The HabsWorld podcast crew was mixing it up to discuss recent Canadiens events. Host Norm Szcyrek, with cohosts Paul MacLeod, Sean Cayouette and Jonathan Rebelo had a lot to say about the Habs, share other hockey news and have some laughs. This podcast was recorded the evening of December 11, 2024.
Our roster of topics include:
– Introductions and Habs trivia.
– Patrik Laine returns to the lineup and has an immediate impact. His role on the team and the second line was analyzed.
– The struggles of Kirby Dach, and could he be traded?
– Lane Hutson broke a Habs record for rookie assists in consecutive games. Can he continue the streak to break the same NHL record?
– Justin Barron is failing as a defenceman, but could he be better utilized as a forward, or traded?
– Discussions of trading other upcoming Canadiens’ UFA players, since there were two Vegas scouts in Montreal for the December 5th game.
– 4 Nations Face-Off lineups were recently announced. We discussed Montreal’s players that made the teams, and a few that did not.
– Alex Newhook’s promotion to the first line was reviewed.
– Luke Richardson was fired as Chicago’s head coach recently. Given his past role as a Habs assistant coach, the potential for Richardson to return to Montreal was debated.
– Habs prospect news involving Cedrick Guindon, Jacob Fowler, Sam Harris, Ivan Demidov.
– Pierre LeBrun’s article in The Athletic about Marc Bergevin was debated.
Jonathan floats the idea of Montreal signing Andrei Markov to play ten more games to reach 1000 games as a Hab.
– Speculations for a trade to Montreal to get Ryan O’Reilly.
– Around the NHL: The NHL recently settled a lawsuit with around 100 former players regarding their concussion litigation. A touching story shared by former Hab Douglas Murray and former NHL player/current hockey podcaster Paul Bissonette got into a fight in a Phoenix restaurant coming to the help of the manager.
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