Hockey Free For All

Hello hockey fan's out there, Take a listen to episode 132 of the hockey free for all podcast, regarding the state of the Montreal Canadiens, where they are at, their options, how the current season should be utilized and if your really want to ever see the quality of club that they were return.

Hello Hockey Fan’s out there. Take a listen to episode 131 of the Hockey Free For All Podcast and this weeks topic focuses on one specific issue. #1. What’s going on with the Montreal Canadiens and is it a player issue or an assistant coach issue.

Hello Hockey Fan's, here is Episode 130 of the Hockey Free For All Podcast topics of discussion, to take a listen to- #1. After 2 lights out performances to start the 2024/2025 regular season Montembeau has crashed to earth. #2.  Cayden Primeau has not looked good either, in the 2024/2025 season. #3. Call up Jakob Dobes, he’s earned it based on the 2nd of the 2023/2024 Laval season, this pre season and the start of the 2024/2025 season in Laval. #4. The Montreal Canadiens defense just looks completely lost, there’s no other way to put it. #5. Aber Xhekaj clearly needs to be coached, taught, influenced and worked with by a Scott Stevens, Chris Pronger or Rob Blake to show him how to effectively use his blend of skills and frame, effectively on a nightly basis. #6. For all of those who to see or think that Arber Xhekaj should be traded, prepare to see Cole Caufield and Lane Hutson absolutely obliterated and their careers prematurely ended by every single opponent the Montreal Canadiens faces. #7.  Logan Mailloux does not have an NHL defensive game at this point. #8. Montreal needs more grit/in your face place players. Such as Florian Xhekaj, Luke Tuch and Owen Protz to name just a few. #9. You are witnessing why the Montreal Canadiens do not have too many draft picks or too much draft capital as some think. #10. Martin St. Louis and roger Grillo stay, everyone else gone. #11. Time for Kirby Dach to show what he has on an every night basis or step aside for Michael Hage, Owen Beck or several others. #12. Alex Newhook needs to step his game and consistency way up. #13. Line #1 is Nick Suzuki at center, Cole Caufield at right wing and Jaruj Slafkovski at left wing. Line #2 is Michael Hage at center, Ivan Demidov on left wing and Kirby Dach at right wing. #14. Time to start using Oliver Kapanen effectively and play him for 15 minutes minimal or send him back to Finland. #15. Time to unload Christian Dvorak, Josh Anderson, Justin Barron, Joel Armia ,Michael Pezzetta and Jake Even. #16. Ivan Demidov, Michael Hage, Tyler Thorpe, David Reinbacher, Jacob Fowler, Filip Mesar, Owen Beck, Adam Engstrom, Oliver Kapanen, Joshua Roy, Luke Tuch and Jared Davidson are on their way in 2025/2026. #17. Montreal does not need to acquire Trevor Zegras, stop with this rederick . #18. The 2024/2025 season is not the season that Montreal shoot for making the playoffs. Let everyone find there place on the roster and trade the others for future draft talent.

Episode 129 of the Hockey Free For All #1. The impact of injuries to Patrik Laine, Mike Matheson, Kaiden Guhle and Juraj Slafkovsky on the sidelines. #2.  Logan Mailloux has returned and will need to put up or shut up, so he better be able to back up his reaction to being sent down defensively and offensively. #3. The plan should be minimal disruptions to the offensive line combinations and opportunity during the injuries, nothing more. #4. Kriby Dach is a center not a winger #5. Hopefully Juraj Slafkovsky returns after the St. Louis game and only misses a total of 2 games. #6. The Montreal Canadiens defense looks lost and confused. #7. Time for Arber Xhekaj to get his head in the game. #8. The Montreal Canadiens need their players to play with a consistent edge every game. #9. for Justin Barron is very inconsistent. #10. Has Samual Montembeau and Cayden Primeau come crashing back to earth, or is it because the team’s defense has left them hung out to dry? #11. Why is the young talented defense of the Montreal Canadiens not building their entire game and style centered around their exceptional skating, transition and fluidity, rather than trying to be something they are not, and will not be! #12. Nick Suzuki leaves it all on the ice, in every game and leads by example, how is anyone still even remotely questioning him? #13. Cole Caufield has rediscovered his game in the 2024/205 season and has looked fantastic. #14. Kirby Dach better be looking over his shoulder especially at center prospect Michael Hage. #15.  What is with the ridiculous and pathetic microscopic minute to minute coverage, questioning and attacks on and about prospect Ivan Demindov?  Again, the KHL is an outstanding league, they turn out exceptional talent on a regular basis. Let him play, let him develop and stop questioning the KHL regarding how he’s being used, the minutes that he is playing and the situations or opportunities he’s being given, realize that KHL knows better and know your place.

