Winging It In Motown: for Detroit Red Wings fans

Welcome to the latest edition of WIIM Radio! Skeleton crew for this one as it’s just me and Sara holding it down. Here’s what we got up to.

The outlook for the rest of the season: We help assuage everybody’s concerns that a winning steak similar to last season’s is going to make much of a difference with just 31 games left and 13 standings points to make up, but first we have to, you know, actually win games.

Trade deadline speculation: Honestly not a lot to get excited about with this year’s trade deadline, but you never can tell with Steve Yzerman running the show nowadays. Will we see any midnight wheelings and dealings?

The All Star Game: It’s become more fashionable in the last few years to loudly proclaim a disinterest or even flat-out disdain for the ASG, but we got to the heart of why so many hockey fans would rather spend the time gardening (or simply just not paying attention to hockey).

Reader Questions: All the puntential of the Seattle team name rumors and a look at strengths & weaknesses in the depth chart. Plus, we take a look back at the goaltending performance OF THE DECADE.

Around the league: Wanna know the three teams we hate the least out of the ten-best squads in the NHL? Sure you do!

You can listen via the embedded player above or download on your favorite podcasting app. For a small fee, I’ll personally transcribe the entire episode and mail it to you glued onto acorns.

As always, WIIM Radio is rated R for language and bad puns.

Here are timestamps for the episode (without including the ads)

00:00:45 - Season way past halfway

00:02:00 - Standings/Draft Shenanigans

00:05:00 - Contracts

00:11:00 - Call Ups/Returning players

00:13:00 - Trade Deadline

00:15:45 - All Star Game

00:24:26 - BREAK ONE

00:24:35 - Reader Q's

00:43:30 - BREAK TWO

00:43:39 - Around The League

00:50:00 - Who Do You Want/Who Will Actually

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Here’s what Peter and Jay have for you this time (all time locations are without the ads because they are put in after we upload the episode)

Players Go After Player Safety: (0:00 - 12:02) - After officials and the Department of Player Safety recently made some questionable decisions, which is putting it nicely, players have starting calling DOPS out to the media. We talked about this latest development.

Interview (12:02 - 47:33) - Max Bultman stopped by again to talk to us about the Red Wings, coaching, goaltending, and even a little Watchmen. It was a really fun talk, so we hope you enjoy it.

All-Star Preview (47:33 - END) - We take a little time to talk about the upcoming all-star festivities.

If you are using a podcast app, you can find both this podcast and WIIM Radio (our podcast devoted to the Red Wings) in the same channel - Winging it in Motown. As of right now, you can’t find it on Google Play, but an app like Stitcher should work if you use an Android device for your podcast listening. Also, you can now find us on Spotify! Search for Winging it in Motown

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Winter Classic: (0:00 - 20:11) - Even though the game didn't get the TV ratings people were hoping for, there was a lot of excitement, and we got to see an enemy get a comeuppance.

Interview (20:11 - 51:30) - Alison Lukan stops by to give a preview of the upcoming Hockey Analytics Conference in Columbus, as well as some talk about Torts. Alison is one of the best in the business, and this was a lot of fun.

WJC and Decade Look Back (51:30 - END) - We talk about the World Junior Championships, then we talk a bit about things outside hockey that we loved over the past decade.

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If you are using a podcast app, you can find both this podcast and WIIM Radio (our podcast devoted to the Red Wings) in the same channel - Winging it in Motown. As of right now, you can’t find it on Google Play, but an app like Stitcher should work if you use an Android device for your podcast listening. Also, you can now find us on Spotify! Search for Winging it in Motown

Here is the link to our merchandise store. You can get Fer Sure t-shirts in a variety of colors and styles, hoodies, notebooks, stickers, and much more. We also recently launched a Facebook page, through which we hope to increase our fan interaction. You can find that here.

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Here’s what Peter and Jay have for you this time (all time locations are without the ads because they are put in after we upload the episode)

Coaching Carousel: (0:00 - 26:50) - A lot has happened since we last recorded, from Mike Babcock and Bill Peters being fired to Athletic writers writing articles we greatly disagree with. We take you through it all.

Lopsided Trades (26:50 - 42:11) - Red Wings fans know that the Robby Fabbri trade has been very lopsided so far, which is a lot of fun for us. We take a look back at some lopsided trades that we think are interesting for various reasons.

Around the League (42:11 - END) - We take a look around the league at all the NHL goings-on.

