Cheaters Never Win™ Hockey Podcast

We've washed the stench of another bad Hurricanes season off of us. We're back, refreshed, and ready to roll. On this week's episode of Cheaters Never Win, Adam Kimmelman of NHL.com drops by to talk NHL Draft, and his thoughts on the difference between pick 5 and pick 10 may surprise you. Mike and Derek make their initial picks for "their guy" in this draft before diving into the Section 328 Bracket Challenge. Finally, we go off script and review a darn fine cider this week. As always, thanks for listening, and please leave us a rating or review when you get a chance.

The Canes have seemingly been winging it the last couple of games, so we tried it on for size to see how we liked it. Hopefully it's not as poor a result as our favorite hockey club. Fear not though, Mike Maniscalco joins us to ensure we deliver you some quality hockey talk. Good news, the beer this week was delicious!

With all the talk around #CaniacNation about the changes to the Hurricanes Season Ticket packages, we had to go to the source for some answers. Gale Force Sports and Entertainment President Don Waddell joins us on the podcast this week to discuss tickets, changes in staff, and his thoughts on advertising on sweaters. We take a walk down memory lane to discuss the 1 win 3 loss week, and enjoy a great collaboration brew from Terrapin and New Belgium. Don doesn't pull any punches and we think that you, the Caniacs, will be pleased. As always, thanks for listening, and feel free to rate us over on iTunes and Stitcher. We appreciate it more than you know!

It is exciting times in CanesNation. The Trade Deadline is just two weeks away. Are you embracing the change or fearing it? I can tell you that Steve Dangle and Maple Leafs Nation are embracing the tank and ready to lose in Raleigh tonight! Steve drops by to talk the matchup. Also, we are joined by Yahoo's own Sean Leahy who drops some knowledge on us regarding the national view of our trade targets, Ron Francis, and is there such a thing as home ice advantage. We close the show with a beer that just begs to be drank with a piping hot side of fajitas. Thanks for listening folks, we appreciate it!

The first shoe has dropped on the 2015 trade market w/ Buffalo making a splash and acquiring Evander Kane. What does this mean for the Canes hopes of acquiring value for their UFAs, particularly Sekera and Tlusty. Mike Maniscalco from WSMS and 99.9 The Fan join us to discuss these topics and more. Thanks as always to our great sponsor @TaxiTaxiRaleigh for making sure this program hits the airwaves.

A 4-1-1 streak and we forget how to act. We lined up Ken McKenny from @HockeysFuture to discuss prospects not named McEichel and we ramble on about some of the good stuff we've seen out of the team this week. We show lots of love to All Star D-man Justin Faulk, laud some praise on Bill Peters, and torch a local beer that punched like Boulerice. All in all, we had fun, and we hope you do to. Thanks as always to @TaxiTaxiRaleigh for being an awesome sponsor. If you like us, please drop us a rating and review on iTunes. Thanks for listening!

Make no doubt about it, we are excited to have Phil Pritchard, the Keeper of The Cup join us on this weeks podcast. Phil talks about induction weekend and what his best find has been during his time as curator of the Hockey Hall of Fame. After we come down off our HHoF high, we discuss the Canes current streak, Bill Peters' use of voodoo, and just how much fun it is to have some wins under our belt. Strap in for a listen before heading to the arena, won't you?

When you are in the midst of a franchise record losing streak to start the season, and the Stanley Cup Champs are coming to town this week, it can feel like Space Jam Hockey and the Monstars are whooping your tail. We don't mean to take out our frustration, but this week, we accidentally read the comments on Facebook and basically Mike lost his mind. Good for us, Jesse Cohen from @KingsMenPodcast joins us to bring us back to earth and discuss all things Kings. Finally, we review a beer. Teaser: It tasted like the Vancouver game looked...

So, sit back, and if you are one of the commenters making stupid comments on the Canes page, you may want to fast forward to about 6 minutes in...

John Forslund is considered one of the preeminent broadcasters in all of hockey, so we're not really sure what the heck he is doing on our show. John was kind enough to drop by and talk Canes coaching search, potential free agents, and give a couple of road stories that will make you NEARLY spit your beer out. So sit back, and listen to the weaving tales that only John Forslund can weave, won't you?

After 20 years of really high highs, and a few real stinkers, the front office of the Carolina Hurricanes has new leadership, and we are here to dissect and conjecture about what's next. In this episode we discuss what it means now that this is Ron Francis' franchise, what's his first order of business, and how his view may effect this team. We also delve into the upcoming NHL Draft and discuss Nick Ritchie. Playoffs...Playoffs? Yeah, those too. Finally, we enjoy a cool smooth Evil Twin Imperial Doughnut Break Stout and wish we had a honey bun to go with it. Sit back, enjoy, and watch out for the double entendre, this one was fun.