The Great Canadian Hockey Podcast

Aidan Serra and James Paracy talk about the Ottawa Senators' recent negativities, from the Shane Pinto suspension, to the penalty for the Evgeni Dadonov debacle of 2022, to Pierre Dorion's firing. Aidan talks about his Heritage Classic experience and what the Calgary Flames have to do after a disastrous start. They go on to talk Draft Decentralization, the Vancouver Canucks, and some slow...

James Paracy and Aidan Serra talk about the challenging start to the Edmonton Oilers' season, the lightning-fast start to Detroit's season, and about each top-three pick in the 2023 draft now scoring their first NHL goals. They take a look at some young players tearing up the AHL at the start of the year, before a quick word on some junior hockey standouts, and the typical endings of Q&amp...

James Paracy and Aidan Serra look at the start of the season for some of the NHL teams and players with the most intriguing storylines. As far as teams go, they touch specifically on the home-and-home between the Vancouver Canucks and Edmonton Oilers, the Toronto Maple Leafs, Colorado Avalanche, and Buffalo Sabres. They talk about the strong early-season performances of Connor Bedard, Elias Petter...

Aidan Serra and James Paracy quickly give an Anaheim Ducks-centred update, talking contract extensions for youngsters Trevor Zegras and Jamie Drysdale, a quick word on NHL expansion, and some opinions on Brandt Clarke and Zach Benson, before they welcome Lucas Celle to the show. Lucas is currently the Broadcast & Media Coordinator and Colour Commentator for the Surrey Eagles of the BCHL, and h...

James and Aidan talk about a couple of rough incidents that stirred up some controversy early in the preseason, Mikael Backlund’s extension and captaincy, extensions in Minnesota and Aidan’s riser to watch for in the 2024 NHL Draft. Episode recorded on Sunday, October 1 and edited by Aidan Serra. Music by Gareth Baird.

James Paracy and Aidan Serra bring you an episode as the NHL preseason gets going, providing an update and some thoughts on the Mike Babcock situation and his recent resignation. They discuss early looks at the NHL rookie class of this coming season, touching on Connor Bedard, Adam Fantilli, and Logan Cooley. They then move on to discuss a couple of free agent situations, first, Steven Stamkos and...

Aidan Serra and James Paracy go through the rest of the free-agent signings and contract extensions, first touching on Auston Matthews' extension, before analyzing the differences in the way Edmonton handled Evan Bouchard's extension and the way Ottawa handled Jake Sanderson's extension. They touch on some more Mike Babcock controversy before analyzing two Canadian teams' choices f...

James Paracy and Aidan Serra are back from their respective summer vacations to bring you an update on all things NHL since the last week of July. They delve into the Erik Karlsson trade from San Jose to Pittsburgh, as well as touching on recent contract extensions. They go through all 32 NHL teams, picking which rookie or new acquisition will have the biggest impact on each one, before wrapping u...

James Paracy and Aidan Serra return after a week on the IR to bring an update on all things NHL, first taking a look at the latest blockbuster, with Alex DeBrincat departing Ottawa and heading to Detroit. They then run through some recent free agent signings, both for players re-upping with their existing teams and for players signing new deals as UFAs. Aidan then runs through his favourite and le...

James Paracy and Aidan Serra start off by commending the actions of one Montreal Canadiens fan ( https://dailyhive.com/montreal/canadiens-fan-david-reinbacher-supportive-messages-internet-hate) who, in the wake of some negative comments directed towards David Reinbacher, compiled and gifted Reinbacher a book containing dozens of messages of support from others in the fanbase. After a quick word on...

James Paracy and Aidan Serra are again joined by Jeremi Plourde of McKeen’s Hockey to wrap up their mock drafts. The two drafts move into the back half, with each pick between 15 and 32 analyzed. At the end, Aidan gets Jeremi’s perspective on some potential second-round gems. Episode recorded on Friday, June 23, and edited by Aidan Serra. Music by Gareth Baird.

James Paracy and Aidan Serra give a very quick news update, looking at the Calgary Flames’ difficult situation with some of their star players’ willingness to stay, as well as the 2023 HHOF class. About 20 minutes in (22:28), they start their picks for the 2023 mock draft. They’re joined by Jeremi Plourde, a Montreal-based scout for McKeen’s hockey. Jeremi brings his own mock draft, running throug...

