Fusion; An Hockey Podcast

It's almost 2 hours long. Tuukka Rask, Claude Julien's health scare, the Habs' Game 2 domination, all the other series, dunking on Mike Milbury, Lafreniere to the Rangers, and Guess Who: Flyers Edition. This is a great episode, if we do say so ourselves. Sponsored by Sandborne's Boys Subscribe and share! Twitter: @AlexMeleras @taiseifu Instagram: fusionanhockeypodcast

Making fun of the Leafs, making predictions for the Conference Quarterfinals, and previewing phase 2 of the Draft Lottery, all in this special Monday bonus episode! Sponsored by Sandborne's Boys Subscribe and share! Twitter: @AlexMeleras @taiseifu Instagram: fusionanhockeypodcast

The Montreal Canadiens are officially a playoff team in this, the year 2020, and thereby the Pittsburgh Penguins are not. Happy birthday Sidney Crosby. We also talk about the other, less important series. Sponsored by Sandborne's Boys Subscribe and share! Twitter: @AlexMeleras @taiseifu Instagram: fusionanhockeypodcast

Recorded immediately after the Montreal Canadiens beat (beat?) beat! the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-2 in OT in Game 1 of the play-in. We're still in shock. We also cover the other games from Day 1, Matt Dumba's speech and the NHL's lacklustre-at-best attempts at social justice statements, with a quick game of Today's Time on Ice. Sponsored by Sandborne's Boys Subscribe and share! Twitter: @AlexMeleras...

It's time for our full-fledged playoff predictions, all the way from the play-in round to the Stanley Cup Finals. Plus, commentary on the birth of the Seattle Kraken name, logo and jersey.  Sponsored by Sandborne's Boys Subscribe and share! Twitter: @AlexMeleras @taiseifu Instagram: fusionanhockeypodcast

More schedule details out! We talk Habs lineup, 31-player roster, awards finalists, Kaiden Guhle vs. Braden Schneider, and another round of Who He Score More For? Sponsored by Sandborne's Boys Subscribe and share! Twitter: @AlexMeleras @taiseifu Instagram: fusionanhockeypodcast

The NHL's play-in and round robin schedule is (sort of) out, with a Stanley Cup Final starting on September 20. 9 opt-outs so far, a new CBA agreed upon, Devils hire Lindy Ruff, Brock Boeser maybe traded, Thomas Bordeleau, Ty Smilanic, and Guess Who Pittsburgh Edition. Sponsored by Sandborne's Boys Subscribe and share! Twitter: @AlexMeleras @taiseifu Instagram: fusionanhockeypodcast

The new CBA, the HHOF class, Marco Rossi, Jack Quinn, our first mock draft, and a good old-fashioned multiple-choice quiz. Sponsored by Sandborne's Boys Subscribe and share! Twitter: @AlexMeleras @taiseifu Instagram: fusionanhockeypodcast

A play-in team will draft Lafreniere! The Kings and Sens are picking 2 & 3, and Red Wings fans are sore losers. We look at the draft lottery results from every angle we can think of, including a ranking of the possible landing destinations for Laffy, Bob's list, and of course, how this affects the Habs. Also introducing a new trivia game: Correct But Incorrect. Sponsored by Sandborne's Boys Su...

On today's docket: 11 NHLers are Covid positive, the Sabres overhauled their front office, the CHL hazing lawsuit, our mock awards ballots, a draft lottery preview, and a game of Guess Who: Minnesota Wild edition. Happy Father's Day! and Happy Summer! and Happy Cole-aversary! Sponsored by Sandborne's Boys Subscribe and share! Twitter: @AlexMeleras @taiseifu Instagram: fusionanhockeypodcast

Here is part 2 of the June 14 episode. It contains a trivia question that is too long. Part 1: https://anchor.fm/fusionanhockeypodcast/episodes/Part-1-The-Episode-Jun-14--2020-ejaq5k/a-a35j5f1 Sponsored by Sandborne's Boys Subscribe and share! Twitter: @AlexMeleras @taiseifu Instagram: fusionanhockeypodcast

Alex created a trivia segment for Taisei that was simply way too long. We had to split it into two episodes. In the first half, we talk hub cities, safety protocol, Diversity Alliance, J.J. Peterka and Lukas Reichel. Part 2: https://anchor.fm/fusionanhockeypodcast/episodes/Part-2-The-Quiz-Jun-14--2020-ejaq50 Sponsored by Sandborne's Boys Subscribe and share! Twitter: @AlexMeleras @taiseifu

A chunk of NHLers and every NHL team (save the Rangers) have spoken out in support of Black Lives Matter, to varying degrees of effectiveness and sincerity. The NHL also announced that they'll be re-seeding the playoffs this year instead of bracketing. We profile 2020 draft prospects William Wallinder and Emil Andrae, then Taisei gives Alex a marathon 18-question quiz. Sponsored by Sandborne's Boy...

