The Athletic Hockey Show

Max Bultman who covers the Red Wings returns to fill in for Craig Custance and co-host the American's edition of the Athletic Hockey Show along with Sean Gentille. Dylan Larkin, the Captain of the Detroit Red Wings joins the boys to discuss the surprising start to the season for the winged wheel, the contributions from youngsters Lucas Raymond, Moritz Seider, Pius Suter and Alex Nedeljkovic and ho...

First, Ian and Hailey discuss a tumultuous weekend for the Vancouver Canucks as the organization fired GM Jim Benning and head coach Travis Green following an 8-15-2 start to the season, and Bruce Boudreau being hired as the team’s new head coach, Robin Lehner opting out of Olympics participation with Team Sweden for mental health reasons, The Athletic NHL writers changing roles, and more. Then, T...

Ian and Sean discuss Sean's piece about the battle of the worst team in Canada, and it appears the Senators may be running away with the title. Also, the Toronto Maple Leafs are dominating, are they for real? And yes, it's way too early, but why not discuss some dream playoff scenarios for this season? Then in "Granger Things", Jesse Granger suggests four players that you may want to grab now for...

Rob, Sara and Jesse discuss the controversial fine levied by the NHL on Carolina Hurricanes Head Coach Rod Brind'Amour for his demeaning display behind the bench in Dallas on Tuesday night. The roundtable also discusses Artemi Panarin's fine for throwing his glove at Brad Marchand, and the inappropriate chirp that Marchand directed towards him. We also discuss biting people. Brendan Lemieux gets f...

Craig Custance and Sean Gentille are reunited and it feels so good. The boys discuss the sale of the Pittsburgh Penguins to Fenway Sports Group and what the sale means to the franchise and the fans of the Steel city. The guys also review the top ten richest American franchises in the NHL. Shawn Thornton, a two time Stanley Cup Champion with the Anaheim Ducks and the Boston Bruins joins Craig and S...

First, Ian and Hailey discuss the Brady Tkachuk-Brendan Lemieux biting incident, Tkachuk’s blistering postgame comments, and how long a suspension Lemieux should face, Artemi Panarin’s perfect glove throw at Brad Marchand at the end of the Boston Bruins-New York Rangers game last Friday, and what sparked the incident to begin with, the reignited Alex Ovechkin vs. Sidney Crosby debate, Fenway Sport...

With Black Friday and Cyber Monday coming up, Ian Mendes and Sean McIndoe spend the next hour discussing deals in NHL history, dig into undoing some trades, talk some deals that ALMOST happened, and maybe anger a few fanbases along the way. Why not, it's the holidays.  Is there a trade you would undo? Email theathletichockeyshow@gmail.com or leave a VM at (845) 445-8459! The deal of the year is on...

On the Wednesday roundtable with Rob Pizzo of CBC Sports and Jesse Granger and Sara Civian from the Athletic, we discuss the NHL players Associations desire to tighten COVID-19 protocols in Vegas during all-star weekend, ahead of many of the all-star players then moving on to Beijing to compete in the Winter Olympics. Our panel also discusses the Islanders struggles on the ice and in the medical r...

With Thanksgiving fast approaching, Sean and guest co-host Max Bultman take a look at the NHL standings. 80 percent of teams that are in playoff spots on Thanksgiving, end up making the playoffs. Sean and Max take a look at what teams currently in playoff spots will falter and make way for three teams currently out of the playoff picture. The boys discuss the merits of the Columbus Blue Jackets, D...

First, Ian and Hailey talk about the red-hot start to the season for the Calgary Flames, featuring 7 shutouts over their first nineteen games, the Arizona Coyotes reeling off 3 wins since the inception of the “Will The Coyotes Win This Week?” segment, the Seattle Kraken playing like an expansion team, and more. Then, The Athletic’s own Arthur Staple joins the show to discuss the state of the New Y...

First, Max and Corey are joined by former Vancouver Canucks college free agent scout, and cohost of The Elev802 Podcast, Jonathan Bates, to discuss the value of college free agent scouting within an organization, how his job differed from the work of the pro and amateur scouts, big wins recruiting the likes of Troy Stecher and Chris Tanev, ones that got away, like Tyler Bozak, Kevan Miller, and Ne...

Ian Mendes and guest co-host Julian McKenzie kick off the episode discussing Anaheim Duck's forward Trevor Zegras being assessed a game misconduct penalty for his OT goal celebration on Tuesday night. What should be the line for unsportsmanlike conduct for cellies? Also, as it looks like the Pittsburgh Penguins are being sold to Fenway Group, other ideas for weird sport ownership crossovers. Then,...

