On this week’s Sound Of Hockey Podcast, the guys break down your latest Seattle Kraken news, focusing on the final payment update and the team’s beer deal (about which Darren is not thrilled).
The guys also discuss WHL and college hockey before diving into the huge news of last week, which was ESPN’s seven-year agreement with the NHL. There’s plenty of commentary on what that means for the league and its fans in this show.
John, Andy, and Darren give their expectations for the upcoming trade deadline before moving onto their bit, Sound Of Hockey’s Three Stars.
Segments this week include Goalie Gear Corner, Weekly One-Timers, and Tweets of the Week.
It’s a super fun episode this week, as the Sound Of Hockey Podcast welcomes Seattle Thunderbirds general manager Bil La Forge.
With Bil, the guys discuss his journey to become a WHL GM. They also talk about what he looks for when scouting players, being that he has to focus on kids that are so early in their development, and what we should expect from the T-Birds in this shortened season. It’s a fun interview that is well worth a listen.
Also in this episode, the guys talk women’s hockey – specifically the return of the NWHL and the PWHPA’s Dream Gap games – and the hiring of Darryl Sutter (again) in Calgary. And of course, oodles of general NHL talk, which you will surely enjoy.
Segments include Get Off My Lawn, Bad Boys, Weekly One-Timers, and Tweets of the Week.
There are plenty of good laughs to be had in this one.
Things get off the rails pretty quickly on this one, as the guys discuss Jordan Binnington’s bizarre display this past week against the San Jose Sharks. They then move on to Kraken news, specifically the announcement that the team is pitching in to save the University of Alaska Anchorage hockey program.
Full sequence here. Binnington went after 3 guys. Received an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty pic.twitter.com/18a20idIcS
You’ll also get a pretty robust WHL Update from WHL correspondent Andy Eide and a recap of the PWHPA Dream Gap game. That recap leads to a rare Get Off My Lawn segment led by John.
The guys also discuss John’s Mock Expansion Draft, Claude Julien’s firing by the Canadiens, and much more.
Bits this week include Three Stars. Segments include Goalie Gear Corner, Weekly One-Timers, and Tweets of the Week.
Lots to talk about on this week’s Sound Of Hockey Podcast, as John, Andy, and Darren break down NHL Outdoors and all the good/bad times that were associated with the picturesque event. The star of the show was predictably Gritty, who gets plenty of airtime devoted to him on this episode.
There were also a couple major scandals that erupted this week in the NHL. Artemi Panarin is taking a leave of absence from the Rangers after a big accusation out of Russia. Meanwhile, the Arizona Coyotes apparently have a lot of bad stuff happening behind the scenes, as was expertly reported by Katie Strang. The Sound Of Hockey guys fill you in on the details.
The guys give their Three Stars (all players this week!).
They then move from bits to segments, with segments including Let’s Get Quizzical, Weekly One-Timers, and Tweets of the Week.
Things get quite feisty in Goalie Gear Corner this week’s Sound Of Hockey Podcast, as John goes on thin ice after making asinine claims about the legitimacy of Darren’s selections for the segment. That segment alone is worth the price of admission this week.
It’s a short and sweet episode, as John, Andy, and Darren rip through a couple of Seattle Kraken and women’s hockey headlines, then cover the… [checks notes]… blockbuster Ryan Dzingel and Alex Galchenyuk trade(s).
Bits this week include SOH Three Stars.
Segments include GGC, You Don’t See That Every Day, an impossible Let’s Get Quizzical, and Weekly One-Timers.
The latest Sound Of Hockey Podcast is here, and it will bring you some chuckles. John and Darren come out with guns ablaze to start this week’s episode, putting Andy to the test as the show’s WHL correspondent. Andy fires back with some top-notch WHL knowledge, which leads to some hearty debate between Andy and John.
Patrik Laine was benched on Monday by Torts, on which the guys discuss and give cold takes. Covid is running rampant through the NHL, so Darren temporarily becomes a scientist to explain. John, Andy, and Darren do a quick rundown of things that have surprised them about this season as some teams reach the quarter pole. Andy gaslights all of us into believing that third place is actually second place.
