May 13 Sunday Shinny: Preview NHL Conference Finals, Gainey in Dallas, If Pacioretty's time is now

Written by Gary "Rumble" Whittaker. Posted in Podcasts - Weekend HABit

Gary Whittaker and Nick Murdocco has a round table discussion during the last hour of Sunday's show titled, "The Sunday Shinny". Today's guest is Sean Lloyd, contributor and writer to Montreal Hockey Talk and HabsAddict.

Today's topics:

Review Game 7 between the Rangers and the Capitals
Preview the Conference Finals between the Rangers and the Devils, and the Kings vs the Coyotes
Talk about Bob Gainey moving to the Dallas Stars as a Senior Advisor
Discuss the emergance of Max Pacioretty at this year's IIHF tournament

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May 06 The Weekend HABIT: Latest on Next Coach, The Case FOR Scott Gomez

Written by Gary "Rumble" Whittaker. Posted in Podcasts - Weekend HABit

Gary Whittaker and Nick Murdocco has a round table discussion during the last hour of Sunday's show titled, "The Sunday Shinny". Today's guest is Frank Dumais, statistician for Radio Sports Center and writer of "NHL by the Numbers" column.

Today's topics:

Latest on the coaching rumours for the Montreal Canadiens
Does Nick and Frank make a compelling case to keep Scott Gomez? Gary Whittaker and callers disagree. What are your thoughts?

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Apr 29 SUNDAY SHINNY: NHL Playoffs, Latest on Habs GM, Predictions for NHL Awards, Luongo

Written by Gary "Rumble" Whittaker. Posted in Podcasts - Weekend HABit

The Sunday Shinny, which is a round table discussion on the latest news and notes on the NHL and the Montreal Canadiens. Gary Whittaker and Nick Murdocco were joined by Mike Obrand from HabsLaughs.com and Mat Casavant from Eye of the Tiger Management

Looking at the Rangers vs Capitals and the Kings vs Blues
The latest on the Canadiens GM/Coach search
Our predictions for the 2012 NHL awards
The places where Roberto Luongo could land

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Apr 22 The Weekend HABIT: Surprises from Round 1, Torres Suspension, Catering to Female Viewers

Written by Gary "Rumble" Whittaker. Posted in Podcasts - Weekend HABit

The Sunday Shinny takes place during the last hour of The Franchise every Sunday from 9am to 10am. Gary Whittaker and Nick Murdocco were pleased to welcome Laura from The Active Stick and Erica from HABITHerWay as guests this week. Amanda Stein is the show producer.Today we discussed:

The surprises from Round 1 of the NHL Playoffs, and who we think has the best chance to bounce back
The 25 game suspension of Raffi Torres
The fallout from a caller who blamed Brendan Shanahan and accused him and the NHL of catering to "female viewers".

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Apr 08 The Weekend HABIT: Habs week and season in review, Round 1 NHL Playoff Predictions

Written by Gary "Rumble" Whittaker. Posted in Podcasts - Weekend HABit

The Franchise is hosted by Gary Whittaker and Nick Murdocco, and we take a look at the latest news and notes involving the Montreal Canadiens,

This podcast is taken from portions of the show which aired on the TSN Radio 990 between 7am and 10am every Saturday and Sunday which includes Producer/TSN Radio 990 reporter Amanda Stein.

The podcast includes Matt Casavant

Sunday Shinny Topics discussed included:

week in review for the Montreal Canadiens
favorite moments this season
round 1 NHL playoff predictions

This podcast is now available on TSN.ca

photo credit: nhl.com

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Apr 01 The Weekend HABIT: HABS GM CANDIDATES DEBUNKED, Quebec City getting NHL back and debate on Semin

Written by Gary "Rumble" Whittaker. Posted in Podcasts - Weekend HABit

The Franchise is hosted by Gary Whittaker and Nick Murdocco, and we take a look at the latest news and notes involving the Montreal Canadiens,

This podcast is taken from portions of the show which aired on the TSN Radio 990 between 7am and 10am every Saturday and Sunday which includes Producer/TSN Radio 990 reporter Amanda Stein.

The podcast includes guests Steven Hindle, and Matt Casavant

Sunday Shinny Topics discussed included:

Breaking down the latest list of candidates for the vacant role of GM for the Montreal Canadiens
Hot topic discussion on if the Habs should acquire Alex Semin...Nick is hardpressed by absolutely everyone who is against it.
A big debate on whether the Nordiques would be revived by the NHL at the expense of the Phoenix Coyotes.

This podcast is now available on TSN.ca

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Mar 25 The Weekend HABIT: Markov at World's, Season in Review, Hybrid Icing

Written by Gary "Rumble" Whittaker. Posted in Podcasts - Weekend HABit

The Franchise is hosted by Gary Whittaker and Nick Murdocco, and we take a look at the latest news and notes involving the Montreal Canadiens,

This podcast is taken from portions of the show which aired on the TSN Radio 990 between 7am and 10am every Saturday and Sunday which includes Producer/TSN Radio 990 reporter Amanda Stein.

The podcast includes guests Mike Obrand of HabsLaughs, and Matt Casavant

Sunday Shinny Topics discussed:

Review of the Flyers game which saw the Canadiens officially eliminated from playoff contention
Debate over whether Markov should go to the World Championships
Discussion on prosposed changes to icing rule
Mike Obrand gives us his take on the Canadiens' post season report

Link: This podcast is now available on TSN.ca.

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Mar 11 The Weekend HABIT: Impact of Power Play, Be the GM, Revisionist GM History

Written by Gary "Rumble" Whittaker. Posted in Podcasts - Weekend HABit

The Franchise is hosted by Gary Whittaker and Nick Murdocco, and we take a look at the latest news and notes involving the Montreal Canadiens,

This podcast is taken from portions of the show which aired on the TSN Radio 990 between 7am and 10am every Saturday and Sunday which includes Producer/TSN Radio 990 reporter Amanda Stein.

The podcast includes guests Kyle Roussel of www.CowhideandRubber.com, and Matt Casavant

Sunday Shinny Topics discussed:

How the Habs would have fared if they had a power play? And the debate over the declining role of the power play in the outcome of games.
What would you fix if you were the GM?
Debate over the revisionist history of Gainey and Gauthier's tenure as GM

Link: This podcast is now available on TSN.ca.

photo credit: http://theryancokeexperience.wordpress.com/2009/12/07/gaineys-got-to-go/

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Mar 04 The Weekend HABIT: How do you build Habs for Next Season

Written by Gary "Rumble" Whittaker. Posted in Podcasts - Weekend HABit

The Franchise is hosted by Gary Whittaker and Nick Murdocco, and we take a look at the latest news and notes involving the Montreal Canadiens,

This podcast is taken from portions of the show which aired on the TSN Radio 990 between 7am and 10am every Saturday and Sunday which includes Producer/TSN Radio 990 reporter Amanda Stein.

The podcast includes guests fast rising music star Annakin Slayd, and Matt Casavant

Sunday Shinny Topics discussed:

What direction should the Canadiens go down the middle? Keep or trade Plekanec's?
Are players like Ryan White and Brad Staubitz the answer?
Closer look at key D players like Emelin and Subban, and what direction that means the Canadiens should take

Link: This podcast is now available on TSN.ca.

Make sure to check out Annakin Slayd's latest album which is now available on iTunes

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