It’s been a bonkers week around the NHL, and the Sound Of Hockey welcomes Eddie Olczyk back this week to talk about it. With Edzo, who is checking in from Las Vegas, the guys talk about his whirlwind season, and he gives his thoughts on what has been going on in the lead-up to the NHL Trade Deadline. It’s a fun convo.
The interview is just a small piece of a supersized episode, though. John and Darren (no Andy this week) go deep into what has been happening with the Kraken and their expectations for what the team will do before Friday’s deadline.
After the Olczyk interview, the guys jump to a robust “Interesting or Carry On” to get through all of the big trades around the NHL. They then shift to segments, which this week include:
The Seattle Kraken have hit the NHL All-Star break in first place in the Pacific Division. On this episode of the Sound Of Hockey Podcast, John, Andy, and Darren answer oodles of your Mailbag questions as the primary focus of the show.
Before the Mailbag, they break down Seattle’s last two games before the break, discuss Matty Beniers having to miss the All-Star Game due to injury, and take a trip Down on the Farm.
After the Mailbag, the show shifts to segments, which this week include:
Just one week after John Barr failed to show up for the episode named after him, Andy Eide pulls a similar stunt in Episode 220. Thankfully, this show has Darren Brown to hold everything together. Phew!
It is a fun one, though, as Darren and John get together to discuss all things Kraken, despite both having endured some difficult weather elements in recent days.
First, the guys break down Seattle’s losses to Vancouver and Calgary, then consider how things are looking on the whole for the team, which actually has a pretty bad record now over its last 10 games.
Next, they go Down on the Farm to discuss the World Junior Championship before shifting to segments, which this week include:
We all witnessed perhaps the craziest hockey game ever on Tuesday, and 9-8 overtime contest between the Kraken and the Kings, and the Sound Of Hockey Podcast is here to talk about it. Fresh off the bizarre game, John, Andy, and Darren have lots of opinions about what played out, and they ring some alarm bells about what a game like that might mean for the Seattle Kraken.
Aside from that crazy game, the guys also break down the recent Kraken games against the Sharks, Golden Knights, and Ducks, and share the latest Seattle news, like Morgan Geekie getting hurt, Magnus Hellberg getting claimed (again), and Shane Wright having success in the AHL.
On the latest episode of the Sound Of Hockey Podcast, the guys consider an important rhetorical question, wondering which of the three hosts–John, Andy, or Darren–you, the listener dislikes. Once they’re done waxing poetic, they jump into Kraken talk, recapping Seattle’s last three games and discussing this current five-game win streak.
That talk leads to an interesting Hype-o-thetical about the Trade Deadline and how the Kraken might approach that.
Once they’re done with Kraken talk, the guys to a WHL Update, then dive into segments.
Segments this week feature Goalie Gear Corner, Bad Boys, Weekly One-Timers, and Tweets of the Week.
It’s a new episode of the Sound Of Hockey Podcast, and the vibes for the Seattle Kraken are quite high right now (hopefully those vibes persist for a while). John, Andy, and Darren talk first about Darren’s Halloween costume, which was quite funny, then dive right into a breakdown of all of Seattle’s most recent games, including a stunning 5-4 comeback win over the Calgary Flames.
Down on the Farm, the Coachella Valley Firebirds have finished their Seattle “residency,” and Jesper Froden has been named the AHL’s Player of the Month.
Next, Andy leads an interesting WHL Update that covers the Thunderbirds, Silvertips, and a unique record for the Red Deer Rebels.
The show then shifts to segbits, which this week features You Don’t See That Every Day, Bad Boys, Weekly One-Timers, and Tweets of the Week.
