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Jarom and Tanner are back with loads to talk about with the Hawks and the rest of the NHL!

For Hawks Talk the guys talk Hagel, Beaudin, and Pirri winning gold with Team Canada and how that topped off an amazing year for Hagel. They discuss Lukas Reichel signing his entry level deal and where he might fit in with the club next season. They wrap up Hawks Talk taking a look back at the 2010 Stanley Cup Champion Chicago Blackhawks who recently celebrated 11 years since winning the first of three Cups.

They switch to NHL Talk where they talk Stephen Johns premature retirement due to confusion related injuries, Gallant to the Rangers and why that’s an amazing fit, Buffalo possibly reaching a new low, and Tanner hypes of Jack Eichel to the Blackhawks to create the greatest American line ever.

They finally wrap things up with taking a look at the Stanley Cup playoffs Semifinals.

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The boys are back with lots to talk about this week!



Rumor season is upon us and the Hawks are in the thick of it being connected to Seth Jones, Dougie Hamilton, and Tanners new favorite player Jack Eichel. They talk why Jones is the better option than Hamilton and Tanner talks going nuclear and go the Toronto route of all offense and zero defense.

They do the first edition of Top 3 where they each pick the three best flows in hockey.

Tanner fan boys over the 2003 draft class 18 years later and the guys recap the playoff action and drama.

Finally they wrap things up talking about a story out of the NFL.



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Jarom and Tanner are back for what was a pretty tough episode to record given the topics they have to discuss.

First they talk a little bit about the Stanley Cup Final and how they hope for a Game 7.



Jarom catches you up on what we know now about the on going scandal facing the Hawks and regrading former video coach Brad Aldrich. what is happening, and try to imagine what is next for this once great organization.



Other topics include: Pat Foley, Jack Eichel, David Pastrnak, and more.



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Hockey Season is officially over but that means its officially silly season time!

On this episode Jarom and Tanner talk about the great news from Jonathan Toews but question the timing off it a little bit.

They discuss Duncan Keiths trade request so he could be closer to his son and they look at what teams make the most sense and what should be expected in a return for Keith.

Also talking about what Jarom is calling one of the most boring Cup Final in recent memory, Kuch with an all time presser, what’s next for the cap tight champs?

We wrap things up with the sad new of the passing of Columbus Blue Jacket Goalie Matiss Kivlenieks. Our thoughts go out to his family, friends, and the Columbus Blue Jacket organization.

Other topics include:

-Key Dates in July

-LA sneaking into a good team

-VT91 wants out of St Louis

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Jarom is solo to bring you the breaking news of Duncan Keith being traded to the Edmonton Oilers.



In this episode he thanks Keith for what he did for the city of Chicago and the Blackhawks Organization, he breaks down why this is a great move and what it could potentially bring this off season and he tries to talk to Oiler fans to embrace what Keith brings to their team and to direct their anger at Ken Holland.



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You guys post here or is this just promoting?

I just noticed there is an entire forum with the same exact title as their username. Not sure if that’s a coincidence or if it’s an HF thing maybe?

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Yeah, HF has a partnership with them, apparently.

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Would be nice if they at least explained who they are and why we should care about their opinion on things related to the Hawks.
 

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I just noticed there is an entire forum with the same exact title as their username. Not sure if that’s a coincidence or if it’s an HF thing maybe?

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Yeah, HF has a partnership with them, apparently.

THPN Partnership


Would be nice if they at least explained who they are and why we should care about their opinion on things related to the Hawks.

Agreed.
 
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Tanners back and boy was there a lot to go over!



We kick things off talking about Luke Prokop who became the first player to be under a NHL contract and to come out as gay. Tanner also touches on the heroic actions of Matiss Kivlenieks.



Hawks Talk

Tanner gives his take on the Keith trade and then they discuss the rumored asking price for Seth Jones and if it really comes down to it wait one more year to see if he hits the open market.



They break down the Hawks protected list and what the best case scenario for the expansion draft.



They wrap Hawks talk up with the idea of taking Goalie Jesper Wallstedt 11th overall this Friday.



NHL Talk Topics include:

Buy outs and Trades

Rinne Retires

Seattle is going to be good

What the hell was Montreal thinking?



