Episode 184 of the Hockey Free For All Podcast 11-21-2025

Hello Hockey Fans, out there. Episode 184 of the Hockey Free For All Podcast has arrived. This week’s topics include- #1. If you really want to know where you stand, this is an opportunity for Montreal learn from. #2. This is an opportunity for Montreal to grow from. #3. This is an opportunity for Montreal as an organization and roster to truly understand its internal depth, talent and readiness of its prospects. #4. This is not the time to panic or to make a knee jerk for the Montreal Canadiens. #5. Jordan Kyrou is not what the Montreal Canadiens need. He doesn't fit in. He will destroy the development of and take earned roster spots away from internal prospects and talents. #6. Call up Adam Angstrom and pair him with Lane Hutson for the 2025/2026 season. #7. Bring up Jared Davidson as a permanently replacing jake Evans. #8. Bring up the entire line of right winger Tyler Thorpe, center Florian Xhekaj and left wing  Luke Tuch and make them the teams 3rd line moving forward, so that Montreal finally has physicality, grit and sandpaper players in their lineup that additionally have tremendous size, attitude and a wolf pack mentality #9. Kaiden Guhle, Patrik Laine and Alex Newhook are all out for 4 months. #10. Kirby Dach is supposedly out 4 to 6 weeks. I’ll be shocked if Kirby Dach returns to the lineup before Presidents Day in January of 2026. #11. Alex Newhook is the only actual loss of the 4 players currently out. No one else was producing or contributing. #12. Call up Kaapo Kahkonen and name him the team’s number 1 starting goaltender. #13. Samual Montembeau and Jakub Dobes can rotate and play back up to Kaapo Kahkonen until their games return. Whichever one is not the games back up, they can sit in the press box. #14. What has happened to Zack Bolducs games? #15. Every team has injuries, but a total team collapse is not acceptable. Suck it up, buttercup.     #16. There is a need for a total roster reset in Montreal with a starting with the pairing of                              First defensive pairing R.D. Noah Dobson/L.D. Mike Matheson                              Second defensive pairing R.D. Adam Engstrom/L.D. Lane Hutson                              Third defensive pairing R.D Alexander Carrier or Jayden Struble/ L.D.                                   Arber Xhekaj.                              Offensive Line #1 is RW-Ivan Demidon, C-Nick Suzuki and LW-Cole                                     Caufield                              Offensive Line #2 is RW-Zack Bolduc, C-Oliver Kapanen and LW Juraj                                  Slafvlkovsky.                              Offensive Line #3 RW-Tyler Thorpe, C- Florian Xhekaj and LW Luke                                      Tuch                              Offensive Line #4. RW-Brendan Gallagher RW, C- Jared Davidson and                                 LW Josh Andersson                              Starting goaltender Kaapo Kahkonen and rotate the back up. #17. Other than Alex Newhook, as the injured players return, start trading them, along with David Reibacher, Owen beck, Filip Mesar, Joshua Roy, Vinzenz Rohrer and Riley Kidney for continued draft capital to obtain A-level plus talent.