Bench Boyz Hockey Podcast

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On this episode, Jared, Tyler and Brett get into a quiet week in the NHL as well as some other crazy stories around the hockey world. There was a very scary incident on Thursday night during the Niagra IceDogs and London Knights game. Tucker Tynan, goalie for the IceDogs, was rushed to hospital after a gory scene where his leg was sliced open during a freak accident in front of the net. We discuss two more firings in the NHL as well. Jim Montgomery and Peter Deboer have been relieved of their duties. Bit of a surprise in Dallas as the team was playing well but this is a Code of Conduct firing. Few details were given so what exactly he did remains a mystery. San Jose has been a tire fire on the other hand and the Deboer firing was less than surprising. For the first time in years Tim Thomas was in the news. This time was for a good reason that turned very dim. He was recently inducted in to the US Hockey Hall of Fame and during his press conference revealed some terrifying details about his life after hockey. Thanks for tuning in, we hope you enjoy.

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On this episode, Jared, Tyler and Brett get into the last week in the NHL. First off, the Flames and new coach Geoff Ward are making adjustments that have started to pay off. The new look lines actually produced on Thursday night and Milan Lucic finally got his first goal as a Flame. The Sharks had an eventful few days this week as well. First up Evander Kane got tossed for a very harmless looking play, that was reviewed and upheld by the referees. He was also fined by the NHL for this while a couple days later Jumbo Joe got into it with Petr Mrazek and dropped him with a throat punch and received no supplemental discipline. Naturally we got into more of the coaching mess that is the NHL right now with more Babcock stories and now Marc Crawford is on the hot seat. Another very strange incident also popped up on Friday as Nikita Zaitsev of the Senators has been accused, by his Ex-Wife, of kidnapping his two children while he was back in Russia a few weeks ago. We also touch on some of the Taylor Hall trade rumours and what we expect to see soon enough. Thanks for tuning in, we hope you enjoy.

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On this episode, Jared, Tyler and Brett get the last week in the NHL. The episode starts off with the main topic from this week. The Akim Aliu allegations towards Bill Peters, the Calgary Flames Head Coach, for racists comments made 10 years ago. Friday morning he officially resigned from the Flames organization. After that we get into our American Thanksgiving playoff predictions as well as touch on some of the other news around the NHL. This year, we actually make legitimate predictions, unlike last year. Thanks for tuning in, we hope you enjoy.

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On this episode, Jared, Tyler and Blair get into an interesting. The Flames and Leafs have had two very similar Novembers. Both had 6 game losing streaks without the ability to score the first goal of a game. Where the similarities end though is how they are attempting to fix it. The Leafs have fired Mike Babcock while the Flames continue to look for a solution. Firing Peters does not seem to be an option. The Islanders are currently rocking a 16-game point streak where they have won 15 games. With only 20 total games played this season, they are absolutely on fire and Barry Trotz is looking like a wizard. The episode ends with a chat about two incredible saves from Marc-Andre Fleury and Tuukka Rask where we debate on which save is better. We also touch on the terrible stadium series jerseys for this years NHL outdoor games. Thanks for tuning in, we hope you enjoy.

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On this episode, Jared and Tyler get into some of big stories across the NHL. The Oilers are still cruising along and crushing the NHL but will I continue. Draisaitl and McDavid have combined for more points than the rest of the roster combined. Surely this can’t be the a recipe for success. One of the funniest moments in the NHL happened on Tuesday night. The Canucks gave up a 3 on 0 to the St. Louis Blues in overtime on one of the strangest plays you will see. The Leafs and Flames have turned their struggles into some decent play finally while the Winnipeg Jets keep getting crushed by the injury bug with no end in site. Plus the Boyz get into some of the other action around the NHL and the announcement of the 2020 NHL Global Series. Thanks for tuning in, we hope you enjoy.

