ScuttlePuck NHL Hockey Podcast

The rainy day mirrored Dale's mood as we discussed the Leafs' heartbreaking game 7 loss to the Bruins. The Oilers move past the Kings in 5, but were they as good as the results? What's next for the teams that lost and who will win the next round? Listen Here: iTunes Google Play Stitcher Direct MP3 iHeart Radio Title Player Ron Stackhouse Series Updates EAST BOS 4 TOR 3 Gut wrenching loss Injuries brutal for Leafs - Woll, Matthews, Marner, Nylander All the same storylines - will anyone be moved? NYR 4 WAS 0 No surprise really. CAR 4 NYI 1 Islanders are interesting - mediocrity defined Will Lamoriello stick around? Will they bring in someone as a successor? FLA 4 TBL 1 Florida overwhelmed TBL Possession stats much better Goaltending big story TBL - wiil Stamkos stay? Milt Schmidt? Guess the 5th Connections Last Week - Dallas, Columbus, Minnesota, Washington - all have stars in their logos This week Wayne Gretzky, Larry Robinson, Mark Messier, Patrick Roy WEST Oilers 4 Kings 1 McDavid - 11 Assists Skinner strong Favourable calls by refs - what is going on? All power play 45% 9 G in 5 games!- were not impressive at 5v5 5v5 - GF 50% and xGF favoured Kings Pierre-Luc Dubois - $8.5MM through 2030-31 - good luck buying that out. Questions about moves at GM? Thoughts? COL 4 WPG 1 Jets - Bowness back? any changes? VAN 4 NSH 2 All Canadian quarter final Arturs Silovs - comes in from out of nowhere and plays .938 SV% and a shutout in Game 6. Tight series - Total goals 13-12 for Canucks 5v5 Total Goals 8-7 NSH - exceeded expectations VGK 3 v DAL 3 Game 7 - go STARS Crazy Stat ROUND 2 Matchups - VAN v EDM Dale EDM 5 Mike EDM 6 COL v ? Dale DAL 7 Mike COL 6 FLA v BOS Dale FLA 6 Mike FLA 6 CAR v NYR Dale CAR 7 Mike NYR 6 DOPeS - took the playoffs off - have set an out of office message that says “Player X has been fined for actions in Team X game.”

Dale tells stories about Korea and regrets some of his predictions as we review each series and the storylines. Will the Leafs bounce back from 3-1? What is going on with Connor Hellebuyck? Listen Here: iTunes Google Play Stitcher Direct MP3 iHeart Radio Title Player - Sami Kapanen - Kapanen - 06-07 Flyers Scottie Upshall -> 11-12 Panthers Shawn Mattias -> 15-16 Leafs Hyman News Playoff Summary FLA 3 TBL 1 Mike - FLA (6) Dale TBL (7) Florida carrying play - 3 FLA wins were tight games Will Lightning go out this easy? BOS 3 TOR 1 Mike TOR (7) Dale TOR (6) PP Goals Bruins - 6 Leafs 1 5v5 Leafs have better stats - Shots 92-76, xGF 54% Leafs were 2nd in Goals scored in reg season - 3.69/G Leafs have to bounce back - don’t they? If not, is Keefe gone? What players? CAR 3 NYI 1 Mike CAR (5) Dale NYI (4) Carolina better stats but every game very tight - all one goal games if take away empty net goals Hearing Brindamour in trouble if Hurricanes don’t have a big playoff NYR 3 WAS 0 Mike NYR (4) Dale WSH (7) Results not surprising but stats a bit surprising WAS outshooting, out chancing at 5v5 NYR - 2 SH Goals Game 2 - 4 PP goals and 1 SH VGK 2 DAL 1 Mike DAL (5) Dale DAL (5) Dallas been much better stats-wise. Out scoring at 5v5 6-4 but down in series. Should be able to come back EDM 2 LAK 1 Mike EDM (6) Dale EDM (7) Edmonton have been better team but let foot off gas in game 2. Relying too heavily on Power Play COL 2 WPG 1 Mike WPG (7) Dale WPG (6) Hellebuyck hasn’t been stellar - 15G in 3 games Avs taking it to them stats wise - unless Hellebuyck can turn it around, Jets will go out quickly VAN 2 NAS 1 Mike VAN (6) Dale Van (4) Very tight series - Canucks scraping by - can they survive wiithout Demko? Guesss the 5th Connections - Last episode - Joe Nieuwendyk, Mike Keane, Claude Lemieux Mark Recchi THIS WEEK - Dallas, Columbus, Minnesota, Washington Arizona moving - Dale's thoughts Lindy Ruff - back to Buffalo Crazy Stat DOPeS - nothing to report but should Rempe hit have been reviewed? 2 min for interference - van Reimsdyk injured https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JP9PSS_pjQ

Find out who will win this year's Stanley Cup by listening to this episode. With Dale in Korea, Mike goes solo and reviews both of our brackets. Also, the Coyotes finally give up the ghost and move to Utah. Listen Here: iTunes Google Play Stitcher Direct MP3 iHeart Radio Title Player Wade Redden News Arizona moves to Utah $1.2B To Ryan Smith - $200M to owners, for relocation Name - Stormin’ Mormons? Utah takes over all hockey ops and Meruelo maintains business operations in Arizona in attempt to get arena built and get an expansion franchise Meruelo has 5 years to get this done or his provision expires Impact of Marty Walsh to force NHL’s hand? Playoffs Preview / Predictions

