I've been going back and forth on whether or not to still release this (it was 98% complete after game 81). This style of video is normally reserved for playoff seasons only, but I spent way too much time on it to just let it go to waste, so I've decided to upload it anyways. Player highlights are in the works, expect them to come out sometime in late May. Also, I need to address the questions about game 82... Something went wrong with the recording during OT, which would've caused an upload delay regardless, but that crushing "just got eliminated" feeling we haven't felt in years started to kick in at that point and I needed some time to get over it. If there's still interest, I suppose I could get around to that game, but the OT section will be the TSN feed.

@ekim4363

3 ай бұрын

Do what you can, and it happens.

@23Raymond

3 ай бұрын

I hope to god we make it next year it’s been so long

@youngdrowsy_

3 ай бұрын

I wouldn’t mind having game 82. Despite the fact we didn’t get in it was a helluva game. But it’s ok either way.

@brendenmoan13

3 ай бұрын

Thank you for everything Awood ❤️

@deBebbler

3 ай бұрын

I can't speak for other people, but for me, we don't win a game until the AWood40 recap is posted. I want your G82 upload even if it is Leah Hextall doing both the PBP and the analysis. We have suffered so many recent seasons that were meaningless by the end that we have to respect playing a meaningful game 82, no matter how much it hurts.

This was the most excited I was for a wings season in years. If anyone thinks rebuilds are add water instant contender, never happened. Yzerman is cleaning up Holland’s mess and making this team what he did with Tampa.

@nvmfirezactaylor6035

3 ай бұрын

People will deadass say "fire everyone bring the good players back," as if it really is that simple

@emanuelsamaan4993

3 ай бұрын

We can say that but also see that this team was 10 points in the first wild card spot and missed cause he didn't add nobody at the deadline cause he touted depth in the org and did nothing but call up Austin Czarnik and send down berggren and call up edvinsson when the season was on life support

@sallybags9090

20 күн бұрын

​@@emanuelsamaan4993We are not going to mortgage our future for a possible rental. Other teams are not stupid, they would want 1st rounders and top 8 prospects. Why do that when you know you dont have a chance at a cup.

Red Wings 23’-24’ MVP: Ken Daniels’ voice 🐐

You are the greatest asset a KZread consuming wings fan could ever hope for. Thank you!

@stevepileski614

2 ай бұрын

It’s a true blessing!

0:43 one of the best moments of the year can’t lie

Game 81 was just magical, will remember that for the rest of my life - thanks as always AW 👍

@Liprocky

3 ай бұрын

a preview of what an LCA playoff atmosphere will look like

11:14 😭😭 I love Lucas Raymond

This team definitely deserved to be in the playoffs. I don't know what the chemistry is gonna be like next season but, definitely work on defense. Give Raymond an A on his jersey next season.

I think the month of october was some of the most fun ive had watching this team in some time.

@paulwt9783

3 ай бұрын

feb before the priority patch was high water, team was a wagon but was also dramatic and fancy.

We Love You Awood

Ugh... So many memorable moments that I'm going to remember forever as a Wings fan but such a bummer that the year didn't end with a playoff appearance.

As heartbreaking as the end of the season was and how these are normally for playoff years, I thoroughly appreciate this video. This was one of the most entertaining years of red wings hockey since the prime to late Euro Twin days (obviously lol). I have followed your channel since 2010 (I was 8 years old), so seeing this video made me insanely excited and I'm also INCREDIBLY stoked for the player highlights. Thank you, as always, for all these highlights of the team I grew to love so much. You're a one of a kind channel.

Lucas Raymond has good boy 31 goals 41 assist 72 points this season for Detroit

The wings should be paying you at this point lol. whenever i miss watching a game this is the first place i look. Whenever i want to see an epic complilation of the magic man, this is where i go. Stay solid Mr. Awood40 and thank you for all your hard work making these videos

9:01 I need to see seider in the playoffs. Oh my

Man I forgot how good debrincat was in the beginning of the season I mean nice to have another good player around but dang super streaky

@mango8623

3 ай бұрын

Even during his streak of not scoring, he was still getting chances, so that bodes well. Luckily when he's cold we have a lot of other good offensive players.

Maybe wasn't a playoff year but I'm SO excited to see these videos back and hopefully they're back for GOOD.

What a great year from Raymond. Excited to see him next year in the playoffs.

my god you can run a city off the electricity from the last 3 games

What an unbelievable season, i love this team so much and that absolutely gut wrenching way to end the season is sure to be motivation for the boys next year. I have missed the wings during the off season before but never this much, and i haven't been more excited for an upcoming season than right now

I haven’t even watched this yet but I’m SO EXCITED to lay in bed tonight after I get my little girl to sleep and watch this!! You’re the best! Thank you so much🤜🏼🤛🏼

The amount of game winning goals Kane had is crazy…. And he didn’t even play the full season. If we had him for at least 70 games, we probably sneak into the playoff. Praying that he will sign for at least one more year…❤

Thx dude for all the highlights you do, only way I could stomach the last 25ish games of the season 🤣

If Husso was healthy this team makes the playoffs. Him and Lyon could be a really high quality tandem. Hopefully it works out next year.

