The NHL Draft Lottery was held May 10 and Chris breaks it all down from Montreal retaining the No. 1 pick to New Jersey moving up to No. 2 and all the way down to what the Sabres should consider doing with the 16th overall pick they got from Vegas. Plus, Chris answers listener questions about the lottery including options for a number of the teams picking in the Top 16, who can move up, who might go later and a whole bunch more. Don't forget to subscribe, rate and review the podcast on your app ...
May 11, 2022•1 hr 24 min•Ep. 47
Chris is back from Germany and is here to recap the 2022 IIHF Men's World Under-18 Championship. He talks about Sweden's big win, USA falling short, top performers in the tournament and a bunch more. Chris also covers the latest on the 2023 World Junior Championship and NCAA coaching carousel before answering listener questions on the U18s, NHL Draft and anything else in the prospect world. Don't forget to subscribe and leave a kind rating and review to help get the word out. And to further supp...
May 06, 2022•1 hr 22 min•Ep. 46
Chris is in Germany and taking your questions on all things 2022 NHL Draft this week, with a special focus on the ongoing U18 Men's World Championship in Kaufbeuren and Landshut. After putting a call out for questions, we got nearly 30 and Chris answered all of them over an afternoon from his hotel room in Munich. Listen in for thoughts on Shane Wright, Juraj Slafkovsky, Logan Cooley, Isaac Howard, Connor Bedard, Adam Fantilli, Simon Edvinsson, Quinton Byfield and many, many more NHL prospects. ...
Apr 27, 2022•1 hr 31 min•Ep. 45
Chris is back from the Frozen Four to wrap up the men's college hockey season, covering how Denver became champions. Also, Chris answers your questions about all things college hockey and also a few on the 2022 NHL Draft and some other NHL Drafted prospects. There is a boatload of prospect talk including Dryden McKay's NHL outlook, what Brock Faber can gain by staying at Minnesota and a whole bunch more. Don't forget to subscribe if you haven't yet and if you'd be ever so kind as to leave a rati...
Apr 13, 2022•1 hr 31 min•Ep. 44
It's Men's Frozen Four Week and Brad Schlossman of the Grand Forks Herald is back on the podcast to help Chris break down the field. Michigan, Denver, Minnesota State and Minnesota provide a thrilling quartet of teams with 41 NHL Draft picks representing 25 NHL teams and some of the best talent men's college hockey has to offer. Brad and Chris go in depth on all four teams, looking at strengths and weaknesses, X-factors, top players and other storylines. You don't need to go anywhere else to get...
Apr 05, 2022•1 hr 43 min•Ep. 43
The 2022 NCAA Men's Frozen Four is set with Michigan, Denver, Minnesota State and Minnesota all heading to Boston. ESPN analyst Sean Ritchlin joins Chris on the podcast to chat about the regionals that led to these four teams punching their tickets to the final weekend of the season. Ritchlin also dishes on the current players at Michigan, being part of their 1996 and 1998 national championship teams, which player has been his favorite to watch, how he got into broadcasting and much more. After ...
Mar 31, 2022•1 hr 25 min•Ep. 42
The 2022 NCAA men's hockey tournament is about to begin across the country and Chris has you covered with a full team-by-team preview as well as his predictions for each game all the way through to the national championship game. Chris also answers your questions about the tournament, college free agents and the NHL Draft as always. Don't forget to subscribe, rate and review the podcast on your app of choice. Also if you want more prospect content from Chris, check out Hockey Sense with Chris Pe...
Mar 24, 2022•56 min•Ep. 41
It's episode 40 of the podcast and Chris is here to talk NHL Trade Deadline and much more with another listener Q&A. Chris also breaks down some of the deals that have already made that involved prospects, the most recent college free agent signings, and a full rundown of the Hobey Baker Top 10 list that was announced last week. After that, it's all listener questions with a lot of deadline-related topics including value for certain players, which prospects should be considered untouchable, ...
Mar 17, 2022•1 hr 24 min•Ep. 40
As the NCAA season winds down, NHL teams are ramping up their pursuit of undrafted college free agents. Brad Schlossman of the Grand Forks Herald is back to help Chris break down the best available college UFAs that NHL teams are going to be in pursuit of this season. If you ever listened to Brad's former podcast with Nate Ewell, College Hockey Today, this episode follows a similar format to break down a lot of the names Chris and Brad are hearing about and explaining why there is interest in th...