If you are using a podcast app, you can find both this podcast and WIIM Radio (our podcast devoted to the Red Wings) in the same channel - Winging it in Motown. As of right now, you can’t find it on Google Play, but it should work on most podcast apps . Also, you can now find us on Spotify! Search for Winging it in Motown

Here is the link to our merchandise store. You can get Fer Sure t-shirts in a variety of colors and styles, hoodies, notebooks, stickers, and much more. We also recently launched a Facebook page, through which we hope to increase our fan interaction. You can find that here.

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Welcome to the newest edition of WIIM Radio. We’re back with J.J., Kyle, and Prashanth talking all things Wings. Here’s what we got up to:

The Babcock Fallout - we went in-depth on how much it shakes things to think back on what recent news does to our opinions on the team during what we thought were pretty golden years.

The Team as it Stands - With the Wings mired in Stench, we go in depth about what can be done to move forward and whether the fire Blashill calls would satisfy long or short term goals.

What's best with Zadina - Should he stay or should he go? How best to develop the youngster and to ensure the team can afford him when he is developed. Prashanth brings and interesting argument in favor of burning this ELC year.

Reader Questions - Ever wondered about robot brains and Rat King from TMNT? You will!

(We couldn’t get detailed timestamps done for this episode, but we will try to bring them back for next time. )

You can listen via the embedded player above or download from your favorite podcasting app. Be sure to check out our channel for past episodes and for our wider-focused NHL podcast, Fer Sure.

As always, WIIM Radio is rated R for language and smuggling.

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Here’s what Peter and Jay have for you this time (all time locations are without the ads because they are put in after we upload the episode)

CORRECTION! I say in the episode that Anthony Mantha broke his hand on Adam Erne’s head, but it was Patrik Nemeth. I feel the appropriate amount of shame for making that mistake (very little.)

Intro: We re-introduce our listeners to Hannah and Meghan and catch up with what they have been up to recently.

Last Quick Cherry Thoughts (8:58 - 10:00) - By now we know it’s time to move on from the Don Cherry discussion, but since Jay wasn’t on WIIM Radio last episode, he wanted to say a couple words. (pretty much literally one minute of words).

Babcock Bounced (10:00 - 25:22) - This was the big news in the NHL of late, and we talk about it for a while. Meghan follows Toronto, but I can vouch that she is not part of the annoying Toronto fanbase online, so she has some insights.

Reader Question (25:22 - 33:50) - We had one reader question, and it was a tough one!

How Buffalo Will They Go? (33:50 - 38:00) - We wanted to talk to Hannah about Buffalo, even though she’s rather we didn’t.

Jersey Fouls (38:00 - 47:33) - L.A. and Colorado unveiled their stadium series jerseys. Woof.

Game Time! (47:33 - 53:21) - We play a game based on Hannah’s recent major life event.

Thanksgiving (53:21 - END) - We go around and discuss hockey related things we are thankful for.

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If you are using a podcast app, you can find both this podcast and WIIM Radio (our podcast devoted to the Red Wings) in the same channel - Winging it in Motown. As of right now, you can’t find it on Google Play, but an app like Stitcher should work if you use an Android device for your podcast listening. Also, you can now find us on Spotify! Search for Winging it in Motown

Here is the link to our merchandise store. You can get Fer Sure t-shirts in a variety of colors and styles, hoodies, notebooks, stickers, and much more. We also recently launched a Facebook page, through which we hope to increase our fan interaction. You can find that here.

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Welcome to the newest edition of WIIM Radio! Same lineup as last episode, but much more flavor! Here’s what we got up to:

Three Game Win Streak! - Detroit overcame what looked like another collapse in Anaheim and pulled off the late-night victory. Turning point? Oh why the hell not.

Blashill, Challenges, and the Goalies - Did the team rally for Blash on the latest bad coach’s challenge? How have the Wings been supporting their goalies. Pete’s got the answers you crave.

The Don Cherry Situation - If you’re raw about the guy’s firing, you’re probably not going to make it through this segment. If that’s the case, then I’m sorry.

Reader Questions - You all knocked it out of the park again with some great questions. We go over the danger of the Hicketts mafia and the danger of touching Ryan Getzlaf with your bare hands, plus much more!