On the Wednesday round table, Rob Pizzo from CBC Sports, along with Sara Civian and Jesse Granger from the Athletic look back on the 2020/21 class for the Hockey Hall of Fame, and if the standard that has to be met to be a hall of fame'er has been watered down. Lisa Dillman from the Athletic Los Angeles joins the show to discuss the overachieving Los Angeles Kings and the Anaheim Ducks who have sh...

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First, Ian and Hailey talk about Hailey’s first trip back to Ottawa after leaving to cover the Calgary Flames, Ian taking Hailey for a cup of less-than-Starbucks coffee, Hailey’s great piece on Jarome Iginla’s Hall of Fame career, in 20 stories not often told, The Athletic’s 2021 Hockey Hall of Fame committee selections, John Tortorella’s comments about Connor McDavid, and more. Then, The Athletic...

Ian Mendes and Sean McIndoe are joined by Ducks beat writer Eric Stephens to discuss Bob Murray's resignation as GM of Anaheim, the investigation that lead up to it, and more. Then, the surprising starts from the California NHL teams, and the struggles for the Colorado Avalanche and the Vegas Golden Knights.  In "Granger Things", Jesse Granger looks at Connor McDavid's effect on the betting world,...

On the Wednesday roundtable edition of the Athletic Hockey Show, Rob Pizzo from CBC Sports, along with Jesse Granger and Sara Civian from the Athletic discuss Jack Eichel's trade to Vegas, how excited he is to join a western conference team and Jesse provides us an update on Eichel's historic surgery, which is to be performed on Friday. Julian McKenzie from the Chris Johnston podcast joins the rou...

Craig and Sean welcome Vancouver Canucks defensemen Quinn Hughes. The Orlando Florida native discusses the Canucks power-play, his friendship with Brady Tkachuk, looking ahead to the 2022 Winter Olympics and cooking with his brother Jack. Custance and Gentille praise the season to date for Alex Ovechkin who leads the league in goals, after tying Brett Hull for fourth all time in goals scored in th...

First, Ian and Hailey talk about Ian’s trip to Grand Forks, North Dakota to watch Ottawa Senators prospects play for the Fighting Hawks, and then they discuss the Chicago Blackhawks relieving Jeremy Colliton of his head coaching duties, if the playoffs are already over for the Hawks, Montreal Canadiens, Arizona Coyotes, and Ottawa Senators or not, Dom Luszczyszyn’s latest piece on the 10 best line...

First, Max and Corey look back at the first month of the NHL season and discuss which rookies, and high-end young players, have lived up to the hype so far, including Moritz Seider, Lucas Raymond, Trevor Zegras, Bowen Byram, and others, and which ones have struggled to find their way, like Cole Caufield and Alexis Lafrenière. Then, the guys talk about Michigan’s top prospect-laden lineup and discu...

After the news broke early Thursday morning, Ian Mendes and Sean McIndoe are joined by Buffalo Sabres beat writer John Vogl to break down the trade that will send Jack Eichel to the Vegas Golden Knights. Then, is there a chance that Gary Bettman is replaced as NHL Commissioner anytime soon? And if so, who would replace him? Is there any chance the NHL will go out of the box for his eventual succes...

On the Wednesday round table, Rob Pizzo from CBC Sports along with Jesse Granger and Sara Civian from the Athletic dissect the Winnipeg Jets press conference held Tuesday with General Manager Kevin Cheveldayoff and Team President and co-owner Mark Chipman. The Jets brass discussed Cheveldayoff's involvement in the sexual assault scandal involving Kyle Beach, and how the Jets seemed to hit on all t...

On this episode of The Athletic Hockey Show USA, Craig and Sean look back on the press conference held by the NHL on Monday afternoon regarding former Blackhawks draft pick Kyle Beach. The guys express their frustration towards the commissioner to completely embrace with humility and empathy the gravity of the Kyle Beach story and the Chicago Blackhawks sexual assault scandal. Bryce Salvador, the...

First, Hailey and guest cohost Sean Gentille discuss the continued fallout from the Jenner & Block report and the Chicago Blackhawks sexual assault case, including Brad Aldrich joining USA Hockey as a video coach just five months after leaving the Blackhawks, Donald Fehr’s failure to protect Kyle Beach as NHLPA executive director, Alex DeBrincat’s take on the situation, and much more. Then, th...

Ian Mendes is joined by guest co-host Max Bultman to discuss Sidney Crosby getting ready to return to the Pittsburgh Penguins, and the team's success so far this season despite so many injuries to key players. Also, the Arizona Coyotes are struggling, and have yet to win a game. Looking ahead at the schedule, is there a win in the near future? Then, Ian and Max are joined by Chicago beat writer Ma...