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Tanners back and boy was there a lot to go over!



We kick things off talking about Luke Prokop who became the first player to be under a NHL contract and to come out as gay. Tanner also touches on the heroic actions of Matiss Kivlenieks.



Hawks Talk

Tanner gives his take on the Keith trade and then they discuss the rumored asking price for Seth Jones and if it really comes down to it wait one more year to see if he hits the open market.



They break down the Hawks protected list and what the best case scenario for the expansion draft.



They wrap Hawks talk up with the idea of taking Goalie Jesper Wallstedt 11th overall this Friday.



NHL Talk Topics include:

Buy outs and Trades

Rinne Retires

Seattle is going to be good

What the hell was Montreal thinking?



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Jarom and Tanner are back with a late last minute recording after some breaking news.

On this episode the guys give their real time reaction to the Blackhawks Trading Brent Seabrook to the Tampa Bay Lightning for Tyler Johnson and a 2023 2nd round pick.

They try to figure out why this move happened and try to figure out how Johnson fits on this team,.

They also try to make heads and tails of the Marc-Andre Fleury trade from Vegas Golden Knights and how they hope he decides to play.

Seth Jones was the butt end of a lot of jokes this past season but the guys will tell you why you are wrong and despite over paying on his extension this was a good move.

Finally they wrap things up with a little love to our favorite former Hawk niklas Hjlamarsson.

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Can you not answer questions?


That would require even minimal effort. God forbid someone actually have a question or follow up to their shitty podcast.


But given how HF is with ads them allowing this spam doesn’t surprise me.
 

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He is IN! The three best words to come across Chicago Blackhawks news in a long time!

Jarom and Tanner break down the free agency additions and subtractions for the Hawks and take a look at what Seth Jones, Jake McCabe, Tyler Johnson and Jujhar Kharia add to this line up and where they fit. They break down what this teams depth chart looks like as of right now and why it is super exciting to have so many options all while still having to sign Hagel and Nylander to their new deals. Tanner once talks about why the Hawks won the Seth Jones trade and gives other ways to look at why the contract makes sense and what we gave up was the right amount.

Then the news we all have been waiting for, Marc-Andre Fleury announces that he is coming to Chicago and Jarom and Tanner just imagine what the MAF Revenge Tour is going to be like and how amazing this is going to be for Kevin Lankinen learning from an all time great. They wrap up Hawks Talk with super early predictions for next season and give an update on the latest on the Sexual Assault investigation.

Switching gears to NHL Talk, Evander Kane has found himself in hot water after his soon to be ex-wife took to Instagram to throw claims that include Kane gambled on San Jose Sharks games and possibly did things to help push things in his favor.

Speaking of drama, the Jack Eichel saga with Buffalo seems to be getting dicer as Eichels agents released a statement doubling down on the lack of effort by Buffalo to move the star player while also not allowing him to get a procedure done that his camp feels is needed for his recovery.

Finally the guys wrap the show up talking some of the bigger names and contracts to be handed out during the first few days of free agency. Dont forget to head over to Draftkings.com and use promo code THPN for exclusive offers!

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Jarom and Tanner are back and boy was this a rough week when it came to former Blackhawks. Right before the guys got on to record new broke that Hockey Hall of Famer and Chicago Blackhawks Legend Tony Esposito had passed away after a short battle with pancreatic cancer. They guys talked about the legacy of the Hawks all time leader in wins and how dominant he was through out his career. Sadly that wasn't all for bad news, they guys touch on former Blackhawk and current radio color analyst Troy Murray announcing he has cancer.



Switching to some happier news the guys talk about their guy Hagel finally getting signed to a nice 3 year deal that if he keeps up what he did last season will set him up for a nice pay day in three years. They then look at what the top two lines could be and get excited that there arent really bad combos. They touch on Hardmans new deal and discuss with the cap all but spent these depth guys will be important when injuries happen. The guys then wonder what is going on with Nylander and if he even has a spot on this team anymore. Finally they wrap up Hawks Talk with comments Marc Andre Fleury talking to the media and this got the guys pumped.



NHL talk was spent looking at the latest contracts that have been signed, including Nurse, Hart, and Shesterkin.



