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The Pucked in the Head Podcast – infrequently recorded, even more infrequently published, but outstanding entertainment all the same.

Episode 07 – Off-Season Moves

Canucks off-season personnel moves.  Is Mike Gillis the smartest man to ever occupy the job of Canucks GM? Is this the best podcast ever produced on Jason’s laptop?

  • Intro / theme by Orchid Highway
  • July 1 = Canada Day = Free Agent Day!
  • F*ck you, G*rdo
  • Is Mike Gillis a genius?
  • MG is not a good looking man
  • Draft pickup: Keith Ballard
  • Bernier a Canuck no more
  • Michael Grabner is the sweetmeat of this deal
  • Somehow I don’t think YouTube was on Gillis’s mind
  • Ballard clips Vokoun in frustration
  • Ballard hates Vokoun, in fact
  • Gillis wins the Hamhuis sweepstakes
  • Manny Malhotra comes to town, too
  • It’s sad to see Wellwood go
  • Why all the Wellwood-is-fat jokes, people?
  • D-FENCE!
  • Mitchell done like dinner? Kevin Bieksa to move?
  • Tambellini & Perrault round out FA Day acquisitions
  • Canucks stack up well on paper
  • Jason throws down the gauntlet
  • Chris thinks our new D sucks? WTF!?!?!
  • Jason’s big prediction

Episode 06 – NHL Awards

Predictions for the NHL Awards.  We also desperately try to find a positive Canuck moment in the recent playoffs, and end up settling on a player profile of two-time former Canuck Brent “Enough With The Cracker Jokes” Sopel.

 

  • Intro / theme by Orchid Highway
  • Congrats to the dirty rotten stinkin’ Blackhawks
  • Awards night at the Cinema on Granville Stree
  • Five Hole for Food comes to Vancouver July 9
  • Habs move Halak’s rights to St Louis
  • Cam Neely named Bruins President
  • Congratulations to ex-Canuck Brent Sopel
  • Five Hole for Food redux
  • It’s NHL Awards time!
  • Lady Byng (Most Sportsmanlike Player)
  • Hart Trophy (MVP)
    Vezina (Goalie of the Year)
  • Jason pulls Al Pacino out of his butt?
  • Calder (Rookie of the Year)
  • Jack Adams (Coach of the Year)
  • Was it Kick a Ginger Day?
  • Norris (Defenseman of the Year)
    Outro

 

Episode 05 – Cup Final Preview

The search continues for a name.  It’s so hard to crowd-source good help these days.  This preview of the Stanley Cup finals touches on:

  • Gary Bettman = Count von Count?
  • Steve Nash: real man
  • Still taking name suggestions
  • Lots of Canadians in the final
  • The Mullet vs the Wookie
  • Do the Flyers deserve to be here?
  • Will Vancouverites ever stop talking about 82 & 94?
  • Chicago in 5. Or 6. Chicago, anyway.
  • Marian Hossa, bah. Chris Pronger’s impressive.
  • Chicago is DEEP, like good pizza.
  • Winter Classic news
  • Should Vancouver host a winter classic?
  • Is Winnipeg viable?
  • Stevie Y goes to Tampa Bay.
  • How much does Mark Messier suck?
  • Memo to Glen Sather

 

Episode 02 – Playoff Preview

Pucked In The Head’s 2009-10 playoff predictions.  We go in depth into every 1st round NHL series and pick a winner.  And by “in depth” I mean we mention the series.  And by “pick a winner” I mean we usually fail utterly to divine the team that’s going to win, let alone how many games they win in.