Winging It In Motown: For Detroit Red Wings Fans

Welcome to the Christmas edition of WIIM Radio!  We had me, Michelle, Graham, and Kyle on to discuss the Wings in the wake of the Devils loss on Tuesday. After getting that crapfest out of the way, we went on to make ourselves feel better with other stuff. Here's a rundown of the topics   The Devils loss - The Wings felt like they were going to pull that off until they didn't. What a tease. We can't let goaltending be the elephant in the room here. Howard was bad and he should feel bad, but it's ok to criticize the entire team when they fail. That's what teamwork is all about, sharing the blame! With two losses in their last three games and a three-game road trip coming up, will Tomas Nosekand Xavier Ouellet draw into the lineup? Who should play when Ericsson returns? We went over the other two games from the past week, including what should have been a statement game for the Wings against Vancouver but wasn't and then what turned out to be a pretty good performance against Calgary. Prospects report - W

Still reeling off the third period collapse to the Sabres, we had me, Graham, Lauren, Prashanth and Michelle to get us caught up on the Red Wings and Griffins this week. Here's a quick rundown of what we went over. The Buffalo loss and the Red Wings' third period woes. It's getting pretty tiring watching the Wings keep doing this, so what's the root cause? Are they playing to extend or protect leads.Tomas Tatar and some real tough defensive play by him lately.The defensive logjam - when Quincey comes back. What to do? If Scuderi can get moved, can anybody? (oh hey, BTW, Rob Scuderi got traded AND had salary retained). We all agree that it's very important to keep Marchenko around.Prospects report - Michelle covers the streaking Griffins and the players from elsewhere, including some WJC stuff for us.Reader questions - Expansion, Sheahan, Team construction, Marchenko, Cherry, Datsyuk, and more!The week ahead: How will the Wings do against their Western Canadian foes? As always, WIIM Radio is rated R for lang

Welcome to another episode of WIIM Radio. This week we had Kyle, Jeff, Lauren, Michelle and me on to talk Red Wings hockey. Here's the Rundown:   Covering the week that was, including the Coyotes beat-down and the Preds comeback, which Lauren was at. A good week where we're having fun again. The effect of losing Drew Miller on the penalty kill and a quick Latin lesson. Brendan Smith maybe doesn't suck, based on one pretty good game. Callups in the wake of the Miller and Pulkkinen injuries. Will they call up Athanasiou, Cleary, Miele, Tangradi, Callahan, or maybe even Mantha or Nosek? Prospects Report, where Michelle catches us up on the Griffins' hot streak and the WJC camp rosters featuring a number of Red Wings draft picks/prospects. Reader Questions - Our hottest Reader Questions of the season. A must-listen segment this week as Jeff and Kyle have to be separated. The Week Ahead - With three big opponents coming up this week, how will the Wings do? Tune in to find out! - - - As always, WIIM Radi

Welcome to our new WIIM Radio for the first week of December. This episode is a bit of a Sabres postgame recap (with more, of course).  So please enjoy the dulcet tones of JJ, Kyle, Lauren and Jeff talking the Wings. Here's what we're up to:   Sabers Recap - It wasn't pretty at times, but it also wasn't really ugly. The Wings got two points and that's what matters.Dylan Larkin & Jack Eichel - Good 'ol American boys.Is Petr Mrazek #1 - Has he solidified his spot as the top netminder?The cluttered Atlantic Division - We could be in for a dog fight all season long.Prospects Report - Michelle goes over another hot week for the Griffins. Plus, our top guy in the minors, Daniel Cleary.Reader Questions - Our favorite part of the podcast, where we go over all of your questions to make sure we give them the answers they deserve. FMK is back.The week ahead - Two more games this week for the Wings, with Arizona and Nashville in town, how will we do? - - - WIIM Radio is rated R for language, partial nudity (not really)

As you already know if you listened to WiiM Radio this week, I had the great pleasure of talking to Patrik Bexell A.K.A Zeb over at Habs Eyes On The Prize this week about the Red Wings European prospects. We could only fit a small portion of our chat into the podcast but we covered so many interesting, informative, and funny things, that I didn't want you to miss out. So this week we have a bonus Prospect Report that covers:   In depth discussion about Axel Holmstrom and Christoffer Ehn, what kind of players they are, what roles they have on their teams, how they're developing and growing, and how Axel Holmstrom is an extremely lovable guy.How the SHL and European Leagues compare to North American development leagues. Are the European leagues better at developing NHl ready prospects than Canadian Juniors and what some of the advantages are to letting kids develop in a men's league across the pond.Will we see NHL teams utilize European leagues more in the future the way they currently use their AHL teams, se