Mar 09, 2022•2 hr 3 min•Ep. 39
Chris is celebrating the first anniversary of launching Hockey Sense with another Q&A episode of Talking Hockey Sense. He answers a wide-ranging set of questions on everything from college free agents to watch, NCAA hockey recruiting, the college coaching carousel, the rescheduled 2022 World Juniors and a lot of individual NHL prospects. If you love prospect talk, there's a whole bunch of that here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 23, 2022•1 hr 33 min•Ep. 38
The Winter Olympics have concluded for the North American teams with Canada winning gold over the U.S. in women's hockey and the men's teams both getting bounced in the quarterfinals. Chris runs down his own thoughts on the Olympic hockey tournaments and also chats about the IIHF's rescheduling plans for cancelled tournaments like the World Juniors. After that, Chris welcomes his friend Matt Moran, a former junior hockey scout, to share some philosophies of scouting for junior hockey, some of th...
Feb 17, 2022•1 hr 42 min•Ep. 37
In this week's episode, Chris dives into his midseason draft rankings from DailyFaceoff.com and shares insight into how he arrived at certain decisions on the rankings. Additionally, Chris chats Olympics as the men's tournament is about to begin. After that, the podcast is turned over to the listeners, who sent in dozens of questions for this week's Q&A, covering a wide range of topics including the 2022 NHL Draft, the Olympics, NHL prospects, the Arizona Coyotes arena situation and the Chic...
Feb 09, 2022•1 hr 40 min•Ep. 36
To get you prepped for the 2022 Olympic Winter Games, Chris invited women's hockey expert Nicole Haase to talk about the forthcoming women's tournament in Beijing, and Steven Ellis of The Hockey News to talk about the men. Even though NHL players won't be going, there are enough compelling reasons to watch this year's event, not the least of which is the always-entertaining rivalry between the U.S. and Canada on both the men's and women's sides. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone....
Feb 02, 2022•2 hr 18 min•Ep. 35
Friend of the pod Brad Schlossman of the Grand Forks Herald is back to help Chris break down the recently announced U.S. Olympic Men's Ice Hockey Team roster. The Americans will be sending a roster with 15 current NCAA players as they bet big on youth for Beijing. From the process, to the player-by-player analysis to the players Chris and Brad thought were snubbed for the roster, they cover all bases in this lengthy, meaty podcast. You can read more about the Olympic roster from Chris at DailyFa...
Jan 14, 2022•1 hr 26 min•Ep. 34
Chris breaks down what happened to force the 2022 World Junior Championship to be cancelled after just a few days, why the decision was made and ultimately what comes next. Chris also takes your questions about what happened at the WJC, why players and team staff were so frustrated and tries to handicap the possibility of rescheduling the World Juniors for the summer. There's also some talk of the little bit of hockey we did get to see from the WJC. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaph...
Dec 31, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 33
Talking Hockey Sense Episode 32 is our full World Junior championship preview. Chris is joined by The Athletic's Corey Pronman to chat about the World Junior Championship and preview the tournament. The two chat about how the WJC works as an evaluation tool for prospects and share some thoughts on their own expectations of some of the top prospects playing in the tournament. Chris and Corey also share thoughts on Matvei Michkov and Connor Bedard, two of the 2023 Draft phenoms that will be in the...
Dec 22, 2021•1 hr 39 min•Ep. 32
Mike Morreale from NHL.com joins Chris on this week's episode to discuss the final rosters for the 2022 World Junior Championship. Mike also shares his insight from the U.S. World Junior selection camp, where he has been stationed for the last few days. Mike and Chris also discuss the many, many draft-eligible players that will be in the mix at the WJC. On top of that, Chris breaks down Russia's controversial roster decisions, discusses the impact of Finland losing Aatu Räty, and takes listener ...
Dec 15, 2021•1 hr 22 min•Ep. 31
Chris is back with another Q&A ep where he goes in-depth on the World Junior Championship. We start off this week's podcast with a look at Canada's WJC camp roster, including the surprising omission of defenseman Brand Clarke. After that, Chris answers your questions about all things World Junior or otherwise. Among the topics covered, more on Slovakia's 16-year-old phenom Dalibor Dvorsky, Quintin Byfield's WJC status, Canada's backup plan for the Olympics, ESPN's chances of getting World Ju...
Dec 08, 2021•1 hr 24 min•Ep. 30
As the calendar flips to December, it is officially World Junior season. USA Hockey announced its World Junior camp roster and Chris is joined by Brad Schlossman of the Grand Forks Herald to break it all down. The two also talk about the men's college hockey season to date including surprises and takeaways, They also discuss the latest in the Omaha Lancers saga and answer listener questions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 01, 2021•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 29
Chris covers the latest on the Omaha Lancers controversy and talks a bit about his U.S. Men's Olympic Team picks before answering reader questions. Among the topics covered, several team-specific prospect notes including the Red Wings, Kings, Maple Leafs, when Michigan's top players could turn pro, some thoughts on World Juniors candidates, NHL Draft prospects and what hockey things Chris is thankful for. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 24, 2021•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 28
This week, The Athletic's Max Bultman stops by the Podcast to discuss in-depth one of the NHL's most surprising and fascinating teams, the Detroit Red Wings, the team he covers on a day-to-day basis. We cover everything to the incredible performances of Lucas Raymond and Moritz Seider, what Steve Yzerman has done in the course of this rebuild, Jeff Blashill's future and when we can declare the rebuild officially over. Max, one of the younger journalists on a full-time beat this season, also disc...
