The Athletic Hockey Show

With the trade deadline less than two days away, Hailey and Sean tackle a busy news cycle for the NHL, including Alex Ovechkin sitting 10 goals away from NHL history, a devastating season ending injury for Jack Hughes, and an active trade day, for the Lightning, Predators, Kraken and Penguins. Plus, they look at what other teams to watch, who we expect to be very active, leading up to the Friday 3pm ET deadline.

Hosts: Hailey Salvian and Sean Gentille

Executive Producer: Chris Flannery

Producer: Jeff Domet

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Sean, Frank and Sean discuss the Dallas Stars and Tampa Bay Lightning, both on heaters and poised to be major players ahead of the NHL Trade Deadline. The guys take a closer look at what is going wrong right now in Winnipeg, as the Jets continue to struggle to score goals, and they rate the NHL's 'big fish' at the deadline, the highly sought after Brock Nelson, of the New York Islanders.

Hosts: Sean Gentille and Sean McIndoe

With: Frankie Corrado

Executive Producer: Chris Flannery

Producer: Jeff Domet

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The Panthers made a splash Saturday night ahead of the NHL trade deadline acquiring Seth Jones from the Blackhawks. The Athletic’s NHL insider Chris Johnston talks to Max and Laz about how the defending Stanley Cup champions are approaching this Friday’s deadline and which other teams to keep an eye on, as well. Plus, The Athletic’s own Peter Baugh joins the show to discuss the Rangers’ playoff outlook after sending Ryan Lindgren and Jimmy Vesey to the Avs, Laz weighs in on the Hawks side of the Jones deal, and more.

Hosts: Max Bultman and Mark Lazerus

With: Chris Johnston and Peter Baugh

Executive Producer: Chris Flannery

Producer: Chris Flannery

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Hailey Salvian and Sean Gentille present the five trade deadline deals they want to see, for NHL front runners the Winnipeg Jets, who would benefit from an impact forward, the Dallas Stars who desire a right shot defender, a third line center for the Washington Capitals, a goalie for the Edmonton Oilers and a puck moving offensive defensemen for the Florida Panthers. 

Hosts: Hailey Salvian and Sean Gentille

Executive Producer: Chris Flannery

Producer: Jeff Domet

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Sean, Frank and Sean discuss the nightmare season for Elias Pettersson and the biting comments from his head coach Rick Tocchet, they look at what is going wrong for Mikko Rantanen in Carolina, and if the star forward could be traded again ahead of the deadline, and Seth Jones frustration playing for the Chicago Blackhawks and his hope to be dealt to a contender before March 7th.

Hosts: Sean Gentille and Sean McIndoe

With: Frankie Corrado

Executive Producer: Chris Flannery

Producer: Jeff Domet

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As the NHL season heads towards the playoffs, and with the trade deadline quickly approaching, the guys break down the biggest storylines to watch down the home stretch. First, The Athletic’s NHL insider Pierre LeBrun on whether the Canes could actually flip Mikko Rantanen at the deadline, Seth Jones’s trade request, and more. Plus, The Athletic’s own Jesse Granger lays out his goaltending storylines to follow and the latest Vezina odds to close the show.

Hosts: Max Bultman and Mark Lazerus

With: Pierre LeBrun and Jesse Granger

Executive Producer: Chris Flannery

Producer: Chris Flannery

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With the 4 Nations Face-Off in the rearview, speculation about roster changes for the Italy Olympics has begun in earnest. Max, Corey, and Scott talk about which NHL prospects could challenge 4 Nations players for their spots in Milano Cortina. Plus, to close things out, the guys break down Scott’s top 100 drafted NHL prospects ranking.

Hosts: Max Bultman and Corey Pronman

With: Scott Wheeler

Executive Producer: Chris Flannery

Producer: Chris Flannery

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Hailey Salvian and Sean Gentille discuss the 4 Nations Face-Off championship game between Canada and the United States in a thrilling overtime win for the Canadians. They breakdown Connor McDavid's OT winner, Jordan Binnington silencing his critics and Nathan MacKinnon winning the tournament most valuable player. Plus, Hailey and Sean look at what went right and wrong for Team USA, including a monster tournament from defender Jaccob Slavin before looking ahead to the rematch at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan Italy.

Hosts: Hailey Salvian and Sean Gentille

Executive Producer: Chris Flannery

Producer: Jeff Domet

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Hailey and Sean preview the much anticipated 4 Nations Face-Off championship game, between Canada and the United States from Boston on Thursday night. The Athletic's Sean McIndoe looks ahead to the game from a Canadian perspective and former NHL'er and Team USA captain Brian Boyle, now a studio analyst for NHL Network, provides the breakdown for the United States.

Hosts: Hailey Salvian and Sean Gentille

With: Sean McIndoe and Brian Boyle

Executive Producer: Chris Flannery

Producer: Jeff Domet

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Sean, Frank and Sean discuss Quinn Hughes possibly being added to Team USA's roster ahead of the championship game between the States and Canada on Thursday. They guys provide an update on the injured Charlie McAvoy, and Frankie presents 5 dudes who have impressed him so far in the tournament, and the boys stick tap Brandon Hagel as an honorary dude, after his electric comments on Canada's focus on winning the 4 Nations Face-Off.

Hosts: Sean Gentille and Sean McIndoe

With: Frankie Corrado

Executive Producer: Chris Flannery

Producer: Jeff Domet

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The 4 Nations Face-Off took center stage Saturday night as Team USA downed Canada 3-1 in what could be the only matchup between the two rivals… and it was awesome. Max and Laz break down everything from the electric encounter and discuss the Tkachuk brothers understanding the magnitude of the moment, Cale Makar’s potential return to the Canadian lineup in a must-win game against Sweden Monday night, if Pens fans should be irked that Sidney Crosby is playing hurt, which players have raised their profiles the most at the tournament so far, and much more. 

Hosts: Max Bultman and Mark Lazerus

Executive Producer: Chris Flannery

Producer: Chris Flannery

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Mark Lazerus, Rob Rossi and Peter Baugh discuss and dissect the first game of the 4 Nations Face-Off, an overtime win for Canada over Sweden in Montreal on Wednesday night. The guys turn the page and preview Team Finland and Team USA which takes place Thursday night in Boston and stick tap the news that the World Cup of Hockey will indeed return with an 8-team tournament in 2028. 

Host: Mark Lazerus

With: Rob Rossi and Peter Baugh

Executive Producer: Chris Flannery

Producer: Jeff Domet

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Sean, Frank and Sean breakdown the Swedish, Finnish, Canadian and U.S. line combinations and defensive units at the 4-nations faceoff. They critique the look of the Four Nations Face-Off cup and how the players might react to winning it. The boys pick their winners for the tournament, which begins Wednesday night in Montreal, when Sweden hosts Canada, ahead of Thursday night's game in Boston, between Finland and the United States.

Hosts: Sean Gentille and Sean McIndoe

With: Frank Corrado

Executive Producer: Chris Flannery

Producer: Jeff Domet

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The NHL is officially on break as the 4 Nations Face-Off is set to begin with a Canada-Sweden round-robin matchup Wednesday night. On today’s Monday show, the guys preview the tournament and discuss the vibe heading into it, the odds for each team to win the whole thing, dark horse MVP candidates, goaltending, and more. 

Host: Mark Lazerus 

With: Sean Gentille and Jesse Granger

Executive Producer: Chris Flannery

Producer: Chris Flannery

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On a jam-packed Prospect Series episode, Max, Scott, and Corey break down Scott’s 2025 NHL prospect pool rankings, discuss Corey’s latest NHL Draft top prospects ranking with Caleb Desnoyers making a big jump, and answer some great questions in the mailbag to close the show.

Hosts: Max Bultman and Corey Pronman

With: Scott Wheeler

Executive Producer: Chris Flannery

Producer: Chris Flannery

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As the hockey world gets set for the Four Nations Face-Off, taking place in Boston and Montreal next week, Hailey and Sean, along with Max Bultman, take an early, closer look at the rosters for the United States and Canada at the Milan Olympics, which begin one year from now. Plus they ask, do Sweden and Finland have a chance for an upset at the Four Nations, and the IIHF deciding to continue to ban Russia and Belarus from International hockey for the 2025-26 seasons and what it means for their involvement in the 2026 Winter Olympics.

Hosts: Hailey Salvian and Sean Gentille

With: Max Bultman

Executive Producer: Chris Flannery

Producer: Jeff Domet

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With 29 games left in the Capitals regular season, Sean, Frank and Sean discuss Alex Ovechkin's chances of breaking Wayne Gretzky's all-time goals scored record this season. On the heels of the Sabres players only meeting, Frankie takes us behind the scenes on how that works, the guys give their opinion on the 10 game suspension handed out to Ryan Hartman, and they audit the Athletic's NHL player poll.

Hosts: Sean Gentille and Sean McIndoe

With: Frankie Corrado

Executive Producer: Chris Flannery

Producer: Jeff Domet

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Max and Mark are joined by Pierre Lebrun to discuss the NHL and Players Association announcement of significant salary cap increases over the next three seasons and how it affects every franchise in the league. They go over the four trades from the weekend involving the Canucks, Rangers, Penguins, Stars, Flyers, Sharks and Flames. Jesse Granger stops by to tell us why goalies are getting paid again, debates if Jonathan Quick is a Hall of Famer, and he forecasts the playoff odds for the red hot Detroit Red Wings.

Hosts: Max Bultman and Mark Lazerus

With: Pierre Lebrun and Jesse Granger

Executive Producer: Chris Flannery

Producer: Jeff Domet

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Max and Laz are back again on a Friday night to give their instant reaction to the Canucks finally trading JT Miller, Jackson Dorrington, and Erik Brannstrom to the Rangers in exchange for Filip Chytil, Victor Mancini, and a protected first-round pick. 

Hosts: Max Bultman and Mark Lazerus

Executive Producer: Chris Flannery

Producer: Chris Flannery

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Hailey and Sean discuss the mountain of red tape that the Utah Hockey Club has had to navigate while trying to pick a team name. They talk about Fenway Sports Group deciding to sell off a piece of the Penguins, and Sidney Crosby trying to squash trade rumors involving him, once and for all. Plus Drew Doughty, a candidate to replace Alex Pietrangelo at the Four Nations Faceoff makes his season debut for the LA Kings and we stick tap the Captains for Finland, Sweden, USA and Canada at the tournament.

Hosts: Hailey Salvian and Sean Gentille

Executive Producer: Chris Flannery

Producer: Jeff Domet

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Sean, Sean and Frank discuss the Eastern Conference GM's who went on the record with Pierre Lebrun after the Hurricanes acquired Mikko Rantanen and Taylor Hall from the Avalanche, and why none of them seem to be concerned about it. The guys discuss Canucks President Jim Rutherford and his strange comments regarding Elias Pettersson and JT Miller, the injury riddled Minnesota Wild and who might replace Alex Pietrangelo on Canada's blueline at the Four Nations Faceoff?

Hosts: Sean Gentille and Sean McIndoe

With: Frankie Corrado

Executive Producer: Chris Flannery

Producer: Jeff Domet

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Max, Laz, and The Athletic’s own Peter Baugh discuss the continued fallout from Friday night’s blockbuster Avs-Canes trade including how Mikko Rantanen’s Denver departure will define Avalanche GM Chris MacFarland’s tenure there, if No. 96’s arrival in Raleigh has transformed the Hurricanes into Stanley Cup frontrunners, which teams will vie for Rantanen’s services if he reaches free agency this summer, and much more. Plus, the guys talk about the recent Rangers resurgence and whether they should be buyers or sellers at the NHL trade deadline.

Hosts: Max Bultman and Mark Lazerus

With: Peter Baugh

Executive Producer: Chris Flannery

Producer: Chris Flannery

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Max and Laz give their instant reaction to the blockbuster three-team trade sending Mikko Rantanen and Taylor Hall to the Hurricanes, Martin Necas, Jack Drury, and a pair of picks to the Avs, and a 3rd round pick to the Blackhawks, with Chicago retaining half of Rantanen’s salary.

Hosts: Max Bultman and Mark Lazerus

Executive Producer: Chris Flannery

Producer: Chris Flannery

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Max, Corey, Scott, and FloHockey’s Chris Peters comb through the midseason under-23 NHL player rankings and debate the placement of Lane Hutson, Connor Bedard, Brock Faber, Nate Danielson, Jett Luchanko, Brock Faber, and Leo Carlsson.

Hosts: Max Bultman and Corey Pronman

With: Scott Wheeler and FloHockey’s Chris Peters

Executive Producer: Chris Flannery

Producer: Chris Flannery

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Hailey and Sean discuss the potential long term injury in New Jersey to Jacob Markstrom, and how Jake Allen and the Devils need to get in gear, to hold position as one of the top 3 teams in the Metro. They talk about Adam Fantilli's big night for the upstart Blue Jackets in Toronto and how Columbus should be a buyer at the deadline and the Wild welcoming back Hart Trophy candidate Kirill Kaprizov and captain Jered Spurgeon to their lineup. Shayna Goldman joins to talk about her favorites for the Wildcard spots in the East and West and provides her preferred destinations for JT Miller ahead of the deadline and we take a look at PWHL expansion candidates. 

Hosts: Hailey Salvian and Sean Gentille

With: Shayna Goldman

Executive Producer: Chris Flannery

Producer: Jeff Domet

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The playoff picture continues to be fascinating in the Eastern Conference, Sean, Frank and Sean discuss the red hot Habs and why they might be the real deal. The guys talk about the Senators, Rangers and Bruins who have picked up their game to stay in the race, nachos on the ice in Edmonton and the surprising resurgence of Pierre-Luc Dubois and they look at possible destinations for JT Miller, who continues to be on the trade block in Vancouver. 

Hosts: Sean Gentille and Sean McIndoe

With Frank Corrado

Executive Producer: Chris Flannery

Producer: Jeff Domet

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Max and Laz take a look at the ten teams competing for the final two Eastern Conference playoff spots and decide how confident they are in each one making the playoffs on a 1-10 scale. First, The Athletic’s NHL insider Chris Johnston joins the show to talk about the latest on the Canucks and a potential JT Miller trade with the Big Apple emerging as a possible destination. Plus, the guys discuss the Connor McDavid-Conor Garland fracas and a likely suspension for No. 97.

Hosts: Max Bultman and Mark Lazerus

With: Chris Johnston

Executive Producer: Chris Flannery

Producer: Chris Flannery

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Max and Corey break down the midseason under-23 NHL player rankings and discuss why Macklin Celebrini sits atop the list, how the 2024 defense class ranks, the difficulty evaluating the Hutson brothers, a trio of Blackhawks prospects on the rise, and more. Plus, the guys answer some listener questions in the first mailbag of 2025. 

Hosts: Max Bultman and Corey Pronman

Executive Producer: Chris Flannery

Producer: Chris Flannery

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Hailey and Sean welcome Penguins beat writer Josh Yohe to discuss the Pens decision to waive Tristan Jarry with three and a half years left on his contract, how much of the latest failure in Pittsburgh is on General Manager Kyle Dubas, and where this franchise goes from here. Max Bultman drops by to talk about the Red Wings 7-2 turnaround with Todd McLellan behind the bench, and we update our listeners on our team draft from the start of the season.

Hosts: Hailey Salvian and Sean Gentille

With: Josh Yohe and Max Bultman

Executive Producer: Chris Flannery

Producer: Jeff Domet

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Sean, Frank and Sean discuss The Athletic's top NHL players and prospects under 23 list, specifically, the rankings of Habs defender Lane Hutson and Blackhawks center Connor Bedard. The guys take a closer look at Senators goalie Leevi Merilainen who has two shutouts in his last three starts and the NHL's Eastern Conference wild card race, which continues to be intriguing for the Columbus Blue Jackets, led by Norris Trophy favorite Zach Werenski.