Welcome to our new WIIM Radio for the week of Thanksgiving. This time around we had me, Jeff, Kyle, and Joe on talking the Wings. Here's what we got up to: The last week - Detroit earned 5 of a possible 6 points against three of the top teams in the league. Let's take a moment and be happy about that.The loss of Ferraro - The ol' Asset Management Monster bit our roster again and stole away from us Ray Ferraro's son. Listen to us all talk about who we would have rather have waived (hint: It reads with Toe-A-Dream Manger Bun)Dylan Larkin is really good - If you get tired of listening to people praise Dylan Larkin then that's your problem.Jurco's comeback - After three games in GR, Jurco is on fire again. When will he be back and how will we fit him into the lineup?The defensive pairings - What's working so far along the blue line for Detroit? How do we like our pairings?The Stadium Series Jerseys - Candy cane or eyeball pain, what does everybody think of the new duds?Prospects Report - Michelle goes over the Gr

Welcome to the newest episode of WIIM Radio. This episode we had me, Kyle, Jeff, and Joseph on right after the Wings' win over the Ottawa Senators to react to that and also other things of Red Wings note. Here's the rundown:   The win over the Senators - Anderson vs. the Defense, who deserves more credit for this game going to OT; the usage of Glendening versus how it had been, and the brilliance of Gustav Nyquist.The return of Pavel Datsyuk - Pavs has three games under his belt and he's looking like the magic man we know he is. Let's all enjoy that together.What's up with Tomas Jurco - The guy can't get into the lineup over Andersson or Miller, but if he were hurt, why wouldn't they tell us. What's going on here?Andreas Athanasiou is good, yo. - Like, real good.Ouellet/Marchenko and the future of the defense - The Wings signed Ouellet to an extension on Monday. What does that mean for XO and where does it all fit in. How do you describe how Alexey Marchenko plays?The Abdelkader Deal - Now that we've had som

Welcome to the newest addition of WIIM Radio! We had me, Graham and Kyle on to talk Wings and featured another awesome prospects report from Michelle. Here's the rundown: The Hall of Fame - Another two members of the greatest NHL squad to ever grace the ice went into the Hall of Fame this week as Sergei Fedorov and Nicklas Lidstrom, who were both with the Wings for the 2001-02 cup run were inducted. We'll talk lots and lots about that.Latest News - Pavel Datsyuk is set to return and Andreas Athanasiou may have to be sent back down. Do we want that? I mean, of course we want Datsyuk to return, but AA has been good. What to do with the defense?The Week that Was - Don't look now, but Detroit has won four out of their last five games. How good have they really been though?Justin Abdelkader - Bob McKenzie announced that the Wings and Abdelkader are finalizing a 7-year deal worth more than $4M AAV while we were recording, so we talked about it. Enjoy the air disappearing entirely from the episode at this point. Pro

Welcome back to another episode of WIIM Radio. This week we had me, Graham, and Jeff in a WIIM throwback edition with Michelle providing us a meaty helping of prospects news. You can listen to the episode via the embedded player above or download it from our Blogtalk Radio page. Here's the rundown:   The Week that Was - We started off with the 1-2 shitshow to lead into everything else we wanted to talk about, so the loss to Carolina, the loss to Ottawa, and the win in Ottawa led things off for us as we reacted to those games.Latest Topics - Luke Glendening is back as the sacrificial lamb for the team's possession and it's absolutely terrifying. I try to put lipstick on a pig while fighting a person who isn't even here to defend himself. After we work through our feelings on that, we go over the defensive logjam and our wishlist for what will happen when the blue line is totally healthy.Tyler Bertuzzi and the Prospects Report - We lead into the prospects report with Tyler Bertuzzi talk after his two-game sus

Hello and welcome to this week's edition of WIIM Radio! This week we've got me, Kyle, Joseph and Michelle with us for the entire episode. Click on the player above to give a listen to this week's episode of WIIM Radio. Here's a rundown of what we covered:   Wings Latest News - The injury bug is hitting pretty hard with Mike Green out for several weeks,Kyle Quincey day-to-day and Brad Richards currently status unknown. How screwed are we here and what's the roster plan? Is this playing into the problem with the Wings getting consistently outshot?The Week That Was - Three of six possible points in Western Canada is disappointing, but overall not disastrous. We covered how Detroit got to where they were after the Vancouver game and why the team is struggling.Prospects Report - Michelle gives us the rundown on the Griffins and their struggle starting off 1-5 with a talk about how the system is working before hitting on the prospects outside of Grand Rapids, followed by a rundown on James De Haas from Joe.Reader