Finally the guys wrap thing up playing a little game of "Draft" where they Drafted Three Forwards, Two Defensemen, and One Goalie that fit a theme. This episodes theme was "Players you forgot/never knew played for the Hawks"

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We are deep into the dog days of summer and what that means is very little hockey news is coming out. Jarom and Tanner share a perfect example of this as one of the top post on hockey reddit is how far each NHL Arena is from a Costco (the UC is only 1.7 miles away from one for a top three finish).

Not much on the Hawks Talk front, the team announced the signing of forward Alex Nylander to a 1 year prove it deal. The guys discuss what this means going forward with this team and how some people feel this was a steal of a deal while they argue that it will be Nyladers last chance in Chicago. Tanner talks about the growing frustration that he wants Nylander to work but isn’t sure he is capable of being the guy. Jarom talks about how he sees a lot of similarities between Nylander and Strome and how it might be best to just move on from both. The shift to the other semi-hawks news, former Stanley Cup Champion Viktor Stalberg announces his retirement from hockey and to tie all of Hawks Talk together the guys touch on how Nylander needs to adapt his game to the style of Stalberg.

NHL Talk, the guys address the major news that dropped earlier in the day.. Jersey ads are coming and no one is happy about it. From worrying where the ads will go to which sponsor will be on each jersey to just the fear of Euro Style jerseys coming to the NHL. Tanner takes a look at some of the remaining RFAs and ask why are they not being signed and even makes a pitch for the New Jersey Devils to toss a few offer sheets out there. They wrap up NHL Talk with the latest in the Jack Eichel Saga in Buffalo and one New York Rangers Podcast making a pitch for the team to #FreeEichel.

The Boys wrap the show up with the latest round of Starting Line Ups. This week they are selecting the Top Hawks Drafted Outside of the First Round (since 200)

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Sad Summer continued this past week as the hockey world lost 5 more brothers. Jarom and Tanner talk about the passing of New York Rangers Legend Rod Gilbert and the tragic passing of three junior players Caleb Reimer, Ronin Sharma, and Parker Magnuson, and they try to wrap their head around the sudden passing of former Chicago Blackhawk Jimmy Hayes who Patrick Kane called the greatest teammate he ever had. (2:30-14:10)

Evander Kane is in the news again as he picks up another Scumbag of the week award, Jarom says not to talk about it but then goes ahead and breaks down why he is lucky enough to get this award again. (14:11-16:24)

Switching gears to Hawks Talk the guys break down the news of MacKenzie Entwistle signing a two year extension that will see him rocking the Hawks sweater through the 2023-2024 season and why this is a great bottom six signing. Focus gets switched over to new players means new numbers! Tyler Johnson, Jake McCabe, and Jujhar Khaira get their new numbers in a social media post that went viral because someone forget to spell check Marc-Andre Fleury before posting the imagine on social. Speaking of MAF going viral, video of him just stopping a 5-0 made its rounds on the internet and all the guys can say is lets go! (16:25-27:30)

Elvis Merzļikins who promised to give his son the middle name of Matiss in honor of the goalie giving his life to save him and his wife stayed true to his word when he welcomed Knox Matiss Merzlikins to the world and had a hilarious story to go with it. (27:33-29:35)

Henrik Lundqvist announced his retirement from the NHL after 15 amazing season and the only thing missing from his list of achievements is a Stanley Cup. This gave the guys this weeks Starting Line Up theme... Best players to never when a Stanley Cup. The Guys made their picks from retired players and were not allowed to select Hank. (29:36-45:05)

Finally the guys see an interesting question on R/hockey,, what recorded seems like it can be realistically broken? Guys toss a few out there and basically come to the conclusion old time hockey players were freaks. (45:06-56:35)

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Jarom and Tanner are back for the long anticipated (by Super Fan Ben) 151th episode ( Yes Jarom really said 151th)

In this episode the guys talk the Connor Murphy extension and how he has developed into that top pairing role extremely well. They then break down how the rest of the Blackhawks backend could possibly look with Seth Jones, Jake McCabe, Calvin de Haan, Riley Stillman seemingly locked in to opening night spots and Wyatt Kalynuk, Caleb Jones, Ian Mitchell, and Nicolas Beaudin fighting for spots. (3:29-20:52)

