The Habsworld podcast crew were 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
- Patrick 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.
- Four Nations lineups were recently announced. Talked about 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 Cedric Guindon, Jacob Fowler, Sam Harris, Ivan Demidov.
- Pierre Lebrun 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 Bisonette got into a fight in a Phoenix restaurant coming to the help of the manager.
