Recorded before the Canucks’ four-game losing skid, episode 17 of Pucked in the Head explores the inane NHL policy of not putting the best players’ names on the All-Star Ballot. Jason brings an inordinate amount of passion to the table, and Chris can’t fathom why anyone could care that much about a charity game. Both drink copious amounts of beer, which is the way it should be. Enjoy!

• Intro / theme by the Orchid Highway
• The 2011 NHL All-Star Ballot
• Colin Campbell is a hobbit.
• The All-Star ballot is a joke.
• On the blueline…
• Chris has a nuanced and elegant argument.
• Jason wins the argument the old fashioned way: he earns it.
• The boys pick their All-Stars.
• Then they get a little off-topic.
• Wrap up.
• Closing Theme by the Orchid Highway
• Thanks for listening

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Pucked in the Head is back with a new logo, the same old attitude, and a scary black and white picture of Jason shirtless. Oh, and if you listen to the very end you’ll hear the very first performance of Jason’s new baby daughter, Milla. (Sorry, the audio files of Chris’s trip to Mexico have been held up at customs.)

• Intro / theme by the Orchid Highway
• Ode to the Northwest Division
• Jason is a pappy!
• Our first hockey-related baby gift
• Alberta hockey is awful
• The Edmonton Oilers suck.
• The Calgary Flames suck.
• The Minnesota Wild are okay.
• The Colorado Avalanche are comme si, comme ca.
• The Vancouver Canucks are gonna win the division, dang it.
• Wrap up.
• Closing Theme by the Orchid Highway
• Thanks for listening

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Sure, it’s two weeks into the regular season; that doesn’t mean we can’t edit and publish our Central Division picks, does it? Hey, we makes some good points, and take buckets of piss out of the creaky, rickety Detroit Red Wings. Oh yeah, and we talk about the dirty rotten stinkin’ Chicago Blackhawks, too. Also, beer girls!

• Intro / theme by the Orchid Highway
• Central Division Preview
• The Dirty Rotten Stinkin’ Chicago Blackhawks
• MsBlackhawks & HockeyBroad bloggers
• The Detroit Red Wings
• The Nashville Predators
• Preds on the Glass Podcast
• The St Louis Blues
• The Columbus Blue Jackets
• Wrap up.
• Closing Theme by the Orchid Highway
• Thanks for listening

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In the 4th of our division preview series, Pucked in the Head makes the cross-continent journey to the considerably less terrible Pacific Division. We apologize if our man-love for Drew Doughty makes you uncomfortable.

• Intro/Theme by The Orchid Highway
• Pacific Division Preview
• San Jose Sharks
• Phoenix Coyotes
• Anaheim Ducks
• Dallas Stars
• Los Angeles Kings
• What’s a preview without predictions?
• Wrap up.
• Closing Theme by the Orchid Highway
• Thanks for listening!

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Ahh the Southeast Division. Full of wonderful weather and terrible teams. And Washington.  Man do they like beating up on failing sun-belt franchises.  Anyways, here’s our preview.  I hope you like it!

• Intro/Theme by The Orchid Highway
• Southeast Division Preview
• Washington Capitals
• Do the Caps even need a goalie?
• Tampa Bay Lightning
• Chris reads the Douche-O-Meter
• Stevie Y makes it a destination team
• Florida Panthers
• Carolina Hurricanes
• Atlanta Thrashers
• Wrap up.
• Closing Theme by the Orchid Highway

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A mind-boggingly thorough evaluation of the 2010-11 Atlantic Division. Topics of interest: the sad-sackiness of the New York Islanders, and how will Glen Sather screw up the Rangers this year?

• Intro / theme by The Orchid Highway

• Atlantic Division Preview

• The New York Islanders

• Alexei Yashin’s STILL screwing the Isles?!?!

• John Tavares: Face of the Franchise

• James Wisniewski

• “Kelios”? Really, Chris?

• The New York Rangers

• Memo to Glen Sather

• Memo to Brent Sutter

• The Douche-O-Meter

• The Blueshirt Blueline

• King Lundqvist

• The Philadelphia Flyers

• A roster with legs

• The Pittsburgh Penguins

• Buh-bye, bottom six!

• Is Marc-Andre Fleury the guy?

• The New Jersey Devils

• Enough with the Kovalchuk, already!

• Hedberg ain’t the backup answer

• Anton Volchenkov: Shot Blocker Extraordinaire

• Chris’s predictions

• Jason’s predictions

• Wrap up

• Closing Theme by the Orchid Highway

• Thanks for listening

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With the regular season just a couple of short weeks away, Jason and I offer up the first of our division previews.  Jason also gets to play with his new toy – The Douche-O-Meter.

• Intro / theme by the Orchid Highway
• Northeast Division Preview.
• The Toronto Maple Leafs.
• Dion Phaneuf: Douche or just good captain?
• Carl Gunnarsson, Leafs’ secret weapon.
• The Boston Bruins.
• Leafs fans must hate Tyler Seguin.
• Marc Savard under pressure.
• The Ottawa Senators
• Sergei Gonchar, PP savior.
• Goaltending will kill the Sens.
• The Buffalo Sabres
• Ryan Miller backs a solid team.
• Leopold a good Sabres D-Man.
• Can they stay healthy?
• The Montreal Canadiens
• Carey Price: It’s do or die, boy!
• PK Subban is the real deal.
• Jason’s Predictions.
• Chris’s Superior Predictions
• Closing Theme by the Orchid Highway

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Jason and I express our disappointment with the sellout Mike Modano. We compare the whore’s move to the Wings to Jordan going to the Wizards and Damon going to the Yankees. We also explain why the turncoat’s move to Motown is in no way like Bourque going to the Avs.

• Intro / theme by the Orchid Highway
• Chris is a pussy.
• Modano to the Wings.
• Bourque went to Colorado to get a ring.
• Mike Modano wants ANOTHER ring.
• Career overview.
• The Wings make a good move.
• The Stars do not make a good move.
• Holy cats Mrs Modano is HOT!
• Three goals shy of Guy Lafleur.
• Is Shaq a whore?
• Is Jordan a whore?
• Is Johnny Damon a whore?
• Chris hates people who live out their boyhood dreams.
• Lebron didn’t do it for money.
• Don’t throw away your marriage for Gabriela Sabatini.
• DEFINITELY not for Jennifer Capriati.
• Wrap up.
• Closing Theme by the Orchid Highway

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At long, long last, we get around to telling the 5 people who don’t already know that we have selected Pucked in the Head as our new name. In this episode, Jason and I record out of doors. Talking about this subject anywhere but a nice park would have made us stabby.

• Cheesy Intro / theme by the Orchid Highway
• Our first out of doors podcast
• We are Pucked in the Head
• Front Loaded Contracts: Bad Faith, Good GMing, or both?
• Kovalchuk: worth the worry?
• Is Richard Bloch a stooge?
• Remember Gretzky’s personal services contract?
  The CBA has loopholes. (Or, “Nuh-uh!”)
  Looney Tunes legal contract means another lockout.
  Bettman must kill this wabbit.
  Don’t blame Luongo.
  It’s the GMs who are to blame.
• Marian Hossa’s deal vs Ilya Kovalchuk’s deal.
• I miss not knowing how much players make.
• Chris Pronger & Roberto Luongo’s deals.
• Garth Snow’s Crazy Deal Emporium!
• Wrap up.
• Closing Theme by the Orchid Highway

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