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Surprise listener! Kate, Kyra, Riot & Laura are back to update you on: the status of our relationship with our abusive partner the NHL, round one playoff predictions, Riot discovers Tampa Bay is not in fact Thunder Bay and located in Florida, Evander Kane thinks he's more likeable than someone, Eichel & McDavid vow to break each others legs and future plans for a Kraken draft pod where Riot is feeling that Old Big Dick Energy.
This this special Farewell Grandpa episode Laura and Mike discuss: seriously he wasn't fired? Our thoughts on the Rutherford era, who will they hire to replace him and how bad could he be? On a bright note Pierre-Olivier Joseph is a ray of light who gives us serious Flower vibes.
This week Kate & Laura talk: The only think Tampa should have been drinking out of that cup is bleach, thoughts and prayers Tyson Barrie, Skinner's got his Staal back, sounds like Eichel's getting a Gucci purse, Holtby is going to be soooo high in VanCity and we haven't broken up with hockey ... but we're gonna need a break.
This week Riot & Laura discuss: You guys, life in the bubble is like... hard, deepfake Sid is our favourite Sid, Stamkos so fragile, Hornqvist just got traded off the Titanic, Riot and Brent Burns would make for one hell of a good time, just because all goalies can twerk doesn't mean they should, who we would draft to our Kraken.
Kate and Kyra are back, dazed, confused and trying to catch up on what happened to get the Stars to the stanley cup finals. What happened to Ben Bishop? Where's Steven Stamkos? Does anyone care about the Lightning when even the Canes are stanning the Stars? When did Sidney Crosby get another Emmy? Could Vegas even consider trading Flower? Would you be okay if someone proposed to you in a hat? Did Jamie Benn start eating out and reverse the karma for the whole team?!
This week Laura & Kate talk: who's doesn't want to punch your face Logan Couture, I am Alan Vigneault I don't KNOW things, NHL's delayed boycott brings us lots of rage and a bit of hope, our fav movies and what useless stuff we've been buying online.
This week Laura and Amanda talk: Farewell Mike Milbury: the NHL old boys loses one of it’s oldest & most useless boys, how can men be expected to work when there are boobies everywhere, no qualifications- can I interest you in a job as an NHL GM?, Flower’s agent is like really extra, we review round 1 of the playoffs and tell you who we’re rooting for in round 2.
This week Laura & Amanda talk: maybe it's time to break up with your NHL boyfriend, how dare they disrespect Sidney Crosby on his birthday, the pens are bad and there's not enough guacamole in the world to fix that, the Leafs win game 4 but this better not be another case of premature leafs-elation, Amanda's hatred for the Flyers is bone marrow deep and ... spiders.
Welcome back to Westimated listener! Join Kate and Kyra as they talk about what they’ve been up to in the hiatus, what they think of bubble playoffs, #westandwith, Matt Dumba, Matthew Tkachuk, what happened to Pittsburgh Vs Montreal in game one, explain which player is what piece of clothing and more.
The whole Msunderestimated crew is back to discuss: Does no playoff dress code mean Tyler Seguin shows up in a towel?, Hub Marriott is clearly THE place to be quarantined, our hub reality show would be Players Trapped In An Elevator and finally Sid, did you know that you're toxic?
This week Kate & Laura (with guest appearance by Kyra)talk: Akim Aliu finally gets the thanks he deserves, players finally talk about race - turns out some of them have hidden depth, NHL is going to address racism by committee, NHL Oscars and new pool: how long into the playoffs does Sidney Crosby get the Rona?
This week Kyra & Laura discuss: our quarantine rituals, we pick who we are rooting against in the NHL’s new Playoff brackets, holding Sidney Crosby to a different standard is not fair while also being totally and completely fair, we fix hockey AGAIN, and Cale Makar’s sweet innocence is helping us through these tough times.
On this very slow NHL news week Laura & Amanda discuss: everything pre Corona will now be known as the Before Times, unexpectedly - a hockey player makes a good point, Sid has a chia pet on his face and we try and fail to make sense of the conflict between the PWHPA and the NWHL.
