Episode 63 of the Hockey Free For All Podacst 08-18-2023

Episode 63 of the Hockey Free For All Podcast topics include-

#1. What is with the continued doubt of coach Martin St. Louis, and that he needs a veteran addition on his coaching staff, STOP!

#2. Carey Price would be a fantastic development coach or a tremendous addition to the scouting department of the Montreal Canadiens.

#3. Upon retiring, Paul Byron would be an excellent development coach, amateur scout, pro-scout or possibly an Assistant G.M. addition in Montreal.

#4. What’s with the discussions of how Carey Prices Jersey number must be retired? He’s not even retiring until the end of his current contract that has multiple years still remaining on it.

#5. Montreal unequalled list of great goaltenders, Georges Vezina, the man who the very trophy itself is named after for the best goalie of every NHL season and won it twice, enough said, George Hainsworth who during one season that he played 44 games in had 22 shutouts and a .92 goals against average with a career goals against average of 1.93 and oh, by the way won 6 Vezina Trophies and 2 Stanley Cups, Bill Durnan who one 6 Vezina trophy’s and 2 Stanley Cups, Jacques Plante who won 7 Vezina trophy’s, a heart trophy was the inventor and reason that goalies today have masks oh and won 6 Stanley Cups, and Ken Dryden who won a Conn Smyth Trophy, a Calder Memorial Trophy, 5 Vezina Trophy’s, 6 Stanley Cups in the 8 years he played.

#6. Patrick Roy not included.

#7. A very common believe, if one doesn’t win a Stanely Cup, they are not a hall of fame inductee?

#8. Defenseman Erik Karlsson has been traded in a 3-team trade involving the San Jose Sharks, Pittsburgh Penguins and the Montreal Canadiens. San Jose gets cap space! Pittsburgh gets Erik Karlsson Does that move the needle for Pittsburgh? And Montreal clears congestion, gain assets and obtains more draft capital.

#9 No way Jeff Petry remains in Montreal.

#10. It will ruin the careers of Kaiden Guhle, Arber Xhekaj, Jordan Harris, or Jonathan Kovacevic if any of them are sent down to Laval, as they have all earned regular NHL roster spots without question. Mike Matheson is the only veteran needed on the defense.

#11. Wideman, Petry, Savard and Barron should be trade bait.

#12. Out of the 4 goaltenders in Montreal currently Sam Montembeau, Jake Allen, Casey DeSmith, and Cayden Primeau’s it sure looks like 2 out of the 4 will be traded before the start of the 2023/2024 season in a combination of Jake Allen and Casey DeSmith or a combination of Casey DeSmith and Cayden Primeau. If I was betting on it would be the combination of Casey DeSmith and Cayden Primeau getting traded.

#12. Jakub Dobes’s is the number one goaltender prospect in Montreal by far.