Second Thoughts Hockey Podcast
158 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago -Following the National Hockey League, keeping up and sharing opinions with the latest trends, stories and rumors surrounding the game throughout the entirety of the league.
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Episodes
Episode 107 - Long-Term
November 02, 2021 19:20 - 46 minutes - 64 MBThe aftermath of the Chicago Blackhawks investigation and finding, including Kyle beach talking with Rick Westhead, along with: 1. Eichel saga and when and where it could end. 2. Reilly and Fox sign long term deals. 3. Caufield to Laval and why it's not a bad call whatsoever. News on Vegas, New Jersey and Anaheim.
Episode 106 - Investigation
October 26, 2021 21:54 - 45 minutes - 63 MBBreaking news happened around the NHL and the Chicago Blackhawks around the sexual assault investigation from 2010, plus: 1. Leafs in full panic mode, what to do. 2. Habs identity crisis, Weber retirement. 3. Hurricanes troll job of everybody. 4. I was wrong about the Oilers. News around Ovi, Kraken, Sens and Islanders.
Episode 105 - PSA
October 19, 2021 20:18 - 40 minutes - 55.8 MBWe remind of of something just a week into the season with a PSA, plus: 1. Leafs hypothetical if season ends in disaster. 2. Tampa Bay and Kucherov. 3. Evander Kane in the news again. 4. Habs off to ROUGH start. Bruins, Canucks, Sens and Blue Jackets news.
Episode 104 - Opening Night
October 12, 2021 17:34 - 38 minutes - 52.7 MBIt's opening night baby! And we got through a few topics today including: 1. Sens and their stars. 2. Habs sign one of theirs 3. Leafs no need to be worried. 4. Predictions: 3 teams to exceed expectations and 3 teams to disappoint.
Episode 103 - Standoff
October 05, 2021 19:16 - 32 minutes - 30.4 MBPuck drop is a few weeks away as we get into: 1. Sabres and Eichel standoff. 2. Olympic nods for Canadian members. 3. Hughes and Pettersson locked up. 4. A line needs to be drawn.
Episode 102 - Overreactions
September 28, 2021 18:48 - 47 minutes - 64.9 MBWe've got preseason games, and overreactions! Plus: 1. Leafs strategy for the next couple years. 2. Habs and where they stand going in. 3. Blackhawks and the crowded crease. 4. Canadian teams rankings.
Episode 101 - Opinions
September 21, 2021 20:42 - 41 minutes - 57.2 MBThe race to 200 is on! We get into some fun topics heading into the season: 1. Ovechkin's chase to greatness. 2. Drouin absence and return. 3. Canucks' RFA situation. 4. Leafs-Sabres Heritage classic. 5. Chara signs with Islanders.
Episode 100 - The Century Mark
September 14, 2021 19:49 - 50 minutes - 69.6 MB100 episodes in the books. So many people to thank who made it so much more special to me than they could possibly know. We get into: 1. Leafs and their offseason as a whole. 2. Kaprizov and the Wild contract talks. 3. Tarasenko staying a St. Louis Blue? 4. Bergeron's last year as a Bruin? That and more, enjoy!
Episode 99 - Olympic Bound
September 07, 2021 17:37 - 38 minutes - 52.5 MBThe NHL and it's players are headed to Beijing in 2022, along with: 1. Offer sheet between the Habs and Hurricanes complete. 2. Montreal trades right back for Dvorak, weird offseason. 3. Sens actually paying their players? News from Islanders, Sabres and more!
Episode 98 - Offer Sheet
August 31, 2021 17:36 - 32 minutes - 44.1 MBWe get the latest on the offer sheet from the Hurricanes, plus: 1. Kotkaniemi and the offer sheet from Carolina. 2. Tkatchuk and the Flames expectations. 3. Leafs' Tavares update. Olympics, signings and Eichel update.
Episode 97 - Do That Hockey
August 27, 2021 21:17 - 45 minutes - 62.3 MBSpecial guest Matt Di Paola joins the show, as we cover a ton of content including: 1. Leafs' Matthews speaks out of eventual team success. 2. Couturier & Svechnikov deals, underpaid athletes in sports. 3. Hank retires, best athletes to never win a championship. We also give condolences to a few tragedies across the hockey world.
Episode 96 - All Or Nothing?
August 17, 2021 16:31 - 43 minutes - 60 MBWe break down more signings over this past week, plus: 1. All or nothing docuseries from Amazon Prime about the Leafs. 2. Kirill Kaprizov situation and the Wild's response. 3. Evander Kane situation. 4. Best signing coming out of Nashville?