CEO of one of our favourite websites eliteprospects.com Peter Sibner joins us to discuss the lead up to the playoffs and who to watch for. It was a fun conversation and Peter gave us some great insights. Listen Here: iTunes Google Play Stitcher Direct MP3 iHeart Radio Title Players Wayne Merrick and Pierre Mondou Feedback Arvids - What 2 Latvians to win cup in last 30 years. Interview: Peter Sibner - Elite Prospects President ESMG, North America Guess the 5th Connections - Last week: Rick Nash, Corey Stillman, Justin Braun, Riley Stillman, This week: What connects Joe Nieuwendyk, Mike Keane, Claude Lemieux and Mark Recchi Playoff Races West is done - just a matter of whether Oilers play VGK or LAK Flyers fall out in tight race in East Hot/Not - Atlantic - TBL 7-2-1 / FLA - Panthers limping in while Lightning ramping up - BOS/TBL will be tough Metro - NYR 8-2-0 / PHI - 2-5-3 Central - DAL 9-1-0 / WPG 4-5-1 - Pacific - LAK 7-3-0 / CGY 2-8-0 - Flames are tough to figure. Sharks - -136 goal diff Worst in history 74-75 Capitals - -265 93-94 Sens - -196 92-93 Sharks -196 72-73 Isles - -177 75-76 Caps - 170 Will probably end up around -145 - 73-74 golden Seals area Crazy Stat DOPeS - Hartman 3 games for throwing stick on ice after OT loss. https://www.nhl.com/news/topic/player-safety/minnesota-wild-ryan-hartman-suspended-three-games Interesting in comparison with Guehle 1 gamer

As the season winds down, players are hitting big milestones. Zack Hyman and Sam Reinhart hit 50G, Matthews hits 60G and McDavid tops 120 pts for 3rd straight year. We look at the playoff races and there is a new edition of Connections for listeners. Listen Here: iTunes Google Play Stitcher Direct MP3 iHeart Radio Title Player Jerry Korab -> Zack Hyman Korab 83-84 Sabres Dave Andreychuk -> 05-06 Lightning Paul Ranger -> 13-14 Leafs Nazem Kadri -> 2015-16 Leafs Hyman News Wild pull goalie in OT again but lose Milestone watches McDavid - 95 Assists - going to hit 100 If he stays on pace will get to 110, 4 short of Mario’s best at 114 Gretzky’s record - 163! 3rd 120pt season in a row. 1st since Gretzky. He did it 13 times in a row - would have had 14 or 15 - thanks Gary Suter Jonathan Quick - most wins for US goalie - 392 - passed Ryan Miller Art Ross MacKinnon 127 Kucherov 126 McDavid 125 Rocket Richard Matthews - 60G Reinhart and Hyman hit 50 MacKinnon and Pastrnak - 45 Rookies - Bedard 21-35-56 in 59 GP Marco Rossi MIN - 20 G Tyson Foerster PHI - 19G Goalies Going to hit 60GP Saros 58 GP Georgieve 57 GP Hellebuyck 54 GP Skinner 53 GP Andrew Berkshire on Twitter about Zack Hyman hitting 50 https://torontosun.com/sports/hockey/nhl/analyst-gets-absolutely-roasted-for-insanely-rich-take-on-hyman Guess the 5th Connections - Last week - Staal, Poddubny, Delvecchio, Fogolin - Solution: All From Thunder Bay This Week - Cory Stillman, Justin Braun, Rick Nash, Riley Stillman Playoff Picture Teams Clinched this week: Boston, Florida, Carolina, New York Rangers, Dallas, Vancouver Wild Card Races Hot/Not Atlantic TBL 8-1-1 / DET 3-5-2 Metro CAR 8-1-1 / NYI 2-7-1 Central COL 8-1-1 / WPG 3-6-1 Pacific VGK,EDM 7-2-1 / ANA, SJS 1-8-1 Crazy Stat DOPeS Guhle - 1 game from slashing from the bench - not a hard slash but a bit surprised they didn’t come down harder on him for this

The NHL GMs met this week and have provided some ideas for rule changes. Zach Hyman is getting close to 50 goals and Connor McDavid could well hit 100 Assists. We also have a look at the playoff races. Listen Here: iTunes Google Play Stitcher Direct MP3 iHeart Radio Title Player Curtis Joseph - 454 Wins Feedback Trent Buhler - @oldtimetablehockey on Insta - Makes incredible diaoramas of hockey scenes News Chris Simon dies by suicide at 52 Marner injury - Leafs messed this up - why not have it happen before deadline and leave him out until playoffs. High ankle sprain - trouble? Bettman statement on Chris Simon https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/video/bettman-responds-to-simons-tragic-passing-after-his-family-blame~2888770 Board of Governor’s Meetings Zach Hyman at 48 goals McDavid 14 Assists away from 100 with 15 games to go. Been done 13 times, by 3 players. Matthews 5 point game 57 G with 14 to play - prob not going to make 70, what do you think he will hit? Will teams “load manage” players heading to end of season? Guess the 5th Connections - Last week - Johnson, Gelinas, Tardif, Carson - all part of Gretzky trade Alex Delvecchio, Eric Staal, Walt Poddubny, Lee Fogolin Playoff races Washington on fire - could catch Philly - Tortorella healthy scratches Couurier? Philly not likely to get caught by Isles or Devils. St Louis, Minnesota chasing Nashville, Vegas , LA Hot / Not Atlantic - TBL 7-2-1 / DET 3-7-0 Metroo - CAR 8-1-1 / PIT 3-6-1 Central - COL 9-1-0 / CHI 4-6-0 Pacific - EDM 7-1-2 / SJS 1-8-1 DOPeS - Tom Wilson attempts decaptiation - 6 games https://www.nhl.com/news/topic/player-safety/washington-capitals-forward-tom-wilson-suspended-6-games-for-high-sticking Is it enough? Kulikov 2 games check to head https://www.nhl.com/news/topic/player-safety/panthers-dmitry-kulikov-suspended-two-games-for-illegal-check-to-head

