ScuttlePuck NHL Hockey Podcast NHL Hockey Fans Mike Bonn and Dale Hoard
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In the ScuttlePuck NHL Hockey Podcast, irreverent Hockey Outsiders Mike Bonn and Dale Hoard give their less than expert opinions on all things hockey. Whether it's the National Hockey League, the International Ice Hockey Federation, Canadian Hockey League, NCAA or Minor Hockey, we give our take, from a fan's perspective. We focus mainly on NHL events and discussions but if there is a good hockey story to be told, we're on it!
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Episode Charlie Huddy (453): Back From Vacation to Review Trade Deadline and Look to the Playoffs
Dale and Mike return from sun vacations to breakdown and discuss the big trade deadline deals and then look to the playoff races. Have the Oilers and Leafs done enough? Also, the DOPeS have been busy and we ask - did they create this mess? Listen Here: iTunes Google Play Stitcher Direct MP3 iHeart Radio Banter -Vacations
Title Player Charlie Huddy
News
Trade Deadline Biggest Stories
Vegas - Huge haul
Tomas Hertl, 2025 3rd, 2027 3rd for David Edstrom, 2025 1st rnd pick - SJS retains $1.3875 Noah Hanifin, - 3 way deal with CGY, PHI - Hanifin cap hit ends at $1.2375 - Anthony Mantha from WSH for 2024 2nd, 2026 4th Conveniently Mark Stone $9.5MM on LTIR out - will he be back for playoffs?
Friedge says SJS NOW fully rebuilding?????
Leafs quiet -Joel Edmundson for 2024 3rd, 2025 5th $875 retained
Oilers - Adam Henrique, Sam Carrick from Ducks for 2024 1st, 2025 5th, 2025 4th - 3 way with TB to retain salary
Troy Stecher from AZ for 2027 4th
Solid pick ups
Carolina
Kuznetsov from Washington for 2025 3rd - Kuz had been in minors
Guentzel from Pitt for Bunting, 3 AHL players, 2024 2nd, 2024 5th
Dubas getting picks to do a rebuild
Sabres / Avalanche - Byram for Middlestadt - was surprised
Coyotes Arena - Coyotes to bid on land in North Phoenix - auction starts at 68.5 milliion. Has to be the last chance. - Auction in 10 weeks Tortorella - gets ejected and initially won’t leave bench Fun full explanation here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqdGemIZbA8 2 games and $25,000 fine Crosby moving? - seems to be lots of speculation all of a sudden Wild Pull goalie in OT and win - if they lost, would lose OT point - did you know that?
Guess the 5th
Connections - previous -Gretzky, Ovechkin, Lemieux, Hull
Hot / Not - Full Standings with Current playoff positions
Atlantic - FLA 8-2-0 / DET 3-7-0
Metro - NYR,CAR 6-3-1 / PIT 3-6-1
EAST Wildcard Race
Central - NSH 8-0-2 / CHI 3-5-2
Pacific - EDM 7-2-1 / SJS 1-7-2 - Vegas 3-6-1
West Wildcard
Point of year when bad teams get REALLY bad - but no one is tanking
ANA 3-7-0
SJS 1-7-2
CHI 3-5-2
OTT 3-6-1
Crazy Stat
DOPeS
Matt Rempe 4 games - https://www.nhl.com/news/topic/player-safety/rangers-rempe-suspended-four-games-for-elbowing-devils-siegenthaler
Parker Kelly 2 games https://www.nhl.com/news/topic/player-safety/parker-kelly-of-ottawa-senators-suspended-two-games-by-player-safety
Pospisil 3 games - https://www.nhl.com/news/topic/player-safety/flames-martin-pospisil-suspended-three-games-for-boarding
Lots of dirty stuff going on - is league clamping down or are players playing on edge because of lack of consistencies -
Episode Derek Sanderson (452): Team of the Week Vancouver Canucks. Matthews Tops 50 goals.
Auston Matthews passes 50 goals and on pace for 75. Are the Vancouver Canucks for real? We assess it in our Team of the Week segment. Listen Here: iTunes Google Play Stitcher Direct MP3 iHeart Radio Title Player Derek Sanderson - Connect to Jaromir Jagr
News
Matthews past 50! On pace for 75 - truly remarkable
Jagr sweater retirement - came out for the warmup
Kekalainen fired - finally - 410-362-97 record in 869
11 years
Jackets 18-28-10 this year - last in Metro, 29th in league
Tilman Fertitta - owner of Houston Rockets is in talks to get an NHL franchise.
Are Jets in trouble?
Trade deadline looming -
Guess the 5th
Connections - What do Wayne Gretzky, Mario Lemieux, Brett Hull and Alexander Ovechkin have in common?
