Talking Hockey Sense

The Winter Olympics have concluded for the North American teams with Canada winning gold over the U.S. in women's hockey and the men's teams both getting bounced in the quarterfinals. Chris runs down his own thoughts on the Olympic hockey tournaments and also chats about the IIHF's rescheduling plans for cancelled tournaments like the World Juniors. After that, Chris welcomes his friend Matt Moran...

In this week's episode, Chris dives into his midseason draft rankings from DailyFaceoff.com and shares insight into how he arrived at certain decisions on the rankings. Additionally, Chris chats Olympics as the men's tournament is about to begin. After that, the podcast is turned over to the listeners, who sent in dozens of questions for this week's Q&A, covering a wide range of topics including t...

To get you prepped for the 2022 Olympic Winter Games, Chris invited women's hockey expert Nicole Haase to talk about the forthcoming women's tournament in Beijing, and Steven Ellis of The Hockey News to talk about the men. Even though NHL players won't be going, there are enough compelling reasons to watch this year's event, not the least of which is the always-entertaining rivalry between the U.S...

Friend of the pod Brad Schlossman of the Grand Forks Herald is back to help Chris break down the recently announced U.S. Olympic Men's Ice Hockey Team roster. The Americans will be sending a roster with 15 current NCAA players as they bet big on youth for Beijing. From the process, to the player-by-player analysis to the players Chris and Brad thought were snubbed for the roster, they cover all ba...

Chris breaks down what happened to force the 2022 World Junior Championship to be cancelled after just a few days, why the decision was made and ultimately what comes next. Chris also takes your questions about what happened at the WJC, why players and team staff were so frustrated and tries to handicap the possibility of rescheduling the World Juniors for the summer. There's also some talk of the...

Talking Hockey Sense Episode 32 is our full World Junior championship preview. Chris is joined by The Athletic's Corey Pronman to chat about the World Junior Championship and preview the tournament. The two chat about how the WJC works as an evaluation tool for prospects and share some thoughts on their own expectations of some of the top prospects playing in the tournament. Chris and Corey also s...

Mike Morreale from NHL.com joins Chris on this week's episode to discuss the final rosters for the 2022 World Junior Championship. Mike also shares his insight from the U.S. World Junior selection camp, where he has been stationed for the last few days. Mike and Chris also discuss the many, many draft-eligible players that will be in the mix at the WJC. On top of that, Chris breaks down Russia's c...

Chris is back with another Q&A ep where he goes in-depth on the World Junior Championship. We start off this week's podcast with a look at Canada's WJC camp roster, including the surprising omission of defenseman Brand Clarke. After that, Chris answers your questions about all things World Junior or otherwise. Among the topics covered, more on Slovakia's 16-year-old phenom Dalibor Dvorsky, Quintin...

As the calendar flips to December, it is officially World Junior season. USA Hockey announced its World Junior camp roster and Chris is joined by Brad Schlossman of the Grand Forks Herald to break it all down. The two also talk about the men's college hockey season to date including surprises and takeaways, They also discuss the latest in the Omaha Lancers saga and answer listener questions. Learn...

Chris covers the latest on the Omaha Lancers controversy and talks a bit about his U.S. Men's Olympic Team picks before answering reader questions. Among the topics covered, several team-specific prospect notes including the Red Wings, Kings, Maple Leafs, when Michigan's top players could turn pro, some thoughts on World Juniors candidates, NHL Draft prospects and what hockey things Chris is thank...

This week, The Athletic's Max Bultman stops by the Podcast to discuss in-depth one of the NHL's most surprising and fascinating teams, the Detroit Red Wings, the team he covers on a day-to-day basis. We cover everything to the incredible performances of Lucas Raymond and Moritz Seider, what Steve Yzerman has done in the course of this rebuild, Jeff Blashill's future and when we can declare the reb...

It's another Q&A episode of Talking Hockey Sense that covers a lot of ground. Among the topics covered, Chris looks at the recent reassignments of Cole Caufield and William Eklund, more examination of the last few weeks as hockey reckons with misconduct among leaders of various NHL teams, and why there's still good people worth highlighting in this sport. Chris also answers questions on Jesper Wal...