Episode 95 - Contract Talk
August 10, 2021 17:22 - 42 minutes - 57.7 MBA lot of signings over the last week as we break down the big ones including: 1. Nurse's long term extension with the Oilers. 2. Goaltending market including Hart, Shesterkin and Samsonov. 3. Pelech and the steal of the summer with the Islanders. Plus Bruins extension talks with Bergeron, Dunn and the Kraken and more!
Episode 94 - Drama
August 03, 2021 20:39 - 52 minutes - 72.8 MBThe Frenzy has come and gone, we've got more drama and a couple blockbusters waiting to happen. We get into: 1. Evander Kane situation. 2. Fleury is gonna play for Chicago, and they might be good. 3. Leafs' Dubas proving doubters wrong with limited cap. 4. Benning and the Canucks are back to cap issues. 5. Eichel and Tarasenko trade updates.
Episode 93 - Frenzy
July 30, 2021 17:51 - 1 hour - 87.5 MBWe break down all of the transactions over the last couple days and assess all 7 Canadian teams, along with the Rangers and Bruins philosophies.
Episode 92 - All The Things
July 27, 2021 22:19 - 1 hour - 84.8 MBWell... where do we being? Fleury traded, NHL Entry Draft, Jones to Chicago, Ekman-Larsson and Garland on the move to Vancouver, Flyers making moves, Blue Jackets making moves. Sit back and enjoy!
Episode 91 - Leaked
July 23, 2021 18:22 - 51 minutes - 70.3 MBThe Seattle Kraken Expansion Draft is over, and well, it was interesting: 1. Disappointing expansion night, including leaks and the team in general. 2. What are the Hurricanes doing? 3. Oilers have head scratchers across the board. 4. Leafs moves and why they were made. 5. Weber's injury update. Draft night, Bruins, Blackhawks and Blue Jackets news!
Episode 90 - Just In Time
July 20, 2021 16:37 - 49 minutes - 67.4 MBKyle's back from vacation and there is A LOT to go over as we discuss: 1. Luke Prokop's statement. 2. Trades and signings over the last week. 3. Expansion lists and exposed players. 4. Carey Price, Shea Weber and the Habs. 5. Tarasenko and Landeskog. That and more!
Episode 89 - Back to Back
July 09, 2021 16:22 - 44 minutes - 60.4 MBThe Lightning win back-to-back cups within a 360 day span! We get into: 1. Vasilevskiy and the Vezina. 2. Kucherov's comments post game. 3. Habs' salute an what next. 4. Tarasenko requests out of St. Louis. 5. Taylor Hall linked to the Leafs and more!
Episode 88 - Kivlenieks
July 06, 2021 18:46 - 43 minutes - 59.8 MBWe dedicate the episode to the passing of former Blue Jackets goaltender Matiss Kivlenieks. Plus: 1. Game 4 and the finals. 2. Duncan Keith and rumours to the Oilers. 3. Eriksson Ek deal and paving the way for new contracts. 4. Leafs rumours and what to and not believe.
Episode 87 - Captain Serious
July 02, 2021 19:04 - 30 minutes - 42.3 MBFantastic news involving Chicago Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews, plus: 1. Lightning imposing their will, even when they're not. 2. Jonathan Toews returns and gives us an update. 3. King and Predators trade breakdown 4. Leafs open to bringing Freddie back next season? Habs, Coyotes and Sabres news updates.
Episode 86 - Stanley Cup Finals
June 29, 2021 17:16 - 38 minutes - 53.5 MBFinals are upon us, we break into both teams along with: 1. Habs last chance for a while? 2. Lightning are the GSP of the sport. 3. Former Blackhawks coach and sexual allegations in 2010. 4. Leafs next step? What do they do next? NHL dates, Oilers and more news!
Episode 85 - Canada's Team
June 25, 2021 20:47 - 44 minutes - 61.2 MBThe 18th overall Montreal Canadiens heading into the postseason are in the Stanley Cup finals! We discuss: 1. Habs path to the Finals birth. 2. Lightning/Islanders game 7. 3. News and rumours as offseason for some teams heats up. 4. Are the Leafs the villains of the league? Other news and notes.
Episode 84 - Route
June 22, 2021 16:19 - 36 minutes - 49.7 MBTampa Bay's on another level, as we get into: 1. Semi final matchups, takeaways. 2. Vegas' goaltending scenario. 3. Oliver Ekman-Larsson on the trade block... again. 4. This offseason is gonna be wild.
Episode 83 - 2017 Flashbacks
June 18, 2021 17:13 - 46 minutes - 64.2 MBA very opinionated episode as we discuss: 1. Montreal reminds us of 2017 Sens. 2. GM of the year nominees, snubs and more. 3. Sabres making all kinds of noise, Eichel to move in coming days? 4. Leafs hypothetical that checks boxes of rumours about big move.
