Cake Eaters Avalanche Podcast: Recent Episodes
Blake Wheeler
Blake Wheeler and Eddie Bleau bring you in depth hockey analysis about the NHL with a focus on the Colorado Avalanche.
Blake and Bleau recap a crazy day of trades for the Colorado Avalanche, look at the fits for both Casey Mittelstadt and Sean Walker, and project what the Avs need to with the final two days before the deadline.
Blake and Bleau breakdown the Avs return to victory, Ivan Prosvetov's debut, Riley Tufte's spot in the lineup going forward, Cale Makar and Bowen Byram fighting through injury, and the Avs upcoming schedule.
Blake and Bleau break a high-scoring hockey game from the Colorado Avalanche, Fredrick Olofsson's skill, Ryan Johansen finding his groove with the Avalanche, Bowen Byram's struggles, and the Avs finding different ways to win.
Blake and Bleau break down a dominating victory from the Avalanche, Ryan Johansen and Tomas Tatar beginning to breakout, Val NIchushkin's hot start to the season, the penalty kill's improvement, and the ideal spot for Jonathan Drouin.
Blake and Bleau break down the Avs season opener, the star's hot start, Aelxandar Georgiev's calmness under pressure, Josh Manson's optimistic return, baffling officiating, and the Avs best player's casual domination.
Blake and Bleau preview the Colorado Avalanche 2023-24 season and discuss which new player will do the best, Georgiev's Vezina chances, a potential Bowen Byram breakout, and what to expect from Ross Colton.
Blake and Bleau break down each division and team before the return of the NHL, how the Atlantic shakes out, how far can the Devils goaltending take them, and which younger teams start to climb.
Blake and Bleau breakdown performances of fringe players during the team's preseason run, where Oskar Olausson can fit moving forward, Jeremy Hanzel's future, potential 13th forward options, and another Avalanche trivia game.
Blake and Bleau give a rundown on what to expect from Tomas Tatar, potential bottom sixes, what the Avs could do at the deadline now, and who to look for in the Rookie Faceoff.
Blake and Bleau reminisce on some of the Dogg's best moments including his otherworldly playoff performances, Stanley Cup run, incredible rookie season, and recent hundred-point campaign. DNVR Avalanche: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkymmfCG_2Ps8X0tOBUKHQOnk6H6V7lk2&si=5yi9UEu7bKMMgebz
Blake and Bleau breakdown the potential of Ben Meyers as the Avs fourth-line center, recent contracts for Matt Stienburg and Ross Colton, the slow offseason, and what to expect from the Central Division.
Blake and Bleau breakdown the Avs signings of Wood, Drouin, Cogliano, and Johnson, what's next for MacFarland to do, and the opening roster for Avs Development Camp.
Blake and Bleau break down the Ross Colton trade, how the Avs did at the 2023 NHL Draft, their preferred free agent targets for the Avalanche, Free Agency Day 1 predictions, and more.
Blake and Bleau breakdown the Alex Newhook trade, what the Avalanche should do with the acquired picks, our favorite Alex Newhook moments in Colorado, what to expect from him in Montreal, and what potential top-six forwards the Avs can pry out of cap-strapped teams.
Blake and Bleau are back to breakdown the Avs offseason thus far, what they should do going forward, thoughts on Ryan Johansen, and catching up around the league.
Blake and Bleau breakdown the biggest win of the season for the COlorado Avalanche, what they need to do to slay the demons in Game 7, vast improvement in depth players' performance, Lars Eller's promotion, the Jordan Eberle hit, and what this Game 7 means.
Blake and Bleau breakdown a brutally disappointing game from the Avs, if they have a chance in Game 6, Alexandar Georgiev doing his best, the depth still not producing, and Nathan MacKinnon's tripping controversy.
Blake and Bleau breakdown the Avs big win over the Kraken, Nathan MacKinnon and Cale Makar doing their things, needing better from Alex Newhook and Alexandar Georgiev, Valeri Nichushkin's sudden absence, and what the Avs need to do to win Game 4.
Blake and Bleau breakdown the Avs shaky start, great response in the second and third, Devon Toews redemption, Val Nichushkin and Evan Rodrigues' dominance, Alexandar Georgiev's timely saves, and what the Avs need to replicate to beat Seattle again.
Blake and Bleau breakdown the Avs mess of a hockey game against the Kraken in Game 1 of the Playoffs, what went wrong, Nathan MacKinnon and Mikko Rantanen ghosting, Cale Makar showing good signs in return, and Erik Johnson's disappointing game.
Blake and Bleau breakdown the Avs vs Kraken first-round matchup, X-Factors for each team, the goaltending matchup between Alexandar Georgiev and Philipp Grubauer, the star power matchup, and the Avalanche defense loading back up.