Dale and Mike return from sun vacations to breakdown and discuss the big trade deadline deals and then look to the playoff races. Have the Oilers and Leafs done enough? Also, the DOPeS have been busy and we ask - did they create this mess? Listen Here: iTunes Google Play Stitcher Direct MP3 iHeart Radio Banter -Vacations Title Player Charlie Huddy News Trade Deadline Biggest Stories Vegas - Huge haul Conveniently Mark Stone $9.5MM on LTIR out - will he be back for playoffs? Friedge says SJS NOW fully rebuilding????? Leafs quiet -Joel Edmundson for 2024 3rd, 2025 5th $875 retained Oilers - Adam Henrique, Sam Carrick from Ducks for 2024 1st, 2025 5th, 2025 4th - 3 way with TB to retain salary Troy Stecher from AZ for 2027 4th Solid pick ups Carolina Kuznetsov from Washington for 2025 3rd - Kuz had been in minors Guentzel from Pitt for Bunting, 3 AHL players, 2024 2nd, 2024 5th Dubas getting picks to do a rebuild Sabres / Avalanche - Byram for Middlestadt - was surprised Coyotes Arena - Tortorella - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqdGemIZbA8 Crosby moving? - Guess the 5th Connections - previous -Gretzky, Ovechkin, Lemieux, Hull Hot / Not - Full Standings with Current playoff positions Atlantic - FLA 8-2-0 / DET 3-7-0 Metro - NYR,CAR 6-3-1 / PIT 3-6-1 EAST Wildcard Race Central - NSH 8-0-2 / CHI 3-5-2 Pacific - EDM 7-2-1 / SJS 1-7-2 - Vegas 3-6-1 West Wildcard Point of year when bad teams get REALLY bad - but no one is tanking ANA 3-7-0 SJS 1-7-2 CHI 3-5-2 OTT 3-6-1 Crazy Stat DOPeS Matt Rempe 4 games - https://www.nhl.com/news/topic/player-safety/rangers-rempe-suspended-four-games-for-elbowing-devils-siegenthaler Parker Kelly 2 games https://www.nhl.com/news/topic/player-safety/parker-kelly-of-ottawa-senators-suspended-two-games-by-player-safety Pospisil 3 games - https://www.nhl.com/news/topic/player-safety/flames-martin-pospisil-suspended-three-games-for-boarding Lots of dirty stuff going on - is league clamping down or are players playing on edge because of lack of consistencies

Auston Matthews passes 50 goals and on pace for 75. Are the Vancouver Canucks for real? We assess it in our Team of the Week segment. Listen Here: iTunes Google Play Stitcher Direct MP3 iHeart Radio Title Player Derek Sanderson - Connect to Jaromir Jagr News Matthews past 50! On pace for 75 - truly remarkable Jagr sweater retirement - came out for the warmup Kekalainen fired - finally - 410-362-97 record in 869 11 years Jackets 18-28-10 this year - last in Metro, 29th in league Tilman Fertitta - owner of Houston Rockets is in talks to get an NHL franchise. Are Jets in trouble? Trade deadline looming - Guess the 5th Connections - What do Wayne Gretzky, Mario Lemieux, Brett Hull and Alexander Ovechkin have in common? Team of the Week - Vancouver Canucks - 82 PTS (1) .683 PTS % (4) GF% 59.44 (2) SF% 49.15 (19th) xGF 51.04 (13th) SH% 11.69 (1) SV% 92.29 (7) PDO 1.04 PP 22.8 (11) PK 78.95 (19) Points JT Miller 29 - 50 - 79 E Pettersson 29-45-74 Hughes 12-58-70 Boeser 33-27-60 Goalies Demko 44 GP .917 GSAA 17.3 (2) DeSmith 17 GP .894 -4.6 Hot / Not Atlantic FLA, TOR 8-2-0 / MTL 3-6-1 - Florida pouring it on Metropolitan NYR 9-10 / NYI 3-4-3 Central - MIN 6-3-1 / ARI 0-9-1 Pacific - LAK 6-3-1 / 4-5-1 A lot of middling performances Crazy Stat DOPes Rielly ended up with 5 games - Leafs appeal, Bettman upholds

Dale is away but Mike has a great chat with Al Mitchell from Sports 1440 Radio in Edmonton. We discuss the state of the Oilers, and the Pacific division. Mike tested Al's draft knowledge in Guess the 5th. Listen Here: iTunes Google Play Stitcher Direct MP3 iHeart Radio Title Player Dan Maloney News Oilers winning streak ends with loss to Vegas - good game, had a playoff feel Al Mitchell from Edmonton Sports 1440 Guess the 5th - Who are the 5 players drafted in 2015 with the most NHL Games Played? Hot / Not Atlantic DET 7-2-1 / MTL 4-4-2 - worst team at .500 Metro CAR 7-3-0 / NJD, WSH, CBJ 3-6-1 Central DAL 7-2-1 / CHI 2-7-1 Pacific EDM 8-2-0 / SEA 3-6-1 DOPeS - Dillon Jets - 3 games - Nikita Zadorov - 2 games for hit on Lucas Raymond Rielly - 6 games? Seemed a lot like Perron

