Hello Hockey Fan’s, out there. The 2024/2025 regular season, playoffs, Stanley Cup Championship, 2025 NHL Entry Draft and Free Agent frenzy may be over, but the topics to discuss continue at a relentless pace.

The topics of Episode 164 of the Hockey Free For All Podcast include-

#1. Was trading the 16th and 17th picks in the first round of the 2025 NHL Entry Draft, plus NHL roster forward Emil Heineman the right move to acquire Right-Handed Defenseman Noeh Dobson.

#2. The highlight of Noeh Dobson’s career in his first 6-years, has been one 70 point season?

#3. Noeh Dobson is not a physical defenseman.

#4. Mitch Marner goes in a sign and trade with the Las Vegas Golden Knights that net’s the Toronto Maple Center Nicolas Roy

#5. The Montreal Canadiens trade goalie Cayden Primeau to the Carolina Hurricanes for a 7th round pick in the 2026 NHL Entry Draft.

#8. Michael Pezzetta signs a 2-year free agent contract with the Toronto Maple Leaf’s

#9. The Edmonton Oilers have lost free agent winger Corry Perry to the Los Angeles Kings.

#10. The Montreal Canadiens trade Logan Mailloux in a 1 for 1 deal to the St. Louis Blues for Forward Zack Bolduc.

#11. Congratulations to the many people who just couldn’t see or understand how the Montreal Canadiens could draft Logan Mailloux.

#12. Better hope trading Logan Mailloux to the St. Louis Blues doesn’t haunt the Montreal Canadiens for the next 13-years.

#13. Imagine if Logan Mailloux has a lights out Stanley Cup Final against the Montreal Canadiens, eliminating them, and holds up the Stanley Cup in a victory lap around the Bell Center in Montreal.

#14. No idea what the signings of free agent forward Alex Belzile, defenseman Nate Clurman and forward Samuel Blais for 1-year contracts bring to Montreal other than veteran depth players for the Laval Rockets.

#15. One signing that does make sense is the signing of goaltender Kaapo Kahkonen as it provides Jacob Fowler in Laval with a legitimate back with experience.

#16. David Savard, Emil Heineman, Christian Dvorak, Michael Pezzetta and Joel Armia are gone. Hopefully it opens up roster spots for internal prospects.

#17. Rapheal Harvey Pinard signed by the Pittsburgh Penguins.

#18. Fortunately, the Montreal Canadiens still have David Reinbacher, Adam Engstrom, 2024 4th round draft pick defenseman Owen Protz and 2025 3rd round draft pick defenseman Bryce Pickford.

#19. Left Wing Nikolaj Ehlers has signed with the Carolina Hurricanes.

#20. It would be fantastic if the Montreal Canadiens traded Patrik Laine and center/left wing prospect Oliver Kapanen to the Carolina Hurricanes for Nikita Artamonov, Bradly Nadeau, Alexander Perevalov and Ryan Suzuki.

Hello Hockey Fan’s. Welcome to Episode 163 of the Hockey Free For All Podcast, this week’s topics include-

#1. Mitch Marner is not worth a 15 plus million per season contract

#2. Conner McDavid is not worth a 20 million per season contract

#3. Brad Marchand is not worth an 8-million-dollar contract

#4. Sam Bennett is not worth 10 million per season even though his agent is demanding it.

#5. If you had a 100-million dollar team cap and you sign one player to a 20-million dollar contract, everyone understands that accounts for 20% of your entire team payroll, which has 20 players on a team.

#6. The Dallas Stars have resigned Matt Duchene to a new 4 year 18-million-dollar contract.

#7. The Ottawa senators have signed Fabian Zetterlund to a new 3-year contract worth 12.825 million dollars.

#8. Thankfully, the Chicago Blackhawks have resigned Ryan Donato to a 4-year 16-million dollar contract.

#9 The Philadelphia Flyers add Todd Reirden as an assistant coach and Dylan Crawford as a video coach.

#10. Steve Spott joins Marco Sturms staff in Boston .

#11. The Philadelphia Flyers acquire Trevor Zegras from the

#12. Best of luck to defenseman Roman Josi of the Nashville Predators as he was recently diagnosed with postural tachycardia syndrome (POTS).

#13. Michael Misa should decline playing for the Chicago Blackhawks if they draft him.

#14. After the conclusion of the AHL and NHL playoffs, its extremely who the true prospect talent is.