Hosts: Sean Gentille and Sean McIndoe

With: Frankie Corrado

Executive Producer: Chris Flannery

Producer: Jeff Domet

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Max and Laz discuss what the Canucks could potentially get in an Elias Pettersson trade, Todd McLellan’s Red Wings in the midst of a 7-game winning streak, and if we should actually believe in the resurgence of the Washington Capitals. Plus, The Athletic’s own Jesse Granger helps break down the Caps’ goaltending, his 2024-25 NHL Goalie Tiers, and the surprising Metro Division odds. 

Hosts: Max Bultman and Mark Lazerus

With: Jesse Granger

Executive Producer: Chris Flannery

Producer: Chris Flannery

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With the NHL at the midway point of the season, Mark Lazerus and Jesse Granger discuss the leading candidates for the Hart, Norris, Calder, Adams, Selke, Vezina, Richard, and Art Ross trophies. Plus the boys present their candidates for the 'Rod Langway' trophy, an award which should exist to honor the NHL's best defensive defenseman.

Hosts: Mark Lazerus and Jesse Granger

Executive Producer: Chris Flannery

Producer: Jeff Domet

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On the first new Wednesday show of the year, Gentille, Corrado and McIndoe discuss the dysfunction in Vancouver between Elias Pettersson and J.T. Miller and if the Canucks are prepared to deal both players, they take a closer look at the unique contract extension signed by Anaheim Ducks forward Frank Vatrano and surprise teams who have moved up and down the standings in the past few weeks including the feel good Columbus Blue Jackets, the red hot Vegas Golden Knights and the stumbling Carolina Hurricanes. 

Hosts: Sean Gentille and Sean McIndoe

With: Frank Corrado

Executive Producer: Chris Flannery

Producer: Jeff Domet

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The 2025 World Juniors have come to an end with Team USA taking their first ever back-to-back gold medal over an impressive Finland squad 4-3 in overtime. Max, Corey, Scott, and FloHockey’s Chris Peters give their thoughts on the tournament moments after the final buzzer and discuss who the best players were, a potential USA three-peat next year in Minnesota, David Carle’s NHL head coaching future, prospects who raised their profiles, and more.

Hosts: Max Bultman and Corey Pronman

With: Scott Wheeler and FloHockey’s Chris Peters

Executive Producer: Chris Flannery

Producer: Chris Flannery

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Max, Corey, and Scott get together for the final time in 2024, just moments after a 4-1 US win over Canada at the World Juniors, to discuss Canada’s scoring woes, why the US is the tournament favorite, Czechia’s impressive play so far, and more. 

Hosts: Max Bultman and Corey Pronman

With: Scott Wheeler

Executive Producer: Chris Flannery

Producer: Chris Flannery

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Mark Lazerus, Scott Powers and Jeremy Rutherford preview the 2025 Winter Classic between the St. Louis Blues and Chicago Blackhawks from historic Wrigley Field on the north side of Chicago. The guys discuss the mid-season coaching change for the Blues and Blackhawks, with Jim Montgomery and Anders Sorensen running the teams for the rebuild on the fly in St. Louis and the longterm rebuild in Chicago. Plus, the guys wonder if Connor Bedard has a signature moment in him, for the Winter Classic on New Year's Eve.

Host: Mark Lazerus

With: Scott Powers and Jeremy Rutherford

Executive Producer: Chris Flannery

Producer: Jeff Domet

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Max, Corey, and Scott break down Latvia’s historic 3-2 shootout victory over Canada at the World Juniors moments after the game and discuss what went wrong for Canada, the significance of the win for Latvia, Matthew Schaefer’s injury, expectations for the Canadians going forward in the tournament, and more.

Hosts: Max Bultman and Corey Pronman

With: Scott Wheeler

Executive Producer: Chris Flannery

Producer: Chris Flannery

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Hailey Salvian and Sean Gentille look back on another exciting season of NHL, international and women's hockey. Hails and Sean discuss the Panthers historic Stanley Cup win, Alex Ovechkin's assault on the NHL's all time goals record, the Arizona Coyotes relocating to Utah, the inaugural PWHL season, Jessica Campbell breaking barriers and the tragic, untimely deaths of NHL superstar Johnny Gaudreau, and his brother Matthew in the off-season. 

Hosts: Hailey Salvian and Sean Gentille

Executive Producer: Chris Flannery

Producer: Jeff Domet

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On today’s Monday edition of The Athletic Hockey Show, Max and Laz make their picks for the five playoff matchups they’d love to see this spring. Before that, they talk about Matt Rempe’s eight-game suspension and whether he really belongs in the NHL at this point. Plus, the guys address the “Macklin Celebrini is better than Connor Bedard” debate to close things out.

Hosts: Max Bultman and Mark Lazerus

Executive Producer: Chris Flannery

Producer: Chris Flannery

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On a special Saturday night edition of The Athletic Hockey Show Prospect Series, Corey and Scott give their quick thoughts on Canada’s 4-2 pre-tournament win over Sweden and discuss the standout play so far of Easton Cowan and Matthew Schaefer, how much of Sweden’s offense has to come from their big three defensemen, and more. 

Hosts: Corey Pronman and Scott Wheeler

Executive Producer: Chris Flannery

Producer: Chris Flannery

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It’s officially World Juniors season with the tournament set to begin next week. On today’s Prospect Series episode, Max, Corey, and Scott discuss who’s Canada’s “go-to” guy, where USA’s secondary scoring will come from, Sweden’s upset potential, storylines to follow, and which teams will take medals when it’s all said and done.

Hosts: Max Bultman and Corey Pronman

With: Scott Wheeler

Executive Producer: Chris Flannery

Producer: Chris Flannery

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With the NHL holiday trade freeze coming into effect Thursday at 11:59pm ET, Rangers beat writer Arthur Staple joins Hailey Salvian and Sean Gentille to discuss the Blueshirts’ latest trade, moving former No. 2 overall pick Kaapo Kakko to Seattle after he was a healthy scratch in the Rangers most recent loss vs. Nashville. Hailey and Sean also take a look at two other trades made on Wednesday, with the Penguins reacquiring Pierre-Oliver Joseph from St. Louis and the Canadiens getting Alexandre Carrier from Nashville for defenseman Justin Barron, before they look at possible future trades involving teams fighting for playoff spots in 2025.

Hosts: Hailey Salvian and Sean Gentille

With: Arthur Staple

Executive Producer: Chris Flannery

Producer: Jeff Domet

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On the final two Sean's and a Frank show of 2024, the boys discuss the implosion of the Buffalo Sabres, who are currently riding an 11 game losing streak, and owner Terry Pegula's role in the failure of this franchise. Frankie takes us inside what it's like to interact with NHL owners, and Sean and Sean take a look at the Eastern Conference playoff picture with the red hot Senators poised to take the next step, and the Lightning, Penguins and Flyers battling for the final wild card slot, ahead of the Rangers, Islanders and Blue Jackets.

Hosts: Sean Gentille and Sean McIndoe

With: Frankie Corrado

Executive Producer: Chris Flannery

Producer: Jeff Domet

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As the New York Rangers continue to spiral, Max and Laz wonder if head coach Peter Laviolette will pay the price for his underachieving team, with Joel Quenneville waiting in the wings. Plus, the guys are joined by the one and only Jeff Marek to discuss his new daily show “The Sheet” on The Nation Network, the apparent lack of an “it” team in the NHL this season, the years-long misery of the Buffalo Sabres, and more.

Hosts: Max Bultman and Mark Lazerus

With: Jeff Marek

Executive Producer: Chris Flannery

Producer: Chris Flannery

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Team Canada made its final cuts for its roster for the 2025 World Juniors on Friday afternoon and Max, Corey, and Scott discuss the standouts, the cuts, lineup construction, and more.

Hosts: Max Bultman and Corey Pronman

With: Scott Wheeler

Executive Producer: Chris Flannery

Producer: Chris Flannery

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Hailey Salvian and Sean Gentille tackle eight NHL storylines that we got wrong, two months into the season, including the New York Rangers being a top team in the league, the Nashville Predators returning to glory, that the Golden Knights and Hurricanes would take a step back and underestimating the Winnipeg Jets. 

Hosts: Hailey Salvian and Sean Gentille

Executive Producer: Chris Flannery

Producer: Jeff Domet

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Sean, Frank and Sean discuss the struggles of the New York Rangers and Buffalo Sabres, with the two New York State teams in the bottom third of the NHL standings. They comment on the 'soft tampering' charge from the Senators towards the Rangers regarding Brady Tkachuk, they take a closer look at the revamped goaltending in Colorado, and the NHL's hottest team, the Los Angeles Kings and if Andrew Brunette will be the next coach to be fired.

Hosts: Sean Gentille and Sean McIndoe

With: Frankie Corrado

Executive Producer: Chris Flannery

Producer: Jeff Domet

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Igor Shesterkin has signed the biggest goalie contract in NHL history, but his New York Rangers are in a tailspin and maybe even he can’t save their season. Plus, Laz and Jesse discuss whether tear-down tanks and rebuilds through the draft actually work, the Pens and Bruins rising from the dead, Scott Wedgewood’s awesome start in Denver with the Avs, which country is favored to win the 4 Nations Face-Off, and more.

Hosts: Mark Lazerus and Jesse Granger

Executive Producer: Chris Flannery

Producer: Chris Flannery

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Laz and The Athletic’s Arthur Staple react to the New York Rangers trading team captain Jacob Trouba to the Anaheim Ducks amidst a tumultuous stretch and discuss why this happened now, how this will impact the locker room, and more.

Host: Mark Lazerus

With: Arthur Staple

Executive Producer: Chris Flannery

Producer: Chris Flannery

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4 Nations Face-Off rosters have been officially announced. World Junior selection camp rosters, too. So, on today’s episode of The Athletic Hockey Show Prospect Series, Max, Corey, and Scott discuss which prospects left off 4 Nations rosters could be included when the 2026 Olympics roll around. Plus, the guys give their thoughts on Team Canada omitting four top-10 picks from their WJC camp roster, options for Team USA’s second line, and more. 

Hosts: Max Bultman and Corey Pronman

With: Scott Wheeler

Executive Producer: Chris Flannery

Producer: Chris Flannery

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Hailey Salvian and Sean Gentille, along with Dom Luszczyszyn analyze the rankings, position by position for the 4-Nations face-off, slotting the forwards, defenders and goalies for Team Sweden, Finland, Canada and the United States.

Hosts: Hailey Salvian and Sean Gentille

With Dom Luszczyszyn

Executive Producer: Chris Flannery

Producer: Jeff Domet

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Frank, Sean and Sean discuss the Buffalo Sabres epic collapse vs Colorado on Tuesday night and the New York Islanders, two of the NHL's most disappointing teams so far this season, they debate the rumoured roster of Team Canada at the 4-Nations cup, and if Hockey Canada is over thinking their roster and they stick tap the Columbus Blue Jackets and the Flames for their moving tributes for Johnny and Matthew Gaudreau, Tuesday in Calgary.

Hosts: Sean Gentille and Sean McIndoe

With: Frank Corrado

Executive Producer: Chris Flannery

Producer: Jeff Domet

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Max and Laz debate which young star you would rather have for your team, Flyers phenom Matvei Michkov or potential generational Blackhawk Connor Bedard. The guys welcome Chris Johnston to discuss the 4 Nations rosters, the NHL cracking down on tampering and the David Jiříček trade to Minnesota, and Jesse Granger stops by to tell the fellas what the Avs can expect from new goalie Scott Wedgewood.

Hosts: Max Bultman and Mark Lazerus

With: Chris Johnston and Jesse Granger

Executive Producer: Chris Flannery

Producer: Jeff Domet

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With the Rangers in a tailspin, Sean, Frank and Sean debate if the Rangers truly are "open for business" as GM Chris Drury stated, with the Blueshirts boss reportedly dangling Chris Kreider and Jacob Trouba in trade talks. The guys discuss the brutal goaltending in Colorado where the Avs rank 30th in the NHL with 3.77 goals allowed per game and Frankie reviews the inaugural CHL-USA Prospects Challenge.

Hosts: Sean Gentille and Sean McIndoe

With: Frankie Corrado

Executive Producer: Chris Flannery

Producer: Jeff Domet

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No NHL team is perfect, and with Thanksgiving upon us, Max and Laz identify the fatal flaw that could derail each Stanley Cup contender on their path to June glory. Before that, the guys discuss Blues GM Doug Armstrong replacing Drew Bannister with Jim Montgomery a mere 22 games into his tenure as head coach. Plus, The Athletic’s NHL insider Pierre LeBrun talks other coaches on the hot seat, early trade rumblings, and 4 Nations roster construction. And, Jesse Granger closes things out with thoughts on the very uncertain goaltending situation for the Carolina Hurricanes.

Hosts: Max Bultman and Mark Lazerus

With: Pierre LeBrun and Jesse Granger

Executive Producer: Chris Flannery

Producer: Chris Flannery

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Ahead of the 2025 World Juniors, Corey, Max, Scott, and FloHockey’s Chris Peters deep dive into The Athletic’s projected tournament rosters and discuss the thought process behind their projections, one player each guy feels should have been included but wasn’t, and much more. 

Hosts: Max Bultman and Corey Pronman

With: Scott Wheeler and FloHockey’s Chris Peters

Executive Producer: Chris Flannery

Producer: Chris Flannery

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Jesse Granger and Michael Russo welcome NHL insider Elliotte Friedman of Hockey Night in Canada and 32 Thoughts to discuss the rumored cap escalation in the NHL, injury report transparency, why Jim Montgomery was fired and the lack of center ice depth in the NHL. Plus the guys talk about Kirill Kaprizov as a legitimate Hart Trophy candidate, and the Zach Whitecloud hit on Matthew Knies, in a very physical game on Wednesday night in Toronto.

Hosts: Jesse Granger and Michael Russo

With: Elliotte Friedman

Executive Producer: Chris Flannery

Producer: Jeff Domet

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Mark Lazerus and Fluto Shinzawa discuss the Bruins firing Jim Montgomery after almost three seasons behind the bench in Boston. The guys look at what went wrong this year, after a sluggish 8-9-3 start and what interim coach Joe Sacco can do to get this team back on track.

Hosts: Mark Lazerus and Fluto Shinzawa 

Executive Producer: Chris Flannery

Producer: Jeff Domet

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Sean, Frank and Sean discuss the struggling Boston Bruins and ask if it's time to make a coaching change? The guys look at the slow motion Red Wings rebuild, Alex Ovechkin's knee injury, which puts his goal scoring record on hold, and Frank presents his 'Dudes' project, ahead of what Sean and Sean learned this week.

Hosts: Sean Gentille and Sean McIndoe

With Frankie Corrado

Executive Producer: Chris Flannery

Producer: Jeff Domet

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Max and Laz are back together on a Monday to discuss the potential for shorter-term max contracts in the next CBA, brought up during last week’s NHL general managers meeting, how Connor Bedard can’t score right now, how Martin Necas can’t not score right now, and the guys try to answer the age old question: what is goaltender interference? Plus, The Athletic’s NHL insider Chris Johnston weighs-in on the max contract idea, the coaching carousel spinning faster in Chicago, Boston, Pittsburgh, and Detroit, and more.

Hosts: Max Bultman and Mark Lazerus

With: Chris Johnston

Executive Producer: Chris Flannery

Producer: Chris Flannery

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On today’s Prospect Series episode, Max, Corey, and Scott discuss whether James Hagens or Porter Martone belong at the top of the latest 2025 NHL Draft rankings, if Matthew Schaefer could challenge for the number one spot, and more. Plus, the guys take a very early look at the 2026 class, headlined by Gavin McKenna, and they close things out with a bunch of listener questions in the mailbag. 