Dale and Mike are thrilled to speak with retired NHL linesman Vaughan Rody. He gave us some great stories and fascinating insights into the life of an NHL official. The All Star Game happened this weekend and it wasn't a complete fiasco, so that's a step forward for the league. Listen Here: iTunes Google Play Stitcher Direct MP3 iHeart Radio Title Player Randy Burridge News Trades: Lindholm to Vancouver Monahan to Winnipeg All Star Game - Skills was an improvement - was fun and interesting and they were actually trying 3 Hours? WAAAAY too long - no need for bands Does the $1,000,000 prize make it more interesting for fans? PWHL game was fun - skill is impressive - Draft feedback All Star Skills competition - Steve Mayer - been Chief Content Officer for 7 years and this was most input from player - doesn’t speak well of him imo 3 on 3 main event.... meh All Star Announcements - NHL Players in Olympics!! 4 nations faceoff - replaces all star next year World Junior Charges - All players officially named - Michael McLeod has 2 charges Dillon Dube Alex Formenton Cal Foote Carter Hart Vaughan Rody Interview - 20 years - 1228 regular season games / 19 playoff games https://nhlofficials.com/nhl-officials/current/vaughan-rody/ - Read the bio - had some serious injuries Connections: Guess the 5th Mike watched 1967 Habs vs Leafs on Youtube and was fascinated AT THE ALLSTAR BREAK - Playoff picture East - by P% wildcard teams are TBL / PHI West - by P% wildcard teams are LAK / STL ATLANTIC - 1st Bos / Last Ottawa Predictions - Leafs / Canadiens METRO - 1st NYR / Last CBJ Predictions - Rangers / Flyers CENTRAL - 1st WPG (Pts%) / Last CHI Predictions - Avalanche / Blackhawks - very tight PACIFIC - 1st VAN / Last SJS Predictions - Oilers / Sharks Player Stats - Kuvherov, MackInnon, Pastrnak, Miller Goalies - league average save % .899!! Swayman, Hellebuyck, Daccord, Demko, Ingram, Jarry Crazy Stat DOPeS - Trouba 2 games for elbowing https://www.nhl.com/news/topic/player-safety/new-york-rangers-defenseman-jacob-trouba-suspended

We welcome back Jeff from Meat and Potatoes: A Flyers Podcast (formerly Broadstreet Bully Podcast) to give us the update on the Flyers season and the Cutter Gauthier situation. The Oilers run the table in January and extend their winning streak to 16 games. Listen Here: iTunes Google Play Stitcher Direct MP3 iHeart Radio Title Player - Blaine Stoughton - News World Junior 2018 Team - 5 players are to surrender to police London Police will have a press conference on Feb 5. Friedman stressed how they were told to be very careful as anyone linking the players publicly before charges laid would likely be sued Arizona supposed to have plan by end of January - coincidence? Connections - Congrats to Cody Trafford for the first correct guess on Last Week's contest This week: What do Valtteri Filppula, Pavel Datsyuk, Jonathan Toews, and Mats Naslund have in common? INTERVIEW - JEFF FROM MEAT AND POTATOES: A FLYERS PODCAST What’s the Call? Last week discussed Oilers got 2 min penalty and Kraken 5 min and Oilers received 3 min PP. Table 15, Rule 19. Example 19. Table has 32 examples of who serves what in different penalty situations. Proposed Rule changes - no more coincidental penalties? Why not get rid of the rule? These charts from Moneypuck.com are pretty cool. https://moneypuck.com/standings.htm DOPeS - Brendan Gallagher hit - 5 games https://www.nhl.com/video/topic/player-safety/gallagher-suspended-five-games-6345655846112 - William Lockwood - 3 games for hit on Fleury - https://scoutingtherefs.com/2024/01/43464/panthers-lockwood-suspended-for-goaltender-interference-on-wilds-fleury/ Listened to Agent Provocateur episode about a DOPeS Hearing. - kept calling them Department of Player Suspensions. Called it a Kangaroo court.

The Oilers have extended their winning streak to 13 games with wins over Toronto, Calgary and Seattle. Listen Here: iTunes Google Play Stitcher Direct MP3 iHeart Radio Title Player Dean McAmmond - Connect to Patrick Roy Feedback - thanks to those who entered guesses in Hockey Connections - NEWS Oilers win streak - 13 games - will it continue? Cbj,chi,Nash How much credit to Knoblauch, Coffey? Isles fire Lambert, hire Patrick Roy Pinto signs for $775,000, 1 yr Rutherford signs 3 yr extension Matthews with hattrick in win over Calgary - on pace for 71. Leafs needed that win, big performance. After blowing leads in 4 straight, they came back from down 2-0. First look at trade deadline March 8 - Athletic / Daily Faceoff / TSN Elias Lindholm - CGY - seems to be consensus top player available - 2nd line C - UFA Trevor Zegras - ANA - unbelievable with hype around him . 2 more years at $5.75. Varying opinions on whether will be moved. Surgery on ankle and should be ready to play at deadline Chris Tanev - CGY - solid d - UFA at end of year PWHL Update -  GUESS THE FIFTH CONNECTIONS - WInner Last Week - Nora - Brodeur, Roy, Barrasso, Fuhr - all had 45+ assists THIS WEEK: What do Tony Esposito, Peter Sastny, Ed Belfour and Artemi Panarin have in common? Weekly Topic What’s the best city to play in? via www.gavingroup.ca - hockey wealth specialists Top 5 Bottom 5 (Ascending from worst) Notes: 6 Canadian cities in top 10 safety 6 Canadian cities in bottom 8 for climate Taxes - based on $5,000,000 salary  California/NY Teams - $2.5MM Escrow calulator - enter salary and season Crazy Stat - Hot / Not Atlantic DET 7-2-1 / OTT 3-6-1 - Leafs in 3rd by P% but TBL Closing Metro CAR 8-1-1 / NYI 2-6-2 - Rangers 3-6-1 Central WPG 9-1-0 / CHI 3-7-0 Pacific EDM 10-0-0 / ANA, SJS 2-7-1 -LAK 2-5-3 - falling back after good start - McLellan on hot seat DOPeS - Gourde 2 games https://www.nhl.com/news/topic/player-safety/seattle-kraken-yanni-gourde-suspended-two-games