This week join Kate and Kyra as they break down Brendan Leipsic’s EPIC FAILURE at being a decent human being, and then feel really down about it and decide to play a game to find the hockey hero we need in these desperate times. CW: discussion of fatphobia, misogyny, discrimination, toxic masculinity, & drug use
In the longest MsUnderestimated episode ever Riot and Laura discuss: do we really need to encourage EVERYONE to survive this pandemic, Sorry…but we think Justin Bieber buying the Senators is only the best idea ever, which player comes to mind when you hear the word dopey and yes Sidney Crosby and Emilia Clarke should have a quarantine baby.
This week join Kate and Kyra as they discuss Sidney Crosby’s interior design choices, Brandon Prust’s extremely White Person twitter meltdown, If any players have gained any perspective on their lives since corona has done it to us all, a heart warming tale of LGBT college hockey, what a sugar glider is, what our hype songs are, which players we’d pick as the devil and angel on our shoulders and who we are rooting for in hockey Drag Race.
This week Amanda and Laura discuss NHL quarantine content: I don’t know that a Gretzky vs Ovechkin Chel battle was the hip NHL content anyone was waiting for, I guess celebrity crushes are just too much personality for puck personality? PK Subban’s triva game show is not what we were expecting and finally Auston Matthews breaking down hockey movies for GQ is … kind of awesome.
This week on our quaran-pod Kyra and Kate talk about some sad news in the NHL, how we’re coping, what we’re watching, eating, and doing day to day, our tinder swipe criteria, if Kyra got animal crossing, what our favourite Easter Candy is, and what the first thing is that we’d do if quarantine ended tomorrow.
This week Mike and Laura discuss: is it right to blame the NHL for things that aren’t their fault – we vote yes, Crosby wanders off during the Players Q&A, the players clearly do not enjoy being polled and could the NHL pull off an NBA level event - not without Green Day.
This week join Kate and Kyra with special Guest Shanelle (our roommate) for an episode that talks about what the NHL is up to, what we’re up to, and answers some burning questions we’re having about hockey players, celebrities, the olympics, who David Copperfield is, and the amish.
This week all the hosts gather to discuss life during Corona and: is hockey the hockey season dunzo? What happens next year? Why would we listen to the NHL re hygiene when their cleanest player's jock strap looks like it could be patient zero? Also, book recommendations, which are the best logos and we sort players into Fae, Vampires & Werewolves. Finally, Riot uncovers a very unsettling player Flowers in the Attic situation.
Join Kate and Kyra (and bonus our roommate Shanelle!) for a socially distant WESTimated this week. We talk Lil Beau Bennett, how the majority of NHL teams are trash and not actually paying their staff for that long at all, and answer your asks featuring: googly eye dick pics, the best instagram follows, what hobbies to do in quarantine, players’ bored out of their mind online shopping purchases, what fanfic tropes players would like about themselves, and more! Grab some disinfectant wipes (lol jk no one has any) and dive in with us!
This week Laura & Riot discuss: is hockey finally going to be for everyone because angry old men & Barstool fan’s lack of hand washing? Which players do we think would kick you out of their house without your shoes and which players we think would leave your house without theirs, in Ottawa truth telling is a fireable offence, during playoffs we root for team Tkachuk and finally our review of the NHL standings.
Join WESTimated’s Kate and Kyra this week as they examine what went wrong re: the Colorado Avalanche’s pride night Ally package, the St Louis Blues’ not even trying with their hockey is for everyone night, celebrating Bobby Ryan coming back to a home ice hat trick after addiction program, frustration with the fact hockey players are people and everyone keeps forgetting that, which songs remind us of which players, who we’d want in an episode of family feud, who had big dog energy and more!
We are both on vacation so this week is a pre taped pod where Riot & Laura talk: ghosted by Gritty on valentines day, a Kane has a point, Leon Draisaitl needs a happy lamp, Carcillo v Nasty and player goal songs.
This week’s full Westimated Docket includes Grittney’s fuzzy orange bits, Jamie Benn swiping on the leafs, what’s happening between BizNasty and Dan Carcillo, Jay Bouwmeester’s episode on the bench, what’s happening with the state of player safety aka Evander Kane having another good post, who we’d want to get schwastey with, what we think of the canucks JT COMPHER’S WHOLE ASS OUT FOR THE INTERNET TO SEE and MORE! Dive into it, with Kyra and Kate.