Blake and Bleau breakdown each of the first-round playoff series, X-Factors for each team in their respective matchup, predictions for each series and more.
Blake and Bleau breakdown a boring hockey game, Gabriel Landeskog's injury news, what the Avs should do with their lineup against the Predators, and Artturi Lehkonen's return.
Blake and Bleau breakdown a controversial game between the Avs and Oilers, the Avs impressive defensive performance, Mikko Rantanen and Nathan MacKinnon disappointing again, Bowen Byram's back and forth night, and playoff races around the league.
Blake and Bleau breakdown Nathan MacKinnon and Mikko Rantanen's one-timer fest against the Ducks, Pavel Francouz's return, Sam Girard haters, how the Central Division race will play out down the stretch, and if they prefer LA or Minnesota.
Blake and Bleau breakdown the Avs ugly but important win over the Kings, the first line's off-game, Denis Malgin getting back in the saddle, Alexandar Georgiev backpacking the Avs, Andrew Cogliano's questionable hit, and more.
Blake and Bleau breakdown a dominant win for the Avs, Mikko Rantanen hitting the much awaited 50 goal mark, Ben Meyers getting the monkey off the back, the Masters, and what Nathan MacKinnon would be like if he was a twenty percent shooter.
Blake and Bleau breakdown the Avs dramatic win over the Sharks, Mikko Rantanen's frustrating refusal to get to 50 goals, the Avs officially clinching a spot in the 2023 Playoffs, and Nathan MacKinnon getting his first one-hundred-point season in style.
Blake and Bleau breakdown the Avs big bounceback win against the Dallas Stars, Mikko Rantanen tapping into his playmaking abilities, what to do about Alex Newhook, the importance of depth scoring for Colorado, weird officiating, and what to expect from the Avs as they hunt down first place in the central division.
Blake and Bleau breakdown playoff races around the league, the Avs recent college UFA signings, how real are Vegas and Minnesota, what is the optimal Avs path, and who we think will secure a spot down the stretch.
Bleau eats banana pancakes in honor of Jack Johnson's first goal back with the Avs and breaks down Sam Girard and Bowen Byram's stellar game, the top line's disappointing starts, Jonas Johansson's solid game in net, and the bottom nine finding their groove.
Blake and Bleau breakdown the Avs ugly win over the Coyotes, Val Nichushkin's monster performance, Alexandar Georgiev locking it down in the shootout, Evan Rodrigues' return, and Mikko Rantanen's quest for 50 goals.
Blake and Bleau breakdown a hard-fought win for the Avalanche over the Coyotes, Nathan MacKinnon and Cale Makar carrying the Avs to victory, Val Nichushkin returning to form, JT Compher getting hot, the refs hatred for Mikko Rantanen, and the Avs suffocating win.
Blake and Bleau breakdown the Avs laying an egg against the Penguins, weird officiating, the Avs bottom nine getting dominated, Alexandar Georgiev keeping the Avs in it, and the Avs streakiness.
Blake and Bleau breakdown the Avs dominating performance over the Leafs, Mikko Rantanen going full moose, Devon Toews returning to form, what to do with the top six, Alexandar Georgiev's bounceback game, and Nathan MacKinnon showing up when it mattered most.
Blake and Bleau breakdown the Avs gutting out a much-needed win to break the losing streak over Arizona Coyotes, Denis Malgin's continued greatness, Colorado's stars continuing to struggle but still produce, Cale Makar owning Connor Ingram, and Bowen Byram's understandable struggles.
Blake and Bleau breakdown the Avs disappointing loss to Kings, frustrating line combinations, Sam Girard's continued strong play, Denis Malgin's vibes, the Avs upcoming stretch and expectations, and the stars disappointing when the team needed them.
Blake and Bleau break down the Avs domination of the San Jose Sharks, Cale Makar being a robot, Nico Sturm's return, Mikko Rantanen's anger with refs, and Denis Malgin's hot streak.
Blake and Bleau breakdown the Avs failed comeback against the Devils, Justus Annunen's tough outing, questionable officiating, Lars Eller's debut, Colorado's pushback, and the Devils' high skill level.
Blake and Bleau breakdown the Avs Lars Eller, Jack Johnson, and Kieth Kinkaid trades, trades from around the league, Toronot's overhaul strategy, Boston's easy path, and who the Avs should trade for next.
Bleau breaks down the Avs finding different ways to win, Mikko Rantanen hits 40 goals, Alexandar Georgiev's calm presence, Jack Johnson's return, Devon Toews incredible stick work, and the Avs continue streaking.