Hello Hockey Fan’s out there. Take a listen to Episode 128 of the Hockey Free For All Podcast, topics of discussions include- #1. I hope for Brady Tkachuk that a report I reviewed was completely inaccurate. Because if it has any accuracy to at all, then Brady Tkachuk has zero professionalism, zero integrity, zero ethics, zero class and has not grown up as yet.  #2. What's with all the ridiculous North American unprofessional, unfounded and unknown factual coverage and stories regarding Montreal Canadians prospect Ivan Demidov.  #3. Ivan Demidov is getting far superior training and development in the KHL, than he would anywhere else other than say under Martin St. Louis personal tutelage on the NHL roster.  #4. The KHL is a fantastic league and has done a fantastic job turning out amazing talent consistently. Show some professionalism, know your place and understand your own limitations. Stop questioning people that are clearly more adept, knowledgeable and that actually excel at what they do, because of the skills they actually have.  #5. Not surprising at all that Kent Hughes has likely struck gold with prospect Michael Hage.  Everything that Kent Hughes has touched has turned to gold and that he has already established himself one of, if not the top General Manager in the NHL. #6. Cole Caufield has started the 2024/2025 season very nicely with consistent scoring and is seeing the ice very well and is no longer projecting what he plans on doing to the opposition or opposing goaltenders. #7. Nick Suzuki is playing a very complete, consistent game and leaving everything on the ice, every night and is the consummate captain. #8. Juraij Slafkovsky, has not only picked up right where he finished the 2023/2024 season at, but has looked stronger, is using his size and build to his advantage, but also now understands how to exploit the weaknesses of his opponents. It’s been so much fun him evolve, proving that he was the absolutely the correct choice as the number 1 overall pick in the 2022 daft by the Montreal Canadiens. Juraij Slafkovsky will not only be a star player on the Montreal Canadiens roster, but Juraij Slafkovsky will be a star player of the entire NHL. #9. Kirby Dach, definitely has not hit the ice at full speed and has a lot of rust to knock off.

Hello Hockey Fans, here is Episode 127 of the Hockey Free For All Podcast to take a listen to and the topics discussed. #1. The Montreal Canadiens have Sent Right Defenseman Logan Mailloux, Left Defenseman Adam Engstrom, Winger Joshua Roy, Goaltender Jakub Dobes, along with William Trudeau, Lucas Condotta and Brandon Gignac to the Laval Rockets. #2. Logan Mailloux in particular was not happy about being sent to Laval at all, as he believed that he had done more than enough to solidify a position on the NHL club roster. But his credit, he not only did not sulk or wine he hit the ground in mid-season form with a 4 point opening night game in Laval and made a statement of his own to the organization #3. Laval Coach Pascal Vincent will have a lot of talent to work with in Laval this season, and should be highly successful. #4. Not sure why the Montreal Canadiens have signed defenseman Gustav Lindstrom to a one year contract, given all of the defensive prospects and talent that the team already has. #5. Samual Montembeau starting the 2024/2025 season with lights out performances in Toronto and Ottawa. #6. Cayden Primeau did not look nearly as good in Boston, and still looks in preseason mode. #7. Forwards Brendan Gallagher and Josh Anderson look like the have a lot of jump that was missing last season an already look more productive this season. #8. Lane Hutson looks really, really good. He looks like exactly what Cole Caufield has needed to really excel. #9. Igor Shestererkin needs a reality check. #10. The Ottawa Senators have signed Linus Ullmark to a 4 year 33-million-dollar extension with an annual cap hit of 8.25 million hit per season and look like they have finally secured the goaltender that they have been looking for year for. #11. The new Utah Hockey Club have been lights out and look like they studied every detail of the Las Vegas Golden Knights success plan.

