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Midseason lottery mock draft, Corey's latest rankings and Jiricek vs. Nemec Feb 02, 2024

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On the Friday Prospect Series, Max Bultman, Corey Pronman, Scott Wheeler, along with Chris Peters from Flo Hockey dissect Corey's midseason prospect rankings, they present their midseason lottery mock draft and dip into the mailbag, with thoughts on the BCHL/AJHL shakeup, Marco Kaspers down and up season, Logan Cooley vs Berkly Catton and Jiricek vs Nemec

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Who won the Elias Lindholm trade? NHL All-Star weekend and The Athletic player poll Feb 01, 2024

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Hailey, Max and Sean breakdown the trade between Vancouver and Calgary with the Canucks receiving Elias Lindholm for picks, prospects and Andrei Kuzmenko. The crew looks ahead to NHL All-Star weekend in Toronto including the PWHL's involvement, fan-fest, the skills competition and the highly anticipated all-star player draft.

Plus Sean and Max sift through the Athletic's anonymous player poll including the player you'd most want to punch in the face, most overrated player and least favorite city to play in.

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Midseason Draft Rankings, 2024 Prospect Game and Boston College dominates Boston University Jan 31, 2024

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On this special Wednesday edition of the prospect series, Max Bultman, Corey Pronman and Scott Wheeler dive into Wheeler's mid season draft rankings, they recap the 2024 Top Prospects game and Max and Corey look back on the BU-BC games from this past week, which were loaded with prospects, including presumptive first round pick Macklin Celebrini.

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NHL All-Star player draft is on Thursday, will struggling Kings and Flyers rebound in 2nd half and is Kris Knoblauch the Jack Adams favorite? Jan 30, 2024

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Ian Mendes and Jesse Granger along with Down Goes Brown discuss the highly anticipated NHL All-Star player draft, the work ahead for Pittsburgh's Kyle Dubas with the trade deadline looming, and if Auston Matthews reaching 70 goals is as impressive as Connor McDavid scoring 150 points?

Ian and Jesse take a look at ten goalie stats and storylines from the first half of the season, if LA and Philadelphia can bust their slumps in the 2nd half and stay in playoff contention, if the Blues are for real and if the Jack Adams trophy is Kris Knoblauch's to lose?

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Alex Formenton turns himself into police, vibes are low for Blue Jackets, and can Matthews reach the 70 goal plateau this season? Jan 29, 2024

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Ian Mendes and Mark Lazerus discuss the latest news on the Hockey Canada sexual assault scandal, with former NHL player Alex Formenton becoming the first of five members of the 2018 world junior team to turn himself into police. The guys talk about the Edmonton Oilers 16 game win streak, Auston Matthews reaching the 40 goal mark in his 46th game and the mess of a season in Columbus with Patrick Laine entering the NHL/NHLPA Assistance Program, David Jiricek voicing frustration at his AHL demotion and Elvis Merzlikins requesting a trade for a team that had brighter prospects before the Mike Babcock incident derailed their season before it even began.

Eric Loh, NHL on ESPN Programming & Acquisitions Senior Manager joins Mark and Ian to chat about the broadcasting landscape in sport, new innovations on the horizon for ESPN, growing the game and he takes listener questions.

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Which teams can win the Stanley Cup without elite goaltending? Jan 25, 2024

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Hailey, Max and Sean discuss fifteen contending teams that they think can win the Stanley Cup without elite level goaltending, and the teams that they think can only win with elite goaltending.

Plus, the crew offer their opinion on the ongoing story involving five members of the 2018 Canadian world junior hockey team who have to surrender to London, Ontario police for their part in a sexual assault from June of 2018, in London Ontario, at a Hockey Canada banquet.

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5 members of Canada’s 2018 WJC team to surrender to police on sexual assault charges Jan 24, 2024

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Ian Mendes and Julian McKenzie welcome Katie Strang, the Athletic investigative reporter to discuss the investigation into the sexual assault claim from June of 2018, involving members of the 2018 Canadian junior hockey team and the fact that five unnamed players have finally been asked to surrender to London Ontario police.

Ian and Julian debate the timing of the news that Ryan Smith, the owner of the NBA's Utah Jazz has formally asked the NHL to initiate the expansion process and bring a team to Salt Lake City, and if the NHL really needs to expand so soon again.

Plus, Fluto Shinzawa joins from Boston to talk about the Bruins, who despite limitations on their roster, and the loss of star players, continue to excel, and the guys stick-tap the Edmonton Oilers who extend their winning streak to 14 games.

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Penguins own goal humiliation, Tom Fitzgerald extended in New Jersey, Jacob Markstrom leads goalie availability ahead of trade deadline Jan 23, 2024

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Ian and Julian discuss Tom Fitzgerald's extension and promotion with the Devils and what the future holds for head coach Lindy Ruff. They break down the Penguins scoring on their own net in a humiliating loss in Arizona on Monday night. The guys ask Down Goes Brown if the Pens can recover from what was one of the worst losses in franchise history. They discuss if a streaming deal is on horizon for the NHL, and DGB presents his five storylines he wants to see play out in the second half.

Jesse Granger joins to talk about the evolution of the goaltending position, Bruce Cassidy's harsh but fair criticism of the Vegas Golden Knights and possible landing spots for on the block goalies including Jacob Markstrom, Jusse Saros, Marc-Andre Fleury and Jake Allen.

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Patrick Roy named Islanders head coach, Corey Perry signs with the Oilers, Shane Pinto back with Sens after suspension, celebrity ASG captains revealed, and more Jan 22, 2024

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On today’s Monday edition of The Athletic Hockey Show, Ian and Julian welcome The Athletic’s own Peter Baugh off the top of the show to discuss Patrick Roy becoming New York Islanders head coach over the weekend, if the Isles can realistically make the playoffs, how Roy and Lou Lamoriello can coexist, and much more.

Plus, the guys talk about horrible hockey moments they don’t want to relive, Corey Perry signing with the Edmonton Oilers, Shane Pinto returning from his 41-game suspension, the celebrity All-Star Game captains, and the Jets-Bruins tilt tonight in Boston.

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Corey’s U23 NHL players and prospects ranking, Chipotle All-American Game notebook, listener questions, and more Jan 19, 2024

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This week on The Athletic Hockey Show Prospect Series, Max, Corey, and The Athletic’s own Scott Wheeler discuss Corey’s latest under 23 NHL players and prospects ranking, with Corey defending where he placed guys like Cole Perfetti, Brock Faber, Dmitri Simashev, Alexis Lafrenière, Juraj Slafkovsky, and Connor Zary.

Plus, the guys give their thoughts on the 2024 Chipotle All-American Game, Cole Eiserman in a long list of pure goal-scorers who can rub people the wrong way sometimes, and they close things out with a bunch of listener questions in the mailbag.

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