Soups on Hockey

The season preview shows wrap up the day the season begins, with good olllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll Soupy bears predicition show!

Soups on Hockey 26-27 season preview rolls on with hot soup!!! Good olllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll soupy bear giving you his hottest takes for all 32 teams for the upcoming season.

Soups on Hockey season preview, my top 25 centres for the 26-27 season, guaranteed to be wrong!

Soups on Hockey season preview, my top 25 Wingers for the 26-27 season, guaranteed to be wrong!

I give you my list of the top 25 defencemen for the 26-27 NHL season, guaranteed to be wrong!

I give you my list of who I believe will be the 25 goaltenders this season in the NHL, guaranteed to be wrong!

Some thoughts on the Hellebuyck situation and a bit at the end on Alex Formenton and the Oilers first pre-season game.

To quote the legend Bob Cole that is..."everything is happening". A short shift with a LOT of stuff to talk about! Batherson, Sourdif, Leonard, Newhook, Xhekaj aka Wifi, Ostlund, Hynes, Horcoff, and Cutter Gauthier ALL in this edition of the Soups on Hockey Short Shift, presented by Nonesense (aka I don't have a sponsor).

The Oilers sign Alex Formenton and Rogers announces who will be the panel for HNIC this coming season.

Makar, Quinn Hughes, Hellebuyck, McDavid to the Flyers, biggest messes in the league, and as always the Oilers all in this edition of the BS!

Has it really been 5 years since I just about forgot that the Sabres even existed?!?! Apparently, it has been. Taking a look at all 32 organizations and how well they are operating.

After a near 3 month "hiatus" ollllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll Soupy Bear has returned! There is lots I've missed, so I take a look at all 32 teams and how they're looking now that the dust has mostly settled on the 2026 off-season.

Kris Knoblauch is out, so I look at who might be next and also make the case for a desperate trade idea that might actually work if everything checks out.

Today's Soups on Hockey BS (stands for Big Show) I get into the Leafs, the Canucks, the Flames, the Sharks, a top 6 mock draft, a top 5 rebuild rankings, Brady Tkachuk, how pathetic trolling fan boys are, and of course look at the bleak state of afairs with the Oilers.

I rehash ALL OF IT. From the start of the rebuild to today, what's gone wrong, what needs to be done, and whether or not it's now a lost cause.

It's finally here!!! Especially the next 10-14 days, the absolute best hockey of the year!

I love the title of this one because I'd be stunned if many....anyone...knows what I'm referencing. This is the fun of doing the Blender, an odd topic that goes a million different ways.

The title explains what I start talking about, and it goes a ton of different ways from there. I believe I end up talking about expansion. But this is why it's called the Blender and not "Soups stays on point".

This is a new concept I'm trying out, leaning into my ADHD and letting it buck. This is on the 2002 Maple Leafs, but I try to go down every single rabbit hole I come across while doing so. Hope you enjoy it, let me know if you don't! (seriously)

On this episode of the BS (stands for Big Show) I get into how the NHL players have zero interest in growing the game, how poorly the league markets the game, how it turns out I was right on Doug Armstrong the whole time, the disaster that is the Maple Leafs, my latest power rankings, and as always I end it with a bit of Oilers talk.

The Oilers for once do a tidy bit of business acquiring Connor Murphy from the Chicago Blackhawks yesterday. I talk about that, plus the smoke that is building about how the growing expectations of what the Oilers will do by Friday's trade deadline.

In today's game, we hardly have any player movement. NTC's and NMC's combined with cap restraints and GM's frankly being terrified to do something they may regret has all conspired to make trading virtually non exsistent in today's game. 30 years ago however, seemingly everyone got dealt. From the 1995 draft until the 1996 trade deadline, it truly was the NHL's version of t...

I'm not sure how, but somehow Canada didn't win gold. Congrats to team USA, especially Connor Hellebuyck who stole them the gold medal. Obiously I talk about the game, Canada, seemingly disgraceful acts following the game, the fact that it's far from over with 4 more best on best tournaments coming in the next 8 years, and what the 2028 Canadian roster could look like.

Its the first time ever for NHL players to participate in the Olympics. And coming off the 1996 World Cup, things couldn't have been more up in the air than they were for this tournament in terms of who could win. The US and Canada were co-favourites, the Russians are always dangerous (though not icing their best team), as are the Swedes, and you never know who else could emerge....spoiler ale...

This is basically just a 30 minute rant on the Oilers. A lot of issues, a lot of finger pointing, seemingly no accountability.