Nov 17, 2021•1 hr 28 min•Ep. 27
It's another Q&A episode of Talking Hockey Sense that covers a lot of ground. Among the topics covered, Chris looks at the recent reassignments of Cole Caufield and William Eklund, more examination of the last few weeks as hockey reckons with misconduct among leaders of various NHL teams, and why there's still good people worth highlighting in this sport. Chris also answers questions on Jesper Wallstedt, Sebastian Cossa, the status of the Detroit Red Wings rebuild, women's college hockey and...
Nov 10, 2021•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 26
This week's episode covers a variety of topics, but first starts out with an insightful, engaging and educational chat with University of Vermont men's hockey coach Todd Woodcroft. The second-year coach of the Catamounts discusses his time as an NHL assistant coach and scout, plus his many opportunities to coach various national teams. Woodcroft will also be an assistant coach for Sweden's men's hockey team at the Olympics this year and shares a great anecdote about Victor Hedman. After the inte...
Oct 27, 2021•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 25
It's another Q&A episode of Talking Hockey Sense where Chris answers your questions about all things hockey. This week, Chris tackles topics like the various player development routs and teams, pros and cons for each and more. There were also questions about the University of Michigan hockey team, 2022 NHL Draft prospects at the NTDP, and plenty of others. Chris also dishes on his new gigs in addition to Talking Hockey Sense and Hockey Sense on Substack. Don't forget to subscribe, rate and r...
Oct 20, 2021•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 24
Chris is joined this week by Evan F. Moore, co-author of a new hockey book called Game Misconduct: Hockey's Toxic Culture and How to Fix It. Evan details his path as a hockey fan, covering the intersection of race and hockey, and what he hopes the book will accomplish now that it's out. After the conversation, Chris also takes a look at his pick to win the Stanley Cup and a handful of teams worth watching a little more closely this season. Don't forget to rate, review and share the podcast. Also...
Oct 13, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 23
Chris offers his own preview of the NHL season with intriguing teams to watch, while putting a special focus on a wide-open Calder Trophy race heading into the 2021-22 season. Using the most recent betting odds, Chris offers his thoughts on which players have the best chance to live up to the preseason hype. On top of that, Chris answers your questions about top prospects and the 2022 NHL Draft. Don't forget to subscribe, rate and review this podcast on your preferred podcast app. Learn more abo...
Oct 06, 2021•1 hr 30 min•Ep. 22
In the first episode of the second season of Talking Hockey Sense, Brad Schlossman of the Grand Forks Herald drops by to chat with Chris about the upcoming men's college hockey season, taking a look at each conference, top teams, top players and top NHL prospects to know in college hockey this season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 29, 2021•1 hr 28 min•Ep. 21
Corey Pronman returns for his second guest appearance on Talking Hockey Sense to talk with Chris about some of the top prospects for the 2022 NHL Draft at this early stage. Peters and Pronman talk about top performers at the Hlinka-Gretzky Cup, plus Shane Wright, Matthew Savoie, Brad Lambert, Logan Cooley and so many more. After the interview, Chris also takes some time to go over additional prospects to know for 2022 including Danila Yurov, Isaac Howard and more. Don't forget to subscribe, rate...
Aug 18, 2021•54 min•Season 1Ep. 20
Chris comes back from temporary hiatus with a listener Q&A, many closing thoughts on the 2021 NHL Draft including his favorite and least favorite draft classes, as well as other notable topics. The World Junior Summer Showcase, which featured dozens of top NHL prospects, is also covered with thoughts on various players based off of listener questions. Chris also covers some college hockey topics of note. Don't forget to subscribe, rate and review the podcast to help get the word out! Learn m...
Aug 11, 2021•1 hr 21 min•Season 1Ep. 19
Chris is flying solo again this week, answering your questions regarding the Seattle Kraken expansion draft and 2021 NHL Draft. Chris shares the latest news and notes he's heard about the draft, plus thoughts on some of the prospects and players Seattle picked (or didn't pick) in this week's expansion draft. Readers and listeners also sent in some great questions about both the Kraken and the draft. Don't forget to rate and review the podcast and tell your friends. While you're at it, subscribe ...
Jul 22, 2021•1 hr 13 min•Season 1Ep. 18
