The Athletic Hockey Show

Rob, Jesse and Russo discuss surprise storylines this season including the unbeaten Philadelphia Flyers, New York Rangers, Calgary Flames and Dallas Stars and the brutal start for the Minnesota Wild and the Vancouver Canucks. The guys debate video replay, the controversial hand pass in Toronto, Evgeny Kuznetsov's one game suspension for high sticking Kyle Burroughs and the salary cap potentially g...

Sean Gentille and guest co-host Joe Smith welcome Daryl Reaugh to praise the undefeated Dallas Stars who are coming off a 4-1 win over Winnipeg on Monday night, the resurgence of Tyler Seguin, the addition of Mason Marchment and the all-star play of goalie Jake Oettinger.  The guys discuss hot starts from the NY Rangers and Carolina Hurricanes and early season struggles in Minnesota and Vancouver....

Ian and Julian kick off the week with a discussion about the 2-0 Philadelphia Flyers, and come up with a new segment idea in the process, and are then joined by The Athletic’s own Max Bultman to talk about thus far undefeated Detroit Red Wings, the excitement level around Hockeytown, the plan for Sebastian Cossa, Dylan Larkin contract talks, and more. Plus, author and former player Justin Davis jo...

On a new Thriday show (recording closer to Friday than Thursday), Hailey and Sean look back at some of the slate of games that have been played over the last week, including covering a game while the show is recording. Also, Patrik Laine will be sidelined for 3-4 weeks with an injury, Travis Sanheim's new contract with the Flyers, and to wrap up, your early season overreactions. Save on a subscrip...

With the return of the NHL season, Ian and Sean discuss the Wednesday's Maple Leafs-Canadiens game, and that man in the florescent jacket. Also, Connor McDavid kicking off his season with a hat trick, and Jack Johnson joining in on the Avalanche's celebration in his Blackhawks uniform. Then in "Granger Things" Jesse Granger looks at lines with teams playing back to back games, and to wrap up, a de...

Rob Pizzo, Michael Russo and guest co-host Joe Smith look back on the first night of NHL action in North America, with the Rangers beating Tampa Bay and Vegas winning over Los Angeles, ahead of six more games tonight. Nino Niederreiter of the Nashville Predators, fresh off a sweep of the San Jose Sharks in the Global Series in Prague, joins the roundtable to talk about the experience of opening up...

Hosts Ian Mendes and Sean Gentille are joined by The Athletic NHL’s Pierre LeBrun, Arthur Staple, Peter Baugh, and Eric Stephens to preview the 2022-23 NHL season. Please note: this episode was recorded live on Tuesday, October 11, 2022. Watch a replay of the show on YouTube: https://youtu.be/601DNFy97kM Subscribe to The Athletic Hockey Show on YouTube: https://bit.ly/3BKz27u Get a 6 month subscri...

The Tuesday boyzzz, Craig Custance and Sean Gentille, offer an olive branch to Canadians Julian McKenzie and Ian Mendes to host the Monday show in celebration of Canadian Thanksgiving. Craig and Sean discuss the disturbing news out of Tampa Bay involving Ian Cole, who has been suspended by the team after allegations of sexual assault surfaced involving a women when she was a minor. Dominick Luszcz...

First, Corey sits down in the Regina Pats media room with potential No. 1 pick in the 2023 NHL Draft Connor Bedard to discuss being a hockey nerd, other top prospects like Adam Fantilli and Matvei Michkov, his Vancouver Canucks fandom, and more. Plus, Max, Corey, and FloHockey’s Chris Peters discuss the NHL preseason play of guys like Shane Wright, Juraj Slafkovsky, Peyton Krebs, Owen Power, Brand...

On a new Thriday episode, Hailey Salvian and Sean Gentille discuss the latest news in the Parliamentary hearings for Hockey Canada. Also, Jason Robertson's four-year extension with the Dallas Stars. Next, Carolina Hurricanes head coach Rod Brind'Amour joins the show to talk about the team heading into the new season, Brent Burns, the 25th anniversary of the Carolina Hurricanes, and much more. To w...

Ian and Sean are joined by The Athletic's Jonas Siegel to discuss the Toronto Maple Leafs, and if the addition of Matt Murray could help them get over the hump this season. Then, they chat about news overnight of Jason Robertson signing a four-year extension with the Dallas Stars. Next, Jesse Granger jumps on for "Granger Things" to discuss season goal total lines for a handful of players, thought...

Rob Pizzo, Jesse Granger and Michael Russo give their predictions for the upcoming season including who wins the Cup, the Hart, the Norris, which coach gets fired first and who gets more points this season, Jonathan Huberdeau or Matthew Tkachuk? Daniel Nugent-Bowman, who covers the beat in Edmonton for the Oilers stops by as the Athletic Hockey Show continues to cover the top storylines of the upc...

