The crew gets together to talk playing rec league hockey, celebrate Canadian Thanksgiving, and get critical with the newly announced PWHL expansion jerseys. Benjamin welcomes Madison and SJ to the Neutral Zone Hotel 01:31 SJ Plays Hockey Now 17:37 What dish is your NHL team bringing to Canadian Thanksgiving? 39:04 Ranking the PWHL wordmark jerseys

0:00: Benjamin welcomes Emily and SJ to the Neutral Zone Hotel 3:42: A discussion of the Hot for Hockey audiobook initiative, the NHL's latest failed attempt to connect with fans that has been relegated to the Guardian Project dimension. Includes a special offer to NHL insider Elliotte Friedman. 22:34: A deep dive into the spluttering Calgary Flames and whether or not they are in a good position for a rebuild. 42:15: The Hotel staff toss out some ideas for possible names for the new PWHL teams. Are they any good? Listen and find out!

The NHL season has started! Let's make some wacky predictions to celebrate. After that, we discuss the need for increased wheelchair and mobility aid accessibility in arenas and the US Senate's Protect College Sports Act. Benjamin welcomes Madison and Alex to the Neutral Zone Hotel 01:21 Wacky NHL Season Predictions 26:09 Arena Accessibility 36:37 Protect College Sports Act

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It's NHL draft time.  0:00 Benjamin welcomes SJ and Trevor to the Neutral Zone Hotel. 2:38 In the first part of our NHL Draft wrapup, the crew discusses the pre-draft trades. 24:33 The crew moves on to discuss the draft itself and its host, Justin Bieber.

A mostly light palate cleanser as we move towards the end of the season, featuring a fairly fun and informative game, a deeply useless and ridiculous game, and Trade Talk. 0:00: Benjamin welcomes Madison, Emily, and Alex to the Neutral Zone Hotel 2:04: Discussion of the various trades (Raddysh, Tkachuk, trades of that nature) 16:48: The gang plays Wikipedia Third Line Jeopardy (this is the fun and informative game) 36:22: The gang plays Old Timey Hockey Player or WWII General, Nickname Edition (this is the deeply useless and ridiculous game)

Today we chatted about the Stanley Cup Final and the NHL coaching carousel, from John Tortorella and Ryan Craig to Jim Hiller, Peter Laviolette, and (somehow still) Mike Babcock. We then moved on to some scintillating PWHL awards discussion and a retrospective on the expansion process and entry draft, which was happening as we recorded.  Benjamin welcomes Madison and SJ to the Neutral Zone Hotel 01:52 Calendar updates for the podcast (Mailbag next week! Send in your questions!) 03:03 Carolina Hurricanes win the Stanley Cup and the Vegas Golden Knights lose 14:16 Jim Hiller hired as the head coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs 18:26 Peter Laviolette hired as the head coach of the LA Kings 21:46 Cursed to talk about Mike Babcock again 33:42 PWHL awards talk 37:18 PWHL entry draft and expansion process discussion

Somehow Mike Babcock has returned. Plus a long discussion of some of the more notable events that occurred in Phase 2 of PWHL expansion. Benjamin welcomes Emily, Trevor, and Madison to the Neutral Zone Hotel 01:56 Gabriel Landeskog wins the Masterton and the Messier awards 04:54 The Edmonton Oilers may hire Mike Babcock 22:38 Discussing Phase 2 of PWHL expansion

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The PWHL coaching carousel continues to spin and we talk a bit about expansion. Then we switch to some news in the NHL across coaching, front office moves, the tragic death of Claude Lemieux, and more. SJ welcomes Emily and Trevor to the Neutral Zone Hotel 01:15 Does the PWHL have a coaching problem? 15:20 Alex Carpenter and Sarah Nurse re-sign and expansion process talk 30:24 The Vancouver Canucks hire Manny Malhotra as head coach 37:59 Chris MacFarland goes to Nashville and Joe Sakic steps back into the GM role in Colorado 45:04 Stanley Cup Final 48:35 Claude Lemieux dies - Content warning for discussion of suicide. If you are in crisis and need help, reach out to 9-8-8 or https://988lifeline.org/ for resources. 51:35 Memorial Cup and Men's World Championship results

This week the NZH crew celebrates the Everett Silvertips winning the WHL Championship! They also discuss PWHL player salaries, GMs and coaches being hired and moving around, and then spend a grand time speculating about who existing teams should protect in expansion. Benjamin welcomes Madison and SJ to the Neutral Zone Hotel 01:31 Tips Talk 11:45 PWHL player salaries released 29:41 Discussion of PWHL GM and head coach movement 38:02 Who would you protect in PWHL expansion?