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OctoPulse: Taking the pulse of the Red Wings rebuild

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The Detroit News' OctoPulse podcast is taking the pulse of the Detroit Red Wings rebuild.  If you enjoy Detroit Hockey, this is the show for you.

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Episodes

Ep. 124: Wait till next year the familiar Wings' refrain

Ted Kulfan takes a look at the Red Wings' 4-1 loss in Montreal which all but eliminates them from the playoffs for the ninth straight year and Panthers analyst Bill Lindsay is the interview guest on this episode of the OctoPulse podcast.

Apr 09, 2025•24 min

Ep. 122: Wings hanging on by a thread; Sens up next

On this edition of the Detroit Red Wings/Detroit News podcast, Ted Kulfan takes a look at the Red Wings' 5-2 loss in Denver on Tuesday and Ottawa Sun reporter Bruce Garrioch is the interview guest.

Mar 26, 2025•26 min

Ep. 118: Wings heading outdoors; Husso dealt to Ducks

On this edition of the Detroit Red Wings/Detroit News podcast, Ted Kulfan talks about Saturday's outdoor game in Columbus, the Ville Husso trade to Anaheim and Ducks analyst Brian Hayward is the interview guest.

Feb 25, 2025•25 min

Ep. 117: Red Wings in seventh heaven, Jason Bukala interview

On this edition of the Detroit Red Wings/Detroit News podcast, Ted Kulfan talks about the team's four-game sweep on the western road trip and Sportsnet draft analyst Jason Bukala is the interview guest. Before Christmas, the odds of the Red Wings making the playoffs were less than one percent under coach Derek Lalonde. After Christmas, under new coaches Todd McLellan and Trent Yawney, Detroit has gone 15-4-1 and the odds, according to moneypuck.com/predictions, are 50-50 of ending the franchise'...

Feb 05, 2025•27 min

Ep. 116: Shine shines in NHL debut; Julie Petry interview

On this edition of the Detroit Red Wings/Detroit News podcast, Ted Kulfan talks about Dominik Shine's successful NHL debut at age 31 and NHL podcaster Julie Petry is the interview guest. After nine years in the minor leagues, Shine played in Monday's 5-2 win over the L.A. Kings and he'll make this week's road trip which begins Thursday in Edmonton (9 p.m., FDSN, 97.1). "It is a great story," Kulfan said on the podcast. "You need these type of stories throughout the course of a long season. I thi...

Jan 29, 2025•26 min

Ep. 112: New sheriff McLellan in Hockeytown; Jim Fox interview

Ted Kulfan takes a look at the Red Wings under new coach Todd McLellan and L.A. Kings TV analyst Jim Fox is the interview guest. Fox, a former first-round draft choice who scored his first NHL goal against Detroit goalie Gilles Gilbert in 1980, worked with McLellan in Los Angeles from 2019-2024. "There will be doubt whatsover the way Todd wants things done," Fox said. "That will not be an issue. It will be communicated. It will be explained. You'll see it. You'll see it in practice. Once they ge...

Dec 31, 2024•26 min

Ep. 111: Yzerman goes back to the future, replaces Lalonde with McLellan

In this special edition of the OctoPulse podcast, Ted Kulfan takes a look at the Red Wings firing Derek Lalonde and assistant coach Bob Boughner and replacing them with head coach Todd McLellan and assistant Trent Yawney. Steve Yzerman went back into the team's history and hired McLellan, who was a 41-year-old assistant coach with the Red Wings when they won the Stanley Cup in 2008. Now 57 years old, McLellan is just two wins away from 600 career wins and will be behind the bench as a head coach...

Dec 26, 2024•14 min

Ep. 108: Wings on 74-point pace, Mike Keenan interview

In this edition of the OctoPulse podcast, Ted Kulfan takes a look at the Red Wings at the 20-game mark, on pace for 74 points and out of the playoffs for the ninth straight year. He also talks about the unlikely possibility of Steve Yzerman making the third coaching change in the NHL (Bruins fired Jim Montgomery, who replaced Drew Bannister of the Blues on Sunday), the upside of defenseman Jeff Petry perhaps in his final year in Detroit and how first-round draft pick Marco Kasper is outplaying J...

Nov 25, 2024•30 min

Ep. 107: Wings' offense disappears, Sam Rosen interview

In this edition of the OctoPulse podcast, Ted Kulfan takes a look at the Red Wings' offense, which has dropped to third worst in the league from ninth last year. He also talks with Pavel Datsyuk ahead of Monday night's Hockey Hall of Fame induction ceremony and he previews Detroit's upcoming four-game roadtrip with host Mark Falkner. In addition, Hall of Fame broadcaster Sam Rosen is the interview guest. Rosen is the New York Rangers' play-by-play announcer who called the team's first Stanley Cu...

Nov 12, 2024•26 min
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