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Luke Hughes and Team USA refused to come home from Halifax empty handed Jan 10, 2023

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Luke Hughes, the captain of the 2023 US World Junior Hockey team joins Craig Custance and Sean Gentille to discuss Team USA's bronze medal showing at the tournament in Halifax, what he has learned from University of Michigan head coach Brandon Naurato, his favorite classes to take at U of M, taking advantage of N.I.L. deals for college athletes and how his big brothers Quinn and Jack have helped guide him, as he prepares to make the jump to the NHL with the New Jersey Devils.

Plus, Craig and Sean take a look at some of the coaches who could be on the hot seat, and why we haven't seen any coaching changes in the NHL so far this season, as we enter the second week of January.

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Connor McDavid for Nathan MacKinnon and Cale Makar: who says no?, the Western Conference playoff picture, Torts hates the All-Star Game, why don’t NHL stars play out their contracts?, and much more Jan 09, 2023

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For the first time in 2023, the Monday edition of TAHS is back, as Ian and Julian are joined by guest cohost Mark Lazerus to discuss if the NHL would ever allow a crazy trade like the recent WHL deal that sent 4 players and 10 draft picks from Kamloops to Everett in exchange for Olen Zellweger and Ryan Hofer, hypothetical Connor McDavid trade packages, if the Seattle Kraken and Los Angeles Kings will make the playoffs, John Tortorella’s comments on the All-Star Game, if stars like David Pastrnak and Auston Matthews decided to play our their contracts they could usher in a new era of player empowerment, and the guys close things out by awarding this week’s Jack Adams Winner of the Week and playing a round of Multiple Choice Madness.

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Max Bultman on Jakub Vrana and the direction of the Red Wings, Trevor Zegras: stick thief, and predicting NHL All-Star fan votes Jan 06, 2023

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Hailey and Sean discuss Max Pacioretty's return to the Hurricanes, Jake DeBrusk going on LTIR, and Hailey's favorite hockey moment of the week- Trevor Zegras stealing an opponent's stick. Then, friend of the show Max Bultman jumps on to give a big picture of the World Juniors, dive into Jakub Vrana and the Red Wings, and what route the team could take at the trade deadline. To wrap up, the NHL has expanded fan power in the All-Star voting this year, and the duo try to predict moves fanbases could make.

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World Juniors recap: Canada gets the gold over Czechia, USA takes bronze, and Connor Bedard steals the show Jan 06, 2023

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On a brand new Prospect Series episode of The Athletic Hockey Show immediately following the World Junior Championship gold medal game, Max and Corey, on location at the Scotiabank Centre in Halifax, give their instant reaction to Canada’s victory and discuss Shane Wright’s big night, Connor Bedard’s all-time tournament performance, Luke Hughes taking heat online over the last week or so, Slovakian goalie Adam Gajan making a big impression, impacts on the 2023 NHL Draft, and much more.

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Connor Bedard exceeds expectations at World Juniors, Canucks go off the rails, and looking back at a ten-player trade between the Maple Leafs and Flames Jan 05, 2023

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Ian and Sean discuss the World Juniors tournament, and with Connor Bedard excelling, could we see a wild race to the bottom for the #1 pick in the draft? Also, as the Canucks go off the rails, if they could be a late entry into the Bedard sweepstakes. Then, as Chris Chelios and Brian Leetch go back to back in The Athletic's NHL99, who would you take at their peak? To wrap up, which team could be last to get an outdoor game in the mailbag, and a painful jersey memory for DGB is brought to light in "This Week in Hockey History".

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The Athletic trade board, Mikhail Sergachev's expanded role with Tampa Bay Lightning and tanking for Connor Bedard Jan 04, 2023

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On the first new roundtable of the year, Rob Pizzo, Jesse Granger and guest co-host Joe Smith welcome Mikhail Sergachev from the Tampa Bay Lightning who talks about his elevated role with the perennial favorites this season, and he shares funny stories on Victor Hedman and Andrei Vasilevskiy.

Plus, the roundtable looks at what the NHL can learn from the Damar Hamlin injury in the NFL, we hot stove the Athletic's trade board with Timo Meier and Jonathan Toews two of the more intriguing pieces available, we continue to marvel at Tage Thompson and Alex Ovechkin and we ask what year is it, as we stick tap a Czech league goal from 50 year old Jaromir Jagr which was assisted by 40 year old Tomas Plekanic.

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Damar Hamlin injury and the impact on the sports world, the NHL's worst performances of 2022 Jan 03, 2023

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On the first new The Athletic Hockey Show podcast of 2023, the Tuesday boyzzz, Craig Custance and Sean Gentille start out with some thoughts on Damar Hamlin, the Buffalo Bills safety who went into cardiac arrest on Monday night. Hamlin is a Pittsburgh-are native and graduated from the same high school as Gentille. Plus, Sean defends his Sergei Fedorov piece in The Athletic's NHL 99 project.

Shayna Goldman stops by to highlight some of the low lights from the NHL this past year, including Gary Betttman's statement that everyone loves digital board ads, the scandals involving the Chicago Black Hawks and Boston Bruins, and brutal year on the ice from the Anaheim Ducks and the recent struggles of the New Jersey Devils after a promising start to the season.

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Connor Bedard’s scorching WJC start, Alexis Lafrenière’s healthy scratch, will the US win Group B?, revised tournament predictions, and more Dec 30, 2022

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Max, Corey, and FloHockey’s Chris Peters are back for the final Prospect Series episode of 2022 to discuss Alexis Lafrenière’s healthy scratch for the New York Rangers on Thursday night, Canada losing their opening WJC game against Czechia, Connor Bedard’s outlandish 14 points over the first 3 games of the tournament, a chaotic Group B still very much up for grabs, “worry meter” for USA and Canada, revised predictions, and more.

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Alexis Lafrenière is a healthy scratch for the Rangers, Rob Rossi on concerns about the Penguins, and another draft goes perfectly fine Dec 30, 2022

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In the last Thriday episode of 2022, Hailey and Sean discuss the Rangers' move to scratch Alexis Lafrenière. Then, Rob Rossi joins the show to discuss if there should be worries about the Pittsburgh Penguins, and the upcoming Winter Classic. To wrap up, as is tradition, a new draft occurs, and as you can expect, it goes well and no one yells at any point whatsoever.

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Toronto Maple Leafs fined $100K, Bobby Orr to 'throw out' first puck at Winter Classic, and Canada's goalie production problem Dec 29, 2022

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In a definitely not-prerecorded at all edition of The Athletic Hockey Show, Ian and Sean discuss TML being hit with an $100K fine for traveling early, and Sheldon Keefe's fine for yelling at Wes McCauley. Then, how games are New Year's Eve are scheduled and if it's better to have a matinee game or a night game that day. Next, the announcement of Bobby Orr throwing out the "first puck" at the Winter Classic, and if the outdoor game novelty may be losing it's charm.

Next, in "Granger Things", Jesse Granger joins the discussion about whether Canada has a goalie development problem, and thoughts on the unhinged Red Wings-Penguins game. Then, a listener gives Ian and DGB ultimate hockey power with a VM, and to wrap it up, a look back with "This Week in Hockey History".

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