This week Laura & Mike discuss: Gritty accused, exonerated & dunking on nuns, boys don't know how to do fan fiction, the IOC gives in to all demands and we're STILL not going to the Olympics, the 5 people we'd pick to have at a dinner party...with Sidney Crosby and what makes a good captain?
This week friend of the pod Dr.Siglyra joins Riot to make this the most European pod to date, and discuss: How many Tkachuk’s are too many Tkachucks? Did the Grit hit the fan? What is Mitch Marner hiding in his mouth? What’s happening to Tyson Barrie? And is swearing the secret to Johnny Gaudreau’s eternal youth…
Join Kate and Kyra for another WESTimated episode as we talk Battle of Alberta being an ABSOLUTE SHIT SHOW, Keeping Up With The Tkachuks, Tyler Seguin’s missing A, what internal accountability actually means, NHL’s really white black history month commercials, who drinks muff dives at the bar, made up hockey awards we’d like to gift players, and choose very weird 3 on 3 teams.
This week Laura & Mike talk: All Star Game the show for children who love Green Day and Brett Hull, Alex Letang is cute but Laura would rather have had puppies, Matt Barzal has Shawn Mendes hair, Sidney Crosby recaps the decade, our thoughts on the pens, women’s hockey at the all star game and of course Auston Matthews is in the running for the Lady Byng.
This week on WESTimated Kate and Kyra talk ASG and why it’s just not that interesting, combo jerseys being awkward for everyone involved, how dumb Nate Mack may or may not be, if Tyler Seguin has sensitive nips, we don’t know why Vegas fired Gallant, Marchand barely licking the puck, if there are more chairs or people in the world, and how tone deaf you have to be to put out blatantly misogynist statements in the name of the NHL.
This week Riot & Laura are obsessed with Meghan & Harry’s escape & how long it will take them to attend a Leafs game, Ovi Christmases with the Trumps, Lias Andersson needs to stop being coy and tell us what the f*ck is going on, Borowiecki is a hero who most definitely drinks Respect Women Juice and has been drafted onto the NHL Goop team we invented where the arena is scented by Gwyneth’s vagina candles and finally Tkachuk gave Kassian a serious case of blue balls. All that in an epic 2 hour ep - you’re welcome.
IT’S A NEW YEAR WESTIMATED LISTENERS! Kate and Kyra are back and talking Ovi at the white house, the Flames’ dad’s trip, what we did for new year’s, who got traded so far, why Justin Bieber is making Tyson Barrie make that face, what was happening with the fashion choices at the winter classic and who we 100 percent think watched the witcher over the holidays.
This week Amanda joins Laura to discuss the newest coach firing, the NHL's 4 rules for protecting their ass(es)ets, Sidney Crosby's actions speak volumes ... but hey you know what else does? WORDS! For some light in all this darkness - we rank NHL captains for hotness and write a killer ice skating Netflix Christmas special staring Logan Couture and Selena Gomez.
This week Kate and Kyra talk through the Nikita Zaitsev ex-wife kid instagram drama, JT Compher’s Sisters, Morgan Reilly’s setting the bar (JUST above the ground) for caring about women, NHL PA’s theft of $100k of union funds, Nicklas Backstrom negotiating his own contract, who would survive in the wilderness with Bear Grylls and who is going to thrive and smize in an NHL ANTM death match.
This week Riot and Laura talk: 3 dinosaurs down 50 more to go, the NHL has robbed us of a lot but 10 years of watching a hot, woke Akim Aliu is amongst the worst, all the pens are broken, does Sidney Crosby have anxiety and finally a player picks on someone his own size. Also, No Riot we can’t hear you! We’re trying to understand you! Riot, can you find us in the niiiiiight?!!! (sorry about the sound)
This week on WESTIMATED Kate and Kyra talk Don Cherry’s new podcast, the Garnet Hathaway suspension and why spitting is such a big deal, Mike Babcock being fired and why Mike Commodore is so excited about it, the Flames’ losing streak, who we should trade for Taylor Hall, the Oilers’ being fifth in the league and James Neal being maybe a witch, why NHL face socks are missing a few teams while also sporting some kind of weird brown face, which goalie we’d have dinner with, and why Zombie by the Cranberries SLAPS.