Aidan Serra and James Paracy recap Vegas' dominant end to what was, overall, a very dominant Stanley Cup Final. Aidan talks about Mark Stone's impact, while James looks back on the best moments from the end of the deciding fifth game. They move on to some hockey news, touching on three of the new coaching hires in the offseason so far. They talk Columbus, both about their new coach and the...

James Paracy and Aidan Serra return for a slightly abridged episode recapping the back half of both NHL conference finals in this straight-to-the-point episode. They recap the Panthers-Hurricanes series, talking Sergei Bobrovsky’s prowess and Matthew Tkachuk’s clutch-ness. After a note on the Jamie Benn suspension and some Jack Eichel praise amidst the Golden Knights seeing off the Stairs, they an...

James Paracy and Aidan Serra recap the first two games of the Eastern Conference Final as well as Brett Howden’s game one overtime winner for Vegas against Dallas. They talk Coyotes, and answer the question; Where does the franchise go next? After a look around the CHL going into the memorial cup, James and Aidan take a look at the World Championships, and they answer a few more listener-submitted...

James Paracy and Aidan Serra return to look back on (nearly) all of the second-round matchups, as well as predict their Dallas vs. Seattle game 7 result. They talk about what's next for the newly-eliminated teams, specifically the Toronto Maple Leafs and Edmonton Oilers, before running through some of the NHL's latest rumours, touching who will fill Gabriel Landeskog's shoes in the Col...

Aidan and James do the podcast in pieces, and despite some microphone malfunctions, get through the episode. First, a recap of the first-round series, including before and after a discussion about the Rangers and Devils' game seven. After a quick word about Sutter's firing in Calgary, they tee up the second rounds, before answering some listener-submitted questions. As always, submit more...

Aidan and James return from hiatus to go through how their NHL playoff brackets are shaping up just past the halfway point of round one, giving their thoughts on how the first rounds have gone thus far and how they'll finish. They take a look at Western Canada's junior hockey playoffs, with the WHL, BCHL, and AJHL all getting into the later rounds of their postseasons. They finish with the...

James and Aidan hop on just hours after Aidan concluded working a seven-game series in the span of just twelve days, making the pod a sleepy one for him. The two talk about the Florida Panthers and Calgary Flames, the Filip Chytil contract extension, Devon Levi stepping in, Henry Thrun’s debut, and Nathan MacKinnon reaching 100 points for the first time in franchise history. A look at junior and C...

Aidan and James return from a two-week hiatus to catch up on some NHL news including Andrei Svechnikov, Jordan Binnington, and Owen Tippett. Legendary Canucks colour commentator John Garrett's retirement and a word on Tyson Foerster, Thomas Novak, Aidan McDonough, and Connor Bedard move the podcast to NHL playoff conversations, first looking at different current matchups, then moving to James...

Aidan and James talk expansion and the circling rumours that one or both of Houston and Atlanta might be an NHL destination. They touch on Ryan O'Reilly, Jakob Chychrun, and the Ottawa Senators, before a switch to prospects, specifically three that are actively or NCAA-bound, in Macklin Celebrini, Cole Eiserman, and Lane Hutson. They wrap, as always, with trivia.

Aidan and James go through literally every single trade that happened between February 25 and the March 3rd deadline. That's it. That's the whole podcast.

Aidan and James return from hiatus to touch on the first half of the massive NHL trades, including Ryan O’Reilly and Dmitry Orlov. They move on to touch on the state of the Pittsburgh Penguins, St. Louis Blues, and Vegas Golden Knights. Aidan complains about Elias Pettersson and Andrei Kuzmenko butchering Vancouver's draft lottery hopes and then, of course, ending with some trivia.

Aidan and James return for a late-night pod talking all things trade, from the Vladimir Tarasenko deal to Timo Meier and Patrick Kane's evolving potential destinations as the trade market for each becomes more clear. They talk about the value Ryan O'Reilly or Ivan Barbashev has to their potential suitors, before talking about LA goaltending. Dylan Guenther's Seattle Thunderbirds debut covers the j...

Aidan and James start by looking at Bo Horvat's move to Long Island, talking about his contract and the return going Vancouver's way. They touch on the numerous recent NHL contract extensions before talking about Jacob Trouba and his consistently clean bodychecks. Turning to junior, they discuss Connor Bedard's influence throughout Western Canada, and how Dylan Guenther's assignment to the Seattle...