Winging It In Motown: for Detroit Red Wings fans

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 suspension, then hand it over to Michelle for a wide range of topics including that same play, Todd Nelson's mark on the Griffins, the scheduling oddities in the AHL, and the non-AHL prospects.Reader Questions - We were kind of light on questions, but still got a number of good ones in. Great work by our readers here.The Week Ahead - We'll take a look at the upcoming games for the Wings and give you the stone cold locks on what's going down.   - - - As a reminder, WIIM Radio is always rated R. Prepare your earholes accordingly. Thanks! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

3 Nov 20151h 11min

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 Questions - We got a lot of questions about our Pulkkinen and Jurco feelings, so we started off talking about that before hitting the real hard-hitting stuff about candy corn and how gross it is.The Week Ahead - WIIM gives you our stone cold locks for what's going to happen in the future. Fear our prowess.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

27 Okt 20151h 32min

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 - Heading into Western Canada, we'll tell you what's going to happen.Outro - I tell the story of an awful sandwich.  A gentle reminder that WIIM Radio is rated for adults, so if you're teaching kindergarten, please play our podcast on full volume in front of your class. Kids should know about the Red Wings as soon as possible. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

20 Okt 20151h 18min

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 really good rundown on why that's not a bad thing, as well as player-by-player evals for the BAM line. Then she goes on to discuss how our non-AHL prospects are doing, including some really promising stuff about the future of Detroit's blue line.Reader Questions - Did you ask a good question? We probably answered it! We were almost certainly polite about that too! As always, WIIM Radio is rated R. Sailors don't think it's a big deal and they seem like pretty cool people. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

13 Okt 20151h 24min

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?Prospects report - Michelle gives us the scoop on the kids outside the Wings roster right now.Reader questions - This is where we circle back to your questions to make sure we haven't missed anything in a segment that includes Graham saying something mean about Andersson and Tangradi. Remember, you can download or listen to the episode via the link above or on our Blogtalk Radio page. You'll also be able to listen via iTunes by searching for Winging It In Motown there. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

7 Okt 20151h 46min

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 1:09:00 and miss the whole thing if you'd like). Prospects Report - Not all of our prospects were in Traverse City in the last two weeks. Michelle gives us the rundown of the kids playing elsewhere right now. Reader Questions - You asked about 20 questions and we answered most of them. This is always one of my favorite segments. As a reminder, we do use adult language on WIIM radio (though not as much as last week). Please be aware of that before letting toddlers listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

22 Sep 20151h 38min

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 podcastchoices.com/adchoices

10 Sep 20151h 37min

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 podcastchoices.com/adchoices

25 Aug 20151h 19min