This week's episode covers a variety of topics, but first starts out with an insightful, engaging and educational chat with University of Vermont men's hockey coach Todd Woodcroft. The second-year coach of the Catamounts discusses his time as an NHL assistant coach and scout, plus his many opportunities to coach various national teams. Woodcroft will also be an assistant coach for Sweden's men's h...

It's another Q&A episode of Talking Hockey Sense where Chris answers your questions about all things hockey. This week, Chris tackles topics like the various player development routs and teams, pros and cons for each and more. There were also questions about the University of Michigan hockey team, 2022 NHL Draft prospects at the NTDP, and plenty of others. Chris also dishes on his new gigs in addi...

Chris is joined this week by Evan F. Moore, co-author of a new hockey book called Game Misconduct: Hockey's Toxic Culture and How to Fix It. Evan details his path as a hockey fan, covering the intersection of race and hockey, and what he hopes the book will accomplish now that it's out. After the conversation, Chris also takes a look at his pick to win the Stanley Cup and a handful of teams worth...

Chris offers his own preview of the NHL season with intriguing teams to watch, while putting a special focus on a wide-open Calder Trophy race heading into the 2021-22 season. Using the most recent betting odds, Chris offers his thoughts on which players have the best chance to live up to the preseason hype. On top of that, Chris answers your questions about top prospects and the 2022 NHL Draft. D...

In the first episode of the second season of Talking Hockey Sense, Brad Schlossman of the Grand Forks Herald drops by to chat with Chris about the upcoming men's college hockey season, taking a look at each conference, top teams, top players and top NHL prospects to know in college hockey this season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Corey Pronman returns for his second guest appearance on Talking Hockey Sense to talk with Chris about some of the top prospects for the 2022 NHL Draft at this early stage. Peters and Pronman talk about top performers at the Hlinka-Gretzky Cup, plus Shane Wright, Matthew Savoie, Brad Lambert, Logan Cooley and so many more. After the interview, Chris also takes some time to go over additional prosp...

Chris comes back from temporary hiatus with a listener Q&A, many closing thoughts on the 2021 NHL Draft including his favorite and least favorite draft classes, as well as other notable topics. The World Junior Summer Showcase, which featured dozens of top NHL prospects, is also covered with thoughts on various players based off of listener questions. Chris also covers some college hockey topics o...

Chris is flying solo again this week, answering your questions regarding the Seattle Kraken expansion draft and 2021 NHL Draft. Chris shares the latest news and notes he's heard about the draft, plus thoughts on some of the prospects and players Seattle picked (or didn't pick) in this week's expansion draft. Readers and listeners also sent in some great questions about both the Kraken and the draf...

Chris answers all of the pressing 2021 NHL Draft questions (and a few others) from Talking Hockey Sense listeners. It covers everything from the players who could fall on draft day, the players who could exceed where they're drafted Chris's process and eval tools and even if Chris has ever been asked by or considered moving to the team side of things. There's even the obligatory Mighty Ducks relat...

Josh Pauls, captain of the U.S. National Sled Hockey Team and a three-time Paralympic gold medalist, drops by the podcast to talk about the team's most recent gold medal at the World Para Ice Hockey Championship. Pauls also discusses his path to becoming one of the elite sled hockey players in the world, his leadership style and the drive for the U.S. to continue its unprecedented gold-medal strea...

University of Michigan head coach Mel Pearson drops by the podcast this week to chat about the season that was for his Wolverines, which featured three of the top eligible players for the 2021 NHL Draft including Owen Power, Matty Beniers and Kent Johnson. Pearson also shared thoughts on incoming freshmen Luke Hughes, Mackie Samoskevich and Dylan Duke. After the interview, Chris shares some though...

Elliotte Friedman, one of the top reporters in the game today, joins Talking Hockey Sense to dish on some of the biggest news items of the last few weeks including: Jack Eichel's status with the Sabres, trade options for Seth Jones, and the chances of Dougie Hamilton being a "sign-and-trade" option. Elliotte also talks about his career and the way he operates when reporting big stories, why the NH...

Craig Custance, senior managing editor for the NHL at The Athletic, hops on the podcast this week to talk about the Stanley Cup Playoffs, specifically the final four teams remaining. Among the topics, Chris and Craig talk about the rise of Cole Caufield, Barry Trotz and Lou Lamoriello's impact on the Islanders, the Lightning's quest to become a dynasty, and the high bar Vegas has set for Seattle....