@icedo1013

3 ай бұрын

Healthy Husso was still a bit wanting in consistency if I'm not completely mistaken. He plays lights out till December and then starts waning. I love the guy, but I won't say I'm not excited to see the actualization of some prospect goaltenders.

@golfer371

3 ай бұрын

@@icedo1013 by this video alone he made enough highlight reel saves in the short time he played, that im confident in him

Wings fan since 96. Really enjoyed this season.. so mad we didn’t make it to the post season. Was in Stockholm for the Leafs-Wings game^^ 2025 : PLAYOFFS TIME I will fly over the atlantic to see my wings in LCA ❤ Cheers from France LGRW

Awood for president

THANK YOU! I've been waiting for a best of season since 2016 and now I'm happy lol

Even though we missed the playoffs, having Ken and Mick calling these moments is a core memory. Thank you, awood.

Best season of hockey I've seen in a long time. Never forget when a Seattle player just threw their stick into the middle of our pass, and it wasn't called a penalty.

Man you do so much for this community. We love you

Might be the best highlight reel ever for a team that missed the playoffs 😂😭

Debrincat going cold and Walman going down during the final stretch of the season really hurt our playoff chances, but what a fun season! Thanks as always Alex for all the hard work you put in

@icedo1013

3 ай бұрын

Rasmussen missing time really didn't do him any favors either. That guy looked lovely for the first third/half of this video and then he just sorta disappeared. The same thing happened to Veleno. You could definitely tell when the good times were.

Ken Daniels yelling "He Scorrrrrrrreessss!" never gets old. 😂

Even with the heartbreaking ending to the season, there were a lot of great things to look back on. Here’s to a bright future in Hockeytown! ❤

God damn, end of this video sent me on that roller coaster of emotions all over again. What a season. Great job as always Awood.

The wings may not have made the playoffs when we should have but I feel like this team is gonna get much better next year. All of the young guys who are gonna get called up next year is gonna really improve this team

first, ty for your effort all year and every year. invaluable work. now, 2 things little noticed about the Kane OT winner in Chicago. 1. many people on soc media (and even some in the stands watching) thought it didn't go in. the most common angle makes it look bar down, and questionable. the least seen or noticed angle shows it literally hitting the back of the net and coming back out, it was shot so hard. an interesting optical illusion, on the common angle. 2. not visible afaik on any of the broadcasts, or anyway not noticeable, but clearly visible on fan videos, is that during Kane's lap after the goal thanking the fans before leaving, the video board person for the Hawks put back up the "Thank You Patrick" graphic that had been up during the tribute earlier in the game. think how truly bizarre that is in full context. the fans are one thing, for the team itself to put up a graphic thanking him after he beats them is next level.

Almost as excited about the future of the Wings as I am about the Lions. If you look at the rest of the league and the age of their stars, contracts ending, free agency, etc., you'll realize the Redwings are still building, but they are right on the edge of being back.

Can’t wait for next year!!!! This season felt like so many seasons crammed into one just cause of the quality of hockey we got to watch… LETS GO WINGS

That OTL in Sweden was such a heartbreaker. Stutzle with the baseball swing

Awood you are a national treasure

I would enjoy highlights every season. Lots of work to put together but much appreciated. I'll be watching this one all summer until camp opens...😊

The Detroit Red Wings organization should hire you as a contractor for their social media account, especially their KZread channel. You have archived just about every game, every important milestone since the 1980's. You showed how we built our dynasty. Its valuable.

December and March…that is all but great work as per usual

Awood the legend with another amazing video. Love that you released this despite how crushing the end of the year was. It was great to have something to cheer for even to the last seconds of the season, and the future looks bright. #LGRW #LGAWOOD

Man, I heard Daniel Sprong's name a lot.

This season made me fall back in love with Redwings hockey. Looking forward to the next years!

My personal favourite moment this year has to be 51:36, what a historic moment for the game

@icedo1013

3 ай бұрын

It still cracks me up that there were average couch potatoes analyzing the play and making determinations of how much better a pass would have been and how open Jones' teammates were, to justify how the league was rigged lmao.

@paulwt9783

3 ай бұрын

@@icedo1013 also complaining about KAne cherrypicking. he WAS, but it wasn't blind cherrypicking, he knows Jones, he played w him as teammates in 3 on 3 OT the last 2 or 3 years. he knew what Seth was very likely going to do there (and not do), and knew the pass to Bedard even if he tried it wasn't an easy or likely one for him. he was just waiting hoping DeBrincat won the rebound. if not he appeared ready to jump back into the play if needed.

