Goalie Hugs

Court Lalonde joins the show to talk about all things Boston Bruins, Vegas Golden Knights, alternate jersey desires and more! 2026 Free Agency took another hit as Jack Eichel signed an extension in Vegas and Mattias Ekholm signed an extension in Edmonton. Lane Hutson got paid too in Montréal, then Kent Hughes and Jeff Gorton signed extensions in the front office as well. Follow Bruins Diehards on...

Connor McDavid signed a two-year extension that'll keep him in an Edmonton Oilers uniform through the 2027-28 season, unless he wants out before then. Plus, Jackson LaCombe reset the market (kind of), the Boston Bruins are going to retire Zdeno Chára's No. 33 and the Battle of Florida got a little out of hand in their final preseason meeting. All that and more!

The Edmonton Oilers released a new alternate jersey and the Internet hates it! The Minnesota Wild and San José Sharks brought old looks back and the Internet loves it! Anze Kop11ar plans on retiring after this season, while the Florida Panthers are set to put the new LTIR rules to the test. The Calgary Flames want to host the 2028 World Cup of Hockey and the PWHL eyes more expansion. Meanwhile, Ki...

Alex Ovechkin has a new cereal and the Washington Capitals have a cool new alternate jersey. Not to be outdone, the Detroit Red Wings unveiled their centennial threads to commemorate their 100th season and we tried to guess what the New York Rangers have in mind for their centennial look. Also, Ivan Fedotov was traded, some RFAs are still unsigned– until Wyatt Kaiser signed his new deal between th...

Leftover thoughts from CBA talk last week mixed with a little fun future trivia answers. Remembering Ken Dryden and Rick Kuraly. Dustin Wolf has a new contract. Sidney Crosby and Kirill Kaprizov talk and the Goalie Hugs crew previews the Central Division ahead of the 2025-26 season.

After not getting around to doing any episodes this summer, the Goalie Hugs crew returns for the 2025-26 NHL season with a bunch of excuses. Also, the Ottawa Senators, Carolina Hurricanes and Seattle Kraken introduced new threads and we have several thoughts. Come for the Metropolitan Division preview, stay for the Jack Edwardsian dictionary definitions, historical references and more!

Dany returns and everyone forgets that Roger McQueen exists! Well, almost everyone, anyway. Also, the St. Louis Blues and Boston Bruins unveiled rebrands and the Hockey Hall of Fame Class of 2025 was announced. We did a mock draft for the first half of the first round of the 2025 NHL Draft too.

The Florida Panthers are back-to-back Stanley Cup champions after defeating the Edmonton Oilers in six games in the 2025 Stanley Cup Final. Where do the Oilers go from here? Can Florida become a dynasty? And more!

The Florida Panthers have a 2-1 series lead over the Edmonton Oilers and Jake Walman's wallet is a little lighter after 140 penalty minutes in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final. Marco Sturm is finally a head coach in the National Hockey League. We recreate the almost Vincent Lecavalier trade in modern terms, talk taxes, Lanci writes the next summer blockbuster and more!

Since the last episode: Marco Sturm, Mitch Love or SOMEONE might finally be named as head coach of the Boston Bruins. The Carolina Hurricanes snapped their Eastern Conference Final losing streak then lost in the Eastern Conference Final (trust us, this sentence will make sense when we explain it). Pete DeBoer may have overreacted-- and the Dallas Stars lost (again) as a result! Also, the Florida P...

Since last episode: Don Sweeney got an extension in Boston, more coaches were hired or seemingly headed to be hired, the PWHL had a repeat champion and the Conference Finals got underway after the Second Round came to an end with yet another embarrassing ending for the Toronto Maple Leafs.

This "boring" episode contains a multitude of things. Since last episode: The Draft Lottery happened (and we didn't even talk about any conspiracy theories) and coaches played musical chairs! The PWHL expanded too-- adding two new franchises in Vancouver and Seattle set to begin play in the 2025-26 season. Also included: First Round eulogies, giving props to the Carolina Hurricanes, speculating po...

The First Round is underway so Nick and Shawn tackle each series already in progress while watching two Game 2s, talk gladiator fan etiquette and more totally relevant stuff.

Alex Ovechkin is the NHL's all-time goals leader. Something happened for the first time since 1967, and it doesn't involve the Toronto Maple Leafs (kind of)! Nick and Shawn present their final power rankings for the season before previewing the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs and Nick teaches you how to never be wrong or proven otherwise.

Nick and Shawn consider a rebrand and talk about Jeremy Swayman, Nikita Zadorov, lottery odds, John Tortorella, the wild card race and more.

Just what, exactly, was the reasoning for trading Brad Marchand and more. Nick and Shawn tackle the last two months, recap the trade deadline and produce their latest NHL power rankings as the season hits "the stretch" and the push for the playoffs begins.

The much-awaited 2024-25 edition of the Midseasonies Awards are finally presented!

The guys talk fun facts and Winter Classic musings related to matchups, venues, entertainment value and more. It's also once again time for power rankings on the podcast as the NHL hits the halfway point of the 2024-25 season.

Oliver Antone joins the show to talk all things Boston Fleet, future PWHL expansion, his journey to joining Fleet Diehards leadership, the "Keep Calm and Trust Jillian Dempsey" origin story, the Buffalo Sabres' losing streak, Kaapo Kakko and more!

The St. Louis Blues fired Drew Bannister, the Chicago Blackhawks fired Luke Richardson, Jacob Trouba was traded to the Anaheim Ducks, Igor Shesterkin signed an extension with the New York Rangers and Nick and Dany update their power rankings entering December.

Sammi Silber joins the show to talk all things Washington Capitals, Alex Ovechkin and his quest for becoming the NHL's all-time leader in goals, her journey as a hockey fan and writer for The Hockey News and more! Also included, why patience is a virtue in the aftermath of the Boston Bruins firing Jim Montgomery.

Jess Belmosto joins Nick and Shawn as the second official guest on the show to talk all things Calgary Flames, sports passions, her journey to covering Calgary as host of Locked on Flames and more! Power rankings about a month into the 2024-25 season are also discussed.

Jake Reiser joins Nick and Shawn as the first official guest on the show! They talk about slow starts, the Boston Bruins, goalie goals and more. Vibe checks aplenty! For Dany's birthday, we gave him the night off (also because he was scheduled to have the night off anyway).

The gang gives out awards after every team has played at least one game and makes seemingly outlandish predictions as a result. Jeremy Swayman has reset the goalie market and we created the greatest fantasy goalie game in history.

Nick and Shawn discuss hopes, dreams, expectations and expected disappointments with NHL 25. They also predict the final standings for the Eastern Conference for the upcoming 2024-25 season.