Hello to all the hockey fans out there. Here is Episode 126 of the Hockey Free For All Podcast to take a listen to, this is an off the cuff episode. #1. What is deal with the NHL Disciplinary department?  #2. What is Bryan Hayes thinking. Saying Cedrick Pare was defenseless, are you kidding me, say what you. Cederick intentionally injured Patrik Laine. #3. So, Bryan Hayes is perfectly ok with Patrik Laine being injured and likely will miss the entire season #4. David Reibacher gone for 5 to 6 months. Even if that’s an accurate return, he should play any NHL games and if he is actually completely recovered, the AHL is where he should spend his time and develop this year #5. At the earliest Patrik Laine won’t be back until 1/1/2025. #6. Injuries in the sport of hockey. Their part of the game. It’s also a physical game! #7. If the Boston Bruins are truly offering Jeremy Swayman and his agent 8 million dollars for 8-years, then Jeremy Swayman and his agent need a serious reality check. Jeremy Swayman is not even remotely worth that amount of money for that many years. He hasn’t remotely done enough to validate that amount of money and years.

Hello to all the hockey fans out there. Here is Episode 125 of the Hockey Free For All Podcast to take a listen to, this is an off the cuff episode. #1. If only you were actually that gifted. #2. They are prospects and they are at the beginning of everything. #3. Prospect Owen Beck #4. Prospect Filip Maser #5. Injuries in the sport of hockey. Their part of the game. It’s also a physical game!

Welcome to Episode 124 of the Hockey Free For All Podcast Topics and Discussions include- #1. Why would Montreal have any interest in any way in trading Defenseman Mike Matheson to the Seattle Kraken for Center Shayne Wright in a one for one deal that Seattle would clearly win hands down in every possible way. Montreal Passed on Shayne Wright in his draft, Montreal doesn’t need Shayne Wright, Montreal has no room for Shayne Wright, and Montreal can and will get far more than Shayne Wright if they traded Mike Matheson. #2. Montreal does not need to acquire or sign Nikolaj Ehlers as a free agent when his current contract expires. Stop taking roster spots from Montreal’s tremendously talented young prospects. #3. Stop questioning Jeff Gorton, Kent Hughes and Martin St. Louis. Everything they have touched has turned to gold. #4. Montreal does not need to resign or keep Joel Armia when his current expires, or even if he’s willing to take less money in his next contract. #5. Tyler Thorp is the next diamond in the rough of later round Montreal draft picks. #6. Please stop with the over-reaction and unprofessional drama regarding Ivan Demidov. #7. Carey Price and Cole Caufield are even remotely in the same class as Guy Lafleur, what are people thinking or desperate for? #8. It was not surprising at all that there were 13 plus scouts in the stands of the Montreal Vs. Toronto preseason games with all of the exceptional talent Montreal has assembled, collected and has put together. Of course everyone is drooling. #9. It’s becoming extremely obvious who the 6 starting defensemen will be for a very long time David Reinbacher, Lane Hutson, Logan Mailloux, Kaiden Guhle, Arber Xhekaj and Adam Engstrom. Bogdan Konyushkov might be the only wild card. They are not going anywhere in trades. #10. Justin Barron on the other hand, has not developed at the same pace, has not gell as the previous 6 have, and might just find himself in say Edmonton, Vancouver or Dallas potentially for a 1st round pick coming back the other way to Montreal. #11. No, Josh Anderson is not a fit on a line with Kiby Dach and Patrik Laine. That spot belongs to Alex Newhook. #12. 2024/2025 Center depth and options for the Montreal Canadiens, Nick Suzuki, Kirby Dach, Owen Beck, Sean Farrel (can play all 3 forward positions), Jered Davidson, Alex Newhook (if needed, but a better right wing, Christian Devorak, Jake Evans, Oliver Kapanen and Lucas Condatta. How many more centers does Montreal need, come on!

