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The Athletic Hockey Show is one of the best hockey podcasts out there. With rotating hosts from The Athletic, it offers smart analysis, insider insight, and great chemistry. Whether you’re a hardcore fan or just keeping up with league news, it’s informative, entertaining, and always worth the listen.
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Overall, a decent pod covering the league from both the American and Canadian perspectives in a balanced way. I love SG, MacIndoe, Hailey, and Shayna, who offer fresh insights and takes that are sometimes against the grain but usually spot on. Lazerus is brutal.
I think the show would be better off releasing episodes only a few times a week vs daily. I love the NHL but it can be plain vanilla at times and I feel the hosts have to stretch league storylines to fill a full episode every day.
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Really enjoy this podcast; unlike other hockey podcast this isn’t full of juvenile conversations and or cussing. Refreshing to hear!
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Hosts have varying degrees of listenability. DGB, Jesse Granger, Frankie Corrado, Max Boltman are all very good. Stuttering Sean and the Chicago guy are fine but annoying at times. Hailey and the prospects guy are tough to listen to. (Hailey says the word “cook” 85 times per episode) I miss Custance and Mendez.
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So much idle and just plain dull chit-chat between the hosts. Takes a solid 10 minutes to get into any serious topics, and even then it still seems so amateurish. I have tried this show multiple times and just can’t sit through it. The Athletic needs to hire a real producer who can whip this into shape. Please give us a tight, well-edited, well-spoken 30-45 minutes on hockey. I am sure you have the talent for it, but you need more discipline and more professionalism.
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Love the episodes with Hailey Salvian. The episodes she host don’t feel cookie cutter and aren’t just repeating the same takes I hear on every other hockey podcast.
Avoid listening to all episodes with Mark Lazarus. I feel like he’s always whining and generally lacks empathy.
Really wish they had more non-NHL coverage, but they default to hockey=NHL with a few crumbs from other leagues scattered throughout the year.
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