NHL Season Predictions: From Avalanche To Zibanejad
The Lead
Wondery
3.9 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 14 October 2022
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Will the Colorado Avalanche repeat as Stanley Cup champions? Will Connor McDavid reclaim his MVP crown? Can the Toronto Maple Leafs actually win a playoff series? With the 2022-23 NHL season now officially underway, The Athletic's Eric Duhatschek joins us to discuss these and other burning questions, and to try and replicate his previous feat of successfully predicting the two Stanley Cup finalists.
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| 0:56.0 | The 2022, 2023, NHL season is now officially underway. |
| 1:01.0 | And we've already seen a number of teams and a number of players pick up right where they left off. |
| 1:17.0 | Today, Eric DuHachik of The Athletic joins us to break down some of the biggest storylines, stars and teams to follow. |
| 1:24.0 | As the quest for the 2023 Stanley Cup begins. |
| 1:28.0 | From Wondery, I'm Anders Keltow. It's Friday, October 14th. And this is The Lead. |
| 1:38.0 | Eric DuHachik, welcome back to The Lead. |
| 1:40.0 | Oh, always a pleasure. I love talking about hockey. |
| 1:44.0 | I have that sense. |
| 1:46.0 | Well, Eric, I believe I read the other day that this is your 45th year covering the NHL. |
| 1:51.0 | So first of all, congratulations. I believe that officially makes you a sports media institution. |
| 1:56.0 | But I have to ask, you know, as someone who has watched the sport and the league evolve, how excited are you for the start of the current season? |
| 2:02.0 | Does it feel like we're in a special moment in hockey? |
| 2:05.0 | Yes, actually, it's great place to start off because the first player that I interviewed in an actual dress room after an actual game was in this preseason. |
| 2:15.0 | And it was Adam and Rico of the Anaheim Ducks. |
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