Hello Hockey Fans out there, here is Episode 123 of the Hockey Free For All to take a listen to to get your hockey fix during the offseason, the topics discussed in this episode include- #1. No More 4 on 4 hockey. #2. No Sudden Death Overtime in the regular season. #3, No more shoot outs. #4. Absolutely no, on tailgating. #5. Definitely no need 3 on 3 for 10 minutes. #6. Kicked in goals should never be counted or allowed #7. This is a team game, it’s not a weekend skills competition or  all-star game weekend event. #8. This Hockey, not soccer. If you want to see kicked in goals, then watch soccer. #9. Roger Grillo has been hired by the Montreal Canadiens as a consultant coach and will join Martin St-Louis' coaching staff. #10. The Montreal Canadiens promote Albie O'Connell to head scout for North America. #11. The Montreal Canadiens promote Tommy Lehman to head scout for Europe. #12. The Monteal Canadiens have hired Matt Ryan as a professional scout. #13. The Montreal Candiens have promoted Dale Lablans to Chief Performance Officer. #14. The Montreal Canadiens  have promoted Stéphane Gervais from Fitness Coach in Laval to Fitness Coach in Montreal. #15. The Montreal Canadiens have hired Mitch Freeburn to replace Stéphane Gervais in Laval as the Rocket's Fitness Coach. #16. Corey Pronman of the Athletic rates the Chicago Blackhawk, The Ottawa Senators and the Anaheim Ducks as 1, 2, 3 regarding the rebuilding teams with the NHL, which is insane. #17. Corey Pronman of the Athletic rates the Montreal Canadiens 9th on the list of rebuilding NHL clubs, which makes absolutely no sense at all, in any way. #18. Kaiden Guhle, David Reinbacher, Logan Mailloux at a minimum are all James Norris Trophy Potential Winners. Look at the list of James Norris trophy winners since 1981, and find a way to argue this.

Hello Hockey here is Episode 122 of the Hockey Free For All Podcast to take a listen to get your offseason into training camp hockey fix, topics discussed include- #1. Mattias Norlinder declines offer. #2. Cole Caufield to wear and switch to jersey number 13 in honor of Jonny Gaudreau. #3. Leon Draisaitl signs an 8-year 112-million-dollar extension, with a 14-million dollar per season cap hit. #4. Patrik Laine does not have to learn French to appease anyone. He can if he wants to, but he does not have to. #5. The 2024/2025 Montreal Canadiens defense.

Hello hockey Fans, here is Episode 121 of the Hockey Free For all Podcast to take a listen to. Topics of discussion include- #1. Stupidity continues to run rampant this off season with people now wanting the Montreal Canadiens to offer sheet goaltender Jeremy Swayman of the Boston Bruins. #2. The Montreal Canadiens have steady goaltending already in place in Cayden Primeau and Samual Montembeau on the NHL roster, providing stable and above league average goaltending right now in Montreal. #3. They have, Jakob Dobes is the next man up in Laval. #4. Montreal has top goaltending prospects in the NCAA and in Russia with, Jocab Fowler at Boston and Yevgeni Volokhin crushing his way through the Russian leagues. #5. People understand cap management? #6. But it doesn’t stop with just goaltending. There was an article indicating how the Canadiens could extend offer sheets to available centers in the NHL, to bolster their center position. #7. The Montreal Canadiens currently have 13 centers within their organization, those players include, Nick Suzuki, Kirby Dach, Alex Newhook Center or Wing, Owen Beck, Christian Dvorak, Florian Xhekaj, Jake Evens, Jared Davidson, Lucas Condotta, Sean Farrell Center or Wing, Riley Kidney, Oliver Kapanen, Xavier Simoneau and Brandon Gignac. #8. The Tragic death of Jonny Gaudreau and the extraordinary amount of lives its touched and destroyed senselessly. Alcohol sensing devices should have been mandated in all vehicles January 1st 1980 and still are not. There is absolutely no valid reason for that.

Hello Hockey Fans out there. Here is Episode 120 of the Hockey Free For All Podcast to listen to, topics include- #1. What if the Las Vegas Golden Knights had sent C Cody Glass to the Montreal Canadiens instead of C Nick Suzuki in the Max Pacioretty trade? Is that where we are at, what if? #2. ESPN apparently has stated that they do not believe in Kirby Dachs Production and team value for the upcoming 2024/2025 season. I’m sorry, ESPN hockey coverage knowledge is questionable at best. #3. What is with the obsession with trading Logan Mailloux? He is a cornerstone right handed defenseman in Montreal for the next 10 to 15 years. #4. Baring injuries, its very obvious that Logan Mailloux, Kaiden Guhle, David Reinbacher and lane Hutson are being anointed as the top 4 for the next 10 to 15 tears. #5. The Montreal Canadiens already have 2 excellent goaltending prospects in Jacob Fowler at Boston, the Yevgeni Volokhin in the Russian. #6. Before it even gets started the Montreal Canadiens do not need to offer sheet or sign Leon Draisaitl. #7. Not a Patrik Laine fan. But I wish him the best. I truly hope he really does really like playing in a pressure situation as Montreal is the ultimate pressure center of all. #8. Plus Montreal picks up a 2nd round pick in the 2026 NHL Entry Draft from the Columbus Blue Jackets, for picking up Patrik Laine’s entire 8.7 million dollar contract over the next 2 seasons. #9. It’s hilarious that Patrik Laine will wear Jonathan Drouin’s number 92 on his jersey. Hope it’s not an indicator of what’s to come? #10. The Edmonton Oilers trade defenseman Cody Ceci to the San Jose Sharks. #11. The Edmonton Oilers choose not to match the restricted Free Agent offer sheets. #12. Very strange trade between the Edmonton Oilers and St. Louis Blues. #13. John Tortorella and Dan Quinn have been added to the U.S. coaching staff of the 2025 4 Nations Face Off tournament. #14. The Seattle Kraken sign center Matty Benier’s to a 7-year 49.98 million dollar contract. #15. The Columbus Blue Jackets have signed center Cole Sillinger to a new 2-year 4.5 million dollar contract. #16. Thankfully, goaltender Yaroslav Askarrov has been traded to the San Jose Sharks, and the insanity in Montreal can stop. The Nashville Predators center David Edstrom, goaltender Magnus Chrona drafted and a conditional top 10 protected 2025 first round draft pick that the San Jose Sharks acquired in a previous trade with the Las Vegas Golden Knights. #17. The Winnipeg Jets have traded Right Wing Rutger McGroarty to the Pittsburgh Penguins, straight up for Center Brayden Yager straight up

