Habsworld Podcast Episode 116

Habsworld Podcast

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 pre-cursor 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 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.