Habby Hour!

We were very lucky and pleased to have Brian Wilde join us on the podcast tonight to talk about a number of topics pertaining to the Habs, and beyond. In particular we talk about the Return to Play format, the Habs chances against the Penguins, the Habs chances over all with the Cup and the draft, and highlighted a bit of what Jesperi Kotkaniemi and Alexander Romanov mean for the team! As mentioned on our Twitter feed, we do not want to just stick to sports in the wake of everything that has transpired after the murder of George Floyd, so we take time to acknowledge that this is a time of grief, yet also a time of coming together. #BlackLivesMatter June 1, 2020

The conversation is starting, the NHL and the NHL Player's Association have started making preliminary agreements for what could be a 24 team playoff sometime later this year. Much is uncertain, and we speak about it (briefly). The chunk of this episode is spent talking about the Habs of the past! Ten years ago to the date (nearly) the Habs were eliminated by the Flyers in the 2010 playoffs after shocking the hockey world with series victories against the Capitals and the Penguins. What led to this surprise run? We have Sean Gordon on to talk all about it! Right on the heels of an article from The Athletic that tackles this same fascinating story. Also, ice cream. May 25, 2020.

Rumors are starting to fly about the NHL going forward with a 24 team playoff format! That means that the Habs would be in the playoffs! That also means that everyone loves it, and everyone hates it! The crew talk about this dynamic along with the guest this week, Simon Tsalikis. That and much more! May 18, 2020.

We begin this episode with remembering a fond member of the Habs Twitter community. Graeme McDonald, @uncleshroom, was kind, thoughtful, a passionate fan of les Canadiens de Montreal, and so much more. He passed earlier this year, and we only heard about it just recently. We wanted to spend time remembering him, and the first segment of this episode is dedicated to that. For Habs news, we discuss Alexander Romanov's impending arrival to North America, Joel Bouchard's words about Kotkaniemi and his coaching philosophy, the AHL cancellation, Cole Caufield's honoring, and a couple of other things. May 11, 2020.

Disclaimer! Dave starts this podcast about Paul Byron talking about Star Wars and everything went wrong from there. This episode covers everything from Star Wars, Harry Potter, zombies, West World, and more! Habs content made up maybe a third of the episode, you have been warned! May 4, 2020.

As usual, the pandemic continues on, and so does the Habby Hour! For this episode we are very pleased to have Arpon Basu on to talk Habs! A little. In reality we cover a wide range of topics, including McDonalds breakfast as children, and random commercial jingles. But! When we did get to the topic of the Habs, we spent some time discussing the newly minted contract for Vasili Demchenko, Steve Mason, The Athletic Montreal's fan vote, and a bit on Tomas Plekanec! April 27, 2020.

The quarantine continues, social distancing continues, and the NHL? Still suspended. We take to Twitter to ask our listeners for some questions, and you all certainly delivered! Aside from the questions that were taken, we speak about the quarantine, what could be happening with the league, the tragedy in Nova Scotia, and the retirement of a Habs staple, Andrei Markov.

Precious little news from the Habs front, but what little was found had something to do with a certain Russian prospect. What to know more? Then listen to this week's episode of the Habby Hour! The gang took questions from fans, talked about what's going on around the league, what's going on outside of the league, and more! April 13, 2020.

The NHL postponement continues, and the Habby Hour have another guest this week with none other than TSN690's Sean Campbell! To fill the sports void Sean has taken to Twitter to put together a bracket of great sports moments that took place in Montreal, check it out on his feed (@seanrcampbell). We also go over some of the things that the Montreal Children's Foundation is doing, as well as Groupe CH, during this unique and trying time, giving back to the community! On the Habs front, we talk about Jake Evans, Laurent Dauphin, and the NHL Player's Association poll that brought some (obvious) joy to the Habs faithful! April 6, 2020.

In what would have been the last week of the regular season for the NHL, we see the postponement continue with no end in sight. Despite this, the Habby Hour must go on! Tonight the entire crew is back together and we had Paul Campbell on to join us once again! Want to know about the backup goalie situation in Montreal? It's pretty interesting! Want to know about potential backup goalies in UFA this off season? Well, it's prety interesting, too! We talk about that and so much more in this episode of the Habby Hour! March 30, 2020.