The 2025-26 season is about to start, and the Habsworld podcast crew is back to talk about it. Host Norm Szcyrek, with cohosts Paul MacLeod, Sean Cayouette, and Jonathan Rebelo, had a lot to say about the Habs, discussed other hockey news, and had some laughs. This podcast was recorded on October 7, 2025.

Topics include:

- Introductions, Habs trivia

- The podcast crew discussed their likes and dislikes of the final roster moves

- Review of the prospects preseason play and where they are in their development cycle

- Analysis of the latest lines and defence pairings

- Some player predictions for the 2025-26 season: Demidov, Laine, Kirby Dach, Bolduc,

- What might a Lane Hutson contract extension look like, and when will it happen?

- Will Demidov have a better rookie season, than Hutson did last season?

- Ken Dryden's passing and Norm shares a story about his idol

- Former Hab Jaroslav Halak retires from hockey. The Halak vs Price debate continues

- Carey Price traded to San Jose for salary cap reasons. Do you think he might come back to Montreal

- Will Montreal win more games or fewer games than they did last October?

- Around the NHL topics include big contract extensions for McDavid and Kaprizov. Which signing was more surprising?