The Athletic Hockey Show

Love the consistent quality draft coverage. But Cory Pronman needs to stop rudely interrupting Scott Wheeler. It’s getting weird.

I enjoy this podcast when hosts/guests like Max Bultman, Frank Coronado, Pronman, and Wheeler are the main contributors. I simply cannot stand to listen to the episodes with Hailey and Sean (especially without Max as a moderator). Hailey in particular is such an unserious host and seemingly makes it her mission to constantly derail the discussion to talk about herself or other mundane (non-hockey) topics. I would wager that most listeners would prefer not to have to suffer through her self-absorbed “weaves” just to hear a little hockey discourse.

Nothing like a “prospect” podcast to make my eyes glaze over. With all the stories & drama in the opening weeks of the season, we get to reshuffle the draft which is more in line with the off season/summer.

Hailey’s millennial apathy drags down the rest of the contributors.