Hello Hockey Fans, take a listen to Episode 119 of the Hockey Free For All Podcast to get you offseason hockey fix, topics include- #1 Mitch Marners response to the relentless media was perfect #2. The Edmonton Oilers have been hit with 2 RFA Offer sheets by the St. Louis Blues. #3. Other NHL clubs are not happy when clubs go after another clubs talent with RFA offer sheets at all. #4. The Montreal Canadiens could help out the Edmonton Oilers by agreeing to take on Evander Kane’s 5.1 million dollar contract with 2-years remaining in it, for say, a 1st round draft pick, the same way they did with the Calgary Flames to take on Sean Monahan’s #5. The timing of the Captaincy change in Toronto makes no sense. #6. I wish new head coach Craig Berube all the best, as he has stepped into the ultimate powder keg in Toronto. If he loves pressure, he has found his dream job of his life. #7. Not a single one of the rumors in Montreal from the moment the off season started has have even remotely make any sense.

Hello Hockey Fans, out there! Here is Episode 118 of the Hockey Free For All podcast to take a listen to get you hockey fix during the long offseason summer months #1. Hiring of Stan Bowman response. #2. Why are people upset with Kent Hughs not making big trades or acquisitions in the 2023/2024 offseason? #3. Patrik Laine makes absolutely no sense for the Montreal Canadiens to sign. #4. Patrik Laine needs to play in a big market where he can blend right in, not stand out in any way and live a balanced life. Those franchises include the New York Rangers, the Los Angeles Kings, the Nashville Predators, the Dallas Stars, the Las Vegas Golden Knights, the Pittsburgh Penguins, the Edmonton Oilers, the Vancouver Canucks and the Colorado Avalanche. #5. Patrik Laine is an exact 50/50 of Johnathan Drouin and Josh Andersson. #6. The Montreal Canadiens are not expected to sign prospects Ty Smilanic and Rhett Pitlick. #7. How will the Laval Rocket will look under Pascal Vincent in the 2024/2025 season? #8.  Edmonton Oilers Defenseman Oscar Klefbom has announced his retirement after battling a long-term shoulder injury that never allowed him to return the line up.