In a wild week in hockey, William Nylander signed an 8 year, $11.5MM contract keeping him in Toronto for the long term. The Oilers continue their hot streak breaking a team record with a 10 game winning streak. What is the best line in the NHL right now? Ever? Listen Here: iTunes Google Play Stitcher Direct MP3 iHeart Radio Title Player Russ Courtnall - 447 Assists Feedback - Arvids from Latvia Pat from Detroit News Comparables - McDavid 16.7% (when signed) Auston Matthews - 15.87% Nathan MacKinnon - 15.27% Big Extensions coming - how does Nylander affect- Sam Reinhart ($6.5MM)- UFA at end of season Elias Petterson ($7.35MM)- RFA at end of season Leon Draisaitl - ($8.5) 1 more year - can sign July 1 2. Cutter Gauthier traded for Jamie Drysdale What happened? - - was all in to be drafted by Flyers july 2022 - Totorella already coach -March 2023, Fletcher fired, Briere hired - after season ended (basically same time) Gauthier wanted to finish season with Flyers - shortly after, said he didn’t want to be a Flyer 3. Borje series- episodes 1 & 2 review 4. PWHL - Minnesota leads the league 3-0 - seem to be the team to beat Montreal - 2-1 Ottawa 1-0 5. Rumours - Markstrom to Carolina? pure speculation but makes sense - .910 SV% Calgary have some good players and sounds like they will be sellers Lindholm - UFA Hanifin - UFA Tanev -UFA All Star Sweaters - ugh 6. #81 Linesman - brutal - Ryan Daisy - lined game between Edmonton and Montreal 7. Double digit points streaks - 14 for McDavid - ties Lemieux. Next is Lafleur 15. Gretzky -31 Guess the 5th Listener Quiz? Best Line in Hockey Now? Ever? via moneypuck.com Goals For GF / 60 GF% Production Line 1947-52 - Detroit - Ted Lindsay, Gordie Howe, Sid Abel - 2 Cups, 3 Art Ross, 1-2-3 in scoring in 1949-50 Nitro line 1967-75 Boston - Phil Esposito, Wayne Cashman, Ken Hodge - 2 Cups, 1-2-4 in scoring in 73-74 (Bobby Orr was 20 Punch Line - 1942-48 Montreal - Elmer Lach, Toe Blake, Maurice Richard - 2 cups, 1-2-3 in scoring in 1944-45 Crazy Stat Hot / Not Atlantic FLA 9-1-0 / MTL 3-5-2 Metro CAR 7-1-2 / CBJ 2-4-4 Central WPG, COL 8-1-1 / CHI, MIN 2-7-1 Pacific EDM 10-0/ SJS 1-9-0 - SEA 9-0-1 DOPeS - heard people saying Cousins leapt into boards to embellish on Zucker hit. Watched again. No chance. 3 games was way too little. Borderline Hunter hitting Turgeon for 20 games. NHL “while Zucker insists this wasn’t retribution”. Why say that - there is no chance it wasn’t.