Team of the Week - Vancouver Canucks -
82 PTS (1) .683 PTS % (4)
GF% 59.44 (2) SF% 49.15 (19th) xGF 51.04 (13th)
SH% 11.69 (1)
SV% 92.29 (7)
PDO 1.04
PP 22.8 (11)
PK 78.95 (19)
Points
JT Miller 29 - 50 - 79
E Pettersson 29-45-74
Hughes 12-58-70
Boeser 33-27-60
Goalies
Demko 44 GP .917 GSAA 17.3 (2)
DeSmith 17 GP .894 -4.6
Hot / Not
Atlantic FLA, TOR 8-2-0 / MTL 3-6-1 - Florida pouring it on
Metropolitan NYR 9-10 / NYI 3-4-3
Central - MIN 6-3-1 / ARI 0-9-1
Pacific - LAK 6-3-1 / 4-5-1 A lot of middling performances
Crazy Stat
DOPes Rielly ended up with 5 games - Leafs appeal, Bettman upholds
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Episode Dan Maloney (451):SPECIAL GUEST Al Mitchell from Sports 1440 in Edmonton Returns! Morgan Rielly Gets Invite to See George Parros.
Dale is away but Mike has a great chat with Al Mitchell from Sports 1440 Radio in Edmonton. We discuss the state of the Oilers, and the Pacific division. Mike tested Al's draft knowledge in Guess the 5th. Listen Here: iTunes Google Play Stitcher Direct MP3 iHeart Radio
Title Player Dan Maloney
News
Oilers winning streak ends with loss to Vegas - good game, had a playoff feel
Al Mitchell from Edmonton Sports 1440
Guess the 5th - Who are the 5 players drafted in 2015 with the most NHL Games Played?
Hot / Not
Atlantic DET 7-2-1 / MTL 4-4-2 - worst team at .500
Metro CAR 7-3-0 / NJD, WSH, CBJ 3-6-1
Central DAL 7-2-1 / CHI 2-7-1
Pacific EDM 8-2-0 / SEA 3-6-1
DOPeS - Dillon Jets - 3 games -
Nikita Zadorov - 2 games for hit on Lucas Raymond
Rielly - 6 games? Seemed a lot like Perron -
Episode Randy Burridge (450): SPECIAL GUEST: Retired NHL Linesman Vaughan Rody!! NHL All Star Game Isn't a Complete Bust.
Dale and Mike are thrilled to speak with retired NHL linesman Vaughan Rody. He gave us some great stories and fascinating insights into the life of an NHL official. The All Star Game happened this weekend and it wasn't a complete fiasco, so that's a step forward for the league. Listen Here: iTunes Google Play Stitcher Direct MP3 iHeart Radio Title Player Randy Burridge
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Trades:
Lindholm to Vancouver
Monahan to Winnipeg
All Star Game - Skills was an improvement - was fun and interesting and they were actually trying
3 Hours? WAAAAY too long - no need for bands
Does the $1,000,000 prize make it more interesting for fans?
PWHL game was fun - skill is impressive -
Draft feedback
All Star Skills competition - Steve Mayer - been Chief Content Officer for 7 years and this was most input from player - doesn’t speak well of him imo
3 on 3 main event.... meh
All Star Announcements - NHL Players in Olympics!!
4 nations faceoff - replaces all star next year
World Junior Charges -
All players officially named -
Michael McLeod has 2 charges
Dillon Dube
Alex Formenton
Cal Foote
Carter Hart
Vaughan Rody Interview - 20 years - 1228 regular season games / 19 playoff games
https://nhlofficials.com/nhl-officials/current/vaughan-rody/ - Read the bio - had some serious injuries
Connections:
Guess the 5th
Mike watched 1967 Habs vs Leafs on Youtube and was fascinated
AT THE ALLSTAR BREAK -
Playoff picture
East - by P% wildcard teams are TBL / PHI
West - by P% wildcard teams are LAK / STL
ATLANTIC - 1st Bos / Last Ottawa Predictions - Leafs / Canadiens
METRO - 1st NYR / Last CBJ Predictions - Rangers / Flyers
CENTRAL - 1st WPG (Pts%) / Last CHI Predictions - Avalanche / Blackhawks - very tight
PACIFIC - 1st VAN / Last SJS Predictions - Oilers / Sharks
Player Stats -
Kuvherov, MackInnon, Pastrnak, Miller
Goalies - league average save % .899!!
Swayman, Hellebuyck, Daccord, Demko, Ingram, Jarry
Crazy Stat
DOPeS - Trouba 2 games for elbowing
https://www.nhl.com/news/topic/player-safety/new-york-rangers-defenseman-jacob-trouba-suspended
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Episode Blaine Stoughton (449): SPECIAL GUEST: Jeff From M&P: A Flyers Podcast with Philly Update. Oilers Extend Winning Streak to 16 Games.
