He is a two-time Stanley Cup champion and the founder of Atunya, a training apparel brand. Johnny Oduya joins Jeff and Elliotte to talk about life away from professional hockey, his travels to Kenya and Thailand, creating Atunya and the challenges he faced during the pandemic, he shares some Stanley Cup memories, the importance of fitness and healthy eating, coaching hockey and a tells the guys a few funny stories from his days in the NHL. Check out Atunya and all their products here: https://at...
Mar 29, 2022•54 min
How do you feel about a weekday afternoon game? Elliotte asks Jeff just that to kick off the podcast and explains why this has been coming up as an idea for next season (1:15). They then dig into some LTIR talk (8:35), Elliotte’s encounter at the Top Prospects Game in Kitchener, the return of Evgenii Dadonov, the impressive start from Hayden Hodgson (19:15), Claude Giroux and Ottawa (19:50), what the Islanders might do this off-season (23:00), drafted NCAA players making the jump to the NHL (26:...
Mar 25, 2022•43 min
What a crazy NHL trade deadline! Jeff and Elliotte break down the Evgenii Dadonov situation and where we might go from here (3:20). They then go over some players that didn’t make a move — Filip Forsberg (21:20), Jakob Chychrun & John Klingberg (45:10) plus teams that went all in and ones that didn’t — Minnesota (24:30), Florida (36:00), Colorado (37:45), Pittsburgh (41:40), Toronto (39:10), Anaheim (43:05), and they take your emails and voicemails (46:30). Music Outro: David Allen James - Where...
Mar 23, 2022•59 min
Buckle up! Before Jeff and Elliotte run through all 32 teams and what they are looking to do as the trade deadline approaches, they provide an update on the Claude Giroux trade situation (00:30). Pacific: Anaheim (2:30), Calgary (3:30), Edmonton (4:15), Los Angeles (4:55), San Jose (5:45), Seattle (7:00), Vancouver (8:10), and Las Vegas (9:00) Central: Arizona (11:30), Chicago (12:40), Colorado (16;15), Dallas (17:40), Minnesota (18:55), Nashville (19:40), St. Louis (20:25) and Winnipeg (22:15) ...
Mar 18, 2022•48 min
Tanner Jeannot wasn’t drafted into the WHL or the NHL, but he’s in the race for the Calder Trophy this season. He join Jeff and Elliotte to talk about his journey to the NHL from small-town Saskatchewan, the obstacles he overcame along the way, playing on a line with Colton Sissons and Yakov Trenin, playing under John Hynes, what made Tim Hunter the coach for him in Moose Jaw, the support he’s received from his community in Oxbow, and he talks about his workout routine and what he excels at most...
Mar 16, 2022•35 min
Welcome to episode #300. Jeff and Elliotte recap the Heritage Classic (4:35), discuss the elephant in the room — Toronto’s goaltending (7:20), give credit to the Buffalo Sabres (16:40) and talk about the atmosphere in Hamilton over the weekend. They also touch on — troubles in Vegas (23:30), Dallas not moving John Klingberg and their push for the playoffs, what the latest on Claude Giroux and Colorado (32:20), update on Tomas Hertl (35:55), Vancouver’s interest in John Marino (37:05), if Jakob C...
Mar 14, 2022•1 hr 10 min
Elliotte is driving home and Jeff is at home. The guys recap a week that saw some questionable calls around the league (00:01), discuss the goaltending situation in Toronto (15:30 + 22:00) and the play of the red hot Coyotes (20:00), Jack Eichel’s return to Buffalo (25:00), Philadelphia signing Rasmus Ristolainen plus some more Flyers talk (32:50), the heated game between the Wild and Red Wings (37:00), and some of the big injuries we’re seeing around the league (40:00). Music Outro: Jon Stop - ...
Mar 11, 2022•43 min
Take a bow, Jason Robertson! Jeff and Elliotte discuss the play of the Dallas Stars, their transition to a new core, and Robertson’s hat-trick-filled weekend (00:01). They hit on some other great stories from around the league including Nick Robertson’s first career regular-season goal, the Colorado-Calgary game (10:30), the play of Cale Makar (13:30), and the seven-point performance by Nick Schmaltz (38:35). As we get closer to the trade deadline, Jeff and Elliotte do a bit of a tour around the...
Mar 07, 2022•1 hr 6 min
Rick Nash joins the podcast! Jeff and Elliotte chat with the 2-time Olympic gold medalist (33:30) as the Columbus Blue Jackets get set to retire #61 to the rafters at Nationwide Arena. Nash talks about how he found out his jersey was getting retired, tell us his best Doug MacLean story as well as his proudest moment in hockey, why he decided to step away from the game, he shares a great story about his first day in New York after being traded to the Rangers, if he’d very considering being a GM, ...
Mar 04, 2022•1 hr 6 min
He’s 17 years old, scored 7 goals at the Winter Games, and was voted the 2022 men's Olympic hockey MVP. Juraj Slafkovsky is a forward for TPS of the Finnish Liiga and is expected to be a top pick in the 2022 NHL Draft. He joined Jeff and Elliotte to talk about his Olympic journey, winning bronze with the Slovakian national team, building confidence throughout the tournament, his favourite moment from the Olympics, messages he received following their medal performance, players he looked up to gr...