#15. The future starting 6 defensemen should be extremely clear in Montreal, but there are apparently many who do not want the Montreal Canadiens to succeed.

#16. Are Kaiden Guhle’s injuries over, not likely.

#17. The goaltending team in 2025/2026 for the Montreal Canadiens should be Samual Montembeau and Jakub Dobes without question.

#18. Laval Rockets Goaltending team in 2025/2026 will be Jacob Fowler and who.

#19. Other than Nick Suzuki, Cole Caufield and Juraj Slafkovsky there’s nothing right now.

#20. The arrivals of Florian Xhekaj, Tyler Thorp and Luke Tuch will bring physicality, until then, nothing.

#21. Carey Price isn’t even retired yet. How could he be voted into the Hockey Hall of Fame?

#22. The Montreal Canadiens have made a cataclysmically bad trade for Noeh Dobson, that makes absolutely know since in any way.

#23. David Reinbacher, Logan Mailloux and Adam Engstrom should be on the phone to their agent telling them, they want out of Montreal.

#24. What’s Lane Hutson’s next contract looks like now?

#25. No one should be getting paid more than Nick Suzuki or Cole Caufield on the Montreal roster.

#26. The Montreal Canadiens have an even softer and less physical defense.

#27. The Noeh Dobson trade doesn’t even remotely move the team or the needle forward at all. It actually moves both backwards.

Hello Hockey Fan’s. Episode 162 of the Hockey Free For All Podcast is ready for you, this week’s topics include.

#1. Congratulations to the now 2-time and back-to-back Stanley Cup Champions the Florida Panthers.

#2. Why is there such insanity cataclysmic stupidity about trading prospect Logan Mailloux?

#3. Young talented Right-Handed Defenseman are extremely difficult to find, draft and cultivate. The Montreal Canadiens have found 3 in Logan Mailloux, Adam Engstrom and David Reinbacher.

#4. For all the trade happy people, trade and move on from Mike Mathenson, Alexander Carrier and Jayden Struble.

#5. The biggest issue by far is the zero physicality on the roster other than Arber Xhekaj. Stop trying to trade highly touted A-Level talent and prospects.

#6. Group one staring 6 on defense for the Montreal Canadiens is extremely clear. Those 6 should be Lane Hutson/David Reinbacher. Logan Mailloux/Kaiden Guhle and Adam Engstrom/Arber Xhekaj.

#7. If Kaiden Guhle’s injuries continue replace him with OWEN PROTZ..

#8. Congratulations to Juraj Slafkovsky as he has been named to the 2026 Slovakian Olympic Team.

#9. The really sad part of all the Logan Mailloux trade rumors, is that it being driven by his past history.

#10. The Montreal Canadiens do not need Nicolas Hague unless it’s a swap of Michael Pezzetta for Michael Hague.

#11. The Montreal Canadiens sign 2022 3rd round pick Left Winger Vinzenz Rohrer to a 3-year entry level contract, will his game and does his game translate to the NHL level?

#12. Regarding Celeb Desnoyers, unless the Montreal Canadiens can obtain the 4th overall pick from the Utah Hockey for Patrik Laine, Kirby Dach, Mike Matheson, Jayden Struble, all the first refusal signing rights to their free agents or some combination, Utah can keep the pick.

#13. Lane Hutson was hands down the de facto choice for rookie of the year. Congratulations!

#14. Arber Xhekaj is by far the most valuable player of the Montreal Canadiens.

#15. Nick Suzuki deserved heart/MVP and lady Bing trophy votes.

#16. Connor Hellebuck was the legit Vezina Trophy Winner, but, he was not the MVP of the League.

#17. Chris Kreider traded to the Anaheim Ducks?

#18. Congratulations to the Montreal Canadiens ECHL Club the Trois Rivieres Lions who the Kelly Trophy.

#19. Why would the Montreal Canadiens trade for Noah Dobson?

#20. The best days of Jonathan Marchessault are clearly behind him. Montreal does not need him or his contract.

#21. Why and how does acquiring Alexis Lafreniere even make remote since to anyone?

#22. Emil Heineman is a primary piece of Montreal’s future.

#23. Not seeing Olivier Kapanen’s games translating to the NHL.

#24. Mason West would be an excellent 2nd round pick by the Montreal Canadiens.

#25. Doesn’t look like Pascal Vincent is going to be poached by another team.