Hosts: Max Bultman and Corey Pronman

With: Scott Wheeler

Executive Producer: Chris Flannery

Producer: Chris Flannery

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Hailey and Sean present five teams, who have disappointed the most, as we approach the quarter mark of the NHL season, presenting two teams from the Pacific, and one each from the Metro, Atlantic and Central divisions.

Hosts: Hailey Salvian and Sean Gentille

Executive Producer: Chris Flannery

Producer: Jeff Domet

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Sean, Frank and Sean discuss the record making Winnipeg Jets start to the season, they continue to debate the Penguins direction and Sidney Crosby's future, the slow starts for two key Oilers off-season acquisitions, and the New Jersey Devils transformation to a top team in the NHL.

Hosts: Sean Gentille and Sean McIndoe

With: Frankie Corrado

Executive Producer: Chris Flannery

Producer: Jeff Domet

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Laz and guest cohost Peter Baugh each pick three forwards, two defensemen, and a goalie to fill out their roster of underachievers a month into the season. Plus, the guys take a quick look around the league and discuss which team is the favorite to win the Metro, Tanner Jeannot’s suspension, if the 2024 Jets or the 2012 Blackhawks own the best start in NHL history, and more.

Hosts: Mark Lazerus and Peter Baugh

Executive Producer: Chris Flannery

Producer: Chris Flannery

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On a special edition of The Athletic Hockey Show Prospect Series, Max, Corey, Scott, and FloHockey’s Chris Peters discuss the NCAA vote allowing CHL players to compete in US college hockey and how the seismic shift could impact the hockey landscape going forward.

Hosts: Max Bultman and Corey Pronman

With: Scott Wheeler and FloHockey’s Chris Peters

Executive Producer: Chris Flannery

Producer: Chris Flannery

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Hailey and Sean welcome Dom Luszczyszyn to discuss his 16 stats piece including the struggling Edmonton Oilers and Colorado Avalanche, Alex Ovechkin and the surprising Caps, Quinn Hughes' chances of winning the Norris Trophy again, and the St. Louis Blues playoff probability this season, plus, the crew rank the PWHL's new uniforms which were unveiled on Thursday.

Hosts: Hailey Salvian and Sean Gentille

With: Dominik Luszczyszyn

Executive Producer: Chris Flannery

Producer: Jeff Domet

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Sean and Sean discuss the scary situation in St. Louis last night when Dylan Holloway took a puck to the neck from a shot by Nick Paul, and why most NHL players don't wear neck guards. Shayna Goldman stops by to tell the boys what we learned in the NHL in the month of October, including Lukas Dostál's solid start in Anaheim, the Bruins struggles, if Artemi Panarin is going to win the Rocket Richard Trophy and the shelf life of a coach.

Hosts: Sean Gentille and Sean McIndoe

With: Shayna Goldman

Executive Producer: Chris Flannery

Producer: Jeff Domet

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As the calendar flips to November, with the Thanksgiving Line of Doom approaching quickly, Max and Laz discuss which teams currently sitting outside the playoffs have the most cause for concern and which teams currently in the playoffs are actually for real. Plus, The Athletic’s NHL insider Chris Johnston gives his thoughts on the playoff bubble teams, Jim Montgomery benching David Pastrnak on Sunday, the Isles potentially looking for help on the trade market, and more. 

Hosts: Max Bultman and Mark Lazerus

With: Chris Johnston

Executive Producer: Chris Flannery

Producer: Chris Flannery

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Max, Corey, Scott, and FloHockey’s Chris Peters discuss the Calder Trophy race about a month into the season, Macklin Celebrini’s potential impact on the race when he returns from injury, what to make of Will Smith’s rough start, and more. Plus, the guys answer a bunch of listener questions to close out the show.

Hosts: Max Bultman and Corey Pronman

With: Scott Wheeler and FloHockey’s Chris Peters

Executive Producer: Chris Flannery

Producer: Chris Flannery

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On Halloween, Hailey and Sean discuss the injury to Connor McDavid and the impact on the already underachieving Edmonton Oilers, the upstart Columbus Blue Jackets and a New Jersey Devils team who are poised to be a top squad in the NHL for years to come. Plus, Hailey and Sean take a closer look at the PWHL's announcement that they plan to expand to eight teams, if the league can pull it off, and what cities could possibly join the league as early as next season? 

Hosts: Hailey Salvian and Sean Gentille

Executive Producer: Chris Flannery

Producer: Jeff Domet

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Sean, Frank and Sean tap their sticks for former Penguins legend Marc-Andre Fleury who played his final game in Pittsburgh for the Minnesota Wild. The boys discuss the nightmare season for the Penguins and if the once storied franchise is in line to be a surprise draft lottery team this season. The guys look at the equally surprising Washington Capitals who are flourishing in the Metro Division, and discuss Kevin Fiala's healthy scratch for the Kings game vs the Sharks after missing a team meeting. 

Hosts: Sean Gentille and Sean McIndoe

With: Frankie Corrado

Executive Producer: Chris Flannery

Producer: Jeff Domet

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On today’s Monday show, Max and Laz build out their 4 Nations rosters for the US and Canada, with The Athletic’s NHL insider Pierre LeBrun weighing in on potential snubs of Patrick Kane and Steven Stamkos and Jesse Granger’s thoughts on the goaltending options for all four teams. First, the guys discuss what’s changed in the year since Adam Johnson’s tragic death in England.

Hosts: Max Bultman and Mark Lazerus

With: Pierre LeBrun and Jesse Granger

Executive Producer: Chris Flannery

Producer: Chris Flannery

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On a special edition of The Athletic Hockey Show Prospect Series, Corey, Craig Custance, and FloHockey’s Chris Peters look back on one of the greatest junior hockey tournaments of all time, the 2019 IIHF World U18 Championship, and discuss the unprecedented amount of first-rounders that participated, Team USA’s resilience after a brutal semi-final loss, the electric environment for the gold medal game, the long journey home, and more. 

Host: Corey Pronman

With: Craig Custance and FloHockey’s Chris Peters

Executive Producer: Chris Flannery

Producer: Chris Flannery

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Hailey and Sean welcome Arthur Staple to discuss the top 10 NHL front office rankings, as voted by forty NHL front office executives. A crew of our writers surveyed executives across the league to lay out the NHL’s top 10 front offices with the Dallas Stars, Tampa Bay Lightning and Florida Panthers reaching the podium.

Hosts: Hailey Salvian and Sean Gentille

With: Arthur Staple

Executive Producer: Chris Flannery

Producer: Jeff Domet

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Sean, Frank and Sean look back on the NHL's one and only Frozen Frenzy of the season, with all 32 NHL teams in action on the same night, was it too early in the season? Could the matchups have been a bit better? Should they have these nights more than once a year? The guys discuss the force that is Jacob Trouba, and his latest clean massive hit, this time on Montreal's Justin Barron. Plus, they tease who the NHL’s Top 10 Front Offices are - As voted by 40 NHL executives.

Hosts: Sean Gentille and Sean McIndoe

With: Frank Corrado

Executive Producer: Chris Flannery

Producer: Jeff Domet

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On today’s Monday show, Max and Laz discuss what’s gone wrong with the 0-5 Predators to start the season after signing the trio of Stamkos, Marchessault, and Skjei on July 1 and what lessons can be learned about spending big on free agents. Plus, The Athletic’s own Jesse Granger joins the show to talk about the paradoxical impact of lower save percentages leading to higher premiums for elite goalies. 

Hosts: Max Bultman and Mark Lazerus

With: Jesse Granger

Executive Producer: Chris Flannery

Producer: Chris Flannery

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On this week’s Prospect Series episode of The Athletic Hockey Show, Max, Corey, and FloHockey’s Chris Peters deep dive into Corey’s NHL re-drafts of the 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023 classes. 

Hosts: Max Bultman and Corey Pronman

With: FloHockey’s Chris Peters

Executive Producer: Chris Flannery

Producer: Chris Flannery

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Hailey and Sean bring on Rob Rossi to discuss a historic night in Pittsburgh for Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin, with Crosby becoming only the 10th player in the NHL to reach the 1600 point plateau and Malkin becoming the 48th player to reach the 500 goal mark. It's not all great in Pittsburgh though as they address the monumental struggles of Tristan Jarry between the pipes. Plus, Hailey and Sean take a look at the Avalanche, who are battling injuries, brutal goaltending and have zero cap space, as a bad start could turn into a nightmare of a season in Colorado. 

Hosts: Hailey Salvian and Sean Gentille

With: Rob Rossi

Executive Producer: Chris Flannery

Producer: Jeff Domet

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Sean, Frank and Sean discuss a timely fight and a star benching that seemed to inspire the Oilers to their first win of the season, the overachieving Calgary Flames, Utah Hockey Club, Winnipeg Jets and Tampa Bay Lightning, they discuss the awkwardness of a fight in practice between teammates, stick tap goal scoring machine Filip Gustavsson and the heart wrenching tribute to Johnny Gaudreau between the Blue Jackets and Florida Panthers in Columbus on Tuesday. 

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First up on today’s show, the one and only Ian Mendes returns to talk to Max and Laz about his new role as VP of communications for the Ottawa Senators. Then, the guys turn their attention to teams off to good or bad starts this season and determine which ones are for real. And, The Athletic’s own Jesse Granger joins the show to discuss Connor Hellebuyck’s hot start, Anthony Stolarz settling in for the Leafs, and what to make of the Avs goaltending so far.

Hosts: Max Bultman and Mark Lazerus

With: Ian Mendes and Jesse Granger

Executive Producer: Chris Flannery

Producer: Chris Flannery

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On a special reunion edition of the Tuesday Boyzzz, Sean Gentille welcomes old friend Craig Custance on Canadian Thanksgiving to talk about his new book The Franchise: The Business of Building Winning Teams which will be released on Tuesday, October 15th. Craig and Sean discuss Craig's labor of love which features NHL heavy hitters who make the hard, big decisions in hockey, including Ted Leonis, Julien BriesBois, Kyle Dubas, Lou Lamoriello, George McPhee, Brad Treliving and Jim Nill. 

Host: Sean Gentille

with: Craig Custance

Executive Producer: Chris Flannery

Producer: Jeff Domet

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Hailey and Sean dive deep into which teams need to – and realistically could – capitalize on their window of contention the most? The clock is ticking on the New York Rangers, Toronto Maple Leafs, Vegas Golden Knights, Nashville Predators and the Tampa Bay Lightning. Plus they look back on an entertaining 2nd night of action in the NHL with 36 goals combined, scored in the 5 games played.

Hosts: Hailey Salvian and Sean Gentille

Executive Producer: Chris Flannery

Producer: Jeff Domet

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Sean, Frank and Sean draw some hasty conclusions after opening night of the 2024/2025 NHL season including the Seattle Kraken blowing a 2 goal lead in their home opener, the Joonas Korpisalo led Bruins getting crushed by the Florida Panthers, and the unstoppable Utah Hockey Club on a heater, dominating the Chicago Blackhawks in the first game in the history of the franchise. Plus, the guys over react to Igor Shesterkin reportedly turning down 88 Million dollars over 8 years from the New York Rangers and what Connor Bedard's sophomore season might look like. 

Hosts: Sean Gentille and Sean McIndoe

With: Frank Corrado

Executive Producer: Chris Flannery

Producer: Jeff Domet

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Max and Laz are back on this Monday episode of The Athletic Hockey Show to discuss Jeremy Swayman’s contract extension with the Bruins, why locker room access is crucial to sports journalism, the inconspicuous start to the NHL regular season at the Global Series, and more. Plus, The Athletic’s NHL insider Chris Johnston weighs in on the Swayman deal, Shesterkin’s next contract, and Amazon’s “Faceoff: Inside the NHL” docuseries.

Hosts: Max Bultman and Mark Lazerus

With: Chris Johnston

Executive Producer: Chris Flannery

Producer: Chris Flannery

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Max, Corey, and Scott discuss this preseason’s standout prospects, the 2024 draftees still competing for jobs in training camp, and weigh in on the “preseason is too long” debate. Plus, the guys answer some great questions in the mailbag to close the show.

Hosts: Max Bultman and Corey Pronman

With: Scott Wheeler

Executive Producer: Chris Flannery

Producer: Chris Flannery

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Hailey Salvian and Sean Gentille welcome Max Bultman and Sean McIndoe to the Thursday show for the annual The Athletic Hockey Show starting lineup draft. Each member selects one center, left winger, right winger, two defenders and a goaltender with the goal of building a roster where the team with the most combined points wins bragging rights this season. 

Hosts: Hailey Salvian and Sean Gentille

With: Max Bultman and Sean McIndoe

Executive Producer: Chris Flannery

Producer: Jeff Domet

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Sean, Frank and Sean discuss the storylines that interest them the most heading into the 2024/25 NHL season, led by the contract dispute between Jeremy Swayman and the Boston Bruins, what non playoff teams will make the jump to a playoff position this season, will Matvei Michkov and John Tortorella live in harmony in Philadelphia, will Alex Ovechkin break Wayne Gretzky's goal record this season and who will be the first coach fired?

Hosts: Sean Gentille and Sean McIndoe

With: Frankie Corrado

Executive Producer: Chris Flannery

Producer: Jeff Domet

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Max and Corey discuss the dynamics of the 2025 NHL Draft, including whether James Hagens will go wire-to-wire as the presumptive No. 1 pick, potential risers over the course of the season, and what it could all mean on draft night. Plus, the guys answer some listener questions in the mailbag to close the show.

Hosts: Max Bultman and Corey Pronman

Executive Producer: Chris Flannery

Producer: Chris Flannery

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Max and Laz pick which players are poised to take their games to the next level in 2024-25. Plus, The Athletic’s NHL insider Pierre LeBrun talks Swayman, Shesterkin, and the length of the preseason, and Jesse Granger makes his goalie breakout picks to close the show.

Hosts: Max Bultman and Mark Lazerus

With: Pierre LeBrun and Jesse Granger

Executive Producer: Chris Flannery

Producer: Chris Flannery

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Max Bultman, Corey Pronman, Scott Wheeler, and FloHockey’s Chris Peters draft teams of 6 forwards, 4 defensemen, and 1 goalie from a pool of the world’s best under-23 players on this special edition of The Athletic Hockey Show Prospect Series.

Hosts: Max Bultman and Corey Pronman

With: Scott Wheeler and FloHockey’s Chris Peters

Executive Producer: Chris Flannery

Producer: Chris Flannery

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Hailey Salvian and Sean Gentille welcome Shayna Goldman and Dom Luszczyszyn to deep dive The Athletic NHL player tiers. This year's project involves 150 players, broken down into five tiers, the MVP cornerstones, the franchise pillars, the all-star candidates, the bona-fide stars and the elite support. This season we expanded the tiers by one and adding 25 extra players, and goaltenders.  

Hosts: Hailey Salvian and Sean Gentille

With: Shayna Goldman and Dom Luszczyszyn

Executive Producer: Chris Flannery

Producer: Jeff Domet

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Sean Gentille, Sean McIndoe and Frank Corrado, in the best shape of their podcast lives, discuss Igor Shesterkin and his camp trying to reset the goalie market, Frankie takes us inside NHL arbitration, and the hard feelings that remain for Jeremy Swayman and the Boston Bruins. Plus the guys tackle McIndoe's Bizarro-meter, measuring which Eastern Conference teams had the strangest summer, including the Lightning, Capitals, Flyers and Hurricanes. 

Hosts: Sean Gentille and Sean McIndoe

With: Frankie Corrado

Executive Producer: Chris Flannery

Producer: Jeff Domet

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Max Bultman and Mark Lazerus dive deep into the projected point totals for the NHL this season and make their choices for which teams are overrated or underrated. Plus, The Athletic’s NHL insider Chris Johnston joins the show to give the latest on contract talks between Jeremy Swayman and the Bruins, the potential for another round of NHL expansion, and more.

