The Red Wings Return to Play

Hi everybody and welcome to Episode 3 of Season 2 of Red Wings Rant hosted by the Brothers of Discussion and brought to you by the Hockey Podcast Network.  Where tirades and impassioned pleas about your Detroit Red Wings, finally, have a home.

NHL is hockey is back! January 13th will be the big day for the puck drop and hockey fans are very excited! We get into the nitty-gritty of how this start date for the NHL is better than you think. We also discuss how this affects the Detroit Red Wings, especially from the European Player Loan Perspective.

We are also continuing our Rochester Mills 12 Days of Christmas sampling with the Gingerbread Cookie Milkshake Stout, preview this Sunday’s Be the GM, and ‘Paul Woods’ returns to play Who is That Pokémon.

NHL Returns on January 13th with 56 Game Season

Rejoice hockey fans! The NHL is finally returning!

As reported by a friend of the show, Greg Wyshynski, the season will start January 13th and will be a 56 game regular season.

From an NHL team exec this monrning, FWIW: "NHL is season is starting Jan 13th. Confirmed last night. We are going to be playing 56 games."

— Greg Wyshynski (@wyshynski) December 8, 2020

We also got an unfinalized division realignment from Pierre LeBrun. Check it out below.

Not finalized yet, and still subject to change, but the 2020-21 four-division re-alignment currently looks like this according to sources:

Bos-Buf-NJ-NYI-NYR-Pha-Pgh-Was

Car-CBJ-Det-Chi-Fla-Min-Nas-TB

Ana-Ari-Col-Dal-LA-SJ-STL-VGK

All-Canadian teams

— Pierre LeBrun (@PierreVLeBrun) December 9, 2020

Rochester Mills 12 Days of Christmas - Gingerbread Cookie

The Brothers of Discussion are excited and proud to present their first beer tasting of the network. We’re going festive for the holiday season and decided to sample Rochester Mills’ 12 Days of Christmas Beer Package. The Brothers will be tasting the beers for a flavor match to the beer’s name, drinkability, the packaging, and provide an overall score (weighted by the drinkability).

Rochester Mills is a Michigan Brewery, famous in the state for its 12 Days of Christmas Box Set. Release on an annual basis, the brewery tinkers with the list of 12 beers, but always follows through with a smooth, milk-like base. Gingerbread Cookie

NHL Return for the Detroit Red Wings

275 days since we’ve watched a Red Wings game. 309 days between the potential start date. Extra Preseason games for non-playoff teams? Let’s hope so!

Jeff Blashill Player Comments

Blashill said the Wings plan on bringing back everyone loaned to Europe (a list that includes Filip Zadina and Filip Hronek) except in the Swedish Hockey League, which only accepted players made available for the entire season. That means Moritz Seider and Joe Veleno will not be available.