Episode 82 - Rumour Mill
June 15, 2021 17:35 - 45 minutes - 62.4 MBWe break down the first couple games played of the semi finals plus: 1. Leafs adding a big name player this offseason? 2. Dougie Hamilton talking to other teams. 3. Taylor Hall staying in Boston? 4. The Lightning over the cap situation. News on the Rangers and Predators.
Episode 81 - Semi Finals
June 11, 2021 16:03 - 47 minutes - 65.6 MBSemi's are set and there's a lot to break down: 1. Killers in the semi finals. 2. Colorado's Window of opportunity. 3. Vegas' persistence and the Alex Pietrangelo effect. 4. New York Saints and a wild stat about them from 2018. 5. Awards and coaching changes.
Episode 80 - Eh Le But
June 08, 2021 20:51 - 51 minutes - 70.7 MBAnother sweep involving the Jets, but just not on the winning end: 1. Habs and the secret to their success. 2. Bruins/Islanders series, Bruins getting played taste of their own medicine. 3. Tampa Bay is the team you wanna cheer for. 4. History made in the OHL. Canadian boarders and award nominees.
Episode 79 - Got One Right
June 04, 2021 17:45 - 43 minutes - 59.6 MBDrama happening around the league as we discuss: 1. Mark Scheifele suspension. 2. Leafs core four aren't going anywhere. 3. Habs could be into the final four 4. Award nominees announced.
Episode 78 - Collapse
June 01, 2021 21:12 - 52 minutes - 72.5 MBWe get into it in this episode discussing: 1. Habs moving on and the Leafs collapse. 2. Colorado and MacKinnon taking it to another level, again. 3. Islanders and Bruins slugfest. 4. Seth Jones and his options moving forward.
Episode 77 - Finish Him
May 28, 2021 19:13 - 37 minutes - 51.7 MBHurricanes finish off Predators, Leafs fail to do the same, also: 1. Where Montreal and Toronto Stand. 2. Called the Penguins and Capitals demise. 3. Colorado will be too much for either Vegas or Minnesota. 4. Florida and their goaltending moving forward. Wayne Gretzky and more!
Episode 76 - Sweep
May 25, 2021 19:41 - 49 minutes - 68.4 MBTwo sweeps in the first round, one surprising, the other not so much, also: 1. Jet's sweep Oilers, what's next in Edmonton? 2. Leafs and Preds show resiliency in different ways. 3. Spencer Knight saves Panthers. 4. Kadri gets 8 games.
Episode 75 - More Than Hockey
May 21, 2021 17:43 - 44 minutes - 61.3 MBWe break down the Leafs/Habs series and address the John Tavares situation plus: 1. Foligno/Perry fight and newspapers. 2. Islanders/Penguins series is grossly underrated, Florida stays alive 3. Jets neutralize McDavid. 4. Vegas is getting hot. 5. Kadri at it again.
Episode 74 - Familiar Feeling
May 18, 2021 16:32 - 40 minutes - 56.1 MBPlayoff hockey is back baby! We break it all down so far plus: 1. Nikita Kutcherov's immediate impact. 2. Hurricanes fans return (almost). 3. ESPN making historic moves for the future. 4. Predictions for the entire playoffs!
Episode 73 - Locked In
May 14, 2021 19:37 - 40 minutes - 56.1 MBAll playoff matchups are set, as we preview the second half, plus: 1. Rangers cleaning house. 2. President trophy winner. 3. Seattle Kraken sign their first player.
Episode 72 - Sweet 16
May 11, 2021 18:38 - 47 minutes - 65.3 MBPlayoff hockey is right around the corner, and the teams are set, now it's a matter of who plays who: 1. Jack Eichel situation in Buffalo 2. First half of the playoff matchups. 3. Patrik Laine staying in Columbus. 4. Masterson nominees for all 31 teams. News about ESPN and new analysts. Enjoy!
Episode 71 - Aftermath
May 07, 2021 19:01 - 46 minutes - 63.9 MBWhat a week it was, as we unpack a lot from this past week: 1. Aftermath of Rangers/Capitals. 2. Matthews in Leafs' record books. 3. McDavid approaching 100 points. 4. Fleury cracks top 3 wins of all time. Other news from Canucks and Rangers.
Episode 70 - 0 Accountability
May 04, 2021 20:25 - 54 minutes - 74.9 MBMan... what a couple stories we get to based on last nights games alone|: 1. What Montreal showed me i last night's win. 2. Tom Wilson: 0 accountability and the NHL player safety department whiffing. 3. Jake Virtanen situation. 4. The story of journeyman Michael Houser. Also returns of Tyler Seguin and Evgeni Malkin. Enjoy!
