It’s time for Episode 146 pf the Hockey Free For All Podcast, Topics include-

#1. Whinny Patrik Laine is back. The honeymoon in Montreal Canadiens is over.

#2. Montreal needs to trade Patrik Laine to the Vancouver Canucks, so Laine can line up with Elias Pettersson. The Vancouver Canuck can then concentrate on acquiring Mikko Rantanen to complete the line.

#3. What is up with the continued and relentless trade rumors with every possible trade that the Montreal Canadiens could will start with or include Logan Mailloux?

#4. Is there just an abysmal lack of understanding in talent level and excellence of this Montreal Canadiens prospect?

#5. Unless Montreal Canadiens obtains Cale Makar straight up for Logan Mailloux, by the Colorado Avalanche, no one else is worthy of trading for!

#6. Its time to move Patrik Laine’s, Kirby Dach, Alex Newhook, Josh Andersson, Christian Dvorak, Jake Evan, Michael Pezzetta, David Savard, Joel Armia and Cayden Primeau to move on, the organization has the replacements on hand

#7. This just in, Kirby Dach will miss the remainder of yet another regular season. This is ala Jonathan Drouin all over again.

#8. Kirby Dach is far too fragile.

#9. Florian Xhekaj was a 4th round steel in the 2023 draft, hab’s fans will love him.

#10. Tyler Thorp and Luke Tuch will make excellent linemates for Florian Xhekaj.

#11. The Montreal Canadiens have their top 3 centers for the next decade plus.

#12. Samual Montembeau returned from the 4-nations tournament a very different player

#13. The Montreal Canadiens do not need to focus on the QMJHL in the 2025 draft, they need to focus on the best player/players for the organization.

#14. The Montreal Canadiens finally started drafting the organization needs in 2019 after decades of bad drafting.

#15. Kaidin Guhle’s injury though not a Knee or Shoulder injury, should be extremely concerning.

#16. Kaiden Guhle needs to spend the rest of his recovery time, and all of the off season focused on protecting himself.

#17. Arber Xhekaj’s greatest skill above all else is to be told he can’t succeed at something.

#18. A line consisting of Brendan Gallagher, Sean Farrell and Raphael Harvey-Pinard for the rest of the 2024/2025 season would be great to watch.

#19. Can’t wait to see Alexander Ovechkin break Wayne Gretzky’s all time most goals scored record.

#20. I want to see Alexander Ovechkin notch 900 career goals by the end of the 2024/2025 regular season.

#21. What’s with these morons that keep calling into question Martin St. Louis coaching?

#22. The Montreal Canadiens do not need to trade Brendan Gallagher to the New Jersey Devils and the Montreal Canadiens do not need to acquire any more players on the smaller side.

#23. The Montreal Canadiens need to net a 1st round draft pick for Jake Evans.

Hello Hockey Fans out there. Here is Episode 145 of the Hockey Free For All Podcast to take a listen to and get your hockey fix, topics this week include-

#1. The fights at the beginning of the game were an unexceptionable disgrace.

#2. Matthew Tkachuk and Brady Tkachuk should have been ejected from the game

#3. Canada had injuries too, Cale Makar, Shea Theodore and Alex Pietrangelo.

#4. Cale Makar is the undisputed best defensemen in the NHL

#5. Fighting is not part of the game, it’s been allowed. There’s an enormous difference and distinction there.

#6. Policing, protecting and retaliation to intent to hurt a player on purpose dose justify the permanent elimination of the offender, and sends a message, it will not be tolerated in any way, shape or form, or at any time.

#7. Canada looked old in the first game against the United States

#8. Canada looked flat in the first game against the United States

#9. Canada was clearly relying on its history and past reputation, and didn't show up in the first game against the United States

#10. Sidney Crosby was a non-factor in the first game against the United States

#11. Connor McDavid was taken out of the remainder of the first game against the United States after scoring.

#12. Team Finland and Sweden clearly outmatched in the 4 nations tournament by the United States and Canada, it wasn’t even close.

#13. The 4 Nations Tournament was an enormous success for the NHL and far better than any traditional all-star game format.

#14. Sidney Crosby and Connor McDavid showed up and were engaged in the 4 Nation’s final game, there was a clear difference in their level of intensity, and everyone else fed off of it.

#15. NHL All-star games should be replaced with tournaments like the 4 nations tournament, Rendezvous 87 where the best of the NHL lined up in a 2-game contest with the Soviet Selects or go to a different international city, every year and play that countries top team/teams. It would be far more interesting, result in far more viewership, and would be the best possible marketing for the NHL.

#16. The 4 Nations Tournament would have been even better if Czechoslovakia, Russia, Slovenia and Germany were part of it.

#17. It’s time to stop punishing Russian athletes. They are responsible in any way for the Ukraine war against Russia. The Athletes are being used as Pawns in a geo-political game. The athletes have dedicated their lives to and trained for tournaments, the Olympics and international contests, they have nothing to do with the war, and yet are being punished for it.

Hello Hockey fan’s, take a listen to episode 144 of the Hockey Free For All Podacst as Rumors and behaviors are running rampant.

#1. The only way it makes sense for Jakub Dobes to be returned to Laval is?

#2. The unacceptable behaviors of Montreal Canadiens fan’s after the the completion of the 4 to nothing shut out by the New Devils.

#3. The Unprofessional conduct and treatment of Samual Montembeau at the 4 Nations Tournament?

#4. The insanity of acquiring center Dylan Cozens from the Buffalo Sabres, who carries 7.1 million dollar annual cap hit until the 2029/2030 season, are you kidding me? That makes sense on what or who’s planet?

#5. Its time for Patrik Laine, Kirby Dach, Alex Newhook, Josh Anderson, Christian Devorak, Joel Armia, Jake Evens, Dave Savard, Mike Matheson, Michael Pezzetta, Rapheal Harvey-Pinard and with the resent treatment of Samual Montembeau to all move on

#6. The honeymoon ends with the completion of the 2024/2025 season.

#7. The Injury to Kaiden Guhle has clearly shows how far away the Montreal Canadiens are from an actual playoff contending team. The loss of this player should not have affected the Canadiens to the level that is has.

The Pittsburgh Penguins have lost Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin, The Edmonton Oilers have lost Connor McDavid and the Colorado Avalanche have lost their captain Gabriel Landeskog for 277 games and counting and it remained game on, next man up and none of the 3 teams have so much missed a step, let alone catastrophically fallen into despair, like the Montreal Canadiens have since Kaiden Guhle’s injury.

If that happens with an injury to Kaiden Guhle, what would happen if Nick Suzuki or Ivan Demidov got hurt? It should be business as usual next man up, but will it be?

#8. The expectations increase exponentially on day one of training camp and the regular season of 2025/2026 with the full time arrivals of Ivan Demidov, Michael Hage, Owen Beck, Joshua Roy, David Reinbacher, Logan Mailloux , Adam Engstrom, Jakub Dobes, Oliver Kapanen, Jacob Fowler and maybe even Tyler Thorpe, along with sandpaper/grit players Florian Xhekaj, Luke Tuch and Jared Davidson.