This week Kyra joins Laura to talk: Don Cherry is fired but don’t fret Sportsnet will find a new way to disappoint us, tight pants Sid was his gift to us before surgery, Geno is fire, the Leafs are soooo winning the cup this year, our favorite candy & what are the IR boys wearing at home to watch the game.
This week on westimated Kate and Kyra discuss Don Cherry ranting about shit he doesn’t understand again, the low low depressingly low number of gender diverse people in hockey operations, Sidney Crosby’s painted on pants, sweet boy Mario Ferraro’s Tech review Youtube channel, and the ESPN player poll - you’ll never guess who we think is pro cocaine in the NHL!
This week Riot & Laura rank the players Halloween costumes on effort, creativity, style and how well they filled out the pants. We also discuss why Swedes don’t know how to candy, nothing is scarier than Don Cherry answering question, Tkachuk’s goal of the year and we forgot to answer the “ok Boomer” question because it took too long for Riot to explain Vine’s to Laura.
This week Kate and Kyra talk about the Heritage classic and how it was apparently not advertised at all, Sidney Crosby taking a puck to the face, which players we’d most like to have propose to us, which players we’d want to listen to do a podcast and about what, and many more of your asks!
This week Laura joins Mike from @itsahockeynight podcast live in Pittsburgh…but on Skype to discuss: how we (with an assist from Jack Johnson) helped to end the Pens 5 game win streak, do the Devils celebrate a win by dressing up as the cast of Top Gun? Which players could transition to other sports? The only think that can stop the Stars curse is a Hocus Pocus level spell – what do Sequin, Benn & Radulov throw into the cauldron? And finally Laura has devised the perfect way to land all the problematic NHLers in jail – you’re welcome.
Laura is joined by friend of the pod Martha (Aderam) and we celebrate women's hockey MsUnderestimated style - who is women's hockey royalty, who's the Becky with the good hair, free lobster rolls - yes please!! Also our suggestions for how to make a women's hockey league better than the NHL.
Happy Thanksgiving Westimated listeners! This week we’re tackling what crawled into Drew Doughty’s jock and died, James Neal’s Big Troll Energy, all the dick jokes you can make with a bottle of ketchup, Jamie Benn’s mercurial intelligence, dog Christmas presents, who we’d swap bodies with for 24 hours, which goalies we want to fight, and what you can find in John Tavares’ backpack.
This week Riot and Laura talk: Tavares wants you to know Freddie is a unit – also he’s captain, but seriously have you seen those shoulders? Geno needs to unclench and he’ll be fine, Dylan Larkin’s ass broke the internet and he did it without implants, what’s on Jamie Benn’s bucket list and finally how many Christmas presents does Seguin buy his dogs?
In this bonus episode Kate, Kyra, Laura and Riot talk about all the Auston Matthews scandals - from Pablo to boys will be boys to does he get to be Captain Underpants. Listener, get ready for some serious feels!!
This week on WESTimated join Kate and Kyra as they talk new RFA contracts, the Saddledome's serious upstairs downstairs quality difference, players' bucket lists, who looks like an alien, what qualities make a good captain, Sid getting choked up, and Gritty being an adolescent.
This week Riot & Laura talk: Jack Eichel really couldn’t live without the phone app … on his phone, John Tavares learns Toronto slang, which players never empty the dishwasher, what to do when your fav is traded to the Sens & obviously Tuukka Rask is an alien.
This week Laura joins Kate for a supersized Westimated episode featuring but not limited to: Sid’s taste in dramas, Brady Tkachuk’s current size, Auston Matthews’ unisex bag, Tyson Barrie playing pub games, players of colour not being interchangeable, Tyler Seguin’s car, that Rossi article about Geno being a big squishy man, and of course Mitch Marner being shocked people talk shit about his dad.
This week Laura is joined by friend of the Pod Mike to discuss: Christmas comes early but not for Kypreos, McLean or Pierre McGuire, the absence of international hockey means Seguin doesn’t get to catch Sid up on what’s cool once every 4 years, is the NHL insiders desk just The View for hockey?, three things we wish for the Penguins season and we rate Geno at least three c’s in thiccc-ness.