Bleau and Bleau Sr. break down the Avs big 4-1 win over the Flames, Nazem Kadri's return to Ball Arena, Nathan MacKinnon's continuing to start hot, Denis Malgin's sneaky skill, Colorado's impressive blueline, and the Avs taking no guff from anyone.
Bleau breaks down the Avs drubbing of the Jets, Nathan MacKinnon and Mikko Rantanen being elite, Bo Byram showing flashes of his potential, JT Compher's hot streak, and the Avalanche getting within striking distance of the number 1 seed in the West.
Bleau and guest co-host older Bleau breakdown the Avs massive 6-5 comeback win over the Oilers, Nathan MacKinnon stepping up, Alexandar Georgiev persevering through struggles, Josh Manson continuing to impress, and Mikko Rantanen's timely goals.
Blake and Bleau breakdown the Avs cruising to victory, Bowen Byram's excellence, Nathan MacKinnon and Mikko Rantanen doing their thing, Justus Annunen's potential, and Cale Makar's return.
Blake and Bleau breakdown Nathan MacKinnon's segababa excellence, Josh Manson's bone-crushing hits, Dennis Malgin's hot streak, the second line's flaws, and Alexandar Georgiev showing his stuff.
Blake and Bleau breakdown the Avs frustrating loss to Tampa Bay, Andrei Vasilevskiy's greatness, the Avs inability to score in shootouts, Dennis Malgin's fit in the Avalanche organization, and the frustrating February schedule.
Blake and Bleau breakdown the Avs upcoming schedule, how starts will be split between Georgiev and Johansson, Logan O'Connor's surge, and play another analytics quiz.
Blake and Bleau breakdown a dynamic offensive battle between the Avalanche and Panthers, Devon Toews handling heavy minutes, the possibility of Andreas Englund as the Avs seventh defenseman, and JT Compher's underappreciated importance this season.
Blake and Bleau break down the Avs misleading performance, continued finishing issues, Erik Johnson's inability to handle significant minutes, and Colorado's dire need to start winning hockey games.
Blake and Bleau are back to break down the Avs disappointing OT loss to the Penguins. They break down Bowen Byram's return, Nathan MacKinnon's all gas play, Jeff Carter's questionable hit and more,
Bleau breaks down the Avs worrying trend of slow starts, Cale Makar finally breaking through, Erik Johnson's tough night, Ben Meyers and Alex Newhook's good process without results, and the Coyotes continuing to end Avalanche streaks.
Bleau breaks down Mikk Rantanen continuing to fill the net, Dennis Malgin's Avalanche debut, Alexandar Georgiev's hot streak, Cale Makar struggling to score, Sam Girard subtly improving, and Kurtis Macdermid's need for more minutes.
Bleau breaks down Alexandar Georgiev's great performance, Evan Rodrigues' perfect shootout move, Ben Meyer's meeting expectations, Cale Makar and Devon Toews locking it down, and the Avs inability to finish.
Bleau breaks down the Avs continued finishing problems, Cale Makar's quiet offense, Evan Rodrigues' return, Hudon and Foudy not being utilized properly, and Alexandar Georgiev being left to dry.
Bleau breaks down the Avs gutsy 3-2 win over the Flyers, continued success of the third line, Pavel Francouz, Arturri Lehkonen returning to form, and Sam Girard's increased confidence.
Bleau breaks down Mikko Rantanen's incredible performance over the Blues, Ben Meyers finding his groove, power play problems, and Lehkonen and Nichushkin's returns.
Blake and Bleau break down Nathan MacKinnon's injury, Alexandar Georgiev's drop in play, Charles Hudon, Jayson Megna and what cookies are the best.
Bleau goes over the disappointing performance from the Avs top guys, Jean-Luc Foudy's pest ability, confusing officiating, Arturri Lehkonen's injury, and Jacob MacDonald's potential.
Blake and Bleau break down the Avs 6-4 win over the Sabres, Nathan MacKinnon's dynamic night, JT Compher's multi-goal effort, Tage Thompson, the Avs powerplay, and the Avs defense.
Blake and Bleau go over the lack of anything from the Avs-Jets game, Jack Edwards, the Seatlle-LA game of the season, and Jean-Luc Foudy's debut.
Blake and Bleau break down their expectations for Galchenyuk and Foudy, their thoughts on the reverse retro jerseys in action, what's different about the Seattle Kraken, and the Avalanche's upcoming trip out east.
Blake goes over the Avs' convincing 4-1 win over Dallas in their reverse retro debut game behind a strong performance from Alexandar Georgiev.
Blake and Bleau look at the Avs serious injury problems, posts, Oskar Olausson's debut, confusing officiating, and Cale Makar's goal scoring.