We've got another episode of WIIM Radio to throw at your ears this week as me, Jeff, and Kyle ran a fairly tight show with Michelle adding in a great prospects report. Here's the rundown:   The Week that Was - The Wings beat Tampa and then lost two games in a row. We go game-by-game on breakdowns and talk about what's going on, from the very good performance on Tuesday to the weekend shitshow that was.Overall Impressions - Detroit is getting badly outshot, both in not creating enough and not preventing enough, but we're only five games into the Jeff Blashill era. What's leading to the problems and how worried are we at this point? How would we change up the roster?Prospects Report - Michelle runs us through the Griffins' struggles, the players, and the kids playing elsewhere in this week's Prospects Report.Reader Questions - We frankly take way too much time answering things, meaning you all are very good at asking questions we don't think to answer early. Good job, you all.Looking at the Week Ahead - Headin

We're back with another episode of WIIM Radio now that the season has started. We have me, Jeff, Graham, and Joe talking Red Wings hockey and Michelle dropping the prospects report for us. Here's a rundown of how things played out:   Dylan Larkin! - Jeff didn't want to wait to talk about the wunderkid so we led off espousing what makes the guy so special to the Wings and why we're all sporting massive Dylan Larkin banners.Setting the Roster - Hopefully the second-to-last time we ever have to speak objectively about Dan Clearys use to the Red Wings on ice, we go over what it means for him to have been waived and refuse assignment, as well as some other rosterbatory discussion.The Wings started off 2-0! - Breaking down the Toronto and Carolina games, we try to make excuses for why winning hockey games in which you get badly outshot isn't a portent of doom in early October and also congratulate some people on doing a good job.Prospects Report - The Griffins started off 0-2 in California, but Michelle gives us a

Welcome to a new episode of WIIM Radio! We've got Kyle, Graham, Joseph and me along with another fantastic prospects report from Michelle. Reminder: WIIM Radio is rated for adults. Please don't let babies listen to it if they've already been born. If unborn, please play this episode through a speaker played directly into the womb. This helps their development. At any rate, here's a rundown of topics we went over:   The goaltending battle - Who won the right to start on opening night? Does it even matter who takes the first game?Building out from the blue line - Injuries in camp have changed things up, but how is the Wings' defense going to look this year? Can Quincey-Green cut it until DK gets back? Will Kronwall-Ericsson be able to handle tough duties? What's going on with the third pair?DYYYYYLLLLLLLAAAANNNNNNN LAAAAAAARRRRRKKKKIINNNNNNNN - Hey, have you heard of this kid? He's good huh? How good is he? What makes him special compared to the other well-performing prospects? What about the other forwards?

Welcome back to another episode of WIIM Radio. For this show, we had Michelle, Joseph, Kyle, and me on to discuss the latest happenings with the Red Wings just prior to the preseason games starting. We had lots to cover, so let's go over the rundown. The Prospects Tourney - Michelle was in Traverse City for this event and gives us her rundown of who looked impressive and who looked... well, less impressive in the Wings' 2nd place tournament showing. Main Wings Camp - In this segment, we went pretty heavily over the system adjustments, the defensive logjam, the plan for the forwards, and the observations of Kyle and Michelle from camp, as they both attended. The Blackhawks' Awful Decision - I wanted to clarify some things on what a bad idea it was for the Blackhawks to do pretty much everything they did in bringing Patrick Kane to camp (as a note, if you don't feel comfortable listening to this segment, we have a notice in the episode when we're going to start talking about it. You can skip from 1:03:35 to

