The Montreal Canadiens and the Washington Capitals afterAlex Ovechkin The goalscoring record is featured in this week’s episode of “NHL @TheRink” Podcast presented by SKIP.
Jean-François Chaumont, who covers the Canadiens as senior writer for LNH.com, the French edition of NHL.com, joins co-hosts Dan Rosen and Shawn P. Roarke to discuss the Canadiens’ rise as a likely Stanley Cup playoff team.
Montreal, which has won six games in a row, the longest current streak in the NHL, has an eight-point lead over the New York Rangers for the second Eastern Conference wild card to the Stanley Cup playoffs. As of now, he can clinch a playoff spot as early as Thursday.
Chaumont talks with Roarke and Rosen about how the Canadiens have been successful, noting that they are 25-13-6 since Dec. 28. He talks about how the city is buzzing with Habs fever, especially with players like the forwards. Nicholas Suzuki, Cole Caufield And Juraj Slavkovskydefender Lane Hutson and goalkeeper Sam Montembeault growing up as an NHL player in Montreal.
Chaumont praises the work done by coach Martin St. Louis, gives examples of how Hutson’s defensive game has improved over the past six weeks and talks about the forward Ivan Demidov and the impact he could have upon his arrival in Montreal.
Demidov, the fifth overall pick in the 2024 NHL draft, signed his three-year entry-level contract with the Canadiens on Tuesday.
Plus, Rosen and Roarke discuss Alex Ovechkin who set the NHL’s all-time goals record by scoring his 895th on Sunday. Rosen has been saying all season that Ovechkin would do it this season. Roarke has been the detractor, but he’s eating his words in this episode.
But are there any concerns about the Capitals, who have five games left before the playoffs begin? Yes, say the two co-hosts. For what? You have to listen to the podcast to find out.
They talk about this season’s most disappointing team, debate which team it is and break down this season’s NHL scoring race between Tampa Bay Lightning forward Nikita Kucherov and Colorado Avalanche center Nathan MacKinnon.
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