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Hello hockey fan’s, episode 223 of the Hockey Free For All Podcast has arrived, the topics of this week’s episode, include-

#1. Comparing Gleb Pugachyov to Bob Gainey.

#2. Gleb Pugachyov has more offensive upside than Bob Gainey.

#3. Bob Gainey is the definition of ultimate team and complete player.

#4. Gleb Pugachyov is exactly what the Canadiens need. Arber Xhekaj, Gleb Pugachyov, Florian Xhekaj and Bogdan Konyushkov all bring exactly what the Montreal Canadiens need.

#5. No signing any free agents is the best news for the Montreal Canadiens.

#6. Montreal’s prospect pool is packed and overflowing with Talent.

#7. Patience has been a key to Montreal’s rebuild.

#8. Time is ticking down for David Reinbacher.

#9. David Reinerbacher has serious competition now.

#10. The show between David Reinbacher and Adam Engstrom.

#11. Montreal’s contracts with Nick Suzuki, Cole Caufield, Juraj Slavkonsky, Kaiden Guhle, Lane Hutson, Jakub Dobes and Ivan Demidov are rational contracts, given growth, production, projection and length.

#12. The Contracts of Leo Carlsson and Connor Bedard, make absolutely no sense.

#13. Put it another way. Montreal has locked up 4-core players for 33 million dollars total, of annual cap hits. The Minnesota Wild will spend more than that just on Kirill Kaprizov and Quinn Hughes.

#14. G.M.’s around the NHL better get a grasp.

#15. Sorry, Zach Bolduc, is not a 4-or-5-million-dollar player. He’s shown no more than Kirby Dach has.

#16. The Buffalo Sabres sign Peyton Krebs to a 4-year contract with an annual cap hit of 4.5 million dollars.

#17. No, Montreal doesn’t need Mavrik Bourque either.

#18. Nope, Montreal doesn’t need Anthoney Mantha. Not a good fit in Montreal. Very erratic in his career.

#19. Yea, Anthoney Mantha signs a 2-year deal with the New Jersey Devils for 4.5 million dollars per season.

#20. It was Saku Koivu’s and his agent’s decision to move on from Montreal. Montreal made an offer, Saku Koivu and agent took a different path.

#21. The Flyers sign Trevor Zegras to a 4-year, 36-million contract with an annual cap hit of $9.125,00 per season.

#22. Reality check in Columbus.

#23. The Philadelphia Flyers have signed defenseman Jamie Drydale to a new 4-year 26-millon dollar contract with an annual cap hit of 6.5 million dollars per season.

#24.  Winnipeg Jets sign’s winger Cole Perfetti for 5-years at 30-million dollars 6-million dollar per season hit.

#25. The Utah Mammoth have signed defenseman John Marino to a new 8-year 54-million dollar contract with an average cap hit of 6.75 million dollars per season.

#26. The Montreal Canadiens have signed Kirby Dach to a 1-year 3.6-million-dollar contract to avoid arbitration.

#27.  The Chicago Blackhawks have signed winger Connor Bedard to a 5-year, 75-million dollar contract with an annual cap hit of 15-million dollars.

#28. Pittsburgh may be the perfect place for Shane Wright.