Hello Hockey Fan’s. Take a Listen to Episode 117 of the Hockey Free For All Podcast to get your hockey fix, topics discussed include- #1 Ottawa Senators assistant coach Bob Jones has passed away #2. The Columbus Blue Jackets sign restrictive free agent forward Kirill Marchenkoto. #3. The Nashville Predators sign restrictive free agent defenseman Spencer Stastny. #4. The Philadelphia Flyers sign forward Travis Konecny to a new 8-year 70-million-dollar extension. #5. The Buffalo Sabres sign goaltender Ukka-Pekka Luukkonen. #6. The Columbus Blue Jackets have signed restrictive free agent forward Kent Johnson. #7. The Montreal Canadiens have signed RFA defensemen Arber Xhekaj and Justin Barron to new 2-year contracts #8. The Pittsburgh Penguins have signed goaltender Sergei Murashov the a 3-year entry level contract. #9. Center Evgeny Kuznetsov has signed a 4-year contract with SKA St. Petersburg of the KHL. #10. The Minnesota Wild have signed defenseman Brock Fabert to a new 8-year contract. #11. The Carolina Hurricanes sign forward Martin Necas to a new 2-year contract. #12. The New York Rangers have signed defenseman Ryan Lindgren to a new 1-year contract. #13. The New Jersey Devils sign goaltender Nico Daws to a new 2-year contract. #14. The Montreal Canadiens signed defenseman Kaiden Guhle to a new 6-year contract. #15. The Toronto Maple Leaf’s have their 2024 1st round draft pick defenseman Ben Danford to 3-year entry level contract. #16. The L.A. Kings have signed defenseman Jordan Spence to a new 2-year 3-million dollar contract #17. Eric Staal is retiring after 18-years in the NHL. #18. The New Jersey Devils have added Chuck Fletcher as a Senior Advisor, Andy Green as an Advisor and Manny Legace as head amateur goaltending scout and development coach to their Hockey Operations. #19. Team Canada adds Bruce Cassidy, Peter DeBoer, Rick Tocchet and Misha Donskov to head Coach Jon Coopers staff for the 4 nations tournament. #20. Stop, the Montreal Canadiens do not need, and should not sign Patrik Laine #21. I hope Patrik Laine ends up on a line with Alexander Ovechkin and Pierre Luc Dubois in Washington. #22. Max Pacioretty is not a perfect fit in Montreal. Montreal should not sign him, and Montreal does not need or have any use for him.

Hello Hockey Fan’s, get your fix of hockey in the off season and take a listen to Episode 116 of the Hockey Free For All Podcast, topics include- #1. The Columbus Blue Jacket have filled the last head coaching vacancy in the NHL, as they have announced the hiring of Dean Evason as their next new head coach. #2. Pittsburgh Penguins Penguin President and General Manager Kyle Dubas and Tampa Bay Lightning General Manager Julien Brisebois have been added to team Canada’s management team for the upcoming 4 Nations Face-Off Tournament. They will work alongside Ryan Getzlaf, Scott Salmond, Team General Manager Don Sweeney and associate General Manger Jim Nill. Kyle Dubas will serve as the team’s Director of Player Personnel, while Julian Brisebois has been added as an additional assistant General Manager, forming a very extensive management team #3. Both Kyle Dubas and Julian Brisebois have also been named to team Canada’s men’s Olympic team management group in those same roles, joining General Manager Doug Armstrong, Don Sweeney, Jim Nill, rounding out that extensive management group. #4. Edmonton Oilers President Jeff Jackson announces the hiring of Stan Bowman as their new Vice President of Hockey Operations and General manager, after mutually parting ways with Previous Vice President of Hockey Operations and General manager Kenny Holland.  #5. It looks like Evgeny Kuznetsov is heading to the KHL after being bought out by the Carolina Hurricanes. #6. The Buffalo Sabres have signed restrictive free agent forward Beck Malenstyn to a 2-year 2.7-million-dollar contract. #7. The Vancouver Canucks have signed forward Daniel Sprong to a new 1-year contract. #8. The Detroit red Wings have brought back restrictive free agent center Joe Veleno with a new 2-year contract #9. The New Jersey Devils have brought back defenseman Santer Hatakka on a 1-year two-way contract worth $775.00 dollars. #10. The Tampa Bay Lightning will look very different in the 2024/2025 season. #11. Mitch Marner holds all the cards and will be the most topic in players news from the 2023/2024 offseason right up to the trade deadline of the 2024/2025. #12. Brad Treliving could be facing a combination of getting nothing at all, when Johnny Gaudreau walked away and signed as a free agent with the Columbus Blue Jackets, and the controlled trade with the Florida Panthers regarding Mattew Tkachuk. Mitch Marner could force a trade exactly like that. #13. Everything is changing for the Calgary Flames from the roster rebuild, to the new arena that they will be playing in. #14. Rapheal Harvey-Pinards time might be closing in Montreal.

