On Episode #9, Smaht Scouting's Josh Tessler is joined by Smaht Scouting's USHL and OHL amateur scout Paul Zuk and they talk about quite a few players from both the OHL and USHL. Several players are discussed including Logan Cooley, Lane Hutson, Adam Ingram, Cole Spicer, Cole Knuble, Danny Zhilkin, Brennan Ali, Shane Wright, Christian Kyrou, Pavel Mintyukov and Sam Rinzel.

Smaht Scouting's Josh Tessler is joined by McKeen's Hockey draft analyst and video scout Sam McGilligan and they talk about what the Montréal Canadiens should do at the 2022 NHL Draft.

Smaht Scouting's Josh Tessler talks to Rogers Hometown Hockey co-host Tara Slone about hockey culture, growing the game and addressing what needs to happen at the NHL, CHL and NCAA levels to address racism, sexism and power struggles. In addition, Tara talks about some of the stops on the Rogers Hometown Hockey tour. Following the interview with Tara, Josh talks to skating instructor Jill Plandowski about knocked knee skating, edge work, straight line speed and more.

On this episode of Smaht Talk, Cam Robinson, Tony Ferrari, Will Scouch and Mikael Holm join Josh Tessler to talk about the World Juniors.

Below are the topics/players discussed:

Brandt Clarke (LA Kings)

Owen Power (Buffalo) and Luke Hughes (New Jersey)

Aatu Räty (NY Islanders)

Brad Lambert (2022)

Oskar Olausson (Colorado), William Eklund (San Jose) and Alexander Holtz (New Jersey)

Isak Rosén (Buffalo) and Fabian Lysell (Boston)

Simon Robertsson (St. Louis) and William Wallinder (Detroit)

Emil Andrae (Philadelphia)

Ivan Miroshnichenko (2022)

Matvei Michkov (2023)

Marat Khusnutdinov (Minnesota) and Fyodor Svechkov (Nashville)

Dalibor Dvorsky (2023)

Simon Nemec (2022)

Adam Sykora (2022)

Filip Mesar (2022)

Martin Chromiak (LA Kings)

David Jiricek (2022)

Jan Mysak (Montreal)

Jiri Kulich (2022)

Vinzenz Rohrer (2022)

Marco Kasper (2022)

Dario Sidler (2022)

Lian Bichsel (2022)

Group B / Group of Death

Yaroslav Askarov (Nashville) and Jesper Wallstedt (Minnesota)

Drew Commesso (Chicago)

Tyler Kleven (Ottawa), Tyler Boucher (Ottawa) and Jake Sanderson (Ottawa)

Simon Edvinsson (Detroit)

Canada’s Chances Of Winning the Tournament

Finland Beating Canada In Group A Play

Sebastian Cossa (Detroit) and Jesper Wallstedt (Minnesota)

What Is Your Preferred Gold Medal Matchup

Josh Tessler and Austin Brass of Smaht Scouting talk about Mikey Milne of the Winnipeg ICE, Calum Ritchie of the Oshawa Generals, USNTDP forward Jimmy Snuggerud, Brennan Ali of Avon Old Farms, Ty Nelson of the North Bay Battalion and other North American prospects. In addition, Josh is joined by Frölunda scout Tommy Enroth and they talk about Ludwig Persson, the 2022 NHL Draft talent on Djurgården and Frölunda and Detroit Red Wings forward Lucas Raymond.

On Episode 4, Josh Tessler talks to Arizona State University Goalie Coach and former NHL goaltender Eddie Lack about goaltender development. After the interview with Eddie, Josh is joined by Brad Elliott Schlossman of the Grand Forks Herald about the University of North Dakota program, Jake Sanderson, Tyler Kleven and more.

Josh Tessler and Jordan Malette talk about Tucker Tynan returning to the pipes, Matthew Savoie, Conor Geekie, Hunter Haight, Shane Wright, Tyler Peddle, Justin Cote, Ivan Miroshnichenko, Brad Lambert, Nathan Gaucher, Maveric Lamoureux, Simon Forsmark, Ludwig Persson and Alexander Suzdalev. Towards the end of the podcast, Josh interviewed John Kofi Osei-Tutu and Bobby Gauthier from PuckAgency.

In Episode Two, Jordan Malette, Paul Zuk and Josh Tessler discuss the NCAA NIL rights and it's impact on college hockey, Marc Savard heading to Windsor, the upcoming USHL season and Danila Yurov ice time concerns.

In addition, Josh Tessler interviews Mark Yates of InStat North America and Tony Ferrari of The Hockey News.

In this first podcast episode, we talk about Sasha Pastujov, Ève Gascon, Tristan Luneau, Denton Mateychuk, Owen Power headed back to Michigan and more.