00:00All right, so maybe this is the right transition
00:05because this is what Kenny would want to talk about.
00:08Yeah.
00:09We can do the Iserman thing if you want.
00:11And like I said, I don't know what's left to say is how I would start it,
00:18meaning you trade a guy who was supposed to be the superstar future goalie
00:27because he got passed up in the system.
00:29Right.
00:30So you trade him for the 23rd pick and you take a guy who won't be here
00:34for three, four years.
00:35You know what my problem is with that?
00:39Iserman just drafted a player for a new GM.
00:43I would love to hear from Red Wing fan and the hockey elite.
00:50What are we doing here?
00:52Like Iserman's comments about Larkin and making no promises.
00:56Can I just – I want to give you my view of Steve Iserman.
01:02He is living in 2010.
01:06He has not arrived in the year 2026.
01:10He is a general manager who is not living in the current state of the NHL.
01:16Am I wrong to feel that way?
01:18No, Mike, I think that's actually a great point because it reminds me a lot.
01:23And you saw all, especially in college hoops, all the coaches who just said,
01:28I don't want to do this NIL.
01:31I don't want to do this transfer.
01:33This isn't the game that I grew up coaching.
01:36You guys can have it.
01:38I'm walking away.
01:39And some said, great, we'll take up the mantle and run with it.
01:43But like the Coach K is – I'm not putting up with this.
01:46This is foolish.
01:47This is – nah.
01:48Iserman is Mark D'Antonio.
01:53I mean, that's where I just feel like this guy – you're not going to bully Larkin into playing here.
02:00What are you going to – I want you to spell this out to me.
02:02So you're going to bring him back, strip him of the sea, put him back in the locker room,
02:07and you think that's going to work?
02:08Or worse, you bring him back, he doesn't play, and he upends your entire franchise.
02:16You weren't good enough with him.
02:18You're not going to be good enough without him.
02:20And who are you signing this summer?
02:22I can't believe we're sitting here after the draft and they didn't get something done.
02:26And then the best he can offer us is no promises.
02:31What I heard, what I saw, was a couple things.
02:34One, I think a lot of people need to get on Team Rico.
02:39He's going to be in camp.
02:41No.
02:41Larkin will be there because Steve is saying,
02:46I'm going to make your life uncomfortable.
02:48Either you expand who we could trade you to,
02:51or not only will you be here with no sea on your chest,
02:54but you're going to be here because there's no guarantees.
02:58You're still under contract for the next five years, so there's that.
03:02That comment he made, you know what that is?
03:04That's bully.
03:05It is.
03:06That's ego and bullying.
03:09But this is the age of player empowerment.
03:11You can't bully players anymore, Steve.
03:14I understand, but Steve has gone full spite store.
03:18So you're going to show up or you expand this list and let me move you to wherever I can
03:23get the best deal.
03:24And you accept it.
03:26Other than that, I'm going to make your life a living hell.
03:28But he has expanded the list.
03:29That's the problem.
03:31Yeah, I get it, Mike.
03:32But when I heard that statement, that told me everything.
03:35He ain't going nowhere.
03:37Not anytime soon.
03:39I'd love Wings fans now that the draft is done.
03:42Where is this going?
03:44You know, you finally got to hear from Iserman briefly.
03:47The idea he was going to answer hockey questions.
03:50Yeah, okay.
03:51Just Larkin, get it done.
03:52But where is this going as free agency begins in a few days?
03:57What free agent is coming here?
04:00Like, with this as the backdrop, who even likes Steve Iserman anymore?
04:05In the agent community.
04:07In the player community.
04:08So, if you haven't traded Larkin and you're not going to be able to sign big free agents because Steve
04:16is yet to sign one.
04:18Patrick, you think Patrick Kane is going to re-up for more of this?
04:22Oh, he wants to play again.
04:24I still think he wants to play here.
04:26And that's before we get to the guys you got to get out of this lineup.
04:29Like, JT Comfer and his, like, five hits more than Kane, which is basically five to zero.
