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Central Division Hockey - The Podcast "This Week" (Episode 5)

Results and analysis from week five of NHL Hockey for the Arizona Coyotes, Chicago Black Hawks, Colorado Avalanche, Dallas Stars, Minnesota Wild, Nashville Predators, St. Louis Blues and Winnipeg Jets.

The lead - Imitation - is the sincerest form of flattery. Why is every team trying to use the 11F 7D line up?

Podcast cue points:

00:00:00 Intro/The lead

00:07:20 Honda West Division (St. Louis, Arizona, Colorado, and Minnesota)

00:42:27 Discover Central Division (Chicago, Dallas, and Nashville)

01:23:30 Scotia North Division (Winnipeg)

Show Intro/Break/Extro Music: excerpts of "Acid Trash" performed by MAP from the "Grant Ave." EP (c) 2018. Used with permission.

Central Division Hockey - The Podcast is written, hosted, and produced by Tim Bigelow. (c) 2021. 

Central Division Hockey - The Podcast "This Week" (Episode 4)

Results and analysis from week four of NHL Hockey for the Arizona Coyotes, Chicago Black Hawks, Colorado Avalanche, Dallas Stars, Minnesota Wild, Nashville Predators, St. Louis Blues and Winnipeg Jets.

The lead - Covid game cancellations for Minnesota and Colorado affect Honda West Division schedule.

NHL standings mathematical failings - A regulation win needs to be worth 3 points.

Point percentage and regulation losses. How the 3 or less regulation loss in 10 game rule seperates the contenders and pretenders.

Podcast cue points:

00:00:00 Intro/The lead

00:16:20 Honda West Division (Arizona, St. Louis, Colorado, and Minnesota)

00:48:16 Discover Central Division (Chicago, Dallas, and Nashville)

01:18:33 Scotia North Division (Winnipeg)

Show Intro/Break/Extro Music: excerpts of "Acid Trash" performed by MAP from the "Grant Ave." EP (c) 2018. Used with permission.

Central Division Hockey - The Podcast is written, hosted, and produced by Tim Bigelow. (c) 2021. 

Central Division Hockey - The Podcast "This Week" (Episode 3)

Results and analysis from the third week of NHL Hockey for the Arizona Coyotes, Chicago Black Hawks, Colorado Avalanche, Dallas Stars, Minnesota Wild, Nashville Predators, St. Louis Blues and Winnipeg Jets.

The lead - A season where the individual NHL Awards are relegated to pointless.

Podcast cue points:

00:00 Intro/The lead

06:44 West Division (St. Louis, Colorado, Minnesota and Arizona)

0:55:49 "New" Central Division (Dallas, Nashville, Chicago)

1:29:29 North Division (Winnipeg)

Show Intro/Break/Extro Music: excerpts of "Acid Trash" performed by MAP from the "Grant Ave." EP (c) 2018. Used with permission.

Central Division Hockey - The Podcast is written, hosted, and produced by Tim Bigelow. (c) 2021. 

Central Division Hockey - The Podcast "This Week" (Episode 2)

Results and analysis from the first week of NHL Hockey for the Arizona Coyotes, Chicago Black Hawks, Colorado Avalanche, Dallas Stars, Minnesota Wild, Nashville Predators, St. Louis Blues and Winnipeg Jets.

The lead - A look at the Winnipeg Jets trading Patrick Laine and Jack Roslovic to the Columbus Blue Jackets for Pierre-Luc Dubois and a thrid round pick.

The Colorado Avalanche swap bottom 6 defencemen Ian Cole via trade with the Minnesota Wild for Greg Pateryn.

Podcast cue points:

00:00 Intro/Trades

17:48 West Division (Minnesota, St. Louis, Colorado, and Arizona)

1:05:43 "New" Central Division (Chicago, Dallas, Nashville)

1:30:54 North Division (Winnipeg)

Show Intro/Break/Extro Music: excerpts of "Acid Trash" performed by MAP from the "Grant Ave." EP (c) 2018. Used with permission.

Central Division Hockey - The Podcast is written, hosted, and produced by Tim Bigelow. (c) 2021. 

Central Division Hockey - The Podcast "This Week" (Episode 1)

Results and analysis from the first week of NHL Hockey for the Arizona Coyotes, Chicago Black Hawks, Colorado Avalanche, Dallas Stars, Minnesota Wild, Nashville Predators, St. Louis Blues and Winnipeg Jets.

Also included an attempted explaination of the NHL's CPRA - Covid Protocol Related Absence for players and our new to this year weekly "useless factoid" for each team in honor of stats that don't actually make a difference in knowing.

