The Athletic Hockey Show - Podcast Rankings and reviews

Really enjoy this podcast; unlike other hockey podcast this isn’t full of juvenile conversations and or cussing. Refreshing to hear!

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.

If you’re familiar with The Athletic (which I am as a paying subscriber), you know that all of these people are super talented!

But the inconsistency between hosts in terms of style makes every episode really different. I would check out a few before passing judgement, and remember who you do and don’t like.

Still enjoy some of the current hosts and content but it’s no longer appointment listening for me like Tues and Thurs used to be. Old lineup 5 stars. Current lineup 3.5 stars?

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.

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.