Blake and Bleau breakdown Cale Makar's dominance, the Avs style flexibility, Jake Oettinger's dominance over Avs, Alex Newhook staying hot, and Mikko Rantanen showing out in the Avs 3-2 shootout win over the Stars.
Blake and Bleau break down the Avs 4-0 win over the Capitals, Darcy Kuemper and Nicolas Aube-Kubel, the red hot penalty kill, Arturri Lehkonen's goal streak, and Nathan MacKinnon's highlight reel goal.
Blake and Bleau break down the Avs improbable victory over the Hurricanes, Pavel Francouz's extraordinary play, bizarre fan interactions, and Arturri Lehkonen's clutchness.
Blake and Bleau break down the top lines defensive struggles, the depths lack of finishing, crazy puck bounces, and encouragin signs from the Avs depth in their 3-2 loss to the St. Louis Blues.
Blake and Bleau cover Cale Makar's dominant performance, Hurricanes playstyle, Pavel Francouz's first win of the season, and Mikko Rantanen.
Blake and Bleau draft their favorite hockey numbers, favorite non-Avalanche players, and talk about the avs injury problems.
Blake and Bleau break down the Avs tribute to Peter McNab, Mikko Rantanen and Logan O'Connor's two goal game, and Shane Bowers potentially serious injury.
Blake and Bleau take a look at Peter McNab's impact on the hockey community, the Mitchel Miller fiasco, and the Avs injury problems.
Blake and Bleau breakdown the Avs encouraging victory over the Blue Jackets, the dominant second line, Kurtis MacDermid, Nathan MacKinnon and Cale Makar showing out, and Martin Kaut finally showing his stuff at the NHL.
Blake and Bleau discuss the Avs first game of the Global Series in Finland, confusing officiating, Avs improved 5v5 play, and expectations for their second game against Columbus.
Blake and Bleau take one final look at the Avs matchup against the Blue Jackets, look at league wide analytics, and do a new quiz.
Blake and Bleau preview the Avs upcoming matchup against the Columbus Blue Jackets in Finland, talk about their favorite bottled water brand, Jordan Binnington nonsense, and storylines from around the league.
Blake and Bleau break down the Avs loss to the Islanders, questionable reffing, bad luck, and line deployment problems from Jared Bednar.
Blake and Bleau break down a very forgettable hockey game for the Avalanche against the Devils, Alex Newhook's lack of impact, and potential depth problems.
Blake and Bleau take a look at the best defensive systems in hockey, the Avalanche's systems and how they've performed thus far, and the analytics for the Avs upcoming opponents.
Blake and Bleau dissect the Avs 3-2 shootout win over the Rangers, Georgiev's hot start, Makar's return to form and ice time concerns with the fourth line.
Blake and Bleau give their thought on the Mikhail Maltsev callup, preview and expectations for the teams upcoming roadtrip, and thoughts on surprises from around the league.
Blake and Bleau dissect a big win for the Avalanche and big performances from Val Nichushkin and Alexander Georgiev, as well as Javob MacDonald's spot on the team going forward.
Blake and Bleau recap the Avs 3-2 loss to the Seattle Kraken, plus encouraging signs from Evan Rodrigues and Alex Newhook.
Blake and Bleau discuss the Avalanche claim of Dryden Hunt and get into their thoughts and rankings of the new reverse retro jersyes for the 2022-23 NHL season.
Blake and Bleau analyze the Avs 4-3 OT loss to the Winnipeg Jets and talk about Byram's ascention and Newhook's struggles.
Blake and Bleau recap a weird rivalry game against the Wild including the Avs depths strides and the offensive talent on the blueline.
Blake and Bleau look at potential problems for the Avalanche forward depth and potential overreactions about teams starts across the league.
Blake and Bleau analyze the hockey game that was the Flames 5-3 win over the Colorado Avalanche.
Blake and Bleau talk about their thoughts on the Avalanche's first game of the 2022-23 regular season, improvements the team can make as the season goes on and first impressions on new players.
Blake and Bleau have a bit of fun on the final podcast before the regular season officially gets underway. They give their wish lists for individual players, play an analytic guessing game, give their predictions for who they think will lead the Avalanche in major statistical categories and potential trade deadline moves.
Blake and Bleau take a look at recent controversy in the league, lineup moves made by the Avalanche this past offseason, and talk about what they expect from key players this season.
Blake and Bleau take a look at recent extensions for Mackenzie Weegar and Jason Robertson, potential Avalanche lineup decisions, and then give thier takes on who they believe is most likely to win each of the major NHL Awards for the upcoming season.
Blake and Bleau go over thier predictions for each team in the NHL and give a detailed rundown of how they think this season of the NHL will go.