Hello Hockey Fans! Here is Episode 115 of the Hockey Free For All Podcast to take a listen too, topics include- #1. The Ottawa senators have acquired forwards Xavier Bourgault and Chiasson from the Edmonton Oilers. In return the Edmonton Oilers obtain forward Roby Jarventie and a 4th round pick in the 2025 NHL Entry Draft. #2. The Ottawa Senators signs goaltender prospect Mads Sogaard to a 2-year contract extension. #3. Apparently, there is a lot of hard feelings between Steven Stamkos and the Tampa Bay Lightning. In very conversations and letters that Steven Stamkos has held or written, he indicated that he did everything possible to remain and reup in Tampa Bay. It’s pretty clear, Both stood firm, and neither gave in. #4. Nashville has clear won the offseason. #5. Nashville General Manager Barry Trotz clearly wants to put his own stamp on the team, his own identity on the team. #6 The Nashville Predators have clearly retooled on the fly and ready to be a contending team in the coming 2024/2025 season. #7. The new Utah Hockey Club has quickly announced its arrival and has made many significant trades, acquisitions and solid draft picks. The ownerships is clearly has very proactive and has a very clear plan. #8. San Jose Sharks and General Manager Mike Grier is clearly executing his plan very effectively Will Smith and Macklin Celebrini will make an exceptional center 1-2 punch for the next 10 to 15 years. Left defensive prospect Sam Dickinson will likely be the cornerstone of the future defense. #9. The Columbus Blue Jackets are still looking for a new head coach and new staff. #10. Montreal hires Pascal Vincent as the new head coach of the Laval rockets. #11, Martin Necas, Trevor Zegras and Rutger McGroarty are not even remotely worth the asking prices, that their current clubs are asking for, and expecting in return them. #12. Martin Necas and Trevor Zegras have been inconsistent at best since entering the NHL. #13.Rutger McGroarty hasn’t even played a single game in the NHL as yet, and is acting as if he is Mario Lemieux or Wayne Gretzky. #14. Montreal does need a veteran member added to their coaching staff. I hope Alexie Kovalev replaces Alex Burrows and runs the powerplay.

Hello Hockey fans, take a listen to Episode 114 of the Hockey Free For All Podcast, topics discussed include. #1. Chris Patrick named senior vice president and general manager of the Washington Capitals, replacing Brian MacLellan, who will remain as president of hockey operations #2. Hey Montreal, remember the got to have defensive prospect Adam Boqvist that a significant amount of people wanted Montreal to trade anyone and everyone for? He just signed as a free agent with the Florida Panthers. He couldn’t even make it in Columbus. #3. Max Pacioretty is not a mentor, is not a perfect fit for and he is not a Sean Monahan like replacement for Montreal Canadiens. #4. Leon Draisaitl is not a fit with the Montreal Canadiens for many reasons. #5. One has to wonder if the trade acquisition of Matthew Savoie is both a leverage and potential replacement move in the Leon Draisaitl contract negotiations as to say there are #6. STOP! MONTREAL DOES NOT NEED A VETEREN COACH! #7. Montreal won the Artturi Lehkonen trade, take a listen as to why and how. #8. The Toronto Maple Leaf’s should not offer John Tavares a contract extension, they should let him walk. #9. Mitch Marner could be the sought after center piece of the 2024/2025 trade deadline. #10. The Utah Hockey Club signs their first-round pick, 6th overall pick in the 2024 NHL entry Draft Tij Iginla to a 3-year entry level contract. #11. The David Savard chatter is heating up again. #12. Jonathan Toews to Montreal, you have got to be kidding, for what possible reason? #13. No thanks on Rutger McGroarty, one can’t help but about how it worked out for the L.A. Kings with Pierrer Luc Dubois. Montreal doesn’t need that, let that be some else’s mess to deal with.

Hello hockey fans out there, get the latest hockey news and take a listen to Episode 113 of the Hockey Free For All Podcast, the Free Agency signing Episode. Topics of discussion include- #1. What a classless display of unprofessionalism, integrity and poor league image by the Florida Panthers. #2. Anyone else notice none of the other clubs congratulated or acknowledged them as Stanley Cup champions? #3. For only the 6th time in league history a member opposition was awarded the Conn Smyth Trophy, that say’s a lot as to how unimpressive Florida’s win is! #4. Just an absolutely insane free agency signing period, which resulted in an a massive amount of players changing addresses and over a billion dollars in contracts being handed out over the course of 3 days. #5. The Seattle Kraken added Jessica Campbell and Bob Woods to their coaching staff. #6. Thankfully, Vladimer Tarasenko has signed with the Detroit Red Wings, as he was yet another of the countless gotta have, must sign for Montreal, which continue to make absolutely NO since to sign. #7. Montreal Canadiens assistant coach Alex Burrows has stepped down and along with Lauri Korpikoski has been added to the organization’s player development staff.