Welcome to the first September episode of WIIM Radio! For this recording, we had Kyle, Joseph, Graham, and I on with a special appearance from Michelle to talk about the prospects. We're this close to meaningful hockey again and that can only mean one thing, talking about the last two weeks! Here's a rundown of what we had.   Johan Franzen's status update since the last time we recorded was not promising.Dan Cleary went from rumor to actual signing and we still hate that move.Henrik Zetterberg diplomatically dropped the hammer on Babcock in a summer full of quotes from Wings players about the bygone coach.Dylan Larkin is going to be really good y'all. Get on board.Reader questions! Go ahead and give us a lesson via the embedded player above or right at our Blogtalk Radio page. You can also search us out on iTunes at Winging It In Motown. Thanks for listening and LGRW Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We had a relatively quiet two weeks in Red Wings land since our last episode, but we got dropped a big ol' dumb bomb a few hours before recording, so we sure had plenty to talk about in this episode. I was joined by Jeff, Kyle, and Joe for the main show and of course Michelle provided us with another excellent prospects report. Here's how it all went down:   The Dan Cleary rumor that won't die.The Power of Love Zetterberg.Johan Franzen and the incredible humanizing effect of his Instagram account.Digger Rankings!Prospect Report.Western Conference Preview (in which we all agree Colorado still sucks a bunch).Reader Questions   Go ahead and give us a listen either streaming straight from the embedded widget above or right at our Blogtalk Radio page. You can also download the episode for listening at your own convenience and you can find us on iTunes by searching for Winging It In Motown. Thanks for listening and LGRW! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to another edition of WIIM Radio. We've got a bit of a full house on this one with me, Kyle, Graham, Michelle, and Joe. In this episode, we've got a bunch to cover. Here's what we ended up taking on:   The Scraps of Red Wings News - Ericsson, Sheahan, and Abdelkader stories out within the last two weeks gave us plenty to talk about where guys fit, what their expectations are, and what we'd be comfortable with contract-wise.The NHL/MLBAM Deal - The $1.2B streaming/website deal that the NHL entered into with MLB's streaming providers should make things better for the fans... should. We also get into the financials of the deal a bit.The Legal Issues - The Kane stuff is hard to talk about. The Mike Richards stuff not so much.Western Conference Preview - maybe next timeProspects Report - Michelle updates us on the Traverse City tournament coming up and previews the forwards expected to be playing.Reader Questions - Find out whether I would eat an entire bag of avocados to make the hockey season start righ

Hey folks. It's been two weeks since we last did an episode of WIIM Radio. When we last left you, Gustavy Nyquist had just been signed to a four-year deal and we were going over the free agency frenzy from early July. Now that the dust has settled a bit and the Wings have worked through all their RFA signings, we've got another episode for you.   The Pulkkinen and Jurco Signings - What they mean for the club and how the team stands right now.Rosterbation - What needs to change before the NHL season kicks off to get the Wings ready to win and cap compliant.Atlantic Division & Eastern Conference Preview - We'll take a really early look at how things are stacking up for the division and conference and try to figure out where the Wings stand.Prospects Report - Michelle will join in to talk prospects and get us primed up for the Prospects Tournament coming up.Expansion/Realignment Talk - The NHL got two bids and could see even more movement. What could it mean for the unbalanced conferences if the league adds a t

It's been two weeks since we've been on the air talking about the draft and free agency. We're really getting into the summer season, but that doesn't mean we don't have things to discuss. Tonight at 10pm EST, you'll be able to hop onto our Blogtalk Radio page and listen to a brand new episode of WIIM Radio live. 1. Free Agency Frenzy! Winners and losers Were the Red Wings winners? Mike Green chatter Brad Richards chatter How can Ken Holland make this work assuming everyone is healthy? 2. Development Camp Who made an impression? As of now, who are the Red Wings top prospects? Minus Dylan Larkin since he is an NHL forward 3. 2015-2016 Regular Season Will there be any prospects making the team? If so, who? Decoding the "logjam" What are the expectations of Jeff Blashill as his first season as a head coach in the NHL? 4. Gustav Nyquist He got a four-year extension worth $19 million.  How good is this contract? Ken Holland low-key just signed a back-to-back 20 goal scorer for under $5 million per

 made it through the draft and we're mere days away from the Red Wingslikely doing very little on July 1st as the NHL free agency period opens. It's the perfect time to have an episode of WIIM Radio.  We'll be broadcasting live on Monday, June 29th at 10pm EST over at our Blogtalk Radio page. We'll have Jeff, Graham, Kyle, and me on to talk things over. The topics we'll go over: The Draft: Our own Kyle was in Florida for the draft covering the goings-on from the floor for us. We'll get his thoughts on how the Wings did as well as discuss a very busy weekend for trades.Free Agency: The UFA crop this year isn't inspiring a lot of confidence, but there will still be plenty of guys to talk about.Trades: Despite all the movement lately, there are still moves out there to be made. Will the Wings be active?Summer Camp!: Development camp is only a week away. We'll be getting our first look at some of the kids whose names we just learned.and more!   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices