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Hello Hockey Fan’s. Take a listen to episode 89 of the Hockey Free For All Podcast. #1. What is the big concern with the Montreal Canadiens having 3 goalies in Montreal all season long. Not only is there no issue with it, it’s completely fair to all involved based on where the team is at in its process. #2. What’s with the extreme overwhelming amount obsessive compulsive behavior regarding Montreal needs to mortgage all of its draft capital, prospects and top roster players to acquire a top center? For what possible rational reason or for what positive purpose would Montreal acquire Casey Middelstadt for? #3. Unless a trade with Josh Anderson or Justin Barron as the center piece of the trade, with either Oliver Kapanen, Jacob Olofsson or Jan Mysak as the 2nd piece of the trade and Ty Smilanic as the 3rd and last piece of the trade can be completed, the compensation demands of Buffalo would be way too high, for a player that has not even remotely lived up to their skill set to date. #4. The Montreal Canadiens have centers Nick Suzuki, Jake Evans, Brendan Gignac, Lias Andersson, Owen Beck, Lucas Condotta, Jared Davidson, Sean Farrell, Phillippe Maillet and Xavier Simoneau all available within their organization. #5. What is wrong with all of these people that want to purposely ruin Arber Xhekaj’s career by being unprofessional, intentionally trying to start chaos, spread total B.S. creating completely unfounded doubts, and questioning of defenseman Arber Xhekaj? If anyone is looking for the definition of disgrace, look no further. Arber Xhekaj is that extremely rare physical talent that can actually play and not just enforce. That’s why so many teams want him on their rosters. If for some reason he’s traded, I hope it haunts Montreal forever. I hope Montreal never wins another Stanley Cup again, and I would never follow the franchise again. #6. For anyone who thought Jaraj Slafkovsky from the first game he played was going to hit the ice like Conner McDavid, Sidney Crosby, Steven Stamkos or Alexandre Ovechkin, pull your head out of the sand. Slafkovsky wasn’t going to immediately step on the ice and replicate Jaromir Jager either, it takes time, and even more so on a rebuilding team. He was 18-years of age when drafted, he’s just 19 years of age now. Prior to being drafted he played in 7 international games and a tournament before coming to the NHL. Is there actually a single living, mentally functioning human being that thought he would hit the ice like the afore mentioned, they need their head examined. In case anyone has forgotten, not all 1st overall picks excel. How did Alexandre Daigle, Patrik Stefan, Rick DiPietro, Nail Yakupov and Alexis Lafreniere turn out. The jury is still out on Lafreniere It took Jack Hughes 4-years in the NHL before he lit it up, and his team had talent around him all the time. https://lnkd.in/gvH55YTr

Hello Hockey Fan’s, If you love hockey, take a listen to Episode 93 of the Hockey Free For All Podcast Content Includes- #1. The NHL has clearly overstepped its authority by suspending Philadelphia Flyers head coach John Tortorella for 2 games and fining him 50,000 dollars. John Tortorella Calls it as he sees it. #2. The officials in all sports have been horrendously bad for decades and are not beyond questioning in any way. Any league and the executives that believes officials are beyond question, have got it really wrong and backwards. #3. How has officiating been able to remain so bad after video replay was not only made available, but was instituted within the game, that should have eliminated poor officiating, any and all missed calls within the game, shouldn’t it? #4. The league officials and its executives deserve every bit of criticism they have received. #5. I absolutely applaud 100%, the response of the Philadelphia Flyer’s CEO Dan Hilferty to Al Morganti of NBC Sports that he would pay the entire amount of what ever fine the NHL imposed on head Coach John Tortorella. #6. Those that are predicting that the Philadelphia Flyers will crash and burn before the 2023/2024 season wraps up, should know that they have just provided the most fantastic bulletin board fuel to the Flyers to not only continue there outstanding season, but go deep into the playoff, and if there anyone who feeds off of those kinds of remarks and statement, its John Tortorella, and I truly hope Tortorella make all of these predictors choke on their comments. In case you’re not on board with the stupidity of the league, try to explain this rationally.  Montreal Canadiens forward Brendan Gallagher was hit with a longer suspension than New York Rangers forward Matt Rempe, and I have no problem with Rempe, that made since to someone? #7. I am taking great enjoyment watching all the Kent Hughes questioners choke on their words. #8. Montreal had a great 2023/2024 trade season. #9. The 3-goaltender system worked great in Montreal. It allowed everyone time and growth, the team is in a rebuild and evaluation mode and Jake Allens influence will make an enormous positive impact on Cayden Primeau’s and Sam Montembeau’s careers. Cayden Primeau will ascend to the number one goalie position in Montreal. https://lnkd.in/gKwU-5eR

Hello Hockey Fans out there, here is Episode 123 of the Hockey Free For All to take a listen 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 Canadiens 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.  https://lnkd.in/gTEYNnDZ

Hello Hockey Fan’s, If you love hockey, take a listen to Episode 93 of the Hockey Free For All Podcast Content Includes- #1. The NHL has clearly overstepped its authority by suspending Philadelphia Flyers head coach John Tortorella for 2 games and fining him 50,000 dollars. John Tortorella Calls it as he sees it. #2. The officials in all sports have been horrendously bad for decades and are not beyond questioning in any way. Any league and the executives that believes officials are beyond question, have got it really wrong and backwards. #3. How has officiating been able to remain so bad after video replay was not only made available, but was instituted within the game, that should have eliminated poor officiating, any and all missed calls within the game, shouldn’t it? #4. The league officials and its executives deserve every bit of criticism they have received. #5. I absolutely applaud 100%, the response of the Philadelphia Flyer’s CEO Dan Hilferty to Al Morganti of NBC Sports that he would pay the entire amount of what ever fine the NHL imposed on head Coach John Tortorella. #6. Those that are predicting that the Philadelphia Flyers will crash and burn before the 2023/2024 season wraps up, should know that they have just provided the most fantastic bulletin board fuel to the Flyers to not only continue there outstanding season, but go deep into the playoff, and if there anyone who feeds off of those kinds of remarks and statement, its John Tortorella, and I truly hope Tortorella make all of these predictors choke on their comments. In case you’re not on board with the stupidity of the league, try to explain this rationally.  Montreal Canadiens forward Brendan Gallagher was hit with a longer suspension than New York Rangers forward Matt Rempe, and I have no problem with Rempe, that made since to someone? #7. I am taking great enjoyment watching all the Kent Hughes questioners choke on their words. #8. Montreal had a great 2023/2024 trade season. #9. The 3-goaltender system worked great in Montreal. It allowed everyone time and growth, the team is in a rebuild and evaluation mode and Jake Allens influence will make an enormous positive impact on Cayden Primeau’s and Sam Montembeau’s careers. Cayden Primeau will ascend to the number one goalie position in Montreal. https://lnkd.in/gCG7jE3T

Hello to all hockey fans out there. Take a listen to Episode 94 of the Hockey Free For All Podcast to get your hockey fix, topics include- #1. Wishing the best to Head Coach Martin St. Louis for a family. #2. The unexpected departure of Head Coach Martin St. Louis due to family a family emergency, may just about guarantee a bottle 5 finish in league standing, greatly enhancing their selection position in the 2024 NHL entry draft. #3. Stop with the Conner Bedard the great remarks. #4 Stop comparing Conner Bedard to Mario Lemieux, Wayne Gretzky, Gordie Howe or even Conner McDavid. Let him evolve his own game and status. #5. It’s extremely early to refer to Austin Mathews as the greatest goal scoring in NHL history.  Austin Mathews is not even remotely close in any way to what Wayne Gretzky, Alex Ovechkin, Gordie Howe, Jaromir Jagr or Brett Hull have achieved. Austin Matthews is not even anywhere near to Mike Gardner’s 708 career goals, who sits in the 8th overall spot of all time goal scorers, so this Rederick can stop. #6 So, now that the 2023/2024 trade deadline has passed and Montreal has traded Jake Allen to the New Jersey Devils, it seems like there are people who have nothing better to than critique Cayden Primeau’s game. #7. Samual Montembeau’s rise to being referred to as the undisputed number one goalie of the Montreal Canadiens, is still a long way from reality. Find out why. #8. Why are there so many people that are either dying to, or that are immediately ready to anoint before actual abilities, skill sets, consistency and greatness have been truly shown, and consistently achieved. That’s why there are so few of the very best and its what sets them apart. #9. The horrendous officiating continues, did anyone see the blatant elbow from Vancouver Canucks player Teddy Blugger, directly to the face of Montreal Canadiens defenseman Kaiden Guhle? Truly a garbage player and garbage officiating right down to a granular level. #10. Where was the type of concern and response that Joshua Roy’s hand injury has received each and every time Brendan Gallaghers hands have been smashed and that now look like a deformed pretzel? #11. Why do so many want to rush and ruin the careers of David Reinbacher and Lane Hutson? https://lnkd.in/g9AeU__M

Hello Hockey Fans out there, here is Episode 123 of the Hockey Free For All to take a listen 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 Canadiens 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.  https://lnkd.in/gsUZDc-B

Hello hockey fans out there, here is Episode 106 of the Hockey Free For All Podcast to get your hockey fix, discussions include- #1. The Montreal Canadiens do not need Trevor Zegras, Joel Farabee’s or Pierre Luc Dubois, stop with the insanity. #2. The Flyers and Kings would get stronger and the Montreal Canadiens would get significantly weaker with these trades. #3. Why would Montreal tear down their rebuild, deplete their prospect pool and destroy their roster, these trades have no upside to any of them.  #4. Montreal acquired Kirby Dach and Alex Newhook for the specific reasons such as size, speed and versatility. #5. Montreal NHL roster players to trade should be Josh Anderson, Joel Armia, Christian Dvorak, Jake Evens, Brendan Gallagher, Rafael Harvey-Pinard, David Savard and Jesse Ylonen. #6. Laval AHL players to trade should be Justin Barron, Miguel Tourigny, Joe Vrbetic, Ty Smilanic, Mitchell Stephens, Philippe Maillet and Brady Keeper. #7. Only prospects Sam Harris, Oliver Kapanen, Jack Smith, Alexander Gordin, Fillip Eriksson, Luke Mittelstadt, Petteri Nurmi, Blake Biondi, Mattias Norlander and Jacob Olofsson. The Jury remains out on prospects such as Rhett Pitlick, Vinzenz Rohrer, Xavier Simoneau, Jacob Perreault, Riley Kidney, Luke Tuch, Cedrick Guindon, Arnaud Durandeau, Quentin Miller, Emmett Croteau, Dmitri Kostenko and Daniil Sobolev should be even considered. #8. In playoff news. The Florida Panthers are for real, have come to play, and are all in. #9. The Edmonton Oilers/Dallas Stars might just be the more competitive series to watch. #10. The Ottawa Senators have hired Rob DiMaio as their new Director of Player Personnel. #11. The Tampa Bay Lightning have reacquired defenseman Ryan McDonagh from the Nashville Predators. #12. The Toronto Maple leaf’s new head coach Craig Berube is laying the ground work and baseline expectations for the players and has been very vocal since being hired. #13. Insanity and stupidity continue to create Arber Xhekaj trade rumors relentlessly. Don’t do it, or Montreal will not when the Stanley Cup again for at least another 25 -years plus. Would not even trade Arber Xhekaj straight up for Connor McDavid. #14. Stanley Cups foundations of Dynasty clubs are built on players like Arber Xhekaj, and that is why 31 other clubs want to obtain him so badly. If anyone thought trading Patrick Roy, Ryan McDonagh, Johnn LeClair, or when Guy Lafleur left, cost Montreal Stanley Cup Championships, trading Arber Xhekaj will haunt the organization and its fans 10-fold, compared to all those other moves combined. #15. Sheldon Keefe has been hired as the new head coach of the New Jersey Devil’s. #16. Vancouver Canucks head coach Rick Tocchet wins Jack Adam’s trophy as head coach of the year. #17. Calgary assistant coach Marc Savard has resigned. https://lnkd.in/gBCri753

Welcome to Episode 124 of the Hockey Free For All Podcast. Take a listen to this week’s top Topics and Discussions that 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! https://lnkd.in/eUnXvPUf

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, we do have options. #6. STOP! MONTREAL DOES NOT NEED A VETERAN 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. https://lnkd.in/gfDzDZY5

Hello to all hockey fans out there. Take a listen to Episode 94 of the Hockey Free For All Podcast to get your hockey fix, topics include- #1. Wishing the best to Head Coach Martin St. Louis for a family. #2. The unexpected departure of Head Coach Martin St. Louis due to family a family emergency, may just about guarantee a bottle 5 finish in league standing, greatly enhancing their selection position in the 2024 NHL entry draft. #3. Stop with the Conner Bedard the great remarks. #4 Stop comparing Conner Bedard to Mario Lemieux, Wayne Gretzky, Gordie Howe or even Conner McDavid. Let him evolve his own game and status. #5. It’s extremely early to refer to Austin Mathews as the greatest goal scoring in NHL history.  Austin Mathews is not even remotely close in any way to what Wayne Gretzky, Alex Ovechkin, Gordie Howe, Jaromir Jagr or Brett Hull have achieved. Austin Mattews is not even anywhere near to Mike Gardner’s 708 career goals, who sits in the 8th overall spot of all time goal scorers, so this Rederick can stop. #6 So, now that the 2023/2024 trade deadline has passed and Montreal has traded Jake Allen to the New Jersey Devils, it seems like there are people who have nothing better to than critique Cayden Primeau’s game. #7. Samual Montembeau’s rise to being referred to as the undisputed number one goalie of the Montreal Canadiens, is still a long way from reality. Find out why. #8. Why are there so many people that are either dying to, or that are immediately ready to anoint before actual abilities, skill sets, consistency and greatness have been truly shown, and consistently achieved. That’s why there are so few of the very best and its what sets them apart. #9. The horrendous officiating continues, did anyone see the blatant elbow from Vancouver Canucks player Teddy Blugger, directly to the face of Montreal Canadiens defenseman Kaiden Guhle? Truly a garbage player and garbage officiating right down to a granular level. #10. Where was the type of concern and response that Joshua Roy’s hand injury has received each and every time Brendan Gallaghers hands have been smashed and that now look like a deformed pretzel? #11. Why do so many want to rush and ruin the careers of David Reinbacher and Lane Hutson? https://lnkd.in/gp9b2GZi