Hosts: Max Bultman and Mark Lazerus

With: Chris Johnston

Executive Producer: Chris Flannery

Producer: Chris Flannery

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Mark Lazerus and Jesse Granger present 7 goaltending battles to watch out for as NHL training camps open up, including if Jeremy Swayman can handle a full load for the Bruins, if the Detroit Red Wings can settle on a two man tandem from the four NHL goalies that have in camp, if Dustin Wolf can transfer his AHL success to the NHL and if the untested Joseph Woll and Anthony Stolarz can lead the Maple Leafs to the promised land in Toronto?

Hosts: Mark Lazerus and Jesse Granger

Executive Producer: Chris Flannery

Producer: Jeff Domet

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On today’s Prospect Series episode of The Athletic Hockey Show, the guys discuss all the action from prospect tournaments across North America, including Scott Wheeler at the Prospects Challenge in Buffalo, Thomas Drance at the Young Stars Classic in Penticton, Corey Pronman at the Rookie Faceoff in LA, and Max Bultman at the NHL Prospects Tournament in Traverse City.

Hosts: Max Bultman and Corey Pronman

With: Scott Wheeler and Thomas Drance

Executive Producer: Chris Flannery

Producer: Chris Flannery

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On today’s Prospect Series episode of The Athletic Hockey Show, the full squad, Max, Corey, Scott, and FloHockey’s Chris Peters deep dive into Corey’s NHL rebuild ranking and discuss why certain teams are closer to contention than others, goaltending impacts, potentially tradable assets, and more. 

Hosts: Max Bultman and Corey Pronman

With: Scott Wheeler and FloHockey’s Chris Peters

Executive Producer: Chris Flannery

Producer: Chris Flannery

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Hailey and Sean conclude their four part podcast series on buying or selling their imaginary stock with the legitimate Stanley Cup contenders for the 2024-25 NHL season. Salvian and Gentille discuss the potential of the top eight points teams, including the Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers, the Edmonton Oilers, Vancouver Canucks, Carolina Hurricanes, Boston Bruins, New York Rangers, Colorado Avalanche and Dallas Stars.

Hosts: Hailey Salvian and Sean Gentille

Executive Producer: Chris Flannery

Producer: Jeff Domet

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On today’s Prospect Series episode of The Athletic Hockey Show, Max, Corey, and Scott answer listener questions and comments about Corey’s U23 rankings and the guys discuss Scott’s take on this season’s Calder Trophy race.

Hosts: Max Bultman and Corey Pronman

With: Scott Wheeler

Executive Producer: Chris Flannery

Producer: Chris Flannery

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Max and Corey deep dive into Corey’s 2024 ranking of the best NHL players and prospects under the age of 23 and discuss the Brayden Yager-Rutger McGroarty trade, the Sharks acquiring Yaroslav Askarov, the Blues cashing in on their offer sheets to Philip Broberg and Dylan Holloway, and more.

Hosts: Max Bultman and Corey Pronman

Executive Producer: Chris Flannery

Producer: Chris Flannery

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Mark Lazerus, Aaron Portzline, and Hailey Salvian react to the tragic deaths of Columbus Blue Jackets winger Johnny Gaudreau and his brother Matthew Gaudreau.

Host: Mark Lazerus

With: Aaron Portzline and Hailey Salvian

Executive Producer: Chris Flannery

Producer: Chris Flannery

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Max and Corey break down the top 8 teams in Corey’s 2024 NHL Pipeline Rankings including the New Jersey Devils, San Jose Sharks, and Chicago Blackhawks, and discuss the best U23 prospects for each franchise in the group, expectations, projections, and more.

Hosts: Max Bultman and Corey Pronman

Executive Producer: Chris Flannery

Producer: Chris Flannery

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Max and Corey break down the No. 16-9 teams in Corey’s 2024 NHL Pipeline Rankings including the New York Rangers, Philadelphia Flyers, and Minnesota Wild, and discuss the best U23 prospects for each franchise in the group, expectations, projections, and more.

Hosts: Max Bultman and Corey Pronman

Executive Producer: Chris Flannery

Producer: Chris Flannery

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Max and Corey break down the No. 24-17 teams in Corey’s 2024 NHL Pipeline Rankings including the Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers, Toronto Maple Leafs, Calgary Flames, and discuss the best U23 prospects for each franchise in the group, expectations, projections, and more.

Hosts: Max Bultman and Corey Pronman

Executive Producer: Chris Flannery

Producer: Chris Flannery

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Max and Corey break down the bottom 8 teams in Corey’s 2024 NHL Pipeline Rankings including the Tampa Bay Lightning, Edmonton Oilers, and New York Islanders, and discuss the best U23 prospects for each franchise in the group, expectations, projections, and more.

Hosts: Max Bultman and Corey Pronman

Executive Producer: Chris Flannery

Producer: Chris Flannery

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Hailey and Sean take a look at 8 teams in transition with playoff hopes. Are you buying or selling on rebuilding teams the Blue Jackets, Canadiens, Kraken, Blackhawks, Utah HC, Senators, Sharks and Ducks. Can any of these rebuilding NHL teams take the next leap to the NHL's top 16?

Hosts: Hailey Salvian and Sean Gentille

Executive Producer: Chris Flannery

Producer: Jeff Domet

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Mark Lazerus and Jesse Granger discuss the Edmonton Oilers decision to walk away from Philip Broberg and Dylan Holloway, declining to match the offer sheet by the St. Louis Blues. Arpon Basu joins from Montreal to talk about the Canadiens acquiring former 2nd pick overall Patrik Laine from Columbus for defender Jordan Harris, and Jesse and Laz discuss Yaroslav Askarov reportedly requesting a trade out of Nashville, after the Preds extended goalie Juuse Saros long-term, earlier this summer. 

Hosts: Mark Lazerus and Jesse Granger

With: Arpon Basu

Executive Producer: Chris Flannery

Producer: Jeff Domet

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Hailey Salvian and Sean Gentille return, with the NHL Buying and Selling series, where they look at if they're buying or selling what teams around the league did this offseason. This time, Hailey and Sean focus on the playoff hopeful tiers. These are teams which made the playoffs last season that are hoping to retain their position this season, including the Kings, Jets, Golden Knights, Islanders, Capitals, Lightning, Predators and Maple Leafs.

Hosts: Hailey Salvian and Sean Gentille

Executive Producer: Chris Flannery

Producer: Jeff Domet

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Mark Lazerus and Jesse Granger discuss the St. Louis Blues twin offer sheets for Oilers forward Dylan Holloway and defender Philip Broberg from the Edmonton Oilers. Can the Oilers match the offer? Does the injury to Evander Kane help them? The guys discuss the Maple Leafs announcement to change the captaincy from John Tavares to Auston Matthews and how this is the right move at this time, plus the guys ask, what is hockey equivalent of Steph and LeBron carrying Team USA to victory?

Hosts: Mark Lazerus and Jesse Granger

Executive Producer: Chris Flannery

Producer: Jeff Domet

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Hailey Salvian and Sean Gentille dissect the NHL's mushy middle, eight non playoff teams who have aspirations to vault into the top 16 of the league this upcoming season. Did these teams, including New Jersey, Pittsburgh, Calgary, Detroit, Buffalo, Philadelphia, Minnesota and St. Louis do enough to improve? Are Hailey and Sean buying or selling on these teams for 2024/2025?

Hosts: Hailey Salvian and Sean Gentille

Executive Producer: Chris Flannery

Producer: Jeff Domet

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It’s a Prospect Series takeover of the Monday show this week as Max, Corey, and FloHockey’s Chris Peters give their thoughts on how Team USA and Team Canada performed respectively at the WJSS, which players stood out, concerns for each team, and more. Plus, the guys close things out with listener questions in the mailbag.

Hosts: Max Bultman and Corey Pronman

With: FloHockey’s Chris Peters

Executive Producer: Chris Flannery

Producer: Chris Flannery

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Mark Lazerus, Katie Strang and Dan Robson discuss NHL commentator Jeff Marek's departure from Rogers Sportsnet after the 2024 NHL Draft in Las Vegas, the NHL and the broadcast rights holder prioritizing their relationship with the gambling industry over one of the game’s best ambassadors and why this story is different than what happens when information is leaked to hockey insiders, and insiders from other sports.

Host: Mark Lazerus

With: Katie Strang and Dan Robson

Executive Producer: Chris Flannery

Producer: Jeff Domet

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On today’s Monday episode, Laz is joined by The Athletic’s own Max Bultman to discuss potential Patrik Laine trade destinations now that he’s been cleared by the NHL/NHLPA players’ assistance program, if anyone cares about the 4 Nations Faceoff and other questions from The Athletic’s NHL fan survey, and Dom’s contract efficiency rankings. Plus, Max challenges Laz’s “dynasty” definition, Jesse Granger joins the show to help break down his recently published NHL team’s current and future goaltending outlook, Vezina odds, and more. 

Hosts: Mark Lazerus and Max Bultman

With: Jesse Granger

Executive Producer: Chris Flannery

Producer: Chris Flannery

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On today’s Wednesday episode of The Athletic Hockey Show, Max Bultman is joined by guest cohost Peter Baugh to discuss Dean Evason’s hiring as the new CBJ head coach, Stan Bowman’s NHL return as the new GM of the Oilers, which active NHL players are on course for the Hall of Fame, outlooks for the Devils and Rangers heading into next season, the no state income tax debate, Joe Pavelski’s retirement, and more. 

Hosts: Max Bultman and Peter Baugh

Executive Producer: Chris Flannery

Producer: Chris Flannery

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On today’s Monday edition of The Athletic Hockey Show, Laz and guest cohost Shayna Goldman discuss if Leon Draisaitl is the best NHL No. 2 ever, Dom’s list of the 10 worst contracts in the NHL right now, how much an average head coach impacts their team, 4 Nations Faceoff roster projections, and listener questions to close things out.

Hosts: Mark Lazerus and Shayna Goldman

Executive Producer: Chris Flannery

Producer: Chris Flannery

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On today’s Wednesday episode of The Athletic Hockey Show, Gentille and DGB discuss Quinton Byfield’s interesting deal with the LA Kings, break down Dom’s list of the 10 best contracts in the NHL right now, and answer a bunch of listener questions to close things out.

Hosts: Sean Gentille and Sean McIndoe

Executive Producer: Chris Flannery

Producer: Chris Flannery

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Ian and guest cohost Jesse Granger deep dive into The Athletic NHL’s way-too-early predictions for the 2024-25 season and discuss Connor McDavid sitting at No. 98 as the sole hockey player on ESPN’s top 100 professional athletes since 2000, Mitch Marner avoiding hockey-related questions following his Assist Foundation charity event, the Stars moving their regional coverage to their own free, ad-supported streaming service, and the guys answer listener questions about relegation and tampering rules to close things out.

Hosts: Ian Mendes and Jesse Granger

Executive Producer: Chris Flannery

Producer: Chris Flannery

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Max Bultman and Sean McIndoe discuss the top 5 teams that have improved this off-season and the 5 teams that got worse after July 1st. Plus Max and Sean breakdown DGB's 10 types of NHL off-season including who had the big swing, the big tinker, keeping the band together and the awkward breakup. 

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On today’s Monday edition of The Athletic Hockey Show, Ian and Laz discuss Sidney Crosby nearing a contract extension with the Pens, an intriguing list of potential 2025 UFAs, if the Oilers actually need a GM or not, where Martin Necas and Patrik Laine will be playing next season, this year’s remaining free agents, and more.

Plus, The Athletic’s own Jesse Granger joins the show to discuss this offseason’s goalie carousel, including the Linus Ullmark-for-Joonas Korpisalo trade and Detroit’s four-headed netminder monster, and what the next deals for Jeremy Swayman and Igor Shesterkin might look like.

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Gentille, McIndoe and Corrado recap the first two days of NHL Free Agency, including the aggressive decisions by GM's Barry Trotz, Julien BriseBois and Bill Zito, and the challenge for franchises to compete with tax free state teams.Sean and Sean look back on a hectic but fun weekend in Vegas, where the Sphere stole the show at the draft, the Penguins, Red Wings and Sabres failure to improve so far this off-season, and the sneaky good Capitals free agent and trade performance ahead of answering listener questions on the NHL off-season including Jacob Trouba on the trade block, if the Sabres are poised to make a big trade and the Rangers, Golden Knights and Stars possibly getting worse. 

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On today’s Monday edition of The Athletic Hockey Show, Ian and Laz recap the biggest deals from the opening hours of NHL free agency including the Predators making a huge splash with a trio of signings, Sam Reinhart staying with the newly-crowned Stanley Cup champion Panthers on a team-friendly contract, Jake Guentzel finding a new home in Tampa Bay, and many more.

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On a special Saturday edition of The Athletic Hockey Show prospect series, Max Bultman, Corey Pronman, Scott Wheeler and Chris Peters from Flo Hockey recap the 2024 NHL draft from Vegas. The guys discuss two big trades for the Utah Hockey Club acquiring John Marino from New Jersey and Mikhail Sergachev from the Tampa Bay Lighting. They take a look at the goalies selected on Saturday, how far Aron Kiviharju fell in draft position, and some new insight on Minnesota Wild first rounder Zeev Buium. Max, Corey, Scott and Chris present their favorite draft classes of 2024, they look back on Vegas hosting the final NHL draft on location, before looking ahead to a decentralized Draft in 2025. 

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Max Bultman, Scott Wheeler and Corey Pronman recap the first round of the NHL draft from the Sphere in Vegas with Macklin Celebrini going first overall to the Sharks. The guys discuss some of the picks that stood out to them including the Duck surprise pick Beckett Sennecke at 3, Tig Iginla at number 6 by the Utah Hockey Club, Zeev Buium at 12 by the Wild, Cole Eiserman 20th overall to the Islanders, Dean Letourneau at 25 by the Bruins and Matvei Gridin at 28 by the Flames. 

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Sean Gentille and Sean McIndoe record a 'Vegas Nights' edition of the pod ahead of the first round of the NHL draft and the opening of free agency, discussing an active Thursday with the Capitals acquiring Andrew Mangiapane from Calgary, Juuse Saros signing an extension with the Predators, Tyler Myers returning to the Canucks and they stick tap Nathan MacKinnon for winning the Hart Trophy. Plus the guys take a look at some of the names on the trade market including Tristan Jarry, Patrik Laine, Mitch Marner and Jacob Trouba.

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Max, Corey, and Scott give their final thoughts before the 2024 NHL Draft commences at the Sphere in Las Vegas tomorrow night and discuss the range for Ivan Demidov if the Hawks take Artyom Levshunov at No. 2, where Cayden Lindstrom might land, if there’s a potential disruptor to the presumptive top 5, and more. 

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Gentille, McIndoe and Frankie Corrado look back on the Stanley Cup Final, the voting for the Conn Smythe Trophy, Leon Draisaitl's future with the Oilers and the upcoming free agency period which commences on July 1st. 

Before that, Sean and Sean wonder if the Hockey Hall of Fame got in wrong with yesterday's voting of Pavel Datsyuk, Shea Weber, Jeremy Roenick, David Poile, Colin Campbell, Natalie Darwitz and Krissy Wendell-Pohl into the Hall for 2024. Plus, the boys take a look ahead to a chaotic week for the NHL with trades and extensions, buyouts, the award show, the draft and free agency dominating the calendar, and we send off former Arizona Coyotes owner Alex Meruelo, as only Gentille and DGB can.

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Ian, Laz, and The Athletic’s own Jesse Granger give their instant analysis following Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final and discuss the Florida Panthers winning their first championship in franchise history, Connor McDavid taking home the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP in a losing effort, what the future holds for both teams as the offseason officially begins, and much more.

