The Basement Hockey Podcast: Recent Episodes
Adam Mohamed
The guys give their thoughts on the play-in round and first round of this year’s NHL playoffs.
The self-proclaimed “multi-sport podders” are joined by Akbar Jassani to talk about the NBA season thus far and how it’s been affected by COVID-19.
The guys talk about their lives during quarantine and take a deep dive into what the Western Conference playoff picture could look like.
The gents give their take on the big moments leading up to the NHL’s suspension of the regular season due to COVID-19 and the implications of this unprecedented event.
The lads offer their thoughts on this year’s World Junior tourney, potential changes to All Star weekend, and other fun stuff. We are joined for this episode by co-host of the Towel Power podcast, Zam Karim.
The lads discuss the next batch of fired coaches, the likely landing spots for Taylor Hall (who had not been traded at time of recording), teams that are hot, teams that have disappointed, and teams that we think will turn it around.
The boys dive in to some fresh topics such as the spotlight on abusive coaches, our surprises and disappointments for the first quarter of the season, and our award winners thus far.
Adam, Zain, and K talk about the trades that went down before, during, and after the free agent frenzy period and give their takes on the biggest winners and losers.
The lads discuss the biggest free agents off the board in this year free agency period, as well as the best RFAs who have signed or are yet to sign.
The fellas discuss the top ten players picked in this year’s draft, as well as their favourite picks and worst reaches of the first and second round.
In our inaugural episode we wanted to run down the recently finished playoffs. In this episode, among other things, we discuss the topic of if player ever really “deserves” the cup, the parallels between the 2011 Bruins squad and the cup-winning Blues team, and the courage of playing through injury.