Episode 160 of the Hockey Free For All Podcast 06-06-2025

Hello Hockey fans out there. Episode 160 of the Hockey Free For All Poacast has arrived for you to enjoy and get your weekly hockey fix, this week’s topics include-

#1. Let’s talk about really bad ideas and likely new level catastrophic organizational rumors.

#2. Rumors out of Montreal that just bring a new level to stupidity.

#3. No current player in the entire league is worth the insane compensation packages that are being demanded.

#4. Logan Mailloux is a potential Norris Trophy caliber defensemen.

#5. Anyone remember how fantastically well the Ryan McDonaugh and Mikhail Sergachev trades worked out for the Montreal Canadiens?

#6. The 2025 NHL Entry Draft has tremendous depth throughout the entire 1st round and well beyond, that would allow the Montreal Canadiens to fill many organizational that they still have.

#7. It really sounds good to anyone, that the Montreal Canadiens should mortgage away and destroy their team to acquire a 38-year-old?

#8. Ya, let’s trade away a highly skilled level of talent in that the Montreal Canadiens have not seen in decades for aging or underperforming players that bring with then bloated contract that will handcuff the team for the long term. That’s a great idea!

#9. Here’s yet another stunningly great idea in the package to acquire Sidny Crosby, include as part of the excessive compensation your one and only pure scorer. Anybody home? Hello! Wow, really?

#9. Ya. Let’s acquire the 35-year-old Johnathan Marchessault who is clearly in decline and on the back 9 of his NHL career and who brings 4-years of his bloated NHL contract with him. That’s an outstanding idea.

#10. The purest definition of ignorance ever. Montreal acquires Elis Pettersson from the Vancouver Canucks for following insane compensation package. A-Level Prospect Michael Hage, A-Level Prospect Logan Mailloux, Forward Patrik Laine, Center Kirby Dach, and if that is not nuts enough, both the 1st round draft picks that the Montreal Canadiens hold, in the first round of the 2025 NHL Entry Draft as well. I would not make this trade to acquire Conner McDavid.

 

The Vancouver Canucks would end up with more compensation for Elis Pettersson, than the Edmonton Oilers received from the L.A. Kings, when they acquired Wayne Gretzky, and there is no player in the entire NHL today better than, equal too, more skilled than or that impacted the game like Wayne Gretzky, no one even remotely.