Mar 02, 2022•30 min
Sports leagues and federations around the world are taking action. Jeff and Elliotte discuss the decision by the IIHF (00:01) to suspend “all Russian and Belarusian national and club teams” until further notice as well as withdrawing Russia’s hosting rights of the 2023 World Junior Championship. The guys also talk about the NHLs statement as it relates to Russia, how Russian and Ukrainian players in North America are responding to the invasion of Ukraine, and what their leagues are doing to supp...
Feb 28, 2022•58 min
A week filled with surprises. Jeff and Elliotte start the podcast off by discussing the situation in Ukraine (00:01), how North American players in the KHL are handling the conflict, and what events in Russia we’ll see cancelled as the country continues their invasion of Ukraine. The guys also provide an update on the Chicago’s GM search (6:00), Elliotte gushes over Zdeno Chára (11:30), they wonder what Nashville will do with Filip Forsberg (15:40), how the Winnipeg Jets could approach the rest ...
Feb 25, 2022•1 hr
Moves are being made! Jeff and Elliotte fire things up with a trade that saw Toronto send Nick Ritchie to Arizona with a conditional second-round pick for Ryan Dzingel and Ilya Lyubushkin (00:20). The guys break the deal down from both sides and wonder if the Maple Leafs have more moves in the works. They also discuss Montreal’s mini win streak (9:00) and their interest in Marie-Philip Poulin (32:30), Edmonton making a push under Jay Woodcroft (15:20), Eichel starting to find his touch (18:00), ...
Feb 21, 2022•53 min
Take a ride with Elliotte! Jeff is joined by Elliotte who is on his way home from the Scotiabank Arena after covering the Penguins-Maple Leafs game. They recap the game (2:00), discuss the Claude Giroux press conference and where he might land (7:30), touch on Jack Eichel’s first game in almost a year (15:25), what Vancouver might be looking to do with some of their stars (18:45), a new name in the Blackhawks GM search (27:20), and Martin St. Louis gets his first win as the head coach of the Mon...
Feb 18, 2022•36 min
His resume speaks for itself! He’s won a gold medal at the World Junior Championship, the World Cup of Hockey and at the Olympics; he’s a three-time All-Star and a Stanley Cup Champion. Alex Pietrangelo joins Jeff and Elliotte to talk about his All-Star game experience in his backyard, the return of Jack Eichel, his friendship with Jay Bouwmeester and David Backes, playing minor hockey with John Tavares and Steven Stamkos, why he leaves his work at the rink, the importance of preparing for life ...
Feb 16, 2022•36 min
The news never stops! Jeff and Elliotte kick off the podcast discussing the Tyler Toffoli trade to Calgary (1:00), the pursuit of 500 goals for Sidney Crosby (5:30), the Oilers under Jay Woodcroft (17:50), the return of Jack Eichel this Wednesday (21:15), what Colorado might have up their sleeve (26:00), Tomas Hertl and the San Jose Sharks (28:00), and the Jets play as of late (34:40). They also touch on Rosie DiManno’s opinion piece in the Toronto Star on “Why women’s hockey doesn’t belong in t...
Feb 14, 2022•1 hr 4 min
It was a crazy busy week in hockey! Jeff and Elliotte kick things off with an apology (00:15) before getting into some rapid-fire thoughts from Elliotte’s latest blog -- Tyler Toffoli (3:25), Christian Dvorak (4:15), Rick Bowness (4:50), Jack Eichel’s return (7:00), Gina Kingsbury and Theresa Feaster (10:20), Tomas Hertl (11:10), Pavel Zacha (13:20), Nick Paul (14:40), and Vitali Kravtsov (16:10). They also get into the changes in Edmonton (18:00) and Montreal (31:50), discuss the hiring of Camm...
Feb 11, 2022•56 min
Las Vegas knows how to throw a party! Jeff and Elliotte recap the Skill Competition and the All-Star Game (00:01), and mentioned a few things that stood out to them from the weekend. During our recording session, news broke out of Chicago that the team had fired their AHL athletic trainer for sexual harassment. The guys discuss this story (16:15) and give a few of their thoughts. They also provide an update on the teams' GM search as the club has shown interest in a Chicago Cubs executive. Other...
Feb 07, 2022•44 min
The Chicago Blackhawks held a town hall on Wednesday. Jeff and Elliotte discuss the comments made by Rocky Wirtz, how this might change the Blackhawks approach when it comes to their GM search, and what the NHL might do as the league gets ready for All-Star weekend in Las Vegas, The guys also chat about Pat Verbeek and what his first move might be as the new general manager of the Anaheim Ducks (22:30), and Elliotte tells us about his conversations with David Poile (34:15), Bill Guerin (37:40), ...
Feb 04, 2022•44 min
Steve Mayer is the Chief Content Officer at the NHL. He’s responsible for organizing all the big league events including outdoor games, the draft and All-Star weekend. Steve joins Jeff and Elliotte to talk about some of the challenges with organizing an event in Las Vegas, how they are using the Bellagio Fountain and why they are shutting down the strip, adding ball hockey to the festivities, future outdoor games (including Florida), and what it will take to get backwards skating into the skills...