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On this special edition of The Athletic Hockey Show Prospect Series, Max, Corey, Scott, and FloHockey’s Chris Peters project the entire first round of the 2024 NHL Draft and give their expert analysis on each pick.

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Hailey, Max and Sean discuss the New Jersey Devils trade for goalie Jacob Markstrom and the Calgary Flames failure to win a trade in the Craig Conroy era. They discuss Pierre-Luc Dubois getting yet another fresh start, this time in DC, with the LA Kings upgrading their goaltending with Darcy Kuemper and a dejected Barclay Goodrow joining the San Jose Sharks on waivers. Before that, they discuss how the Oilers and Panthers have got to game six of the Stanley Cup Final and if Connor McDavid can lead his team to force a game seven.

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Sean, Frankie Corrado and Sean look back on game five of the Stanley Cup final, easily the best game to date in the series, Connor McDavid vaulting into the Conn Smythe Trophy conversation, the Panthers failing penalty kill and power-play and the recent struggles of Sergei Bobrovsky. Plus the guys marvel at Matthew Tkachuk's brilliant empty net save, all for not, and if Leon Draisaitl can play through his injuries and come up with an all-time performance in game 6 on Friday night in Edmonton. Plus the Sean's look ahead to the Hall of Fame candidates with the 2024 announcement coming up next Tuesday.

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On today’s Tuesday edition of the Monday show, Ian and Laz look ahead to Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final and discuss how the travel schedule is upsetting the momentum of the series, if Connor McDavid’s playoff run merits a Conn Smythe even if the Oilers lose, the Kings’ Pierre-Luc Dubois conundrum when the 48-hour buyout window opens, and more.

Plus, The Athletic’s own Aaron Portzline joins the show to talk about another intriguing offseason for the “never good, rarely boring” Columbus Blue Jackets, as well as the importance of organ donation following his own kidney transplant, and, to close things out, The Athletic’s own Jesse Granger talks to the guys about watching Games 3 and 4 of the SCF with Sergei Bobrovsky’s goalie coach at The Goalie Guild’s Global Goalie Retreat, Bob’s mindset heading into Game 5, Conn Smythe odds, and more.

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On today’s Prospect Series episode, Max, Corey, Scott, and FloHockey’s Chris Peters talk to The Athletic’s own Arpon Basu about the Montreal Canadiens’ options heading into the NHL Draft with the No. 5 pick, the guys discuss what they learned at this year’s NHL Scouting Combine, and close things out with listener questions in the mailbag.

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Sean Gentille and Shayna Goldman discuss the Florida Panthers 4-3 win over the Edmonton Oilers in game three of the Stanley Cup Final, Sergei Bobrovsky's Conn Smythe Trophy worthy post-season, the dominating strength of the Panthers and if the Oilers can avoid the sweep with the Stanley Cup in the building on Saturday night.

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Hailey, Max and Sean discuss the importance of game three for the Oilers, as Edmonton gets set to host game three of the Stanley Cup Final, down two games to none vs the Florida Panthers tonight. Plus, they profile new San Jose Sharks head coach Ryan Warsofsky, Patrik Laine looking for a fresh start, and a trade out of Columbus and the PWHL awards, headlined by a magical first season by Natalie Spooner.

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Gentille, Frankie and McIndoe discuss the impending demise of the CapFriendly website, and how the NHL and General Managers don't want fans to have access to player salaries and team salary caps, in a salary cap league no less. The boys discuss the Stanley Cup Final with the Panthers up two games to none in the series, and if the banged up Oilers can make this a series vs Florida.

Plus, Sean and Sea learn that Evan Rodrigues is scoring at will and that we still don't know what an elbow major is in the NHL. We stick-tap Jim Nill and Eric Tulsky and discuss that the President Trophy champion New York Rangers still have a lot of work to do.

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Sean Gentille and Shayna Goldman discuss the Florida Panthers 4-1 win over the Edmonton Oilers in game two of the Stanley Cup Final, the lack of scoring chances for the Oilers, the injury to Darnell Nurse, the brilliance of defensive wizard Sasha Barkov and if Connor McDavid and company will have an answer to the Panthers in game three of the series in Edmonton on Thursday night.

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Ian and Laz are back on a Monday to discuss Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final with the Cup itself making an appearance at center ice, “Keeper of the Cup” Phil Pritchard saving all of his Cup-touching gloves, the Oilers getting voicemails from their family members, Sergei Bobrovsky’s Hall of Fame credentials, Kris Knoblach’s Buffalo Bills line, the OGWAC bandwagon, if Canadian teams get invited to the White House or not, the 4 Nations Faceoff, and more.

Plus, The Athletic’s own Jesse Grangers joins the show to talk about Sergei Bobrovsky’s stellar Game 1 performance, updated Conn Smythe odds, and the goalie market heading into free agency.

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On today’s Prospect Series episode of The Athletic Hockey Show, Max, Corey, and Scott discuss Corey’s 2024 NHL Mock Draft 2.0 and answer a bunch of great listener questions in the mailbag.

Before that, The Athletic’s own Scott Powers joins the show to talk about whether the Chicago Blackhawks are more likely to select Artyom Levshunov or Ivan Demidov with the No. 2 pick in this year’s draft.

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Hailey, Sean and Max present the top 10 important players on the Florida Panthers and Edmonton Oilers with the Stanley Cup Final set to begin on Saturday night in Sunrise, Florida. From the goaltending of Stuart Skinner and Sergey Bobrovsky, to superstars Connor McDavid and Aleksander Barkov to the all important supporting casts, they discuss who needs, and who will step up their game to capture Lord Stanley's cup?

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Sean, Frankie Corrado and Sean preview the Stanley Cup final between Edmonton and Florida, the opportunity the NHL has with Connor McDavid in the final, the overwhelming consensus that the Panthers are the favorite and if Canadian hockey fans should be compelled to cheer for the Oilers since they are the last Canadian team standing and the perceived tax advantage U.S. teams have over Canadian teams.

Before that, Sean and Sean tell us what they learned this past week in hockey, with Joe Pavelski hinting a retirement announcement, is he a hall of famer? They discuss the Utah NHL franchise selling partial ice view seats and the Sean's present the worst TV commercials in Canada and the States this playoff season.

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On today’s Monday edition of The Athletic Hockey Show, Ian and guest cohost Sean McIndoe discuss the Stanley Cup Final schedule, the misnomer that all Canadians are going to root for the Oilers, how Flames fans must feel watching the Panthers’ success, how Leafs fans feel about Zach Hyman’s success, historic 50-goal scorers in the Final, and whether No. 97 can join No. 99 and No. 66 as the only players in playoff history to record 40 points. 

Plus, The Athletic’s NHL insider Chris Johnston joins the show to talk about whether Connor McDavid can become a US star now that he’s on the sport’s biggest stage, Zach Hyman as maybe the best free agent signing in the salary cap era, Sam Reinhart’s impending UFA status, and more, and The Athletic’s own Jesse Granger talks to the guys about the 2024 USA Hockey National Goaltending Symposium, if Sergei Bobrovsky is a Hall of Famer if he wins the Cup, the latest Stanley Cup odds, and more.

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On a loaded Prospects Series episode of The Athletic Hockey Show, Max, Corey, Scott, and FloHockey’s Chris Peters break down Corey’s latest 2024 NHL Draft ranking, Chris audits Corey, Max, and Scott’s “If I were a GM” mock draft results, and the guys close things out with thoughts on the Memorial Cup so far.

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Sean and Max look back on the Oilers huge come from behind win over the Stars in Edmonton, and look ahead to the Panthers and Rangers, who play game five, Thursday night in New York.

Hailey Salvian recaps the successful inaugural season of the PWHL, Minnesota, captained by Kendall Coyne Schofield, winning the Walter Cup championship in a fifth and deciding game over Boston, Taylor Heise winning the playoff MVP and what to expect next from the league that dominated with positive headlines throughout the first year of operation

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Gentille and McIndoe recap the Panthers overtime win over the Rangers in game four, and they look ahead to game four tonight in Edmonton with the Oilers in trouble against the powerhouse Dallas Stars. The guys discuss Don Waddell joining the Columbus Blue Jackets, Dan Bylsma becoming the second head coach in Seattle Kraken history and if interim GM Eric Tulsky will be handed the keys to the Canes full-time in Carolina. Plus, Sean and Sean tackle The Athletic's Free Agent board with Steven Stamkos, Jake Guentzel and Sam Reinhart leading the way in free agency this summer. 

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On today’s Tuesday version of the Monday show, Ian and Laz discuss Edmonton’s great Bistro Praha, fallout from the Oilers’ crushing loss to the Stars in Game 3 of the Western Conference Final, Jacob Trouba’s controversial hit on Even Rodrigues in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Final, the need for a hockey rumors alert system, the 20th anniversary of Jarome Iginla vs. Vinny Lecavalier in the Stanley Cup Final, if the NHL has its own Angel Hernandez, and more.

Plus, The Athletic’s NHL insider Pierre LeBrun joins the show to talk Brady Tkachuk and Martin Necas trade rumors, Mitch Marner’s status in Toronto, and Dan Bylsma as the likely new head coach of the Kraken, and The Athletic’s own Jesse Granger stops by to discuss who should start in goal for the Oilers in Game 4, Igor vs. Bob, and the latest Stanley Cup odds.

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On today’s episode of The Athletic Hockey Show Prospect Series, Max leads Corey and Scott through their first two round mock draft of the season, the guys deep dive on the goalie prospects in this year’s draft class, and then answer some great listener questions in a loaded mailbag to close the show.

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Gentille and Bultman present their top choices from the final four teams for the Stanley Cup playoffs MVP, the look back on the Panthers game one shutout win over the Rangers, before looking ahead to Thursday's game one of the West final between Edmonton and Dallas. Plus they discuss Sheldon Keefe joining the New Jersey Devils, Rick Tocchet winning the Jack Adams and provide an update on the PWHL Final between Boston and Minnesota with the series tied at one. 

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Gentille, McIndoe and Frankie Corrado look back on the surprising Canucks and the quick re-tool in Vancouver the guys discuss Dallas and Edmonton's Western final, the Stars depth and what Stars defenders will shadow McDavid? The Sean's present what they learned, with the first two rounds being very predictable, they preview game one between Bobrovsky's Panthers and Shesterkin's Rangers, Jim Hiller's extension's with the LA Kings, the Ryan McDonough trade, which sends him back to Tampa Bay from Nashville and we provide an update on the men still standing in the 'old guy without a cup' race.

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On today’s Monday edition of The Athletic Hockey Show, Ian and Laz discuss Victoria Day, tonight’s “one anthem” Game 7 between the Oilers and Canucks, including Brock Boeser’s absence, who should be favored in the Rangers-Panthers Eastern Conference Final, Rod Brind’Amour’s 5-year extension with the Hurricanes, if Sheldon Keefe is destined to coach the Devils, and more.

Plus, DGB debates Laz on the abolition of the NHL’s suspect replay review system and weighs in on the Leafs hiring Craig Berube as the team’s new head coach, and The Athletic’s own Jesse Granger talks Igor vs. Bob in the ECF, if goaltending is BS or not, Arturs Silovs and Thatcher Demko, updated Stanley Cup odds, and quite possibly the solution to the replay review dilemma.

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It’s a brand new episode of The Athletic Hockey Show Prospect Series as Max, Corey, Scott, and FloHockey’s Chris Peters compare and contrast their latest 2024 NHL Mock Drafts, discuss the play of pros and prospects at the IIHF World Championship, and answer some great listener questions in a supersized mailbag to close the show. 

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Hailey, Max and Sean look back on the big game 5 win for the Avalanche over Dallas and the star power of Cale Makar and Miro Heiskanen, arguably the 1st and 2nd pick overall if the 2017 draft was redone. They talk about the Canes trying to force a game 7 vs the Rangers tonight, Calvin Pickard leading the way in net for the Oilers and much more needed from Elias Pettersson in the playoffs, and they pay tribute to Canadian Sports broadcasting legend Darren Dutchyshen, who last his battle with cancer today at the age of 57.

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Gentille, McIndoe and Frankie Corrado discuss the Bruins beating the Panthers in game 5, Boston complaining about officiating, understanding goaltender interference, Paul Maurice's potty mouth, Calvin Pickard's playoff moment, Elias Pettersson's disappearing act, if the Hurricanes can force a game seven against the Rangers on Thursday night. Plus, can the Avalanche extend their series with the Stars tonight and what Valeri Nichushkin's teammates think about the suspension to the embattled forward ahead of question period with the Wednesday boys listeners. 

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On today’s Monday edition of The Athletic Hockey Show, Ian and Laz discusses Carson Soucy’s crosscheck to Connor McDavid’s face at the end of Oilers-Canucks Game 3, Brock Boeser in the Conn Smythe conversation, Arturs Silovs poise in the Vancouver net, Alexis Lafrenière coming into his own, if the Hurricanes are just a regular season team or not, Sam Bennett as public enemy number one, and more.

Plus, The Athletic’s NHL insider Chris Johnston talks Leafs’ huge offseason, head coaching vacancies, potential UFAs Elias Lindholm and Nikita Zadorov, and more, and The Athletic’s own Jesse Granger discusses who should start in goal for the Bruins in Game 5 and Oilers in Game 4, betting odds for teams down 3-1 to make a comeback, Avs chances of winning with Jake Oettinger at the top of his game, and more. 

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On today’s Prospect Series episode of The Athletic Hockey Show, Max, Corey, Scott, and FloHockey’s Chris Peters discuss the results of the 2024 NHL Draft Lottery, with San Jose earning the No. 1 pick and a chance to select Macklin Celebrini, whose stock went up or down at the U18 Worlds, and a bunch of listener questions in the mailbag to close things out.

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Hailey, Max and Sean discuss the Maple Leafs firing Sheldon Keefe, and who might be best to step behind the bench in Toronto? They look back on the Canucks wild comeback win over the Oilers in game one, and the Panthers evening their series with Boston. Plus they took a look at the twenty finalist nicknames for the Utah NHL franchise and they look ahead to Thursday night's games between Dallas and Colorado and Carolina hosting the Rangers. 

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Sean and Sean praise the work of Igor Shesterkin and Vinnie Trocheck as the Rangers take a 2 game lead over the Hurricanes, and marvel at the never quit Avalanche who storm from behind to beat the Stars in overtime in game one. We celebrate Macklin Celebrini as the San Jose Sharks win the Draft Lottery with Corey Pronman, stick tap the career of Rick Bowness and Drew Bannister shaking off the interim label in St. Louis and profile the finalists for the Hart Trophy.

Frankie Corrado discusses the latest elimination by the 'right there' Maple Leafs, the discontent in Ottawa over the Senators hiring Travis Green as head coach, and Frankie gives his picks for Wednesday night's games between the Canucks and Oiler and the Panthers and Bruins. 

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On a brand new Monday edition of The Athletic Hockey Show, Ian and Laz discuss Laz’s disappointing decision to shave his mustache, Ian’s experience watching Bruins-Maple Leafs Game 7 with noted Leafs enthusiast Sean McIndoe, the allure of being the head coach of the Maple Leafs despite the intense pressure, whether the Bruins or Canucks are the bigger Round 2 underdog, updated Stanley Cup odds, potential NHL Draft lottery outcomes, and the forthcoming retirement of Jets head coach Rick Bowness, as reported by TSN’s Darren Dreger. 

Plus, The Athletic’s NHL insider Pierre LeBrun joins the show to talk about covering the upcoming Avs-Stars series, how things could play out in Toronto this week, why there was so much chatter surrounding Rod Brind’Amour last week, and more.

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On today’s Prospect Series episode of The Athletic Hockey Show, Max talks to Corey, Scott Wheeler, and FloHockey’s Chris Peters on location at the 2024 IIHF U18 World Championship in Finland to discuss the standout performances by under-agers so far, concerns for some of this year’s draft eligibles, and the biggest questions for the guys heading into the medal round. 