Timestamps for each topic: (all times are approximate)

Topic 1 - Win Streak/Ducks Game - 00:00:56

Topic 2 - Don Cherry - 00:12:29

AD BREAK 1 - 00:22:55

Topic 3 - Q's Start - 00:23:17

Q 2 - Hicketts - 00:26:47

Q 3 - Stabbing Westward - 00:30:08

Q 4 - 3 Questions - 00:34:28

Q 5 - Top TV Show - 00:39:52

Q 6 - Seider, Zadina, Veleno Potential - 00:44:31

Q 7 - Mantha/Getzlaf Scuffle - 00:48:02

Q 8 - Expansion/Defense - 00:49:52 

AD BREAK 2 - 00:56:00

Topic 3 - Continued - Q's - 00:56:00

Q 1 - Yzer-Acquisitions - 00:56:21

Q 2 - Givani Smith - 01:01:23

Q 3 - Perlini - 01:03:10

Q 4 - Athanasiou - 01:03:34

Q 5 - Part-Time Wings - 01:16-14

Q 6 - Cholowski-Chychrun - 01:08:40

Q 7 - Zadina Trade Return - 01:10:24

Q 8 - Court of Public Opinion on Player -01:11:54

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As always, WIIM Radio is rated R for language and violations of personal space.

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Around the League: (00:00 - 12:03) What are the most interesting stories so far?

Interview: (12:03 - 43:22) We talked to Dom Luszczyszyn about his work for The Athletic, the NHL, and even a little bit about how crazy Riverdale is.

Winter Classic Jerseys: (43:22 - END) Why does Peter say that the Stars logo could say Star Doctors? You’ll have to look at the logo.

If you are using a podcast app, you can find both this podcast and WIIM Radio (our podcast devoted to the Red Wings) in the same channel - Winging it in Motown. As of right now, you can’t find it on Google Play, but an app like Stitcher should work if you use an Android device for your podcast listening. Also, you can now find us on Spotify! Search for Winging it in Motown

Here is the link to our merchandise store. You can get Fer Sure t-shirts in a variety of colors and styles, hoodies, notebooks, stickers, and much more. We also recently launched a Facebook page, through which we hope to increase our fan interaction. You can find that here.

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Welcome to the latest edition of WIIM Radio! October is at an end and the Wings are pretty much where we expected them to be. We still love our guys though, so I’m joined by Sara and Peter to talk all things Wings for our newest episode. Here’s what we got up to:

Reader Questions: Much like that guy who lost the World Series, we threw a curveball out and decided to start with the reader questions because there was a really good variety of questions that we wanted to make sure we got covered, so we started with. Topics including the prospect pipeline, goalies, Perlini, hopes and dreams, Mantha, AA, Cholowski and holy moly there’s a lot of ground covered.

The Svetch-Up/Svetch-Down: We got a very brief glimpse of Evgeny Svechnikov with the big team playing limited minutes before being sent down... but the timing of the send-down is rubbing some the wrong way. What is it in the organization that makes them pull kids out of games that would be meaningful for them?

Looking Ahead: The Wings have six games coming up before heading to the West coast. Let’s see who the most-optimistic about that stretch turns out to be.

Coach or Captain: I’ve got a dumb hypothetical to talk about in regards to how the team has been playing. I think I know the answer, but I want to give my linemates the opportunity to once again prove they’re smarter than I am.

You can listen via the embedded player above or download from your favorite podcasting app by searching for Winging It In Motown. As always, WIIM Radio is rated R for language and minor blasphemy.

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Here’s what Peter and Jay have for you this time (all time locations are without the ads because they are put in after we upload the episode)

Around the League: (00:00 - 27:14) Which teams and players are off to good starts, and which ones are sustainable?

Interview: (27:14 - 1:05:08) Chris Watkins returns for round 3. We keep having him back because he is so fun to talk to and has such great information, and this was no exception.

Heritage Classic Promotion and Jay Goes to Toronto: (1:05:08 - END) What if the NHL played an outdoor game, and many people had no idea it was happening?

If you are using a podcast app, you can find both this podcast and WIIM Radio (our podcast devoted to the Red Wings) in the same channel - Winging it in Motown. As of right now, you can’t find it on Google Play, but an app like Stitcher should work if you use an Android device for your podcast listening. Also, you can now find us on Spotify! Search for Winging it in Motown

Here is the link to our merchandise store. You can get Fer Sure t-shirts in a variety of colors and styles, hoodies, notebooks, stickers, and much more. We also recently launched a Facebook page, through which we hope to increase our fan interaction. You can find that here.

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