On a very boring deadline day, Vegas made it one for the ages in one fell swoop at the buzzer, acquiring Tomas Hertl from the San Jose Sharks. We dissect that, as all as Vegas’s two other big moves, all the little moves, and every move in between from deadline week Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
5 days away from the trade deadline as we break down the massive Elias Pettersson extension with the Canucks, the trade talks with Carolina that accelerated it, the Chris Tanev trade and the subsequent Ilya Lyubushkin trade, as well as Noah Hanifin rumours and who we think should be in on the 27 year old LHD. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On this brisk Sunday morning, Mitch and Ryan chop up what has been a streaky NHL as of late. Touching on the Senators recent run of encouraging play, the Bruins overtime streak, the Leafs W7 streak, the Rangers W10 streak, Arizona and Montreal’s demise, and we touch on where we think Jake Guentzal will end up Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In our return as just two hockey talking boys, we quickly touch on our thoughts from All Star Weekend and then promptly get into the mayhem that took place in Kanata, Ontario on Hockey Night in Canada. We discuss how Toronto and Ottawa have been on different trajectories in recent weeks, how that has come about, and obviously we give our thoughts on the Ridly Greig-Morgan Rielly kerfuffle at the end of the game and what it means for the Leafs in the following days (or weeks?). ***The show wraps ...
After a 2 month hiatus, the Bandwagon is back and joined by familiar faces Jacob Snow, Mason Boruch, and Neville Madill. We do a roundtable discussing where each of our guest’s favourite teams are at coming out of the all star break, as well as what they foresee heading into trade season (and in some cases, reviewing what we have already seen). We wrap up the pod discussing our midseason Stanley Cup picks, the weight of top teams between the Western and Eastern conferences, before finally our gu...
The standings are weird this year! A lot of teams are below fake .500, many more than usual at this point in the season. We look at the fraudulent teams and then do a franchise trajectory comparison between the Rangers and Kings since their Stanley Cup matchup in 2014. We then take a look at the Coyotes recent schedule quirk where they’ve faced, and beaten, the last 4 Stanley cup champions and face a fifth on Monday vs Washington. The Coyotes then high-jack the pod as we do an Arizona deep dive ...
Breaking news as we kick off the episode as the Oilers relieve Head Coach Jay Woodcroft of his duties and immediately replace him with Connor McDavid’s Erie Otter’s head coach Kevin Knoblauch. Because of this news and our impromptue start, we did not prep. So I’m a messy 40th episode, we zip around the league and talk William Nylander and his next contract, the Calgary Flames future outlook, the Hall of Fame cases for Corey Perry and Joe Pavelski, and the loser point ruining the league. Learn mo...
In the aftermath of a week out of hell for the Ottawa Senators, Mitch and Ryan break down the punishment and the immediate dismissal of GM Pierre Dorion and reflect on his time in Ottawa. We also look at the coaching situation after a tumultuous week on the ice and how the punishment affects the roster going forward. To wrap up the show and keep the episode from being strictly Sens, we take a look at some notable trends early in the season such as just how terrible the Sharks are, just how good ...
After a tumultuous weekend, to say the least, for the Ottawa Senators, we should soon find out the punishment for the wacky Evgenii Dadonov trade situation from two seasons ago that had previously been labeled as settled… sike. Mitch and Ryan do their worst to try to figure out the timeline of the trade and why Ottawa is even under consideration to be punished. Anywho, the San Jose Sharks are bad bad, many games were played Saturday night, the NHL needs to expand playoffs, the NHL Frenzy from la...
In a spontaneous episode 37 of the Bandwagon Hockey Podcast, Mitch and Ryan breakdown the news of Shane Pinto's 41 game suspension. We cover what it means for the player, the team, and preview another piece of badnews that could be coming down the pipeline in Ottawa... never a dull day in Sens land. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On the 36th episode of the Bandwagon Hockey podcast, Mitchell and Ryan react to a BUSY Saturday slate of games while also looking forward to 3 games in the next two nights as well as 16 games on Tuesday night… no typo’s here. We also break down the Senators-Red Wings game in their first matchup since the March double header during the playoff race. We also look at some interesting results for the weekend, including Vegas improving to 6-0-0, Colorado moving to 5-0-0, and the Philadelphia Flyers p...
We are now 5 days into NHL action and so we break it all down. We talk some Sens, Matthews has 6 goals in 2 games, the Calder race is going to be awesome, Edmonton’s goaltending looks like it is going to be A Problem, and to wrap up the episode, 4 massive extensions were signed within 48 hours of each other right before the start of the season! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
With 2 more sleeps until NHL hockey returns, Mitch and Ryan give their official pre-season predictions where we run through who we think will finish where in what feels like a transition year for the league. And we give our Conference Final, Stanley Cup Final, and NHL Awards picks for the 2023-24 season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Bandwagon is BACK for a 2nd season as we pick up right where we left off. We look around the league with a bunch of quick hitters after a busy but also kind of quiet offseason. Erik Karlsson is a Penguin, Matthews signed his extension, Bedard is gonna be good, a bunch of teams look like they’ll take a step back and a bunch of teams look like they’ll take a step forward… just like every other year. It’s gonna be a fun season, buckle up and Hop On while you can! Learn more about your ad choice...