Podcast cue points:

00:00 Intro

06:30 West Division (Colorado, St. Louis, Minnesota, and Arizona)

25:17 "New" Central Division (Nashville, Chicago, Dallas)

40:46 North Division (Winnipeg)

Show Intro/Break/Extro Music: excerpts of "Acid Trash" performed by MAP from the "Grant Ave." EP (c) 2018. Used with permission.

Central Division Hockey - The Podcast is written, hosted, and produced by Tim Bigelow. (c) 2021.

2021 NHL Season Start - Central Division Hockey - The Podcast Power Rankings

The latest on the Arizona Coyotes, Chicago Black Hawks, Colorado Avalanche, Dallas Stars, Minnesota Wild, Nashville Predators, St. Louis Blues, and Winnipeg Jets with 2021 NHL season just started.

Power rankings for all the Central Division team playing this year in the West, New Central and North divisions.

Show Intro/Extro music: excerpt of "Folsom Prison Blues" performed by Jason Kirkness from the album "A Beautiful Disaster" (c) 2017. Used with permission.

Central Division Hockey - The Podcast is written, hosted, and produced by Tim Bigelow. (c) 2021  

Central Division Hockey - The Podcast (Power Ranking Liner Notes)

The latest on the Arizona Coyotes, Chicago Black Hawks, Colorado Avalanche, Dallas Stars, Minnesota Wild, Nashville Predators, St. Louis Blues, and Winnipeg Jets with NHL training camps just underway for the 2021 upcoming NHL season.

Also a look at all the Central Division team prospects playing in the 2021 World Junior Championship currently being played.

It's everything we can add or update before camp after the Power Ranking Podcast. The liner notes if you will.

Show Intro/Extro music: excerpt of "Folsom Prison Blues" performed by Jason Kirkness from the album "A Beautiful Disaster" (c) 2017. Used with permission.

Central Division Hockey - The Podcast is written, hosted, and produced by Tim Bigelow. (c) 2021 

Central Division Hockey - The Podcast: 2020-21 Power Rankings (Pre Training Camp Edition)

In this edition - The News of the start of the NHL 2020-21 Season and one year re-alignment that will put the 8 Central Division teams for the 2021-22 Season into three divisions for this up-coming season. We will look at and rank the 8 teams and how they stack up against new divisional teams as the teams will play in the New Central, West and North division of the teams formerly in the Central Divison last year whom the podcast covers.

Also a look at prospects and draft picks from the teams playing in the up-coming World Jr. Tournament being held in Edmonton beginning in less than a week.

The Power Ranking team order. 1. Colorado Avalanche 2. Dallas Stars 3. St. Louis Blues 4. Winnipeg Jets 5. Minnesota Wild 6. Arizona Coyotes 7. Nashville Predators 8. Chicago Black Hawks.

Show Intro/Extro Music: Excerpt of "Folsom Prision Blues" performed by Jason Kirkness from the album "A Beautiful Disaster" (c) 2017. Used with permission

Segue music bed: "Untitled" performed by Warren Smith. Used with permission

Central Division Hockey - The Podcast is written, hosted, and produced by Tim Bigelow. (c) 2020

Central Division Hockey - The Podcast: 2020 Free Agency Recap Podcast

Part Three:

A recap and analysis of the NHL 2020 Free Agency for the teams in the Central Division. Part Three looks at the Winnipeg Jets, and the Minnesota Wild in depth.

Podcast Liner Notes:

0:00 Introduction

8:25 Winnipeg Jets

54:45 Minnesota Wild

Show Intro/Extro music: excerpt of "Folsom Prison Blues" perfomed by Jason Kirkness from the album "A Beautiful Disaster" (c) 2017. Used with permission.

Segue music: "Untitled" performed by Warren Smith. Used with permission.

Central Division Hockey - The Podcast is written, hosted, and produced by Tim Bigelow. (c) 2020. 

Central Division Hockey - The Podcast: 2020 Free Agency Recap Podcast

Part Two:

A recap and analysis of the NHL 2020 Free Agency for the teams in the Central Division. Part Two looks at the Arizona Coyotes, the Chicago Black Hawks, and the Nashville Predators in depth.

Podcast Liner Notes:

0:00 Introduction

7:26 Arizona Coyotes

47:49 Chicago Black Hawks

1:26:25 Nashville Predators

Show Intro/Extro music: excerpt of "Folsom Prison Blues" perfomed by Jason Kirkness from the album "A Beautiful Disaster" (c) 2017. Used with permission.

Segue music: "Untitled" performed by Warren Smith. Used with permission.

Central Division Hockey - The Podcast is written, hosted, and produced by Tim Bigelow. (c) 2020.