Then continuing gushing over the Hawks lineup the looking at the amazing goalie duo of MAF and Lankinen and how stupid it is that the Hawks fell in to this combo. Jarom ask how much would Tanner want to resign MAF for and then they look into goalies in the system and ask who gets moved Subban or Delia? (20:54-30:23)

Other Hawks Talk topics include John Quenneville and Dominik Kahun playing overseas, Patrick Sharp going back to his roots, and Steve Konroyd and Jamal Mayers out as in-studio analyst and Colby Cohen is in (30:25-38:39)

Switching Gear to NHL Talk the guys talk Svechnikov and Couturier signing matching 8 year tickets on the same day. Finding out Carolina knows how to hold on to a grudge and oh boy are they super petty (and we are 100 percent for more petty drama like this). Olympic news should be coming this week and the pools are set for next winters games. This lead us to a side track conversation of the continued Jack Eichel/Buffalo Sabres stalemate. (38:40-1:07:11)

The guys wrap up the show with he latest draft inspired by a reddit post from u/NorthernBuffalo. Your 5 team no trade list and lets just say the usual suspects are there and one pick that just blows Tanners mind (1:07:12-1:14:00)

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The Guys are back after a week off to recharge a bit before the long haul of the season gets going and they touch on the little bit of hockey news that’s out there.

Hockey season is upon us as the Blackhawks social media was in full swing posting photos of the ice being painted ahead of the start of the 2021-2022 season. Speaking of getting ready for the season, Malcom Subban drops an absolutely amazing tribute to Tony Esposito on his mask for the season. Although the guys hope we don’t see it in action this year. (2:25-5:02)

The Chicago Blackhawks announce key dates for next years schedule that include celebrating Patrick Kanes 1k achievement, honoring former Hawks Andrew Shaw, Brent Seabrook, Niklas Hjalmarsson, and Pat Foley. The guys also discuss one very noticeable name not on the list in Corey Crawford and they ask if that’s weird or not? (5:03-14:53)

With Training Camp and preseason right around the corner the guys take a look at what some potential storylines the Hawks might have going into this upcoming season. The talk Jonathan Toews and if he’s going to be good to go, What veterans might find themselves on the outside looking on and which younger players might be taking their place. A topic that has been huge on this show this off season is who will fill in the last two opening on defense, how will Marc-Andre Fleury and Kevin Lankinen split time in the net this upcoming season. The last big story line the guys talk about is how long of a leash does Coach Colliton have and will we see a quick firing if this team isn’t performing right away? (14:55-49:48)

Switching over to NHL Talk, Jesperi Kotkaniemi is Carolina bound after Montreal refuses to match the Canes offer sheet. Now the question is how the hell does his contract work for next year? The Islanders made a bunch of signings that felt like were already done back when free agency opened up and they also announced Zach Parise will be coming to the island. Buffalo makes a pair of deals and no they don’t involve Jack Eichel. Ottawa Senators GM Pierre Dorion announces the rebuild in Ottawa is over and its time to win. The guys look at what type of contract Brady Tkachuck might sign. To wrap up NHL Talk the guys discuss the NHL going back to the Olympics and how badly we feel for Team China having to go against NHL Canada and NHL USA. Jarom also asks if this is going to be the most stacked Olympic ice hockey event ever? (51:00-01:14:32)

The guys wrap up the show with the latest edition of Starting Line Ups, this week drafting the best players to play for Team USA in the Olympics. (01:14:35-01:26:00)

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Its episode 153 of the WCBPodcast and the boys are back and absolutely buzzing with training camps open and preseason games starting up.

In Hawks Talk, Training Camp opens, Toews is back on the ice, Jones finding motivation from the hate he is getting this off season and MAF is looking sexy in in his new pads. The guys also touch on the team being 100% vaccinated, the confusing helmet sponsor, and a Blackhawks legend calls it a career.

Switching things over to NHL talks the guys are just all over the board with topics that include:

~Jack Eichel Saga contines

~Evander Kane gets cleared… kind of

~Panarin says no to the C

~Kaprizov signs

~Plus much more

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