HabsWorld Podcast – Episode 116

The HabsWorld podcast crew got together for our 2024 end of year recording. Host Norm Szcyrek, with cohosts Paul MacLeod, Sean Cayouette and Jonathan Rebelo had a lot to say about the Habs, discuss other hockey news and have some laughs. This podcast was recorded the evening of December 19 2024.

Our roster of topics include:

– Introductions and Habs trivia.
– Deep analysis of the Justin Barron for Alexandre Carrier trade
– Could this move be a precursor for another trade?
– Does this trade mean the Lehkonen/Barron trade was the first trade loss for Kent Hughes?
– Which partner could Carrier be paired with to start?
– Re-evaluating the Johnathan Kovacevic trade.
– Discussion of the December 17th win against Buffalo
– Talk about Laine’s dominance on the power play and his even-strength play.
– Speculation of a Kirby Dach for Dylan Cozens trade.
– With back-to-back games against Detroit coming up, will Samuel Montembeault play both games?
– Should a replacement be made for backup Cayden Primeau?
– Former Habs prospect goaltender Zach Fucale wants to return to the NHL. Could he be considered by Montreal’s management as a backup?
– Around the NHL, the 3-on-3 overtime appears to be neutralized by coaching strategies making it boring. How it could be improved was discussed.

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