Taisei and Alex dive into the NHL's return to play announcement and the funky draft lottery format before playing a Habs version of the classic board game Guess Who. Sponsored by Sandborne's Boys Subscribe and share! Twitter: @AlexMeleras @taiseifu

Congratulations to the Montreal Canadiens, who defeated the odds, overcame the fact that they are awful and (kind of) made the playoffs. Today we try to untangle all the confusing things about the 24-team format that the NHL will still have to figure out. Plus a Who Wants to Be a Millionaire themed trivia segment. Sponsored by Sandborne's Boys Subscribe and share! Twitter: @AlexMeleras @taiseifu

A June draft now looks unlikely, a 24-team playoff looks like the NHL's plan A, and the Habs signed Cam Hillis. Plus, trivia for Taisei about everyone's favourite gimmick team. Sponsored by Sandborne's Boys Subscribe and share! Twitter: @AlexMeleras @taiseifu

Mikko Lehtonen signed with the Leafs, Alex Romanov signed with the Habs and Brendan Leipsic will never play in the NHL again. Plus a little bit of 2020 draft prospect talk and trivia! Sponsored by Sandborne's Boys Subscribe and share! Twitter: @AlexMeleras @taiseifu

- The Habs might get Mikko Lehtonen- 19 new NHL contracts were signed in the past 7 days, including an extension for Jaro Halak in Boston, a deal in Ottawa for Russian free agent Artem Zub, and entry-level deals for Nils Hoglander, Dustin Wolf, and Montreal draft pick Arsen Khisamutdinov.- Also, the NHL is probably gonna do a June draft with a terrible lottery format.- Alex gives Taisei a quiz cal...

Time for some more quarantine content. The Habs signed Vasily Demchenko, the Blue Jackets extended Elvis Merzlikins and tried to sign Mikhail Grigorenko. The NWHL is expanding to Toronto, and Alex either passes or fails Taisei's Merzlikins-themed 8-question quiz. Sponsored by Sandborne's Boys Subscribe and share! Twitter: @AlexMeleras @taiseifu

We discuss Andrei Markov's retirement, Marco Scandella's new contract, Dustin Byfuglien's departure from the Jets, and Taisei takes Alex's Markov-themed quiz. Sponsored by Sandborne's Boys Subscribe and share! Twitter: @AlexMeleras @taiseifu

R.I.P. Colby Cave Taisei and Alex discuss the NHL's plans for a possible single-venue return, and then Alex tries his hand at Taisei's NHL Mascot Quiz. Sponsored by Sandborne's Boys Subscribe and share! Twitter: @AlexMeleras @taiseifu

We go through the NHLPA player poll, and then we take a look at how The Athletic's simulation of the regular season turned out. Sponsored by Sandborne's Boys Subscribe and share! Twitter: @AlexMeleras @taiseifu

This week's activity? A March Madness-style bracket containing 64 of the players in the Habs organization, seeded by length of tenure and judged using laughably subjective criteria. Play along! Sponsored by Sandborne's Boys Subscribe and share! Twitter: @AlexMeleras @taiseifu

20 minutes of chit-chat, then we each share our full-fledged rankings of all 31 NHL logos. And of course, we are both very trustworthy sources when it comes to the visual arts. Sponsored by Sandborne's Boys Subscribe and share! Twitter: @AlexMeleras @taiseifu

So, um, yeah. The NHL season might be over, we don't know. But nevertheless, Fusion; An Hockey Podcast will march on, discussing not only the current situation, but how sports fans are filling up their time nowadays. Featuring some more trivia! Sponsored by Sandborne's Boys Subscribe and share! Twitter: @AlexMeleras @taiseifu