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PODCAST

Habs 365 Podcast – Episode 06

September 28, 2017

By Brian Wilde

It’s been a rough preseason for Habs fans, but is there cause for all the pessimism? We’re joined this week by John Lu of TSN and as always, Grant McCagg takes the time to provide his take as well. We invite you to leave a comment with your points prediction for this season in the comments below.

John Lu predicts 96 points

Grant McCagg predicts 103 points

Brian Wilde predicts 92 points

Music this week:

Wild Night – Van Morrison

Wild Wild Women – Deserters

Hello Operator – The White Stripes

Blockbuster Night, Pt. 1 – Run the Jewels

I Promise – Radiohead

Rebel Rebel – David Bowie

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About Brian Wilde

Brian Wilde has worked in hockey since he was 20. He was the rink side host for the Edmonton Oilers at CTV and Ottawa Senators for Sportsnet. He was also lead reporter on the Montreal Canadiens for 17 years at CTV Montreal.

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Reader Interactions

  • Elizabeth says

    Great podcast.
    Touched all bases.
    And yes, let’s hope they bust their humps for these last two preseason games. They do need that positive momentum. Much thanks to you, Mr McCagg and of course Mr Lu.
    Fun cast.

  • Denis Vukorep says

    Great work!
    100 pts I say, 0-6 is ok cuz the coach has the players attention and hopefully they are focusing on details that will help when it counts. Agree the defense isn’t as good but I think AG BG Hudon will score and help the offense be better. Also PP1 gonna win a few games too.

  • Job Goulding says

    Lernout is not a disappointment in my books. He is not waiver eligible so sent down but will be a solid 5/6 guy soon. 8.5 million is good but not much available, Nic leddy would be my number one choice but price would be high.

  • Terry Fisher says

    Another great podcast. Great hearing John Lu. Still believe that 8.5 mil in cap room will play a huge part in what this team becomes overall this year.

    • Brian Wilde says

      Thank you, and John is also a subscriber. That’s what friends do. A great caring human being besides being a hell of a smart hockey guy.

  • Dom Romano says

    I don’t know if they was mentioned anywhere but is there a specific day of the week that the podcast is released?
    Keep up good work!

    • Brian Wilde says

      No actually there isn’t Dom. It is about the availability of the guests and revolves around the news of the moment, and also the shelf life of it too. A lot of factors so no, it’s pretty arbitrary.

  • Denis Boudreau says

    I think that you are putting too much emphasis on Markov. Last year, he had to pinch 95% of the time because he couldn’t skate backward anymore. Anyway not at NHL pace. The offensive part of his game will be replace by the other guys being better than Emelin and Beaulieu especially by Meete
    I agree with Grant that the defensive will be better this year and the offensive too will be better with Drouin.
    So I predicts 106 point for the CH