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NHL off season update with Tyler and Jared

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On the final episode of the season, Jared and Tyler are joined by our special guest Brent to discuss the NHL free agent frenzy. First up the Leafs were active on the trade front trying to bolster their d-core while shedding some contracts. Zaitsev and Brown headed to Ottawa for Cody Ceci while Kadri is on the move to Colorado for Tyson Barrie. Mitch Marner is still unsigned and even after all these moves there still might not be enough money left over to get him under contract for next season. Monday actually produced the first offer sheet of the summer that has basically been talked about since Christmas. While it was nice to have the drama, many feel that Montreal blew it with their offer to Sebastian Aho of the Hurricanes. Carolina reported they were in the process of matching the contract and keeping Aho as a Hurricane which is pretty much a no brainer. Free Agent Frenzy produced over 90 contracts July 1stthis year. The New York Rangers won the Panarin sweepstakes, Florida landed Bobrovsky, and Nashville signed Matt Duchene. We discuss these signings and many of the others to close out the episode. We thank everyone for joining us throughout our first season as the Bench Boyz and we hope to see you next year. Thanks for tuning in, we hope you enjoy this episode.

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On this episode, Jared and Tyler discuss the NHL draft and the official start of free agency.  After being hyped up as one of the busiest draft days we have seen in a long time, day 1 of the draft was a dud. With just a single trade that only involved teams swapping picks it was quite the let down. Day 2 saw some actual player movement before and during the draft but the damage was already done for the weekend.  William Karlsson was the first big RFA to come off the board this week as Vegas inked him to an eight-year, $5.9 million dollar per season deal. This will probably be one of those pretty good team friendly deals when all is said and done.  Next up, we discuss the bulk of the NHL’s list of RFAs that need new contracts this summer. There’s lots of Canadian content on this list but definitely a couple of surprises as well. Offer sheets are also top of mind when it comes to this list as most of the media has brought up time and time again and we give our thoughts on what we think will happen.  Last but not least, the UFA class of 2019 ends our episode. Seems a little lackluster without Erik Karlsson topping that list but there is still plenty of talent looking to get overpaid this year. As was said multiple times in the episode, the amount of NHL defenseman this year is driving the price through the roof, so it’s definitely not a good time to be a team struggling with your back end.  Thanks for tuning in, we hope you enjoy the episode. 

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 On this episode, Jared and Tyler discuss the week that was around the NHL as well as the upcoming draft. First off, the NHL awards were on Wednesday night and it was the usual awkward event. Mark Giordano walked away with his first career Norris trophy, while Nikita Kucherov seemed like he won the rest of the awards on the night.  Fireworks started early this week as a few teams looked to relieve themselves of some of their cap issues. Winnipeg dealt Trouba to the Rangers, Pittsburgh sent Olli Maatta to the Blackhawks and San Jose traded Justin Braun to the Flyers this week ahead of the draft where we may see a bunch more trades before all is said and done.  We also had some big pending free agents come off the board this week. Erik Karlsson signed a massive $92 million-dollar, eight year deal with San Jose and Kevin Hayes decided to stay in Philly with a seven year, 7.14 AAV. Yikes!  Arguably the largest, most high profile RFA of the off season was also in the news this week. Mitch Marner is reportedly asking the Maple Leafs for Austin Matthews money, roughly 11.6 million per season, while the Leafs have potentially offered the super star 11 million by eight years. That is possibly not good enough for Marner however as it’s rumoured that he has declined that offer.  Finally, the NHL Entry Draft starts on Friday which is what was expected to be the focus of this episode.  With the Jets receiving their pick back in the Trouba deal, six of seven Canadian teams are now drafting in the first round with the Leafs as the only team not stepping up to the podium.  Thanks for tuning in, we hope you enjoy the episode. 

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Welcome to the Bench Boyz hockey podcast. We’re Brett, Jared and Tyler, and we’re born and bread hockey lovers. We’re based out of Calgary, AB, Canada, and we have been good friends for several years. Hockey has always been a big passion of our lives. It made us who we are, and now we can’t shut up about it. Playing and watching the sport our whole lives, we believe we have insights and perspectives aimed towards the fans and we’re drawn towards intriguing topics while we explore the NHL. We want true hockey fans to hear this and join us in our analysis of the game.

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Bench Boyz Hockey Podcast

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