Seeing husso's highlights, I think we would have made the playoffs if he stays healthy

Hopefully Copp can continue this year with a lot more goals this year than last years.

Would definitely love a recap of game 82. The boys dug deep for that win and I believe it shows just how resilient this team was. If we can build on that for next year, our young core will be in a very good spot

I say this as a fan of a rival, I think Wings fans should be somewhat proud of this season, a fantastic step in the right direction for the franchise after years of rebuilding, now if they go anywhere, time will tell. But I think it goes without saying dear god the way the season ended couldn't have been more painful.

Awood the goated

The last 5 games highlights give me so much hope for this team moving forward. It's going to look a little different in Detroit but I've never been so excited for the next season to start. The cup isn't even figured out yet, and I'm DYING to watch the 24-25 wings.

26:34 I love Fischer

These highlights and others you've posted will get me through the summer.. thanks, awood!

Thanks bud!

didn't realize Anaheim had that many wings fans lol

Thanks for putting this together. Hoping for better results next season.

I'm going to watch this once a week until next season starts 😭that was such a good season

DeBrincat was electric in beginning part of the season

I really really wish there was a camera on the announcers, especially for those last two games. To see Ken loosing it up there in the booth as the Wings pulled off those wins...

I have been waiting on this all season long! Do you have the player specific highlights cooking too??

30:35 Mick: "shoot it, Lucas." Ken: "He does, he scores!"

Love the content

This team is going to keep maturing and become a powerhouse like Tampa was

thank you very much for this

Heart breaking end to a season. Regardless, there are signs of life. I personally haven't been this happy about a Wings team in many years, and it genuinely makes me happy to see them string some great games together. On a side note, I love Ken and Mick. Listening to them in those final two games of the season had me ready to run through a brick wall.

Thanks man, bittersweet season but the future is bright!

I enjoy all your excellent work. Maybe next year you'll have more games to post.

What a season it was thanks for the journey awood. We will be in the playoffs next year. Only up from here. Go wings

Hope we don’t lose Raymond or Kane! Thanks Awood!🎉

It was a heck of a season, and if they can keep it together going forward I think the team has a bright future.

This season will be defined by these words “pre patch and post patch”

Great content as always! ❤ Watching this, it’s so frustrating that we missed the playoffs for Capitals to be immediately swept. Not saying we’d have won that series but I could imagine we’d have taken at least one game. Especially the way we finished the season.

Great video as always. But this one stings when you remember that, if literally any of these losses are wins, were in

Very very rough ending, but a fun season to watch. We should be aiming for 95+ points next year.

awood is the goat

Just ordered awood 40 red wings shirt

i miss hearing the "Huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu" hope he makes a bounce back this year

seeing J Holl's jersey a lot here

I predicted florida n edmonton this year for the cup so my next year prediction is Detroit n Vancouver Detroit wins in 5

We will have a bright future, next year we will be in the playoffs.

April was so fantastic

I imagine a year we win the Stanley again and Mickey on the broadcast just says "I guess.."

im still so upset that they didn't get in. absolutely heartbreaking, but they did it to themselves.

January/February was so special

Thank you, Larks, Razor, Mo, and everyone else who made this the most fun season in years. Thank you, Awood, for documenting it And once and for all, fuck you John Tortorella

Biggest thing I've learned from this video is that we're a completely different team without Wallman and Rasmussen

ily +1

7:21 why can’t Joey do this all the time. He looked so bad at the end of the year

@paulwt9783

3 ай бұрын

a lot of guys virtually disappeared as goal scorers after the break, esp 5v5. maybe none moreso than Joe V.

i remember when we put down boston 2 times, i thought we were the team :(

You've been at this for how many years? >10? You replied to one of my comments previously, but I can't remember exactly.

really wish the wings had husso down the stretch of the season

I'm so worried that we didn't take advantage of having raymond and seider for under 1m each... we lost the opportunity, and have to pay them combined 14,000,000 instead. if not more.

We were so good but so bad this season. Like one game it was the best game i’ve ever seen just absolute orchestry and the other we couldn’t beat the coyotes… twice. Can’t happen next year but LGRW

Hard to believe we almost got back to the playoffs this year and just fell short! Still, the rebuild is going great and maybe next year. All I hope is that Patrick Kane stays with Detroit. I’ll be a little upset if he leaves

does rasmussen's family member work for Kenroc in Coquitlam?

Are you gonna do best hits and fights of the year too cause kostins fights wernt in the video?

It’s really too bad husso got injured. I think this season would’ve played out a lot different he was healthy