04:36Like, I just feel like he's running this into the ground.
04:43Yes.
04:44His stubborn, rigid, I feel personally, just a personal feeling, his out-of-touch nature to where the game is,
04:52I really, I would love to hear from the dyed-in-the-wool wings fans.
04:56Go ahead, Pauly.
04:58You look like you're poised to just rip the microphone and throw it into the parking lot.
05:02But, I just don't understand his line of thinking.
05:06And, like, he said, there's no guarantees he's worried about the health of the franchise.
05:11What does it say about you as a GM that you're getting in essentially a peeing contest with your best
05:16player?
05:18How is that beneficial to your franchise at all?
05:22Paul, it's not.
05:23It is full spite.
05:24But, once you realize that that's what it is, it's easy to see that he's not going to move, he's
05:30not going to budge, it's going to be my way, or I'll burn this thing to the ground.
05:36And now it's up to Larkin to see, okay, are you going to acquiesce to this and bend the knee
05:41and show up to camp and play good little soldier, or do you drag this thing out?
05:46I know, but unfortunately for Steve, Larkin's the first guy abandoning the ship, and guess who goes down with the
05:52ship?
05:53The captain.
05:54Well, that's the other thing, boys.
05:55I mean, people are already circling around DeBrinckit, and he's due a deal.
05:59I mean, you can use the card of DeBrinckit's from here, and he's raising a young family, but if he
06:06sees what's going on with Larkin, and Kane walks out the door, why would I take the...
06:11First of all, why would the organization pay a guy $12 a year when they're clearly rebuilding?
06:16This is my problem.
06:17The fact that Rico's not wrong, guys, is everything wrong about this, okay?
06:23That's my point.
06:25Iserman is out of touch with current reality of the NHL.
06:29Players have the power.
06:31You do not.
06:33This idea...
06:34And by the way, if Steve can't get a good deal, then he's not a good GM.
06:41Larkin's on a value contract of $8.7 million.
06:44I know that doesn't feel that way, but considering Jason Robertson just turned down $15 a year from Seattle, the
06:52cap is rising quickly.
06:53That's a value contract.
06:55Oh, and by the way, it was front-loaded.
06:56So the financial commitment is less than the cap hit.
07:01You waited until after the draft.
07:03So now, you have essentially taken meaningful draft compensation in the now and punted on it.
07:12So who's dealing you this multitude of NHL-caliber players?
07:18I really don't know what he's doing.
07:20That I don't know.
07:22At least, maybe there's an option C.
07:25They kiss and make up.
07:26And somehow, it's no big deal.
07:30They go and bring somebody here.
07:32Do you want to put odds on that?
07:33That they kiss and make up?
07:35No.
07:36I'm just saying that...
07:37That better be like Cape Verde winning the World Cup.
07:39I need like plus 50,000 on that.
07:422-4-8-5-3-9-97-97.
07:46I'd love to hear from Wings fans.
07:47Just a little bit.
07:48We'll get to the Tigers and some other stuff.
07:51I just don't know where this is going.
07:53I admit it.
07:54I got snookered.
07:56Dude, I believe Larkin would be dealt at the draft.
07:59I really did.
08:00You aren't the only one.
08:01Shame on me.
08:02It's okay.
08:03But now, I mean, if you go into free agency where your captain wants out,
08:09who are you even signing?
08:12This guy might be driving this into Middle Earth.
08:15He has no timeline.
08:16I'll say it again.
08:17You could love the COSA deal, but it speaks to he has no accountability
08:22and no timeline.
08:23You traded a prospect that's going to be in the NHL next year.
08:28Okay.
08:28You passed him up in your system.
08:30Fine.
08:31You didn't trade him for a player.
08:34And you're picking 23rd.
08:36Don't, please don't spin this that the 23rd pick in the draft is going to be here next.
08:41Just stop.
08:42You know what I'm saying?
08:43Like, sign COSA.
08:442-4-8.
08:45Yeah.
08:46Great.
08:472-4-8-5-3-9-97-97.
08:50Rico, go ahead.
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