The USA won the World Juniors, defeating the hometown Swedes. Connor Bedard is out with a broken jaw and the Winnipeg Jets are in first place in league. They are our Team of the Week. Listen Here: iTunes Google Play Stitcher Direct MP3 iHeart Radio Title Player Milan Michalek News Winnipeg in 1st in league in PTS, but Rangers in 1st Pts % Bedard injury - didn’t seem bad - should be back - of course Smith had to fight smh https://youtube.com/shorts/avN4I1c4lKU?si=enKFpyF5RDUD025C broken jaw - on IR Borje Series Friedman reporting Nylander deal close - over $10MM - what do you think? World Junior - USA vs Sweden final - fast, excellent hockey USA wins gold 6-2 Czechia over Finland - 8-5 - Fins were up 5-2. Chechia tied with 2 min left, then lead goal with 1:14. Oilers - Zach Hyman with 3rd hattrick of season 25 on season continue to roll but fans are a bit too comfortable. After going 14-3 in last 17, still only 22nd in league in Pts % Talking like they could win all 11 games in Jan - really? Norris talk for Bouchard - really? Is he even better than Ekholm? Leafs - talk seems negative, but 19-10-7 despite injuries. PWHL - will you pick a favourite team? Toronto pays back NY with a win - new rule comes into play as game winner was shorthanded Have to think Montreal is favourite with Poulin and Desbiens All games on Sportsnet, TSN or CBC. Also on Youtube. Americans can watch on different regional networks. All Star Game - first 32 players announced TOR - Matthews CHI- Bedard EDM - McDavid LAK - Cam Talbot! WSH - Tom Wilson Guess the 5th Team of the Week Winnipeg Jets - First and foremost - change to third uniforms - red pants 5v5 stats SF% 52.6 (6) GF% 62.7 (1) xGF% 51.7 (11) SH% 9/14 SV% 93.99 (1) All Sit SF% 51.5 (11) GF% 58.06 (3) xGF% 50.83 (15) SH% 10.7 (10) SV% 91.78 (1) Top Scorers Scheiffele 12-26-38 Morrissey 6-24-30 Ehlers 13-16-29 Kyle Connor still out for a while Goaltending - Hellebuyck - ,921 SV% GSAA 14.9 (1) Brossoit - .920 GSAA 5 Summary Goaltending, BUT given Brossoit’s numbers, playing to system has to be huge GF% a bit high based on performance so will cool off some, but as long as goalies keep it up, will be fine Crazy Stat Hot / Not Atlantic FLA 8-2-0 / OTT 3-7-0 Metro CAR 6-1-3/ CBJ 3-3-4 Central WPG 8-0-2 / CHI 2-7-1 Pacific SEA 8-0-2 / SJS 0-10-0 (wow) Joey Daccord playing great VGK - 3-7-0 - slumping DOPeS - Hartman fine - high sticks Perfetti - mic’d up and admitted it - gets a parking ticket Can’t use mic’d up content in discipline Botteril and Mayers argument Zucker - 3 games https://www.nhl.com/news/arizona-coyotes-jason-zucker-suspended-three-games

Happy 2024 to everyone. Canada gets upset by Czechia in the quarter final of the World Junior Championship. The PWHL gets started to a capacity crowd and the Winter Classic turns out great. Listen Here: iTunes Google Play Stitcher Direct MP3 iHeart Radio Title Player Dick Redmond - > Feedback -David Huyben, Nora request questions / ideas for new segments News Winter Classic - SEA 3 v VGK 0 - any thoughts? World Junior - Quarter finals - CAN 2 v CZE 3 FIN 4 v SLO 3 LAT v USA SUI v SWE Anything or anyone stand out for you? Letang - 6 assists in a game - ties with several others 5 assists in a period Malkin - 2nd Russian goal scorer all time - passed Fedorov PWHL kicked off NY 4 - TOR 0. 6 months to prep so things rushed - no logos, no team names and no timeline on names Leafs - Samsonov on waivers - headed to Marlies if he clears New Year’s Resolutions for: - something that you want to see them do better or stick to Guess the 5th Rules Suggestions - Pierre LeBrun https://theathletic.com/5173482/2024/01/02/nhl-rule-changes-2024/ Nothing really new - your thoughts? Atlantic CURRENT 3-2-1 Metro CURRENT 3-2-1 CENTRAL CURRENT 3-2-1 PACIFIC CURRENT 3-2-1 Bos 50 68 NYR 51 71 COL 49 71 VAN 49 71 Fla 46 66 CAR 44 60 WPG 48 68 VGK 49 65 Tor 41 51 PHI 43 56 DAL 48 63 LAK 45 63 Tampa 41 56 NYI 43 56 NSH 41 55 SEA 39 50 Det 38 51 WSH 40 51 ARI 40 55 EDM 37 52 Mtl 35 42 NJD 40 55 STL 37 52 CGY 35 47 Buf 34 47 PIT 40 55 MIN 36 47 ANA 26 35 Ott 28 39 CBJ 32 41 CHI 24 32 SJS 21 28 FEWER GAMES!!!!!!!!! Crazy Stat Hot / Not Atlantic - BOS 5-2-3 / DET, OTT 3-7-0 - Metro - PIT 7-2-1 / WSH, CBJ 4-3-3 - Central - WPG 7-1-2 / CHI 2-7-1 - Pacific - VAN, SEA 7-1-2 / SJS 1-8-1 - DOPeS - nothing to report

It's the Merry Christmas episode! The World Junior Championship is up soon and we have a quick look at the key players. Also, we take a look at the standings in the NHL as we head into the Christmas break. Listen Here: iTunes Google Play Stitcher Direct MP3 iHeart Radio Title Player - Daniel Alfredsson - > Drew Bannister - born in Belleville, grew up in Sudbury, coach of St. Louis Blues Daniel Alfredsson -> Erik Karlsson 2010-13 -> Drew Bannister 09-10 Binghamton Senators Celebrini - BU Tom Willander -> Feedback - Ben in NY - stickers on way News: World Junior tourney - Mack Celebrini - will he get suspended for hit from behind? Canada looking to 3-peat Bruins release Poitras to play - last minute - watch for him to be big factor Team USA probably the favourite Top Prospects to watch 1. Mack Celebrini -Canada 2. Will Smith - USA 3. Cutter Gauthier - USA 4. Gabe Perreault - USA 5. Konsta Helenius - Finland The Athletic’s top 10 - 6 are Americans DJ Smith out in Ottawa - Jacques Martin interim Oilers going streakin’ win 8, lose 3, win 2 Zach Hyman - Tied for 4th in NHL with 19 G Leafs - pounded 9-3 by Sabres - Samsonov a problem What’s solution? Luongo - ring of honour - what’s your take on retiring numbers Ducks unis - garbage Guess the 5th At the Christmas Break Summary Crazy StatDOPeS - Bettman affirms 6 gamer for Perron Friedman - players are pissed that refs are telling them to police themselves, but the suspensions are for guys policing themselves -

