Sound Observations

Connor McDavid might score a billion points this season. Fine, actually 200-something, but still.  Connor Hellebuyck finally got traded between episodes as Dylan Larkin took Hellebuyck's role in the "suspended for quiet quitting" department.  Nikita Kucherov entered his name on the trade block, though the Tampa Bay Lightning have no intentions of actually trading him. Kind of. But they should. The window might be closing for the Colorado Avalanche and the Lightning (and possibly the Florida Panthers as well). The Seattle Kraken might be good? Meanwhile, the San Jose Sharks and the Chicago Blackhawks are competing for "most disappointing."

The Ottawa Senators are off to a hot start, we may have jinxed Igor Shesterkin, the first Frozen Frenzy of the season came and went, the Philadelphia Flyers are off to their worst start in franchise history, Nathan MacKinnon decided to fight for the second time this season while we were recording and Lanci offers his thoughts on the Elevated Cupcake Experience.  But the Flyers, though, when do they make a move behind the bench and fire Rick Tocchet or did Daniel Brière bring an offer sheet curse upon the organization?

Nick and Shawn recap all things goalie goals in wake of Igor Shesterkin's goalie goal (and subsequent assist in his next start). Also, Alex Ovechkin is retiring at season's end.

Court Lalonde joins the show to talk about initial overreactions (from Leafs fans), holisitic views on hockey (breaking down the Kirill Marchenko-Matthew Knies trade, praise for Fraser Minten and some analytics chat), jersey aesthetics (Boston, Dallas, Pittsburgh, Vancouver and some expectations for the Hometown Remix series), David Pastrňák's captaincy and much, much more!

Sammi Silber joins the show to talk in-depth about THE depth of the Washington Capitals and a little about the rest of the Metropolitan Division too and more as we finish up our season previews ahead of Opening Night for the 2026-27 season. Also, if you haven't drafted Logan Thompson in YOUR fantasy league, you probably should.

This week in the Detroit Red Wings, new captains on Long Island and in Chicago, extensions galore and we preview the Pacific Division for the 2026-27 season.

Everyone's favorite game show segment, "Off the Cuff" returns to recap some news from the last couple of weeks! Also, Chris Kreider is a free agent (well, he was when we recorded this anyway), there's been another potential expansion update and we preview the Central Division for the 2026-27 season.

The NHL isn't in a formal expansion process, but they're also not ruling out expanding. Also, we spent a couple hours previewing the Atlantic Division for the 2026-27 season. We promise next week's episode will be a little shorter– we just had a lot to catch up on for the first episode since our summer break.

Connor Bedard, Macklin Celebrini, Jet Greaves and Jason Robertson all signed extensions since our last episode and it feels like we're entering a new era for salary cap enthusiasts. Plus, how would you split the number of games for a three-goalie rotation and more.

King Clancy trivia gives way to some musical chairs action in Buffalo, Boston, New Jersey and Detroit. Also the Anaheim Ducks matched Leo Carlsson's offer sheet and the Utah Mammoth matched Barrett Hayton's offer sheet. There's new (old) features in NHL 27 and Nick and Shawn did a fantasy draft of songs featured in the EA Sports NHL series menus.