The Athletic Hockey Show8 Elo 2022

2022 IIHF World Junior Championship preview, Hlinka-Gretzky Cup recap, Johnathan Huberdeau’s 8-year extension with the Calgary Flames, listener questions, and more

First, Max and Corey talk about Johnathan Huberdeau’s 8-year, $84 million extension with the Calgary Flames and then discuss Team Canada running away with the 2022 Hlinka-Gretzky tournament, who elevated their game for Team Canada, which non-Canadian players caught Corey’s attention, and more.

Then, the guys preview the IIHF World Junior Championship beginning this week in Edmonton and discuss which teams will be most impacted by the tournament being postponed till now, Team Canada as the favorite, Team USA’s strength on defense, Lian Bischel getting cut from Team Switzerland, predictions, and more.

Plus, to close things out, the guys open up the mailbag and answer listener questions about defining the hockey buzzword “play-driving”, a realistic timeframe for a Simon Nemec-Luke Hughes pairing on the Devils blue line, the likelihood of someone overtaking Connor Bedard as the No. 1 pick in the 2023 NHL Draft, if Brayden Yager is a top-5 pick or not, what PDO is, the Wild’s thoughts on Calen Addison, which Atlantic Division team is most likely to overtake the Bruins, and what does the Pacific Division look like two years from now.

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