Episode 69 - On The Fly
April 30, 2021 18:40 - 50 minutes - 69.4 MBTeams clinching for the playoffs, some teams playing their best, others not so much, and: 1 Seattle Kraken are officially here. 2. Analytics and the Leafs 3. Taylor Hall. 4. Ryan Miller. Enjoy!
Episode 68 - Dirty
April 27, 2021 20:31 - 43 minutes - 59.8 MBWe over some big news over the past weekend and start of the week including: 1. New TV deal with the NHL. 2. Leafs a dirty team? 3. McDavid to hit the 100 point plateau? 4. Crosby in elite status, again. News from Chicago, Winnipeg and Calgary.
Episode 67 - Best Possible Outcome
April 23, 2021 18:35 - 33 minutes - 45.9 MBOn a beautiful Friday afternoon, we cover: 1. Olympics deadline made for 2022. 2. Best possible outcome for Caps and Red Wings. 3. MVP and what it should represent. 4. Leafs and their goaltending heading into playoffs. Also news from the Flyers, Panthers, Avalanche and Flames.
Episode 66 - Mr. San Jose Shark
April 20, 2021 15:19 - 45 minutes - 42 MBWe kick off the show celebrating the incredible night for one Patrick Marleau, passing Mr. Hockey Gordie Howe for the post games played ever. Also: 1. Marleau and showing respect to a legend. 2. Canucks COVID-19 comeback. 3. Rangers are here to stay for now and the future. 4. NHL playoff landscape. Also news around the Leafs, Sabres and OHL news.
Episode 65 - Powerless
April 16, 2021 16:55 - 36 minutes - 50.2 MBAs we head into the weekend, we have lot's to cover including: 1. Leafs powerplay is powerless. 2. Winning Changes everything, especially for Nashville. 3. Canucks' season and where they're at. 4. NHL needs more parody and drama in trade deadline day. Also news from Buffalo, Tampa Bay, Vegas, Washington and Calgary.
Episode 64 - Post Trade Deadline Show
April 13, 2021 17:29 - 52 minutes - 72.5 MBWe break down all the trades from the last couple days leading up to the Monday deadline. 1. Winners 2. Losers 3. Importance of draft picks and team fits. Enjoy!
Episode 63 - Trade Deadline
April 09, 2021 16:04 - 45 minutes - 61.9 MBAfter the brief hiatus, Kyle is back with lot's happening around the league: 1. Jack Campbell into the history books. 2. Canucks' COVID-19 situation 3. First domino made in the trade market. 4. The Oilers and an interesting stat about them. Enjoy!
Episode 62 - Superstar Treatment
April 03, 2021 17:43 - 43 minutes - 59.9 MBA boatload of news and topics as we are about 2/3 the way in this NHL season: 1. Sabres break the streak... start another. 2. Canucks outbreak worse than we feared. 3. Dubinsky on Sid vs. Ovi. 4. Superstar treatment. 5. Contenders clearing path for the postseason. Enjoy!
Episode 61 - Winless
March 30, 2021 15:18 - 45 minutes - 62.7 MBTrade deadline approaching, more history, some good some bad in this episode including: 1. Sabres winless streak and history made. 2. Demko in the Vezina conversation? Slow down. 3. Carter Hart taking some time and getting some tough love. 4. Mock trades that are starting to make more sense. News from the Sharks, Panthers and Penguins. Enjoy!
Episode 60 - Make The Call
March 26, 2021 15:56 - 47 minutes - 65.3 MBCouple controversial stories to touch on and some players went OFF this week! 1. Tim Peel situation and the aftermath moving forward. 2. Sid The Kid gets to 1300 career points. 3. Canadian government makes major changes ahead of the Trade deadline. 4. Sabres 2 games away from history. 5. Players going OFF this week! News about the Flames and Bruins as well, enjoy!
Episode 59 - Childish
March 23, 2021 20:12 - 51 minutes - 70.3 MBKyle gets a little fired up this week as we get into: 1. Flames lack of respect for Sens goaltender Gustavsson. 2. COVID hits Canada. 3. Marleau wants to win, does anybody want Marleau. 4. Leafs have no goaltending Controversy. 5. BREAKING NEWS on Draft Lottery. Also news on Sabres, Canucks and Blues.
Episode 58 - Jojo Mason
March 19, 2021 14:37 - 1 hour - 92 MBCCMA nominated country star Jojo Mason joins the show, and we get into it. NHL, NFL, scandals and we dive deep into the cultural issues impacting the sports world. *WARNING: EXPLICIT LANGUAGE USED THROUGHOUT* Music: @jojomasonmusic - "Better On you"