Season 3 of Red Wings Rant : Where tirades and impassioned pleas about your Detroit Red Wings, finally, have a home. Lucas Raymond and Dylan Larkin are the heroes in the Detroit Red Wings vs the Carolina Hurricanes. Lucas Raymond scored his 8th point in 7 games with an OT goal while Dylan Larkin continued his 10 game point streak with a late 3rd-period goal...

Hi everybody and welcome to Episode 214, Season 3 of Red Wings Rant : Where tirades and impassioned pleas about your Detroit Red Wings, finally, have a home. Lucas Raymond’s 2 goals and Hronek’s 4 points nearly lead Detroit Red Wings to a comeback vs Maple Leafs on Saturday night. Jeff Blashill was very clear in how frustrated he was with this game. The frustrations included being outshot early in...

Hi everybody and welcome to Episode 213, Season 3 of Red Wings Rant : Where tirades and impassioned pleas about your Detroit Red Wings, finally, have a home. The Detroit Red Wings and Colorado Avalanche rivalry is long dead.  We revisit the past: Darren McCarty vs Claude Lemieux, Shanahan vs Roy, poor Kris Draper. There’s also the leadership rivalry between Joe Sakic and Steve Yzerman.  We ask whe...

Hi everybody and welcome to Episode 212, Season 3 of Red Wings Rant : Where tirades and impassioned pleas about your Detroit Red Wings, finally, have a home. Who are the Red Wings Expendable Trade Deadline Assets? The NHL Trade Deadline is March 21st, but NHL GMs are moving assets already! We rank the Red Wings roster and assets, including Tyler Bertuzzi, Marc Staal, Vladislav Namestnikov, Filip Z...

Hi everybody and welcome to Episode 211, Season 3 of Red Wings Rant : Where tirades and impassioned pleas about your Detroit Red Wings, finally, have a home. Moritz Seider leads the midseason Calder Trophy and Rookie of the Year vote. We take a look at what went into this and how excited we should be. Filip Zadina’s journey on the 1st line continues on a positive note as Filip Zadina leads the tea...

Hi everybody and welcome to Episode 210, Season 3 of Red Wings Rant : Where tirades and impassioned pleas about your Detroit Red Wings, finally, have a home. Moritz Seider and his amazing technicolor wrist shot help the Red Wings take two straight from the Philadelphia Flyers.  Seider walks away from this two-game set against the Flyers with 1 goal and 2 assists, 58% xGF%, and some amazing, jaw-dr...

Hi everybody and welcome to Episode 209, Season 3 of Red Wings Rant : Where tirades and impassioned pleas about your Detroit Red Wings, finally, have a home. What number and who should the Detroit Red Wings Retire Next? Part Two The Detroit Red Wings have an impressive list of retired numbers currently in the rafters: Red Kelly No. 4, Sid Abel (No. 12), Alex Delvecchio (No. 10), Gordie Howe (No. 9...

Hi everybody and welcome to Episode 208, Season 3 of Red Wings Rant : Where tirades and impassioned pleas about your Detroit Red Wings, finally, have a home. What number and who should the Detroit Red Wings Retire Next? The Detroit Red Wings have an impressive list of retired numbers currently in the rafters: Red Kelly No. 4, Sid Abel (No. 12), Alex Delvecchio (No. 10), Gordie Howe (No. 9), Nickla...

Hi everybody and welcome to Episode 207, Season 3 of Red Wings Rant : Where tirades and impassioned pleas about your Detroit Red Wings, finally, have a home. The Detroit Red Wings and Dylan Larkin turned the ship around again after a big OT win against the Anaheim Ducks. Jordan Oesterle redeemed himself with the OT Winner, but Dylan Larkin showed once again why he’s the leader and MVP of this fran...

Hi everybody and welcome to Episode 206, Season 3 of Red Wings Rant : Where tirades and impassioned pleas about your Detroit Red Wings, finally, have a home. The Detroit Red Wings defensive struggles overshadow any positives to be found from the Back-to-back games against Pittsburgh and Toronto. After giving up 5 goals in the 3rd period to the Toronto Maple Leafs we thought it was best to remind e...

Hi everybody and welcome to Episode 205, Season 3 of Red Wings Rant : Where tirades and impassioned pleas about your Detroit Red Wings, finally, have a home. The Detroit Red Wings are a .500 team halfway through the season. We’ve read through local papers, the Athletic, and ESPN for what they think of the Red Wings season and we’ve got thoughts.  Dylan Larkin, Moritz Seider, Lucas Raymond, Tyler B...

Hi everybody and welcome to Episode 204, Season 3 of Red Wings Rant : Where tirades and impassioned pleas about your Detroit Red Wings, finally, have a home. The Red Wings are hopefully headed towards the tail end of their rebuild and we have a lot fo bright young stars that could become pillars of the franchise: Dylan Larkin, Moritz Seider, Lucas Raymond, Tyler Bertuzzi. Jakub Vrana, Alex Nedeljk...