We welcome back Jeff from Meat and Potatoes: A Flyers Podcast (formerly Broadstreet Bully Podcast) to give us the update on the Flyers season and the Cutter Gauthier situation. The Oilers run the table in January and extend their winning streak to 16 games. Listen Here: iTunes Google Play Stitcher Direct MP3 iHeart Radio Title Player - Blaine Stoughton -
News
Is Oiler streak extended to 16. One away from Penguins record of 17 from 92-93. World Junior 2018 Team - 5 players are to surrender to police
London Police will have a press conference on Feb 5.
Friedman stressed how they were told to be very careful as anyone linking the players publicly before charges laid would likely be sued
Utah - Ryan Smith requests NHL open expansion process Arizona supposed to have plan by end of January - coincidence?
Borje - not great TV but fun to see the story Zach Parise signs with Avalanche after being off all year so far Connections - Congrats to Cody Trafford for the first correct guess on Last Week's contest
This week: What do Valtteri Filppula, Pavel Datsyuk, Jonathan Toews, and Mats Naslund have in common?
INTERVIEW - JEFF FROM MEAT AND POTATOES: A FLYERS PODCAST
Jeff does a guest version of Guess the 5th What’s the Call?
Last week discussed Oilers got 2 min penalty and Kraken 5 min and Oilers received 3 min PP.
Table 15, Rule 19. Example 19.
Table has 32 examples of who serves what in different penalty situations.
Proposed Rule changes - no more coincidental penalties? Why not get rid of the rule?
These charts from Moneypuck.com are pretty cool. https://moneypuck.com/standings.htm
DOPeS - Brendan Gallagher hit - 5 games https://www.nhl.com/video/topic/player-safety/gallagher-suspended-five-games-6345655846112 -
William Lockwood - 3 games for hit on Fleury - https://scoutingtherefs.com/2024/01/43464/panthers-lockwood-suspended-for-goaltender-interference-on-wilds-fleury/
Listened to Agent Provocateur episode about a DOPeS Hearing. - kept calling them Department of Player Suspensions. Called it a Kangaroo court. -
Episode Dean McAmmond (448): Oilers Win Streak At 13. Patrick Roy To Coach Isles. Perry to Edmonton.
The Oilers have extended their winning streak to 13 games with wins over Toronto, Calgary and Seattle. Listen Here: iTunes Google Play Stitcher Direct MP3 iHeart Radio
Title Player Dean McAmmond - Connect to Patrick Roy
Feedback - thanks to those who entered guesses in Hockey Connections -
NEWS
Oilers win streak - 13 games - will it continue? Cbj,chi,Nash
How much credit to Knoblauch, Coffey?
Isles fire Lambert, hire Patrick Roy
Pinto signs for $775,000, 1 yr
Rutherford signs 3 yr extension
Matthews with hattrick in win over Calgary - on pace for 71. Leafs needed that win, big performance. After blowing leads in 4 straight, they came back from down 2-0.
First look at trade deadline March 8 - Athletic / Daily Faceoff / TSN
Elias Lindholm - CGY - seems to be consensus top player available - 2nd line C - UFA
Trevor Zegras - ANA - unbelievable with hype around him . 2 more years at $5.75. Varying opinions on whether will be moved. Surgery on ankle and should be ready to play at deadline
Chris Tanev - CGY - solid d - UFA at end of year
PWHL Update -

GUESS THE FIFTH
CONNECTIONS - WInner Last Week - Nora - Brodeur, Roy, Barrasso, Fuhr - all had 45+ assists
THIS WEEK: What do Tony Esposito, Peter Sastny, Ed Belfour and Artemi Panarin have in common?
Weekly Topic
What’s the best city to play in?
via www.gavingroup.ca - hockey wealth specialists
Top 5
Bottom 5 (Ascending from worst)
Notes: 6 Canadian cities in top 10 safety
6 Canadian cities in bottom 8 for climate
Taxes - based on $5,000,000 salary 
California/NY Teams - $2.5MM
Escrow calulator - enter salary and season
Crazy Stat -
Hot / Not
Atlantic DET 7-2-1 / OTT 3-6-1 - Leafs in 3rd by P% but TBL Closing
Metro CAR 8-1-1 / NYI 2-6-2 - Rangers 3-6-1
Central WPG 9-1-0 / CHI 3-7-0
Pacific EDM 10-0-0 / ANA, SJS 2-7-1 -LAK 2-5-3 - falling back after good start - McLellan on hot seat
DOPeS - Gourde 2 games
https://www.nhl.com/news/topic/player-safety/seattle-kraken-yanni-gourde-suspended-two-games
Customer Reviews
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Sept 17th
Now on episode 14
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Great podcast with all sorts of interesting guests and perspectives. We miss Pete! But you can't miss all the great work Mike puts out there for the listeners.