Episode Norm Ullman (490): Seth Jones to Florida. Will Any Trades Be Left for Deadline Day?
ScuttlePuck NHL Hockey Podcast
Release Date: 03/02/2025
ScuttlePuck NHL Hockey Podcast
After a couple of weeks away due to work and pleasure we're back and there is lots to discuss. Both the Leafs and Oilers have had middling starts to the season and we get into what's wrong and a little on how to fix it. The Hall of Fame inducted this years' new members and there were some real beauties. Listen Here: Title Player: Cam Atkinson News 2025 Hall of Fame Inductees Bedard Hat Trick Oilers and Leafs Struggles Guess the 5th Standings review - Atlantic and Pacific significant surprises Connections: What connects Dit Clapper, Ted...
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2 Days before the season was to start for him, Connor McDavid gave the Oilers the best news possible by signing a 2 year extension at the same pay that he has been getting for the past 8 years. It's huge news for the Oilers and their fans. Mike was away in Detroit and recorded remotely to discuss the news. Listen Here: Title Player- Jyrki Lumme News McDavid - $12.5MM x 2 Bowman presser - McDavid - “Everyone understands the situation. We want to win here. We want to bring it back here and make the city proud. But mostly for the guys in...
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The season is a week away and we give all our prognostications on what we expect to happen this year. There were some bold predictions and some....not so much. Listen Here: Title Player Shawn Horcoff Shirts off for Horcoff NEWS Stolarz signs - 4 x $3.75MM Atlantic Division Team Strengths / What’s Going Well Key Challenges / What Could Go Wrong Expectations or Projection for 2025-26 Florida Panthers They’re coming off back-to-back Stanley Cups, meaning they have experience, confidence, and a championship mindset....
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We are mid-summer so not alot going on in the NHL but that doesn't we've stopped thinking about hockey. On this episode we finally put together the criteria for the Milt Schmidt award. We also get up to speed on the latest NHL news including the acquittal of the 5 Hockey Canada players. Listen Here: Get Title Player - Darryl Sydor News Ehlers signs with Hurricanes $8.5 x 6 yrs Marner signing - tampering explanation from Friedman - Vegas offered Roy to make sure Leafs didn’t place tampering complaint Hockey Canada players...
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A quick review of the draft and the dreadful presentation by the NHL. We then discuss free agency which had its moments but wasn't really all that consequential. Plus, we give some insight on our summer plans. Listen Here: Get Title Player - Dit Clapper - Milt Schmidt News 2025 Draft - thoughts on decentralized approach / presentation Receiving line of players Draft house where players talked to GMs Will this approach last? Big moves Canadiens trade 2 x 2025 1st round picks for Noah Dobson Dobson, 25, was RFA and looking...
info_outlineSeth Jones was traded by the Blackhawks Saturday in one of the bigger moves so far in the lead up to the trade deadline. Will there be anything left for deadline day? The Oilers broke a 5 game losing streak while the Jets had their 11 game winning streak come to an end.
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Title Player Norm Ullman - 490 Goals
News
6 Trades this week
Seth Jones Trade
Jones plus 2026 4th to Florida for Spencer Knight and 2026 1st, protected to Chicago. Chicago retained $2,500,000
Oilers break 5 game losing skid
- Pickard starts on HNIC prime game vs Hurricanes - trade looming?
- Lowetide - focused on McDavid struggles with GF% - always been well above 50% - away from Lean is 40%
- Leon is 60% w/o 97 - what is going on?
Jets 11 game winning streak ends vs Nashville Thursday
1st in NHL
+71 Goal differential
5v5 Stats
GF% 59.07 vs CF% 49.7
SV% 93.5 (1)
PP 30.5% (1) PK 79% (16)
Atlantic - TOP 3 Pulling away with winning streaks
Stadium series - Detroit vs Columbus - 94,000
- Gaudreau tributes - both teams wore Gaudreau sweaters from different stages of career
- visually stunning - great sweaters on both sides
PWHL - annual game at Bell Centre - over 17,000 - Montreal beat Boston in OT
Guess the 5th
TRADE DEADLINE - Friday March 7
Who’s Left?
Seravalli Board https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/news/sources-sabres-phones-buzzing-with-interest-in-j-j-peterka-who-joins-trade-targets-board
- Brock Nelson
- Scott laughton
- Brandon Tanev
- Jake Evans
- Casey Middelsstadt
- Bowen Byram
- Carson Soucy
- Rickard Rakell
- Kyle Palmieri
Connections
Last week: Mascots - Harvey - Flames , Bailey - Kings, Louie - Blues , Carleton - Leafs - mascots
This week: Ed Belfour, Doug Gilmour, Mark Howe, Joe Nieuwendyk
Going Streaking:
TBL W8, TOR, MTL, STL W4
WAS L3
Crazy Stat
DOPeS: Hartman suspension reduced to 8 games - Bettman gives 13 page(!) ruling. https://media.nhl.com/site/asset/public/ext/2024-25/HartmanRuling.pdf
Zegras - 3 games - https://www.nhl.com/news/topic/player-safety/ducks-trevor-zegras-suspended-three-games-for-interference
why not rule 48?