In this long-awaited 32nd episode, Ryan and Mitchell go team by team and break down all the free agency moves, good and bad, and major trades before giving quick thoughts on the draft. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
During a truly hectic time, Ryan and Mitchell decide to do a pod before Mitch decides to depart for New York City for draft day. We run through a flurry of trades, including the Pierre-Luc Dubois which drops DURING RECORDING, the awards from Monday night, and do a quick preview of the draft and some crazy trade ideas for a few teams with many draft picks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
It is Hot Stove SZN and so we are pleased to welcome Ottawa’s Senior Writer of the Hockey News, host of the Sens Nation Podcast and owner of CapitalPodcast.ca, Steve Warne. Steve has been in the weeds on Alex DeBrincat’s contract situation and has been a top reporter on the topic. We also discuss Erik Brannstrom’s future in Ottawa after an interesting 2022-23 season for the young defensemen, the goaltending situation and how/whether to address it going into 2023-24, and we get his reaction to th...
In our 30th episode and 1st with THPN, we have a brand new Stanley Cup Champion! After the Vegas Golden Knights beat the Florida Panthers 9-3 in game 5, Mitchell and Ryan break it all down from both Vegas and Florida’s perspectives. After which we get into the other massive news of the day wherein the Ottawa Senators Sale Saga was mercifully concluded Tuesday afternoon with Michael Andlauer’s bid of $950M. We discuss Michael Andlauer himself and what his winning the bid may mean for the franchis...
After 3 weeks abroad, Mitchell returns from the UK after having watched zero minutes of the entire Conference Finals and one measly period of the Stanley Cup Final thus far... so naturally we talk all about it, including Vegas being an absolute steamwagon of a hockey team whether this may be Florida's best and only chance for a while given the construction of their roster. We also dissect two significant trades which saw the Columbus Blue Jackets acquiring the premier player in both deals, and t...
In episode 28 of the Bandwagon Hockey Podcast, we welcome in re-occurring guest and contributor, Neville Madill, to set up the Stanley Cup Final while Mitch is somewhere across the world. We go over Neville's latest article, the Panther's magical run, the Golden Knights' more lowkey stars, and much more before giving our official predictions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In the aftermath of the 2nd round of the playoffs, Mitchell and Ryan review the 2nd round that was and give previews and picks of each Conference Final matchup. We marvel (again) at the roster that Dallas has managed to put together since their Cup Final run in 2020, Vegas' relentless pursuit of the Stanley Cup (and whether expansion teams performing well is actually a good thing), Florida's incredibly unorthodox path to this point of the season, and Carolina's depleted roster managing to get th...
On what was supposed to be a joyful day on the NHL calendar with Bedard Watch coming to a close, Ryan and Mitchell review the 2nd round up to this point and follow that up by watching the results of the draft lottery live on the pod... where was many believed was the worst case scenario rears it's ugly head as the Chicago Blackhawks win the 1st Overall Pick in the 2023 NHL Entry Draft Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Panthers eliminated the Bruins, Kraken eliminated the Avalanche, and the Devils eliminated the Rangers. There have also been a couple of games so far in round 2 and there is some award news to discuss. As you may be able to guess, Mitchell and Ryan do exactly that. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
After a few series wrap up and with a few game 7's on the dock, Ryan and Mitchell spend a good chunk of the pod discussing the biggest one of all... The Hurricanes defeating the Islanders in 6. Boston and Florida engage in what will be the first of what should be two epic game 7's on Sunday night wherein Seattle will also be looking to dethrone the defending champs. Vegas and Edmonton are set to face in what will be an awesome 2nd round, and the Stars look formidable in what could be a long run ...
On this the 23rd episode of the Bandwagon Hockey Podcast, Mitchell and Ryan recap the set of game 3's from Saturday and run through where each series is at as we reach the midway point of the 1st round. Zero series are at a score of 3-0. Each series could go either way. And things are heating up. We give our game 4 picks for Sunday and discuss some other minor news points to wrap up the show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Note: There is no intro and outro music in this episode because the audio file crashed in recording :/ On episode 22 of the Bandwagon Hockey Podcast, Mitch and Ryan discuss game one from every series of the first round, going night by night, including the Tampa Bay Lightning smoking the Toronto Maple Leafs and Rangers fans invading Devils' home ice. We then close out the show by talking about some of the recent news in hockey, including Brad Treliving's departure from the Calgary Flames' front o...
On episode 21 of the Bandwagon Hockey Podcast Mitch and Ryan traverse some technical difficulties on Ryan's end (which Mitch handles like a champ) to preview the now-confirmed first-round playoff matchups. Going series by series we give our picks and how many games each will take, with some fun banter as always in between. Then to wrap up the show, the boys run through a string of head coaching/management firings, touch on Jonathan Toews finishing his Blackhawks career (meh), and discuss a perfe...
On episode 20 (yay) of The Bandwagon Hockey Pod, Ryan and Mitchell run through a milestronerific week in the NHL that saw one guy hit 1500 points, two guys hit 1000 points, one guy hit 1000 games, a defensemen hit 100 points, one guy hit 60 goals, and a few other dudes reach 100 points. The bulk of this pod is spent discussing who should win the Norris this year, the future of awards for defensemen, and why there is only one award that recognizes the excellence of NHL defensemen. Learn more abou...
On episode 19, Mitchell and Ryan kick things off by giving Devon Levi his flowers after an impressive debut with the Sabres Friday night against the Rangers. We then discuss some of the major accolades achieved in the past few days as the season winds down, giving Matthew Tkachuk his weekly praise, discuss the evolution in Brady Tkachuk's playstyle, and check in on the hilariously bad wildcard race in the Western Conference. We look at just how interesting the West has gotten after a few weeks w...
Mitchell and Ryan dive into the Senators long term outlook on defense and finally have the Thomas Chabot conversation after an extremely volatile performance against the Panthers. We then grill the league about the recent report that the NHL plans to "promote" the league by scheduling all 32 teams to play on the same day DURING THE WEEK... as though it isn't a terrible idea and they don't basically already do this every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. We then get into the reported Evgeny Kuznet...