US Hockey Hall of Fame member Keith Tkachuk joins the Tuesday boys to discuss Matthew's move to Florida with the Panthers, Brady ready to lead the playoff hopeful Ottawa Senators and what it's like to vacation with the Tkachuk's. Joe Smith joins Craig and Sean from Tampa Bay to preview the Lightning season, and answers the question, are the Bolts still contenders in the NHL, as The Athletic Hockey...

Ian and Julian discuss the San Jose Sharks and Nashville Predators kicking off the regular season schedule with a “home and home” from the Czech Republic on Friday and Saturday, if the ship has sailed on NHL expansion into Europe, more injury trouble for the Boston Bruins with Taylor Hall set to miss the start of the regular season, and a little Multiple Choice Madness to close things out.  Plus,...

The Thriday show returns with Hailey and Sean discussing Rasmus Sandin's contract extension with the Toronto Maple Leafs, and the injury issues the team has faced in its first week of training camp. Also, Trevor Zegras gets injured by a hit in a preseason game vs. the Coyotes Wednesday night. Then, The Athletic's Peter Baugh joins the show to discuss the Colorado Avalanche's chances of a Stanley C...

To kick off the show, Ian and Sean discuss one of the biggest storylines heading into the NHL season: Did the Senators do enough this offseason to make the playoffs? Then in "Granger Things", Jesse Granger joins the show to discuss lines for this year's top scorer in the league. Next Ian and Sean discuss Sean's latest piece on the most intriguing NHL names to watch this season, Sean drops some new...

On the roundtable, Rob, Jesse and Russo discuss the NHL salary cap potentially climbing up to 10 million dollars over the next three seasons, and how that is a great thing for players, the teams and the fans.   The Athletic Hockey Show continues The 10 storylines to watch in the 22/23 NHL season, today, we ask Jesse, can the Vegas Golden Knights make it back to the playoffs with their goaltending...

On the American's edition of The Athletic Hockey Show, Craig and Sean discuss Sean, Dom and Shayna's work on The Athletic's NHL previews, specifically with the St. Louis Blues upcoming season. Plus Craig and Sean provide analysis on the Florida Panthers extending goalie Spencer Knight for three seasons at an AAV of 4.5 million. Charlie O'Connor previews the season for the Philadelphia Flyers, how...

On a new Monday edition of The Athletic Hockey Show, Ian and Julian reminisce about the first NHL games they ever attended and discuss covering their first preseason games of the year, the Anaheim Ducks waiting till the end of this season to negotiate a new deal for Trevor Zegras, as well as a little Multiple Choice Madness to close things out. Plus, Mark Lazerus joins the show to talk about the v...

Max, Corey, and new regular cohost FloHockey’s Chris Peters discuss the New York Rangers trading Nils Lundkvist to the Dallas Stars, Corey’s trip to the Prospects Challenge in Buffalo, Max’s trip to the Traverse City Prospect Tournament, and Chris’ trip to the Rookie Faceoff in San Jose, and a bunch of listener questions in this week’s mailbag to close things out. Get a 6 month subscription to The...

The new Friday show with Hailey Salvian and Sean Gentille kicks off talking training camp and what it's like to cover as a writer, before diving into the news of Ryan Ellis being expected to miss the season for the Flyers. Also, Ducks GM Pat Verbeek says a new contract for Trevor Zegras will wait until the offseason, and Jakob Chychrun still awaits a trade out of Arizona. Then, goalie Jack Campbel...

With the news that Maple Leafs GM Kyle Dubas will not be getting a contract extension, Ian and Sean discuss what needs to happen for the team this season for him to get one. Also, as season previews are released on The Athletic for each NHL team from Dom Luszczyszyn, Shayna Goldman, and Sean Gentille, the pair dig into the placement of the Blue Jackets. Then, Jesse Granger returns for a new "Grang...

Jesse Granger, Michael Russo and Joe Smith look back on the massive deal signed by Nathan MacKinnon which somehow is still a team friendly deal for Colorado. The guys stick tap the careers of Zdeno Chara, P.K. Subban and Keith Yandle, they discus the Jets decision to strip Blake Wheeler of his Captaincy and take a look at some of the more surprising PTO's offered to established NHL'ers this fall....

On the season premiere of The Athletic Hockey Show USA with Craig Custance and Sean Gentille, discuss Nathan MacKinnon's monster 8 year extension with Colorado, making him the highest paid player in the NHL with an AAV of 12.6 million a season. The guys celebrate the careers of NHL defensemen Zdeno Chara, P.K. Subban and Keith Yandle who retired from their playing careers on Tuesday and we look ba...

The Ian Mendes-Julian McKenzie era on the Monday episode of The Athletic Hockey Show begins and the guys discuss Blake Wheeler losing his captaincy of the Winnipeg Jets, Jason Robertson remaining unsigned by the Dallas Stars, whether Patrick Kane and Johnathan Toews are entering their last training camp with the Chicago Blackhawks or not, realistic Johnny Hockey expectations with the Columbus Blue...