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Hailey, Max and Sean discuss the epic first round series between Dallas and the Golden Knights, in which Jake Oettinger and the Stars lead 3 games to 2. They talk about the mature Oilers eliminating the LA Kings, Hailey gets called out for backing the Jets over the Avalanche and they look ahead to tonight's game 6 in Toronto between the Maple Leafs and Bruins.

Plus, the coaching carousel in the NHL could be headlined by Rod Brind'Amour and Mike Sullivan this summer, with both all-star coaches possibly being available in free agency to the highest bidder, this summer. 

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Sean and DGB breakdown the Colorado Avalanche steamrolling over Winnipeg, eliminating a shell shocked Connor Hellebuyck and the Jets in five games. The guys talk about a complete effort by the Maple Leafs in game 5 against a Bruins team that looked nervous. They look back on the Hurricanes eliminating the Islanders with New York's goaltending being questioned, and Nashville extending their series with the Canucks with a controversial goalie interference goal from Roman Josi.

Plus, they discuss the Norris Trophy finalists, Quinn Hughes, Cale Makar and Roman Josi, and look ahead to Wednesday's games, involving Pierre Luc Dubois' LA Kings and the Edmonton Oilers and the Dallas Stars vs the Vegas Golden Knights.

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On today’s brand new Monday edition of The Athletic Hockey Show, Ian and Laz break down all the playoff action from this past weekend and discuss Ian’s NHL realignment plan, Evander Kane’s “drama” comment, a classic Jake Voracek press conference moment, playoff series comeback odds, and special shoutouts to journalist Mike Zeisberger and CBJ communications specialist Lindy Noel for donating a kidney to The Athletic’s own Aaron Portzline!

Plus, The Athletic’s NHL insider Pierre LeBrun joins the show to talk about the state of the Toronto Maple Leafs, potential names on this offseason’s coaching carousel, the Kings-Oilers series, and more.

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Hailey, Max and Sean look back on night 5 of the Stanley Cup playoffs, headlined by Brad Marchand's masterful performance in game 3 vs the Maple Leafs, vintage LA Kings Drew Doughty and Anze Kopitar evening up their series with the Oilers and the top ranked Dallas Stars in trouble, down 2-0 to the Stanley Cup Champion Golden Knights.They look ahead to tonight's games including the Islanders and Canes, and the battle of Florida which features the best goaltending duel in the playoffs. Plus they address the Sharks firing of head coach David Quinn, the love fest for the Coyotes in Utah and PWHL New York being eliminated from playoff contention. 

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Sean, DGB and Frankie discuss the playoff struggles of Jets goalie Connor Hellebuyck and Leafs winger Mitch Marner. They marvel at the Florida Panthers who have owned the moment in their series with the Lightning, and praise the Avs Alexandar Georgiev who had a huge bounce back in game 2 vs Winnipeg.

Plus, DGB learned that his first round upset pick, Caps over the Rangers, might have been a bad one, and Gentille presents the greatest fear that Canucks fans have: Juuse Saros stealing the series between Nashville and Vancouver and the guys give their take on the Oilers/Kings and Vegas/Dallas playoff series to date. 

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On today’s Monday edition of The Athletic Hockey Show, Ian and Laz break down the opening games of the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs including the Leafs’ 5-1 loss to the Bruins, the unhinged 7-6 Jets win over the Avs, Matt Rempe’s big game in the Rangers 4-1 win over the Caps, and much more. 

Then, The Athletic’s NHL insider Chris Johnston joins the show to discuss William Nylander’s whereabouts, who’ll start in goal for the Bruins in Game 2, the Coyotes relocating to Salt Lake City, Alex Meruelo’s press conference with Gary Bettman, and more. 

Plus, The Athletic’s own Jesse Granger talks to the guys about Mark Stone being ready Game 1 of the Golden Knights-Stars series, how series odds have changed after the first games have been played, and which Game 1 losers are still the pick to win their series. 

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Hailey, Max and Sean preview the eight first round matchups in the Stanley Cup playoffs, including an intriguing series in the East with the battle of Florida between the Panthers and Lightning, Toronto and Boston, the Hurricanes and Islanders and the Rangers vs Washington.

In the West, the marquee matchup between Colorado and Winnipeg, and Vancouver and Nashville are set, with Edmonton and Vegas and Dallas and Los Angeles still waiting for the outcome of tonight's games to see who gets who.

They provide their thoughts on the final game in Arizona Coyotes history, (for now) and it's polarizing owner Alex Meruelo and we praise Nikita Kucherov for joining the exclusive 100 assists in a season club, and Auston Matthews, who led the league in goal scoring with 69. 

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Sean, DGB and Frankie Corrado discuss the NHL playoff picture, which is now set, with the heartbreaking end to the season for the Detroit Red Wings in Montreal last night. The guys wonder if Auston Matthews will score his 70th goal tonight in Tampa, if Nikita Kucherov will join Connor McDavid with 100 assists this season, and if the Winnipeg Jets have the advantage over the Colorado Avalanche in their playoff matchup.

Plus our old friend Craig Custance joins for a discussion on if Joel Pavelski is a hall of famer and the role that new NHLPA boss Marty Walsh played in fixing the Arizona Coyotes situation in our questions from the App segment. 

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Max and Corey, along with Flo Hockey's Chris Peters look back on the Frozen Four tournament and the championship team the Denver Pioneers led by their breakout defensemen Zeev Buium and one of the hottest coaching prospects in hockey, David Carle. The guys discuss Cutter Gauthier signing his entry level deal with Anaheim and how far away his teammates at Boston College, Ryan Leonard, Will Smith and Gabe Perreault are from debuting in the NHL. Plus the guys discuss which players have the most on the line at the upcoming U18's and we get a sneak peek at Corey's new draft board.

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Ian Mendes and Mark Lazerus, along with Chris Johnston and Pierre Lebrun discuss the Coyotes relocation from Arizona to Salt Lake City, what Billionaire Ryan Smith brings to the NHL, and what the future is for Alex Meruelo and NHL hockey in the desert state. 

Ian and Laz track the Eastern Conference playoff race which is going to go down to the wire, they discuss if Joel Quenneville will get another shot to coach in the NHL, and Jesse Granger chats about the Colorado Avalanche's achilles heel: their goaltending, and Tomas Hertl's successful debut with the Golden Knights.

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Hailey, Max and Sean discuss the latest news out of the NHL and Arizona, involving the future of the Coyotes in the Grand Canyon State, if Billionaire Ryan Smith and the city of Salt Lake City are a good solution for the league, and if NHL hockey could one day return to Arizona.

Plus they take a look at the evolving Eastern Conference playoff race where two spots remain for the Islanders, Capitals, Red Wings and Penguins, and Hailey provides an update from Utica New York, at the Women's World Hockey Championships. 

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This week on 'A Frank between two Sean's', the boys discuss the MVP two horse race between Nathan MacKinnon and Nikita Kucherov, the positive development of Juraj Slafkovský in Montreal, and the push to the playoffs in the East between Detroit, Washington, Pittsburgh and the Islanders. 

Plus Sean and Sean present what they learned in the NHL this week, with the playoff candidate Flyers imploding, maybe this season is a failure after all in Philadelphia? Meanwhile, DGB demands an Islanders/Rangers playoff series, plus they provide their thoughts on the atrocious non-call on Noah Dobson after he cross checked Vinny Trocheck with a hit from behind into the boards, and the boys 'video tribute' Alex Ovechkin and Auston Matthews goal scoring prowess ahead of another edition of TAHS question and answer period in the app. 

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Ian and Laz are joined at the top of the show by the one and only Down Goes Brown, Sean McIndoe, to discuss the hockey equivalent of a total eclipse, the Rangers and Leafs Stanley Cup droughts, the ideal first round opponent for the Rangers if they got to pick, what a potential Leafs-Panthers playoff matchup looks like, and a little This Week in Hockey History.

Plus, the guys talk about yet another Ottawa Senators empty net controversy, the Stars’ 7-4 statement win over the Avs, the Brock Faber-Connor Bedard Calder Trophy debate, best bets for the President’s Trophy and Hart Trophy winners, and more.

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On today’s Prospect Series episode of The Athletic Hockey Show, Max, Corey, and FloHockey’s Chris Peters discuss No. 1 college free agent Collin Graf signing with the San Jose Sharks, the 2024 Hobey Baker finalists Jackson Blake, Macklin Celebrini, and Cutter Gauthier, and preview this year’s powerhouse Frozen Four featuring Boston College, Boston University, Michigan, and Denver.

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Sean and Max look back on the Wednesday night line brawl in New York to begin the game between the Rangers and the Devils, Andrei Vasilevskiy leading a resurgent Lightning team who is looking to make a move in the East and the red wings fight to capture a playoff spot for the first time in eight seasons. The boys discuss the leading candidates for the Hart and Norris trophies and talk about John Tortorella's passionate press conference in Philadelphia on Wednesday.

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Sean and Sean praise the resurgent Pittsburgh Penguins late season march to the playoffs and Sidney Crosby's dominant stretch of games when it was thought the Penguins were done for the year. They guys explain why the NHL must expand the playoffs and DGB fills us in on why he doesn't care about good teams clinching a playoff spot.

The guys discuss Jack Adams coach of the year voting, the significance of Connor McDavid on the cusp of 100 assists in a season, the Minnesota Wild failed goalie pull in overtime and the return of the much loved comments and questions from the app segment!

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It’s Monday, so Ian and Laz are back on a brand new episode of The Athletic Hockey Show to discuss hockey pranks, bubble playoff teams flailing, the Sabres missing the playoffs for the thirteenth straight season, and whether Jeff Skinner will ever play a playoff game in his career, Ian’s feature on Josh Ho-Sang, and more.

Then, Sean “Gents” Gentille joins the show to talk about first round matchups if the playoffs started today, whether you’d rather face the Preds or Lightning, Jack Adams frontrunners, and the successful return of the stolen Jagr bobbleheads. 

Plus, to close things out, Jesse Granger stops by to discuss USA Hockey’s ambitious “51 in 30” goaltending initiative and whether the US or Canada has better odds to win the Stanley Cup this season.

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On today’s Prospect Series episode of The Athletic Hockey Show, Max is joined by Scott Wheeler to talk about Scott’s recent feature on enigmatic sniper Cole Eiserman, Scott’s latest 2024 NHL Draft ranking, including best fits for Macklin Celebrini, and Scott’s too early ranking of the 2025 NHL Draft class to close things out. 

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With three weeks left in the regular season, Hailey, Sean and guest co-host Dominik Luszczyszyn present their dark horses for the playoffs with the Kings, Predators, Lightning, Jets, Canucks and Maple Leafs having a shot of overtaking favorites in Dallas, Edmonton, New York, Carolina, Colorado, Florida and Boston and the lack of representation from the NHL's Metro Division who could be surprises in the Stanley Cup playoffs.

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Sean and Sean present what they learned this past week in the NHL with Gentille asking if the New York Rangers, the NHL's point leader are underrated, and DGB declares the playoff race in the west is over and that the Nashville Predators should be taken seriously.

Plus the guys wonder when the last time an offside challenge was lost, if the Columbus Blue Jackets are indeed one of the most hapless franchises in sports and if Johnny Gaudreau's contract is a bad one. They stick-tap Josh Doan who scored twice in his NHL debut for his hometown Arizona Coyotes and rejoice with the news that the missing Jaromir Jagr bobbleheads have been located!

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On today’s Monday edition of The Athletic Hockey Show, Ian and Laz discuss Laz’s great article on multilingual NHLers, Zach Hyman and Sam Reinhart joining the 50-goal club, guys who scored 50 once and then never came close again, Tom Wilson’s 6-game suspension, which game is this week’s Game of the Week, the NHL’s silly holiday scheduling, and more.

Plus, The Athletic’s NHL insiders Pierre LeBrun and Chris Johnston return to the show to give their thoughts on last week’s GM meetings, a new, behind-the-scenes NHL-Amazon series, Pierre’s conversation with Devils GM Tom Fitzgerald, Hart Trophy ballots, and more.

And, to close things out, The Athletic’s own Jesse Granger joins the show to talk about Connor Hellebuyck as the runaway betting favorite to win the Vezina and which teams have the most money bet on them to win the Stanley Cup.

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Hailey, Max and Sean discuss and debate Sean's latest piece at The Athletic, the No. 1 center tiers. A project Sean took on, to classify the top of every team’s depth chart. From the best of the best: MacKinnon, McDavid and Matthews to the other end, where someone has to take the opening face off and everyone in-between, Hailey and Max take Sean to task on his rankings of the top centers for each of the NHL's 32 teams.

Plus the crew recaps the very first PWHL trade deadline, the interest in expansion to markets like Pittsburgh and Detroit and the sell out in minutes on Wednesday for a game in Montreal's Bell Centre which will set yet another attendance record in the PWHL's inaugural season.

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New Papa Frankie Corrado joins Sean and DGB to discuss John Tortorella's controversial decision to bench captain Sean Couturier, in the Flyers regulation win over the Maple Leafs. The guys recap the General Manager meetings and the proposed rule changes to reviewing high sticks and the puck over the glass penalty. The guys praise the play of the Carolina Hurricanes, specifically the play of newcomer Jake Guentzel and the resurgence of Evgeny Kuznetsov.

Sean and Sean share what they've learned in the NHL in the past week: The resurgent Capitals may in fact be a playoff team and how the once set East wildcard is completely up in the air with 15 games left in the season. The two Sean's also mourn the loss of former NHL'ers Chris Simon and Konstantin Kolstov who passed away this week far too soon.

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On this Monday edition of The Athletic Hockey Show, Ian and Laz discuss Laz’s devil-may-care attitude about singing out loud at the supermarket, little appetite at this week’s GM meetings to make change to 3-on-3 overtime, and potential PWHL expansion.

Then, Down Goes Brown, Sean McIndoe, joins the show to talk about why the NHL standings are a bit of a mirage, the Panthers as the league’s new love-to-hate team, and This Week in Hockey History.

Plus, to close things out, Jesse Granger and the guys discuss VHL goalie Artemi Pleshkov stopping a record 124 shots in a 1-0 quintuple OT loss and how many teams could realistically win the Stanley Cup this season.

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On a brand new Prospect Series edition of The Athletic Hockey Show, Max and Corey break down Corey’s latest NHL Draft 2024 ranking and discuss the clear gap developing between presumptive No. 1 pick Macklin Celebrini and the rest of the field.

Plus, FloHockey’s Chris Peters joins the show to talk about prospects on the move at this year’s NHL trade deadline including David Edstrom, Casey Mittelstadt, and Bowen Byram, how Vegas has succeeded in dealing most of their prospects since their inception, what the Penguins should do to facilitate a rebuild, and the guys close things out with listener questions in the mailbag.

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Hailey, Max and Sean present their top contenders in the East and West after all the moves that were made, and weren't made, leading up to the NHL trade deadline. They take a look at the current playoff matchups, and discuss the suddenly red hot Buffalo Sabres, the ice cold Detroit Red Wings and the playoff bound New York Islanders and Nashville Predators.

Plus Sean reports breaking news out of Pittsburgh, where the Penguins scheduled Jaromir Jagr bobblehead night has been postponed after the shipment of 68's keepsake were stolen on route to Pittsburgh.

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Sean Gentille and guest co-host Michael Russo discuss the news that Anson Carter is heading a group to bring NHL hockey back to Atlanta for a third time, and what they must do to make this expansion work. The guys talk about the powerhouse Colorado Avalanche who tried to keep in step with Vegas at the NHL trade deadline, and the four game suspension to Rangers enforcer Matt Rempe, and what the hulking rookie needs to do to keep his aggressive play in check. 

