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Episode 224 of the Hockey Free For All Podcast 07-31-2026
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- Hockey Free For All
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- Aug 1, 2026
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Summary
Hello hockey fans Episode 224 of the Hockey Free For All Podcast has arrived. Take a listen to this week’s topics that include- #1. Montreal trades 24-year-old 5’ 09 175-pound forward prospect Sean Farrell to Anaheim. #2. Montreal Acquires 23-year-old 6-foot 183-pound right wing Sasha Pastujov from Anaheim. #3. Montreal Canadiens Director of player Development Adam Nichols thought extremely highly of Sean Farrell, so this is a very intriguing trade in many ways. #4. Stop! Montreal does not need Kirill Marchenko. He is not the perfect addition to or fit in Montreal’s top 6. #5. The Montreal Canadiens have a lot of and the internal talent and prospects in the league, hands down! #6. The Montreal Canadiens have drafted exceptionally well and far better than anyone else multiple years! #7. Prospect Michael Hage, center at Michigan University, and Alexander Zharovsky, a winger in the KHL are the last 2 pieces of the top 6 in Montreal, no one else. #8. Macklin Celebrini has signed a new 5-year, 94-million-dollar contract with an annual cap hit of 18.8 million. I’ve but wow and that’s just nuts! But so are the new contracts of Leo Carlsson and Connor Bedard. #9. The Short-term mind-blowing excessive contracts that have been handed to Macklin Celebrini, Leo Carlsson and Connor Bedard right after the 3-year entry deals conclude, have league destruction ramifications. #10. The cap is not and will not rise even remotely at the rate contracts are. #11. The top 2 defensemen and top 6 forwards will eat up 80% plus of team’s caps coming sooner than you think and it’s not good at all. #12. No one is the NHL today is even remotely on the same level of ability and skill of Mario Lemieux, Mark Messier, Wayne Gretzky or Jaromir Jagar. No one else even comes close. #13. I’ll take Mark Mess…