John Tavares hits 1000 points vs the Islanders. After 30 games, what teams are overachieving and which are underachieving? We do a bit of a statistical evaluation to predict the rest of the season. Team of the Week is the Tampa Bay Lightning. Listen Here: iTunes Google Play Stitcher Direct MP3 iHeart Radio Title Player: Harry Watson - connect to John Tavares News: 1. Tavares gets 1000th pt vs Islanders Leafs continue to go to OT - 27 GP - 15-6-6 / 13 OT games - 7-6 2nd in division despite injuries Matthews at 23 G - on pace for 70G 2. Kyle Connor out 6-8 weeks - no suspension for Strome? https://youtu.be/TPZow5phhEA?feature=shared 3. 2 investigations into Wild front office AGM Chris O’Hearn fired or “agreed to part ways” Was Guerin’s right hand man Something is afoot but everyone is very quiet 4. Rob Ray takes puck to face between the benches - https://youtu.be/E3z40vmKm5s?feature=shared 5. Oilers finally lose a game - need help for Skinner Outshot Lighting 57-24 and lost 7-4 Lost 5-1 to Panthers 6. All Star Game - back to skills 8 skills - 12 players compete for $1MM prize Guess the 5th Who is for real and who is not? Method - xGF% - GF% - per Naturalstattrick.com at 5v5 Top 5 Pretenders Top 5 Underachievers - xGF%-GF% - ** San Jose and Anaheim have large difference but xGF is still well below 50% so wouldn’t expect much improvement Team of the Week Tampa Bay - xGF% 48.98 - 44.78 Should expect some improvement, but not good enough SF% 48.37 (21) GF% 44.78% (29) xGF% 48.97 (19) SV% 90.24 (26) SH% 8.45 (15) Vasilevskiy .902 after injury - expect that to improve Kucherov - 50pts, 1st in league Depth? Hagel-Point-Kucherov - most TOI - dominant stats 62% GF Anyone plays with Kucherov - stats are over 50% Without, almost everyone below. BucPower - turnovers like crazy - via Statmuse.com TBL are 9th in league in GVA with 250 League leaders- CHI, MTL, EDM, NSH, TOR Kucherov leads league with 41. (Draisaitl next with 37) D Pairs Hedman / Perbix - 231:58 - xGF 41% GF% 52 Cernak / Sergachaev - 218:15 - xGF 47.9% GF% 42 Raddysh / Sergachaev - 217:36 xGF 55.6 GF 20% Of all regular 6 D, Hedman is only one with +50% GF Summary - I think depth is the story. Kucherov is pushing the river but supporting cast is weak Need Vasilievskiy to save them Hot / Not Atlantic - TOR 5-1-4 / OTT 3-7-0 - 4 teams with 5 wins Metro - NYI 6-1-3 / CBJ 4-5-1 - (NJD 7-3-0 ) Centroal - NSH 7-3-0 / CHI 3-6-1 - Pacific - EDM 8-2-0 / ANA 1-9-0 - (Van 7-3-0, SJS 6-3-1) Crazy Stat DOPeS - Perron 6 games suspension for cross checking Zub NHLPA Appealing - will they go to an arbitrator? Gudbranson 1 Game -https://www.nhl.com/news/topic/player-safety/erik-gudbranson-suspended-one-game-for-actions-in-blue-jackets-game Should hit by cousens on Gudbranson have been a suspension? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfShpOFYqZs Pastrnak kicked out of game vs Rangers for similar hit

Dave Hill, comedian, musician and the author of The Awesome Game joins us to talk about playing hockey all over the world, hockey sweaters and all sorts of fun stuff. Also, the Oilers winning streak continues and what's going on with the Carolina Hurricanes? Listen Here: iTunes Google Play Stitcher Direct MP3 iHeart Radio Title Player Jean Beliveau - 442 Power Play Points News McDavid up to 8th in pts, only behind Kucherov in PPG Prior to Woodcroft firing: OIlers - 2nd in CF% / FF% 6th SF% 1st xGF% 28th GF% 31st SH% and SV% PP 13 GP 11 G PK 13GP 15GA All situations SV% 32nd - 86% SH% 7.88 31st After Woodcroft firing: 6th or 7th in all stats -CF, FF< GF< SF SH% - 8th SV% 24th PP 13 G PK 4 All Situations SV% 19th 89% SH% 2nd 13.15% Interview - Dave Hill - author, comedian, musician, hockey player and man of action Author of The Awesome Game Board of Governors a. Olympics - Bettman being Bettman, trying to put it on players by saying housing of families a major issue - b. Coyotes - per LeBrun “either the Coyotes finally produce a concrete, shovel-in-the-ground arena plan by the end of January or else the team could get relocated. “ c. Draft to be at Vegas Sphere d. IN-season tourney - “We like our regular season,” said Bettman. “For us it doesn’t address anything that we think we need. To the extent we’re going to do an in-season tournament, it’ll be an international best-on-best.” Confirmed 4 team World Cup - how are they not getting more heat for this? e.Corey Perry - “ they deemed a “workplace matter” involving Perry before cutting ties with him. The NHL didn’t do any independent diligence beyond that. “We were comfortable with the investigation that the club did,” said Bettman. Hot / Not ATLANTIC TOR 7-1-2 / TBL, MTL, BUF 3-5-2 - TBL iin 5th, well behind Wings / Sabres in last METRO NYI 7-1-2 / PIT 3-4-3 - CAR 6th in division CENTRAL NSH,WPG 7–3-0 / STL 4-6-0 - AZ holding onto 4th PACIFIC LAK 8-1-1 / ANA 1-9-0 - Kings set record with 11 straight road wins to start season Crazy Stat DOPeS - 3 parking tickets

