Off The Post

Now that the Toronto Maple Leafs have loaded up their salary cap by giving nearly $60 million to Matthews, how small is their window to win a Stanley Cup considering the fact they now have two players who are making $11 million a season?

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Mike Traikos joins Paul Chapman in this week’s Off The Post podcast to examine Toronto’s leap into the trade market with defenceman Jake Muzzin.

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Michael Traikos joins Paul Chapman from San Jose at the site of the NHL All Star Game to talk about the disaster of a season the Edmonton Oilers have had and how they are going to need a “wolf” to come in and clean up the crime scene.

Mike has an intriguing theory as to why we have seen such impatience with coaches and general managers from team owners this season.

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Postmedia’s national hockey writer Michael Traikos joins Paul Chapman to talk about the issues around the NHL this week.

Traikos explains that the big, heavy hitters around the NHL are the difference makers that everyone wants.

Tom Wilson, Ryan Reaves, Dustin Byfuglien are the prototypes, and teams like the Toronto Maple Leafs want one, and may have to overpay to get one.

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Montreal Canadiens beat writer Stu Cowan joins Paul Chapman for the Off the Post podcast where they get into the complaints of Ken Hitchcock about the clutching and grabbing that is holding back Connor McDavid and the game’s skill players.

Is the NHL really doing enough to promote offence and get the young stars blazing?

They also talk about the next generation of the ‘hockey machine’ kid, who has known nothing but elite hockey since they were a kid and are now taking over the NHL. Stu says the days

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In this week’s Off The Post, hockey writer Don Brennan from Ottawa joins Paul Chapman as they talk about Alex Ovechkin’s amazing season, and how he stacks up versus the young guns also ventilating goalies around the league this season.

Can Ovechkin get close to Wayne Gretzky’s all-time record as he’s on a 65-goal pace for this season?

Next the lads put the Canadian teams under the microscope. There are currently three Canadian teams in the NHL’s top five, and the Leafs lead the way. Would the L

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Postmedia’s National hockey insider Mike Traikos joins Paul Chapman fresh from the NHL Board of Governors meetings in Georgia to talk about the process of getting Seattle into the NHL. Traikos explains that while markets like Quebec City,

Portland and Houston are now lining up for their chance, it’s more likely that relocation rather than expansion offers the most hope. But from where? Mike suggests Arizona, Carolina, Florida, and potentially Ottawa might be the franchises at risk.

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Edmonton's Jim Matheson joins Paul Chapman in the latest Off the to talk about the latest firing in the NHL, Philadelphia Flyers GM Ron Hextal. Why have so many coaches and now a GM beingn fired this season? Jim also gets into why Ken Hitchcock won’t necessarily be in conflict with the offensive nature of Connor McDavid.

In the second period the talk turns to the new arena conflict in Ottawa.

In the final period they discuss new offensive stars in the NHL. WInnipeg’s Patrick Laine scored 5 goals in o

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Kristen Anderson, beat reporter in Calgary, joins Paul Chapman to talk about the Battle of Alberta sparking to life, both on the ice and in the press box.

They also discuss the aftermath of the Flames-Oilers game which saw Edmonton coach Todd McLellan lose his job, the fourth coach to do so this year, and if four coaches fired already this year is surprising.

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Senators beat reporter Don Brennan joins Paul Chapman to talk about the controversies and freakish side shows that have plagued the Ottawa Senators.

The Senators have had a wild last 12 months from accusations of cyber bullying, trading their biggest star and then having the embarrassing Uber video surface. Don also talks about being banned from the team charter and the team’s attempt to punish the media for the appearance of the video.

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