Episode 67 of the Hockey Free For All Podcast

Episode 67 of the Hockey Free For All Podcast topics include-

#1. The Ottawa Senators have signed defenseman Jake Sanderson to an 8-year 64.4-million-dollar contract.

#2. The Philadelphia Flyers have resigned center Morgan Frost to a new 2-year contract at 2 million dollars per season.

#3. Former NHL Coach Bruce Boudreau has signed on with OHL’s Niagara Ice Dogs as a senior adviser.

#4. Kyle Dubas has wasted no time in Pittsburgh in his position as President and General Manager by continuing build a solid management team. Former San Jose Sharks General Manager Doug Wilson has been hired as a Senior Advisor of Hockey Operations.

#5. The Arizona Coyotes continue to retain and solidify the Management team by resigning General Manager Bill Armstrong to a new multi-year contract which is fantastic news for the franchise as they have already signed their head coach Andre Tourigny to a new 3-year contract.

#6. NHL Defenseman Michael Del Zotto has called it a career and announced his retirement after 14 seasons in the NHL.

#7. Mattew Knies calls Toronto teammate Austin Matthews the best player in the NHL. Sorry Austin Matthews is no Conner McDavid. It’s not even close.

#8. Let’s run the numbers Austin Matthews has had one 60 goal season, and in that same season had his only 100-point season. Conner McDavid has one 60 goal season and six of his 8 NHL season have been 100 points or more, and in one of the two seasons that Conner McDavid did not reach 100 points, McDavid ended up with 97 points.

#9. If you could pick only one player in the NHL to take that all important/decisive shot, that choice is Conner McDavid, and this will really blow some peoples minds, if for some reason Conner McDavid was unavailable, fill in the blank as to why, and I could not select him, my next selection after McDavid is Cole Caufield or Leon Draisaitl.

#10. Speaking of Leon Draisaitl, who I think is only 2nd to McDavid in the entire NHL, Draisaitl has 4 100 point plus seasons, Austin Mathews has one 100 point season and Draisaitl done something that neither McDavid or Mathews has done and has three 50 goal plus seasons to go with his 4 100 point plus seasons. Loen Draisaitl is a Mark Messier clone.

#11. From a two way, durable, hard to play against scoring threat, Draisaitl is the most complete player in the league.

#12. From a pure talent perspective, McDavid walks his own road alone.

#13. Let’s talk trophies, Conner McDavid has won 3 Hart Memorial Trophies, 5 Art Ross Trophies, 1 Maurice “ROCKET” Richard Trophies, 4 Ted Lindsay Awards. Austin Matthews has won 1 Hart Memorial Trophy, 2 Maurice “ROCKET” Richard Trophies, 1 Ted Lindsay Award, and the Calder Memorial Trophy Leon Draisaitl has won 1 Art Ross Trophy and 1 Ted Lindsay Award.

#14. Logan Mailloux has had his meeting with NHL commissioner Gary Bettman. Montreal Canadiens Executive Vice President, Jeff Gorton said its expected that Logan Mailloux will be cleared to play in the NHL.

#15. The Montreal Canadiens have named Defenseman Mike Matheson as the new alternate captain replacing Joel Edmundson who was traded to the Washington Capitals. Matheson was not only the right choice, but the perfect choice for a litany of reasons.