Kelly McCrimmon, the General Manager of the Stanley Cup Champion Vegas Golden Knights joins to talk about his team stealing the show on trade deadline day, how Vegas used LTIR to their benefit and Kelly answers back at his critics who say the Golden Knights are bending the rules.

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Ian and Laz are back on a brand new Monday edition of The Athletic Hockey Show to discuss the Golden Knights pulling off the heist of the NHL trade deadline, acquiring Tomas Hertl from the Sharks, Torts getting ejected and suspended for two games, the Islanders winning six straight to get back into the playoff picture, whether people would be more annoyed with the Pens or Blackhawks drafting Macklin Celebrini, the Wild getting an overtime win with their goalie pulled and the little-known rules about that, and more.

Plus, The Athletic’s NHL insiders Chris Johnston and Pierre LeBrun join the show to help recap the trade deadline and preview next week’s GM meetings, and to close things out, The Athletic’s own Jesse Granger talks to the guys about Vegas’ salary cap situation next season, what a fully healthy VGK playoff lineup could look like, the Devils’ deadline goalie deals, the surprisingly low betting odds for the Canucks and Jets to win the Cup, and more.

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Hailey Salvian and Sean Gentille recap the two biggest trades on NHL trade deadline day with the Sharks sending Tomas Hertl to Vegas and New Jersey shipping Tyler Toffoli to Winnipeg, plus they give their thoughts on the Jake Guentzel trade to the Hurricanes by the Penguins late on Thursday night.

Tune in for the Monday The Athletic Hockey Show with Ian Mendes, Mark Lazerus, Chris Johnston and Pierre Lebrun for a full recap on the 2024 NHL Trade Deadline. 

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On the day before the NHL trade deadline, Hailey, Max and Sean discuss a flurry of transactions on Wednesday and Thursday, including Noah Hanifin being dealt to the Golden Knights, a true hockey trade between Buffalo and Colorado involving Casey Middelstadt and Bowen Byram and a change of address for Scott Walker, Alex Wenneberg, Vlad Tarasenko, Adam Henrique, Sam Carrick, Anthony Beauvillier and Joel Edmunson. Plus, the crew takes a look at who is left with Jake Guentzel, Tyler Toffoli Matt Dumba and David Savard leading the way.

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Sean Gentille and Down Goes Brown praise Jim Rutherford for taking the trade deadline to the next level and lament the lack of impact forwards available as the deadline approaches.

Frankie Corrado shares his own personal trade deadline story, we break down the Devils firing of Lindy Ruff and hiring of Travis Green, Frankie presents his opinion on the Martin Pospisil hit against Vince Dunn and if he thinks there are still races in the conferences, or do we already have our 16 playoff teams?

Plus, the boys marvel at Connor McDavid and Cale Makar, and look back on the 20th anniversary of Todd Bertuzzi attacking Steve Moore and the NHL's most penalized game ever between Philadelphia and Ottawa, which may have been the beginning of the end of fighting in the NHL. 

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On this Monday edition of The Athletic Hockey Show, Ian and Laz discuss Josh Manson’s controversial slash on Connor Bedard over the weekend, why the Rangers’ Matt Rempe fighting every other night is unsustainable and dangerous longterm, a brief history of NHL teams using their home rinks to mess with their opponents, and much more.

Before that, NHL insider Pierre LeBrun joins the show to discuss the latest rumblings ahead of this Friday’s trade deadline including the Devils’ pursuit of Jacob Markstrom, potential landing spots for Pavel Buchnevich, if the Pens would consider trading more than just Jake Guentzel, and more.

Plus, The Athletic’s own Jesse Granger talks to the guys about the state of the playoff races in both conferences, the Predators’ fascinating goaltending conundrum, Johnathan Quick’s unlikely contract extension with the Rangers, and the VGK’s trade deadline targets.

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On today’s Prospect Series episode of The Athletic Hockey Show, Max and Corey first talk about The Athletic’s recent A1 article, “Who will draft Trevor Connelly? Inside the NHL’s evolving scrutiny of top prospects” and then discuss Corey’s top college, CHL, and European free agents ranking, Max’s 2024 NHL Draft consensus big board, and the guys close things out with listener questions in the mailbag.

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Hailey and Sean review the creative trade involving Calgary, New Jersey and Dallas which saw Jim Nill acquiring highly coveted defender Chris Tanev.

Dom Luszczyszyn, national NHL writer for The Athletic, stops by to discuss the upcoming deadline, and his Trade Board and he gives the three players he would trade for and three players he would steer clear of. Plus, Hailey and Sean stick tap the PWHL's playoff plan, as that league's successful inaugural season continues to make positive news, giving the fans what they want. 

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Sean Gentille and Down Goes Brown wonder if the Florida Panthers, led by the polarizing Nick Cousins are the NHL's most hated team, they discuss if it's time for New York Islanders ownership to move on from Lou Lamoriello, and if the New Jersey Devils should acquire a goaltender before considering a coaching change. Plus Sean and Sean present what they learned in the past week in the NHL, with the Nashville Predators rolling after their cancelled trip to the sphere in Vegas and the Detroit Red Wings development into a legitimate playoff team. 

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It’s Monday, so Ian and Laz are back on The Athletic Hockey Show to discuss Patrick Kane’s triumphant return to the United Center in Chicago on Sunday, how to decide if a jersey should be retired or not, NHL referee Garret Rank’s theatrical goal call during an Isles-Blues game, Gary Bettman’s upcoming fireside chat with Jets fans in Winnipeg, Connor McDavid’s 100-assist pace, and more.

Before that, The Athletic’s NHL insiders Chris Johnston and Pierre LeBrun join the show to talk about CJ’s conversation with Jets chairman Mark Chipman, Pierre’s conversation with Stars GM Jim Nill, if the Devils are still looking for a goalie, the Flames as the team to watch as the deadline approaches, and when to expect teams to start sitting tradable players.

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Hailey, Max and Sean take a deep dive into Auston Matthews remarkable season, which has seen the Arizona native score 51 goals in 54 games. From how and where Matthews scores his goals, to if he can reach the 70 goal plateau and beyond, the Thursday crew argue the case for Matthews to win the Hart Trophy for 2024. Plus, Hailey, Max and Sean draft three forwards each, (not named Auston Matthews) who they think could score the most goals from now to the end of the season. 

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Sean Gentille and Down Goes Brown along with former NHL'er Frankie Corrado discuss the disappointing Penguins being open for business ahead of the trade deadline, the development of Juraj Slafkovsky in Montreal and Quinton Byfield in Los Angeles, Frank laments getting sent down by the Pens ahead of his only trip to Vegas as an NHL player and the boys' stick tap Nathan Mackinnon's 27 game home point streak and his chances of breaking the all time record held by that Gretzky fella. 

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Ian and Laz are back on this Monday edition of The Athletic Hockey Show to discuss Laz’s viral moment with Connor Bedard following No. 98’s return to the lineup, Auston Matthews forcing his way into the Hart conversation with back-to-back hat tricks, this week’s Game of the Week, and much more.

Before that, The Athletic’s NHL insiders Chris Johnston and Pierre LeBrun join the show to give insights on the Canes’ deadline plans, how Jake Guentzel’s injury complicates the trade market, potential replacements for Jarmo Kekäläinen in Columbus, and more.

Plus, the great Down Goes Brown, Sean McIndoe, talks with the guys about the Islanders wearing suits and ties as they arrived to their Stadium Series game Sunday afternoon, Andrew Brunette cancelling the Preds’ trip to see U2 at the Sphere, his “5 teams that should be in the Top 5 but somehow aren’t” article, and a little This Week in Hockey History to close things out. 

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On today’s Prospect Series edition of The Athletic Hockey Show, Max, Corey, and FloHockey’s Chris Peters give their thoughts on the standouts from last week’s U18 Five Nations Tournament, prospects that could be on the move with just three weeks to go until the NHL trade deadline, and the guys close things out answering some listener questions in the mailbag. 

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Hailey, Max and Sean take a look at the potential sellers, including Anaheim, Calgary and San Jose, buyers in Manhattan, Raleigh, Edmonton, Tampa Bay and Dallas and bubble teams in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Seattle, Detroit, Ottawa, Nashville and New Jersey, with the NHL's trade deadline 22 days away.

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It's the debut episode of the Sean's! Gentille and McIndoe are hosting the Wednesday The Athletic Hockey Show. 

Gentille and Down Goes Brown dissect the five game suspension for Morgan Rielly, Ridly Greig's comments on the slap shot heard around the world and DGB's unwritten rules of hockey. Plus the guys praise Connor McDavid who recorded 6 assists in the Oilers win over Detroit on Tuesday which now sees the NHL's star player tied for third in NHL scoring, Alex Ovechkin's 6 game goal scoring streak, Phil Kessel working out with the Canucks AHL team and the guys provide their thoughts on the NHL's Metro division, which teams make the top four and which ones miss out on the playoffs. 

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First, Ian Mendes and Mark Lazerus let listeners know about some exciting changes to The Athletic Hockey Show lineup before diving into the Ridly Greig-Morgan Rielly empty net goal debacle, the unwritten rules of hockey, what constitutes a dynasty, and the dream of a Stanley Cup Final Game 7 overtime.

Plus, the guys are joined by The Athletic’s NHL insiders Chris Johnston and Pierre LeBrun to discuss the potential fallout from Morgan Rielly’s cross-check to the head of Ridly Greig, the NHL trade market, and more.

And, to close things out, The Athletic’s own Jesse Granger joins the guys to talk about the goalies that could be moved at this year’s trade deadline, best fits, the upcoming Stadium Series games, and more. 

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Hailey and Sean look back at the ugly injury to Mikhail Sergachev and how it might be a season ending injury for Tampa's top four defender. They discuss the NHL's audit on the hits stat, and Jenna Trubiano, the head coach of the University of Michigan's women's hockey team who dealt with harassment during an adult hockey league game in Michigan on Sunday.

Plus, Hailey and Sean discuss CHL players eventually being able to play NCAA hockey, Sebastian Aho's frustration with Nikita Kucherov at the NHL All-Star game and Hailey and Sean wonder if the Maple Leafs should be active for the NHL deadline, and should the Penguins trade Jake Guentzel or sign him long-term?

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Ian Mendes, Jesse Granger and Down Goes Brown discuss the game of the night in the NHL between the Golden Knights and the Oilers, as Edmonton looks to extend their winning streak to 17 games.The guys discuss the downward spiral for the LA Kings as they make a coaching change with Jim Hiller and DJ Smith stepping up, the NHL announcing their participation in the next two Winter Olympics, interest from Cincinnati, Kansas City, Atlanta, Houston, Salt Lake City and Omaha to join the league and Patrick Roy's comments on Bo Horvat leading the way for the New York Islanders. 

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On this Monday edition of The Athletic Hockey Show, Ian and Laz are joined by The Athletic’s own Katie Strang to break down today’s London Police press conference addressing the sexual assault charges against Carter Hart, Alex Formenton, Michael McLeod, Cal Foote and Dillon Dube and discuss the potential for more charges, Hockey Canada indefinitely suspending all players from the 2018 team pending the conclusion of the case, what to expect over the next few months until the next court date on April 30, and more. 

Plus, Ian and Laz wrap things up with a quick discussion about revelations from NHL commissioner Gary Bettman’s All-Star Game press conference and the confirmation that NHL players will participate in the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy.

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On the Friday Prospect Series, Max Bultman, Corey Pronman, Scott Wheeler, along with Chris Peters from Flo Hockey dissect Corey's midseason prospect rankings, they present their midseason lottery mock draft and dip into the mailbag, with thoughts on the BCHL/AJHL shakeup, Marco Kaspers down and up season, Logan Cooley vs Berkly Catton and Jiricek vs Nemec

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Hailey, Max and Sean breakdown the trade between Vancouver and Calgary with the Canucks receiving Elias Lindholm for picks, prospects and Andrei Kuzmenko. The crew looks ahead to NHL All-Star weekend in Toronto including the PWHL's involvement, fan-fest, the skills competition and the highly anticipated all-star player draft.

Plus Sean and Max sift through the Athletic's anonymous player poll including the player you'd most want to punch in the face, most overrated player and least favorite city to play in.

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On this special Wednesday edition of the prospect series, Max Bultman, Corey Pronman and Scott Wheeler dive into Wheeler's mid season draft rankings, they recap the 2024 Top Prospects game and Max and Corey look back on the BU-BC games from this past week, which were loaded with prospects, including presumptive first round pick Macklin Celebrini.

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Ian Mendes and Jesse Granger along with Down Goes Brown discuss the highly anticipated NHL All-Star player draft, the work ahead for Pittsburgh's Kyle Dubas with the trade deadline looming, and if Auston Matthews reaching 70 goals is as impressive as Connor McDavid scoring 150 points?

Ian and Jesse take a look at ten goalie stats and storylines from the first half of the season, if LA and Philadelphia can bust their slumps in the 2nd half and stay in playoff contention, if the Blues are for real and if the Jack Adams trophy is Kris Knoblauch's to lose?

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Ian Mendes and Mark Lazerus discuss the latest news on the Hockey Canada sexual assault scandal, with former NHL player Alex Formenton becoming the first of five members of the 2018 world junior team to turn himself into police. The guys talk about the Edmonton Oilers 16 game win streak, Auston Matthews reaching the 40 goal mark in his 46th game and the mess of a season in Columbus with Patrick Laine entering the NHL/NHLPA Assistance Program, David Jiricek voicing frustration at his AHL demotion and Elvis Merzlikins requesting a trade for a team that had brighter prospects before the Mike Babcock incident derailed their season before it even began.

Eric Loh, NHL on ESPN Programming & Acquisitions Senior Manager joins Mark and Ian to chat about the broadcasting landscape in sport, new innovations on the horizon for ESPN, growing the game and he takes listener questions. 

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Hailey, Max and Sean discuss fifteen contending teams that they think can win the Stanley Cup without elite level goaltending, and the teams that they think can only win with elite goaltending.

Plus, the crew offer their opinion on the ongoing story involving five members of the 2018 Canadian world junior hockey team who have to surrender to London, Ontario police for their part in a sexual assault from June of 2018, in London Ontario, at a Hockey Canada banquet.

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Ian Mendes and Julian McKenzie welcome Katie Strang, the Athletic investigative reporter to discuss the investigation into the sexual assault claim from June of 2018, involving members of the 2018 Canadian junior hockey team and the fact that five unnamed players have finally been asked to surrender to London Ontario police.

Ian and Julian debate the timing of the news that Ryan Smith, the owner of the NBA's ​​Utah Jazz has formally asked the NHL to initiate the expansion process and bring a team to Salt Lake City, and if the NHL really needs to expand so soon again.

Plus, Fluto Shinzawa joins from Boston to talk about the Bruins, who despite limitations on their roster, and the loss of star players, continue to excel, and the guys stick-tap the Edmonton Oilers who extend their winning streak to 14 games.

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Ian and Julian discuss Tom Fitzgerald's extension and promotion with the Devils and what the future holds for head coach Lindy Ruff. They break down the Penguins scoring on their own net in a humiliating loss in Arizona on Monday night. The guys ask Down Goes Brown if the Pens can recover from what was one of the worst losses in franchise history. They discuss if a streaming deal is on horizon for the NHL, and DGB presents his five storylines he wants to see play out in the second half.

Jesse Granger joins to talk about the evolution of the goaltending position, Bruce Cassidy's harsh but fair criticism of the Vegas Golden Knights and possible landing spots for on the block goalies including Jacob Markstrom, Jusse Saros, Marc-Andre Fleury and Jake Allen.

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On today’s Monday edition of The Athletic Hockey Show, Ian and Julian welcome The Athletic’s own Peter Baugh off the top of the show to discuss Patrick Roy becoming New York Islanders head coach over the weekend, if the Isles can realistically make the playoffs, how Roy and Lou Lamoriello can coexist, and much more.