Corey Perry's conrtract was terminated for reasons unknown, but it's not what everyone was saying on Twitter. The Minnesota Wild fire Dean Evason and we discuss if it was fair. Also, are the Leafs trying to go to OT? Listen Here: iTunes Google Play Stitcher Direct MP3 iHeart Radio Title Player Rick Vaive - 441 Goals Connect to Mitch Marner - Vaive - 90-91 Sabres Mike Foligno -> Son Nick played with Marner 2021 Leafs NEWS - Corey Perry TEAM OF THE WEEK - Minnesota Weird results - all underlying stats are good - 5v5 GF 51.65% All situations Injuries to Spurgeon, Gaudreau, Summary - seems unfair - getting killed on special teams performance Friedman said, something had to be done, but why? Goalies not bailing them out No way to improve with $14.7MM in dead cap space - returning to draft on Feb 1 - NHL Alumni Man of the Year - 1967 Leafs -PWHL 3 on 3 showcase - Skills Feb 2 -Game on Feb 3 https://youtu.be/Bnoiv2oxEMU?feature=shared 22 GP, 16 gone to OT Typically, 25% of games go to OT. 73% Leafs games - what the hell? now tied for 10th in points, 10 behind Kucherov On Nov 23rd, he was 64th in the league with 16pts Knoblach 6-3 and some hope is returning to Edmonton Guess the 5th HOT N NOT ATLANTIC - TOR 6-2-2, DET 6-2-2/ BUF, MTL 3-6-1 METRO NYR 8-2-0 / NJD, CBJ 4-6-0 - NJD in 7th! CENTRAL COL 7–1-2/ CHI 2–80 -ARIZONA - 4th place - convenient PACIFIC LAK 7-2-1 / ANA 2-8-0 - Of note, VGK 4-3-3, EDM 7-3 What’s the call? Florida Panthers - Evan Rodrigues goal called back in shootout https://youtu.be/-NWzByqQ270?feature=shared Rule 24.2 The puck must be kept in motion towards the opponent’s goal line and once it is shot, the play shall be considered complete. No goal can be scored on a rebound of any kind (an exception being the puck off the goal post or crossbar, then the goalkeeper and then directly into the goal), and any time the puck crosses the goal line or comes to a complete stop, the shot shall be considered complete. The lacrosse-like move whereby the puck is picked up on the blade of the stick and “whipped” into the net shall be permitted provided the puck is not raised above the height of the shoulders at any time and when released, is not carried higher than the crossbar. See also 80.1. The spin-o-rama type move where the player completes a 360° turn as he approaches the goal, shall not be permitted. Should a player perform such a move during the shot, the shot shall be stopped by the Referee and no goal will be the result. Only a player designated as a goalkeeper or alternate goalkeeper may defend against a penalty shot The goalkeeper must remain in his crease until the player taking a penalty shot has touched the puck. If at the time a penalty shot is awarded, the goalkeeper of the penalized team has been removed from the ice to substitute another player, the goalkeeper shall be permitted to return to the ice before the shot is taken. The team against whom the penalty shot has been assessed may replace their goalkeeper to defend against the shot, however, the substitute goalkeeper is required to remain in the game until the next stoppage of play. DOPeS Brendan Smith - 2 Games / Konecny $5k https://scoutingtherefs.com/2023/12/42522/devils-smith-suspended-flyers-konecny-fined-for-altercation/ Ryan Hartman - 2 Games tripping https://scoutingtherefs.com/2023/11/42434/wilds-hartman-suspended-two-games-for-tripping/

We were thrilled to welcome Travis Howe, son of Mark and Laith Murad to the show to tell us about NHL Breakaway NFT digital collectibles. We learned all about NFTs and got some great stories about growing up in the Howe family. Also, there were some major upsets on the weekend and we discussed those and all the other action. Listen Here: iTunes Google Play Stitcher Direct MP3 iHeart Radio Title Player Ian Turnbull Feedback News 1.Crazy Saturday - Coyotes beat Vegas, San Jose beat Vancouver, Rangers score 7 against Bruins to win 7-4 2.Corey Perry away for “forseeable future” - Kyle Davidson “It’s been a team decision so far to keep him out” Pat Morris “Corey Perry has stepped away from the Chicago Blackhawks to attend to personal matters.” 3. World Cup - discussion on 32 thoughts - possibly 4 teams? Complete joke. 4. CBJ - Laine healthy scratch - 5. Lucic arrested - pleaded not guilty. 6. Klingberg on LTIR - convenient for Leafs 7. Oilers beat Washington 5-0 with big guys leading the way - have they turned a corner? 8. Fleury wears Native American designed mask after being told not to 9.Winter Classic Sweaters leaked Guess the 5th NHL Breakaway interview - Travis Howe and Laith Murad Link for 100 free drops https://brkwy.io/3MRh7SM Hot / Not Atlantic FLA 7-3-0 / MTL 4-6-0 (4 teams 5-3-2) Wings in 3rd Metro NYR 8-1-1 / CBJ 2-6-2 PHI in second! Central WPG 8-2-0 / MIN 2-6-2 Pacific LAK 8-1-1 / ANA 3-7-0 Crazy Stat DOPeS - lots of $5k fines