The Athletic Hockey Show

2026 Hockey Hall of Fame inductee Patrice Bergeron discusses his storied career, why the current edition of the Boston Bruins should be feared, Sidney Crosby's legacy and what he thinks of star players demanding trades with term left on their contracts. The Winnipeg Jets set an NHL record with the latest 4-goal comeback win in league history vs.the Canadiens on Tuesday night, and Frankie Corrado was in the building to witness the much needed win for the Jets. Connor Hellebuyck releases a damage control instagram post directed at Winnipeg hockey fans, the Detroit Red Wings ask Dylan Larkin's agents to expand his trade list, which they declined and we pick possible landing spots for Nikita Kucherov.

Hosts: Sean Gentille & Sean McIndoe
With: Frankie Corrado & Patrice Bergeron
Executive Producer: Chris Flannery
Producer: Jeff Domet

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With the World Juniors less than two months away, both Corey and Scott have their own 2027 NHL Draft rankings out this week. On today’s episode, the guys give their overall thoughts on the class and compare and contrast their lists. But first, they react to the Court of Arbitration for Sport’s Friday ruling that the IIHF must let Russian teams play in its events and discuss how things could play out in the immediate future.

Hosts: Max Bultman, Corey Pronman, and Scott Wheeler
With: FloHockey’s Chris Peters
Executive Producer: Chris Flannery
Producer: Chris Flannery

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This NHL season has already been full of unexpected twists and turns and Friday brought yet another wild one as reigning league MVP Nikita Kucherov requested a trade out of Tampa Bay after informing the Lightning he will not re-sign with the club. Today, the guys break down Kucherov’s shocking trade request and discuss some potential destinations for him, if he actually gets traded at all. Plus, a spotlight on the incredibly tight Atlantic Division standings, the surging Montreal Canadiens, now winners of five straight without captain Nick Suzuki, and our obligatory “McData” check-in on Connor McDavid’s current points pace to close things out.

Hosts: Max Bultman and Mark Lazerus
Executive Producer: Chris Flannery
Producer: Chris Flannery

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Max Bultman, Sean Gentille, and Thomas Drance discuss the latest twist in the Dylan Larkin saga in Detroit with the former Red Wings captain letting the team know he won’t play for the foreseeable future in hopes a trade materializes. Plus, Bill Guerin’s comments about trying to sign Quinn Hughes, Sergei Bobrovsky’s rough start as a Maple Leaf, Devin Cooley out with a knee injury, and more.

This episode was recorded live on Thursday, October 29th at 3pm ET

Hosts: Max Bultman & Sean Gentille
With: Thomas Drance
Executive Producer: Chris Flannery
Producer: Jeff Domet

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Goaltending dominated in the NHL on Tuesday night. Connor Hellebuyck had a successful debut for the New Jersey Devils in Dallas, Jacob Fowler took the Calder Trophy lead to the next level in a statement win for Montreal in St. Louis, and Pyotr Kochetkov won the goalie battle over Jeremy Swayman in Carolina. Sean and Sean discuss all this, and stick tap Matthew Schaefer for playing all 5 minutes of overtime in the Islanders shootout win over Nashville and Janson Duench joins from Edmonton to discuss the out of this world play of Connor McDavid who continues his march forward to the exclusive 200 point club.

Hosts: Sean Gentille & Sean McIndoe
With: Janson Duench
Executive Producer: Chris Flannery
Producer: Jeff Domet

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