Feb 01, 2022•37 min
Carey Price held a press conference in Montreal on Sunday. Jeff and Elliotte discuss the goaltenders' comments regarding his health as well as his desire to stay in Montreal (3:00). They also give credit to Craig Anderson (0:10), touch on Montreal’s potential off-season moves (7:00) along with Vancouver’s (11:30), provide an update on Anaheim's GM search (18:20), discuss some names that are linked to Toronto (25:30) and Florida (28:30), tell us why they love jersey retirement ceremonies (30:00),...
Jan 31, 2022•52 min
Evander Kane finds himself a new home. Jeff and Elliotte explain how Kane became an Edmonton Oiler (00:01) and provide an update on the grievance that was filed by the NHLPA. They also discuss the arena situation in Arizona (9:30) as well as the press conference in Philadelphia (21:20), take a closer look at the Nathan MacKinnon hit (28:45), add some details to the GM search in both Chicago and Anaheim (33:00), and they take a few of your questions to wrap up the podcast (36:00). Full transcript...
Jan 28, 2022•46 min
Alex Sinatra is a Texas-barred attorney who has been around sports her entire life except for hockey. She tells Jeff and Elliotte why she was interested in the position of executive director of the PHFPA and the interesting path she took to get there. She also talks about things that are important to the players, if they'll work with the PWHPA to grow the game, why communication will be one of her top priorities, how she's approaching the $25 million investment into the league by the Board of Go...
Jan 27, 2022•38 min
It was a very difficult week around the hockey world. Jeff and Elliotte kick off the podcast by discussing a pair of incidents that took place in the AHL as well as the ECHL, and they express their frustration as racist behaviour continues to be seen and heard in the game of hockey (00:10). They then touch on Keith Yandle’s ironman streak (17:15), the struggling Flyers and what they might do next (25:00), some trade talk around Ben Chiarot (30:00) plus where we're with the Jakob Chychrun trade a...
Jan 24, 2022•55 min
Where do the Oilers go from here? After a 6-0 loss to the Florida Panthers, Jeff and Elliotte really begin to question what management is thinking in Edmonton and if the team needs to make a desperation move to save their season (00:01). They then touch on Sheldon Keefe’s comments following the team's loss to the New York Rangers (9:55), arena capacity for Ontario teams (23:00), more updates on Vancouver’s GM search (25:10), Victor Hedman’s dominance (29:10), more teams are added to the Jakob Ch...
Jan 21, 2022•1 hr 24 min
It might be a busy week around the NHL. Jeff and Elliotte kick the podcast off by focusing on the Montreal Canadiens and their search for a general manager as they close in on their preferred candidate (00:10), they give some background on player agent Kent Hughes who is in the running for the job as well as Daniel Briere and Mathieu Darche. They also provide some updates on Vancouver's search (12:00) along with Anaheim and Chicago (14:15). The guys then get into the situation in Edmonton and th...
Jan 17, 2022•47 min
The conversation around Evander Kane is still top of mind for many hockey fans. Elliotte tells Jeff why he contacted the Canadian Border Services Agency and how they are involved in the Evander Kane investigation (2:00). The guys also touch on the Ken Holland press conference, his interest in Kane and if they should make a trade to save their season (4:30), Bobby Clarke’s comments on Ron Hextall as heard on the Cam & Sticks Podcast (21:00), the Panthers and Kodak Black (36:00), All-Star snubs (3...
Jan 14, 2022•57 min
The Canadian Olympic men’s hockey team roster will be announced soon and Devan Dubnyk is one of the names on the long list. Jeff and Elliotte chat with Devan about this desire to play on the Olympic team, finding a place to play to get back in game shape, returning to the AHL after 15-years, the smell of burning rubber, the hardest shot he ever faced, the art of catching a puck, almost fighting Jordan Binnington, his favourite goalie growing up, and playing an intense Dean Evason in practice. Fu...
Jan 12, 2022•42 min
Evander Kane clears unconditional waivers. Jeff and Elliotte discuss the news of the weekend as the San Jose Sharks look to terminate Kane’s contract (00:30), how we got here and how the NHLPA will handle the situation, and wonder where the Sharks go from here. The guys also touch Rob Blake’s contract extension with the Kings and the club hiring Marc Bergevin as a senior advisor to the GM (9:30), trade talks around Jakob Chychrun begin to heat up (13:20), where we might see Lawson Crouse end up ...
Jan 10, 2022•52 min
The Winnipeg Jets surveyed their season seat holders to see if they’d be open to hosting home games in Saskatoon; Saskatchewan currently has no attendance restrictions. Jeff and Elliotte kick off the podcast discussing this news (00:10), how the fans voted, the logistics required to execute such a move, and where the team might go from here. They guys also touch on the struggling Flyers (3:45), the return of Tuukka Rask (9:40), the Maple Leafs placing Nick Ritchie on waivers (15:40), how Edmonto...
Jan 07, 2022•58 min
