The Athletic Hockey Show

This NHL season has already been full of unexpected twists and turns and Friday brought yet another wild one as reigning league MVP Nikita Kucherov requested a trade out of Tampa Bay after informing the Lightning he will not re-sign with the club. Today, the guys break down Kucherov’s shocking trade request and discuss some potential destinations for him, if he actually gets traded at all. Plus, a spotlight on the incredibly tight Atlantic Division standings, the surging Montreal Canadiens, now winners of five straight without captain Nick Suzuki, and our obligatory “McData” check-in on Connor McDavid’s current points pace to close things out.

Hosts: Max Bultman and Mark Lazerus
Executive Producer: Chris Flannery
Producer: Chris Flannery

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Max Bultman, Sean Gentille, and Thomas Drance discuss the latest twist in the Dylan Larkin saga in Detroit with the former Red Wings captain letting the team know he won’t play for the foreseeable future in hopes a trade materializes. Plus, Bill Guerin’s comments about trying to sign Quinn Hughes, Sergei Bobrovsky’s rough start as a Maple Leaf, Devin Cooley out with a knee injury, and more.

This episode was recorded live on Thursday, October 29th at 3pm ET

Hosts: Max Bultman & Sean Gentille
With: Thomas Drance
Executive Producer: Chris Flannery
Producer: Jeff Domet

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Goaltending dominated in the NHL on Tuesday night. Connor Hellebuyck had a successful debut for the New Jersey Devils in Dallas, Jacob Fowler took the Calder Trophy lead to the next level in a statement win for Montreal in St. Louis, and Pyotr Kochetkov won the goalie battle over Jeremy Swayman in Carolina. Sean and Sean discuss all this, and stick tap Matthew Schaefer for playing all 5 minutes of overtime in the Islanders shootout win over Nashville and Janson Duench joins from Edmonton to discuss the out of this world play of Connor McDavid who continues his march forward to the exclusive 200 point club.

Hosts: Sean Gentille & Sean McIndoe
With: Janson Duench
Executive Producer: Chris Flannery
Producer: Jeff Domet

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The Boston Bruins are quietly sitting atop the Atlantic Division standings, once again defying the logic of their eventual decline. The Athletic’s own Fluto Shinzawa joins the show to discuss how the Bruins have gotten off to their great start. Before that, the guys break down why Connor Hellebuyck is in a perfect spot with the New Jersey Devils and talk about Connor McDavid unbelievably upping his points pace from last week, now projecting for 252 over 84 games. Plus, a look into Flames goalie Devin Cooley’s incredible postgame interviews and his approach to the mental side of goaltending to close things out.

Hosts: Max Bultman and Mark Lazerus
With: Jesse Granger and Fluto Shinzawa
Executive Producer: Chris Flannery
Producer: Chris Flannery

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The Athletic Hockey Show crew gives their instant reaction to the Winnipeg Jets trading three-time Vezina Trophy winner Connor Hellebuyck to the New Jersey Devils for Dawson Mercer, Nick Bjugstad, Alexander Command, Nico Daws, a 2027 seventh-round pick and a 2029 second-round pick and discuss what this means for the future in Wininpeg, the balance of power in the Eastern Conference, a potential Jack Hughes-Quinn Hughes-Connor Hellebuyck Team USA reunion in Newark, and more.

This episode was recorded live at 12:40pm ET on Friday, October 23, 2026.

Hosts: Max Bultman and Mark Lazerus
With: Scott Wheeler and Shayna Goldman
Executive Producer: Chris Flannery
Producer: Chris Flannery

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