Let's Get Pucked Up

Wyatt, Stephane, and Robin discuss the depressing details of the Hockey Canada saga and then give their top to bottom predictions for each division in the NHL heading into a new 2022-23 season.

Topics for today's show include: All the coaching news from the past two weeks (Trotz, Maurice, DeBoer, Tortorella, Richardson), the recent Stanley Cup Finals, NHL award winners, the Hockey Canada debacle, and the HHOF Class of 2022

Wyatt, Stephane, and Robin discuss over occasionally spotty internet what the Oilers need to do moving forward, how Canada's cup drought has somehow made it to 29 straight years, what the state of the Bruins will be for next year now that half their team is on long term IR and Bruce Cassidy has been fired, who their Conn Smythe favourites are now heading into the finals, and who they've got for the finals.

Robin, Wyatt, and Stephane discuss the ridiculousness of the no offside call in Game 1 of the Western Conference FInals as well as the blown no goal call in Game 5 of the Battle of Alberta, review their predictions from last round, make new predictions for this round, and run down their Conn Smythe favourites list heading into Round 3.

Wyatt and Stephane join to talk about the historic ineptitude of the Leafs, new and exciting coaching vacancies and front office vacancies in the NHL, how well they did with their round 1 predictions, and to make some bold predictions heading into round 2.

Wyatt Danowski and Stephane Poitras join as co-hosts to discuss some funny stories and stats from the end of the NHL's regular season, to make their Round 1 playoffs predictions, and to dive into their picks for the major subjective awards. The awards picks include a spin on the normal proceedings, as we pick the inverse of each award (i.e. the Shart trophy as the player judged to be least valuable to his team as the inverse of the Hart).

Wyatt Danowski and Scott Dowler join the podcast to discuss the death knells blown to their respective teams, the Jets and Canucks, the passing of Mike Bossy and then whether he is the greatest goal scorer in NHL history, the Capitals bringing back the screaming eagle jersey and what older jerseys we would like to see brought back, and finally who we would choose from each conference (of the teams likely to make the playoffs) if we finished first in that conference and got to choose our opponent.

Wyatt Danowski and Stephane Poitras join as co-hosts to discuss the trade deadline, Eugene Melnyk's passing which we find out about mid-podcast, the playoff picture in the West, and our thoughts on the hotly contested Norris and Hart trophy races. I also explain why it took me so long to record an episode since the last one.

Robin, Wyatt, and Stephane get back together after a long hiatus to discuss the Kodak Black situation in Florida, coaching changes in Winnipeg and Vancouver and their degrees of success thus far, and what to do about the Edmonton Oilers (goalie trade, coaching change, Evander Kane?) when they are joined by an unexpected guest. Following this brief foray into the inner workings of a narcissistic university-level hockey coach, the podcast continues to talk about John Klingberg and Jakob Chychrun being on the trade market, Bobby Clarke throwing Ron Hextall under the bus, the Olympics situation, and the recently announced NHL All-Star rosters. 

Scott Dowler and Wyatt Danowski join as co-hosts on this episode to discuss the Canucks' firings, the Alain Vigneault firing, the Leafs/Jets fracas, Mackenzie Blackwood's "mask" mask, and then take a long walk counting down the recently released Forbes NHL franchise valuation list. Spoiler alert: Arizona is last.