Plus, the guys talk about horrible hockey moments they don’t want to relive, Corey Perry signing with the Edmonton Oilers, Shane Pinto returning from his 41-game suspension, the celebrity All-Star Game captains, and the Jets-Bruins tilt tonight in Boston.

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This week on The Athletic Hockey Show Prospect Series, Max, Corey, and The Athletic’s own Scott Wheeler discuss Corey’s latest under 23 NHL players and prospects ranking, with Corey defending where he placed guys like Cole Perfetti, Brock Faber, Dmitri Simashev, Alexis Lafrenière, Juraj Slafkovsky, and Connor Zary.

Plus, the guys give their thoughts on the 2024 Chipotle All-American Game, Cole Eiserman in a long list of pure goal-scorers who can rub people the wrong way sometimes, and they close things out with a bunch of listener questions in the mailbag.

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Hailey, Max and Sean return to discuss the Stanley Cup contenders in the NHL including Edmonton, Colorado, Vegas, Boston, Winnipeg, Vancouver, Carolina, Florida, Pittsburgh, the Devils and the New York Rangers. They take a closer look at 2018 draft defenders, selected in the first round that are killing it this season: Norris Trophy favorite Quinn Hughes, Rasmus Dahlin, Noah Dobson and Evan Bouchard. Plus we answer your questions in our mailbag, including where to find the best chicken nuggets in Sweden, the available goalies who fit best in New Jersey and if you had to pick one, who makes the hall of fame? Joe Pavelski or Claude Giroux?

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Ian and Julian discuss the listless Maple Leafs who are in a tailspin, the Oilers who extended their franchise record 11 game winning streak, the surprising Flyers who are making a move in the Metro, the Canucks who are looking to add at the deadline and possible trade destinations for Marc-Andre Fleury and Trevor Zegras. 

Down Goes Brown joins to comment on Mitch Marner's puzzling post game comments after yet another Maple Leaf loss and what bubble playoff teams should be worried now? Plus the guys stick tap Cody Hodgson who has come out of retirement after signing a PTO with Milwaukee of the AHL. 

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Ian and Julian welcome Michael Russo to praise Marc-Andre Fleury's record 552 career goalie wins and the goal scoring prowess of the ageless Sidney Crosby. They discuss Steven Stamkos next contract and if it will be with the Lightning, Sam Reinhart's career year with the Panthers and Bruce Boudreau's comments on someone in the Canucks organization wanting to move Quinn Hughes to center last season.

Plus, Ian and Julian talk about the NHL missing an opportunity to have the Maple Leafs and the Oilers featured as a national game tonight and take the listeners' questions in another edition of the mail bag.

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On today’s Monday edition of The Athletic Hockey Show, Ian and Julian ask the question: are the Dallas Cowboys the NFL’s Toronto Maple Leafs? Then, the guys discuss NHL-NFL spirt animals, if there’s an NHL team everyone could behind winning a Stanley Cup, Down Goes Brown’s five playoff bubbles teams that should be worried, Hart Trophy anomalies, what the Penguins should do with Jake Guentzel as the trade deadline approaches, which two of the Devils, Red Wings, Islanders, Lightning, Penguins, and Capitals would you pick to make the playoffs, if Alex Ovechkin will hit 20 goals this season or not, potential signature looks for hockey player bobbleheads, and more.

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On a special edition of The Athletic Hockey Show Prospect Series, Max and Corey break down the Cutter Gauthier-Jamie Drysdale trade and discuss how the deal impacts the rebuilds in Philadelphia and Anaheim respectively. 

Plus, the guys give their quick thoughts on the just-released NHL Central Scouting midterm rankings.

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Hailey Salvian and Max Bultman discuss what newly acquired Cutter Gauthier brings to the up and coming Anaheim Ducks, and how young blueliner Jamie Drysdale will fit onto John Tortorella's team with the Philadelphia Flyers.

Hailey and Max analyze the news that Corey Perry is free to sign with any NHL team, after his voluntary conversation with Gary Bettman, and with most teams having reached the midway point in the schedule, Hails and Maxy hand out their mid-season awards for Hart, Vezina, Norris, Selke, Calder and Adams and they take a few shots at their missing in action co-host Sean Gentille.

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Ian and Julian welcome Kevin Kurz from Philadelphia to discuss the continued fallout from Cutter Gauthier wanting out of the Flyers organization and newly acquired Jamie Drysdale's Flyers debut tonight.

Down Goes Brown discusses his 23-24 NHL prediction contest and which of the NHL's worst teams could recreate the Blues’ worst-to-first miracle from 2019 and Shayna Goldman, our resident slump buster discusses Matthew Tkachuk's breakout night for Florida plus we talk about Connor Bedard's injury, which sees him miss the all-star game in Toronto, streaking teams Winnipeg, Seattle, Edmonton and Florida, and we stick tap Jon Cooper on his 500th career coaching win, behind the bench of the Tampa Bay Lightning. 

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Ian Mendes and Julian McKenzie welcome Mike Russo to discuss the surprise trade between Philadelphia and Anaheim, with Jamie Drysdale joining the Flyers and prospect Cutter Gautheir getting his wish, being traded by the Flyers.

Thomas Drance talks about the resurgent, surprising Vancouver Canucks who are tied for 2nd overall in the league.

Plus Ian and Julian take a look at Dominik Luszczyszyn's NHL awards watch and wonder why Sidney Crosby isn't getting any Hart Trophy love, Nick Suzuki leading the Selke vote and the guys discuss who should be in the conversation for the Adams trophy: including Rick Tocchet, John Tortorella, Spencer Carbury and Rick Bowness.

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On a brand new Monday edition of The Athletic Hockey Show, Ian, Julian, and guest cohost Mark Lazerus discuss William Nylander’s monster $92 million, 8-year contract extension with the Toronto Maple Leafs, Connor Bedard suffering a fractured jaw and his timetable to return, whether the Jets, Canucks, or Flyers are the biggest surprise team in the standings, intriguing current playoff matchups, the record-setting start for the PWHL, and more.

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On this special edition of The Athletic Hockey Show Prospect Series, Max, Corey, and The Athletic’s own Scott Wheeler record immediately following the conclusion of the 2024 World Junior Championship and discuss the US getting their gold medal revenge over Sweden, the impact of Team USA’s “BC Line”, the play of Trey Augustine in goal, Isaac Howard living up to this “Ice Man” identity, the Lane Hutson-Ryan Chesley top defensive pairing, a potential jump to the NHL for US head coach David Carle, thoughts on the media all-star team selections, and a quick look ahead to the 2025 world juniors in Ottawa and the 2026 world juniors in Minnesota to close things out.

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On a brand new Prospect Series episode of The Athletic Hockey Show, Corey Pronman, Scott Wheeler, and FloHockey’s Chris Peters discuss what went wrong for Team Canada after being eliminated in the quarterfinal, Sweden narrowly advancing past Switzerland on the strength of an Axel Sandin Pellikka power play goal, and what a potential USA-Sweden gold medal game could look like, assuming the Americans can get through Finland first. 

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Ian Mendes, Julian McKenzie, Mark Lazerus and Sean McIndoe discuss major storylines on the horizon in the hockey that they're looking forward to covering in 2024, including the launch of the Professional Women's Hockey League in January, closure on the 2018 Team Canada scandal, a new arena in Arizona, new contracts for William Nylander, Leon Draisaitl, Elias Pettersson and Steven Stamkos. Plus, some clarity on Olympic involvement and the best on best tournament and if Alex Ovechkin has a shot to break Wayne Gretzky's all time goal scoring record. 

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On a brand new Prospect Series episode of The Athletic Hockey Show, Max Bultman is joined by Corey Pronman, Scott Wheeler, and FloHockey’s Chris Peters from Gothenburg, Sweden to give their thoughts on Team Canada’s lackluster performance so far, the potential loss of Matt Savoie due to injury, with Jagger Firkus added to the 25-man roster, an unbeaten, but not unscathed US team, and more. 

Plus, to close things out, the guys each choose one player they’ve been impressed by and one who has been disappointing through the round-robin.

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Hailey Salvian, Max Bultman and Sean Gentille preview the inaugural season for the Professional Women's Hockey League, including a closer look at the six teams in Boston, Minnesota, New York, Toronto, Montreal and Ottawa ahead of the season officially starting on New Year's Day when New York faces Toronto at the Mattamy Athletic Centre in Toronto. 

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There was no shortage of storylines in the NHL in 2023. Ian Mendes, Julian McKenzie, Mark Lazerus and Sean McIndoe review the year in question, dissecting the top stories in the game, including Vegas winning the Stanley Cup, the Bruins setting an all time win and point record, Connor McDavid reaching the 150 point plateau, Connor Bedard being drafted by the Blackhawks, multiple celebrities wanting to purchase the Ottawa Senators, tragedy on the ice in England with Adam Johnson losing his life, Ivan Provorov kicking off the Pride jersey controversy and bad breakups for Kyle Dubas, Mike Babcock and Corey Perry on this special holiday edition of the Athletic Hockey Show.

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Max, Corey, and FloHockey’s Chris Peters discuss Team USA’s 6-5 win over Canada in the world juniors pre-tournament finale, the news that Tanner Molendyk and Tristan Leneau will be replaced on Canada’s roster by Jorian Donovan and Ty Nelson, Macklin Celebrini’s impressive play, USA’s “BC” line, if the goaltending picture is any clearer for either team heading into the tournament, and more.

Plus, the guys make their all-tournament and medal predictions to close out the show.

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Ian Mendes and Mark Lazerus discuss tough times in Buffalo as the Sabres players backed their coach Don Granato after Sabres fans started chanting for Granato to be fired. The Jacques Martin era in Ottawa, version 2.0, failed to get off on the right foot vs Arizona, with their second game coming tonight vs the Colorado Avalanche who were called out for their poor play by defender Devon Toews in the last game vs the Black Hawks. Plus the guys wonder if Chicago could be a fit for free agent Phil Kessel and if injured forward Nolan Patrick will ever play another game in the NHL? Down Goes Brown joins the show to discuss Dylan Larkin's tough, fair comments on the NHL and Player Safety and Eric Duhatschek stopped by to talk about Craig Conroy's plan in Calgary, and 51 year old Jaromir Jagr who laced up the skates for his hometown team in Kladno, which will once again delay his Hall of Fame induction by another three years.

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Guest co-hosts Jesse Granger and Mark Lazerus praise Sidney Crosby who slots 13th on the all-time scoring list, and still climbing, and asks, do we take this superstar for granted? The boys welcome Michael Russo to discuss the Senators firing of DJ Smith, the re-hiring of Jacques Martin and why the 'good on paper' Sens have struggled. Russo provides us with an update on the front office drama in Minnesota, Zach Parise's playing status and offers his opinion on NHL 3 on 3 overtime.

Our old friend Tarik El-Bashir, Capitals insider for Monumental Sports pays a visit to discuss the surprising Washington Capitals, the move to Virginia and if Alex Ovechkin's season long slump is just a fluke or a sign of things to come?

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Ian Mendes and Julian MacKenzie discuss the latest 4 game losing streak for DJ Smith's Ottawa Senators, Nathan MacKinnon and Nikita Kucherov, the early season Hart trophy favorites and Alex Ovechkin's season long power outage.Jay Caufield, the pre and post game show analyst for the Penguins on Pittsburgh TV stops by to talk about the head scratching season for the Pens, and Jesse Granger makes the case for Jack Eichel as a Hart Trophy candidate, Martin Jones getting more starts for Toronto in net and Jeremy Swayman for the Vezina Trophy.

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It’s Friday and another brand new episode of The Athletic Hockey Show Prospect Series as Max and Corey, both on location at Team USA’s world junior camp, are first joined by The Athletic’s Scott Wheeler to discuss Team Canada’s official 2024 world junior roster, Macklin Celebrini as the best forward on the ice at camp, who’s going to start in goal, and more.

Then, FloHockey’s Chris Peters joins Max and Corey on-site to give final thoughts on Team USA’s roster and discuss the latest on Rutger McGroarty and his likelihood to play in the tournament, James Hagens’ potential role, how Danny Nelson could be an impact player for the US, Zeev Buium’s impressive showing, and more. Plus, the guys close out the show with a bunch of listener questions in the mailbag.

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Hailey, Max and Sean take a deep dive into the top NHL centers, right now. The crew presents their top 10, from McDavid, MacKinnon, Matthews, Barkov, Hughes, to Crosby, Draisaitl, Pettersson, Eichel and Point, discussing their impact in the league and on their teams, and they take a look at some dynamic centers who just failed to make the cut. 

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Ian and Julian welcome Jeremy Rutherford to discuss the St. Louis Blues decision to fire Craig Berube, replacing him with Drew Bannister, and how GM Doug Armstrong should wear the team's struggles.

Down Goes Brown stops by to present 6 times NHL fans thought their teams were getting a superstar — until they weren’t. Murat Ates joins to talk about the Western Conference darkhorse Jets, the serious injury to Kyle Connor and Patrik Laine's fall from grace since he left WInnipeg.

Plus Ian and Julian breakdown Brady Tkachuk's penalty shot vs Carolina, Connor Bedard's goal of the night, changes to the NHL all-star skills competition and Capitals owner Ted Leonis's desire to move his franchise from DC to Northern Virginia.



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Ian and Julian stick tap John Tavares for recording his 1000th career NHL point in the hostile environment of his former stomping grounds on Long Island, the guys breakdown the upside down world of the Metro Division with the Islanders, Flyers and Capitals stealing the thunder of the Hurricanes, Devils and Penguins and welcome Michael Russo to discuss the rash of violent hits and retaliations in the NHL this week, the Red Wings who are winless in Patrick Kane's first three games and Brock Boeser's resurgence in Vancouver, with the star forward taking time out of his schedule to talk with Russo.

Plus, Ian and Julian take a look at Mikko Rantanene's pointed post game comments directed towards teammate Artturi Lehkonen's dad, and look ahead to McDavid vs Bedard, Tuesday night in the NHL.

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On a brand new Monday edition of The Athletic Hockey Show, Julian is joined by guest cohost Mark Lazerus to discuss Laz’s and Daniel Nugent-Bowman’s “Connor vs. Connor” article about the NHL’s potential next great rivalry, Erik Gudbranson and David Perron facing hearings with the NHL’s Department of Player Safety, John Tavares with a chance to reach 1,000 career points against the Islanders on Long Island tonight, a couple of listener questions, and more.

Plus, Jesse Granger joins the show to give his thoughts on which current playoff teams won’t make the playoffs and which teams currently outside the playoffs will end up in the playoffs, presented by BetMGM.

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On this week’s Prospect Series episode of The Athletic Hockey Show it’s a full house as Max and Corey are joined by The Athletic’s Scott Wheeler and FloHockey’s Chris Peters to discuss their updated world juniors roster projections for Team Canada and Team USA, including their confidence level in Canada’s goaltending, fair expectations for Macklin Celebrini, a non-invite for Owen Pickering, Charlie Stramel getting cut, Rutger McGroarty’s availability, James Hagens’ potential role, Trey Augustine or Jacob Fowler in net for the US, and more. 

Plus, the guys talk about the likely last in-person NHL Draft at the Las Vegas Sphere this summer and what’s being lost if the league moves away from the current format going forward.

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Hailey, Max and Sean break down the current state of all 32 NHL franchises on ice performance and provide a guide to what teams you should be watching. The crew breaks it down into eight tiers: Definite channel flippers; these won't be a priority to invest an evening of watching hockey; these teams are better than we thought; the enjoyable tier; watching and rooting for brighter times ahead for next year; the Bedard tier; really talented shit shows; very good teams we will watch; and must see TV.

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