The Athletic Hockey Show: Jay Woodcroft out as Oilers head coach, Nikita Zadorov trade request, Connor Bedard’s big weekend, Alexis Lafreniè

Episode Description
On todays Monday edition of The Athletic Hockey Show, Julian is joined by guest cohost Mark Lazerus to celebrate the 29th anniversary of the Lisa on Ice episode of The Simpsons and discuss the Edmonton Oilers dismissing head coach Jay Woodcroft and replacing him with Kris Knoblach, Flames defenseman Nikita Zadorov requesting a trade out of Calgary, Connor Bedards big goal-scoring weekend, The Athletics revised Stanley Cup picks, and more. Plus, The Athletics own Arthur Staple joins the show to talk about the great start to the season for the New York Rangers, Alexis Lafrenire starting to live up to his potential as a former No. 1 pick, injuries to Ryan Lindgren, Igor Shesterkin, Adam Fox, and Filip Chytil, a potential encore on Broadway for Patrick Kane, Henrik Lundqvists induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame, and more. Subscribe to The Athletic Hockey Show on YouTube: http://youtube.com/@theathletichockeyshow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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