{"podcast":{"title":"The Athletic Hockey Show","slug":"the-athletic-hockey-show-1370276","podcast_index_feed_id":1370276,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/6818bb89f30c20bff73c9ebc","website_url":"https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/podcasts/","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/6818bb89f30c20bff73c9ebc/1759726975058-4c7afe54-632b-400c-b9d8-0477577978c0.jpeg","author":"The Athletic","episode_count":1165,"summary":"The Athletic's flagship hockey podcast delivers daily insights, prospect rankings, betting picks, and much more, Monday through Friday, all season long. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-29T18:22:43.543058+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-athletic-hockey-show-1370276"},"episode":{"title":"Is clearing Mike Babcock a bad look for the NHL?","slug":"is-clearing-mike-babcock-a-bad-look-for-the-nhl","published_at":"2026-06-18T19:34:21+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-athletic-hockey-show-1370276/is-clearing-mike-babcock-a-bad-look-for-the-nhl","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-athletic-hockey-show-1370276","url":"https://shows.acast.com/the-athletic-hockey-show/episodes/is-clearing-mike-babcock-a-bad-look-for-the-nhl","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6818bb89f30c20bff73c9ebc/e/6a34483d4a187774aca96b4b/media.mp3","summary":"Mike Babcock has been cleared by the NHL after the league investigated his conduct during his tenure with the Columbus Blue Jackets, paving the way for the Edmonton Oilers to hire Babcock as their next head coach. Sean, Frank and Sean present their opinions on Babcock, the Maple Leafs hiring Jim Hiller, and Kelly McCrimmon's end of season comments on the Golden Knights being the most hated team in the NHL and the possibility of Rod Brind'Amour being one of Hockey's Hall of Fame inductees next week. Host: Sean Gentille and Sean McIndoe With: Frank Corrado Executive Producer: Chris Flannery Producer: Jeff Domet We are happy to announce the upcoming release of The Hockey 100, the definitive ranking of the greatest players of the beautiful game. This is set to release ahead of the 2026-27 NHL season in October and you can pre-order today here: http://hc.com/9780063329195 Watch full episodes on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@theathletichockeyshow Join our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/VTm9VjkF Subscribe to The Athletic: https://theathletic.com/hockeyshow Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Mike Babcock has been cleared by the NHL after the league investigated his conduct during his tenure with the Columbus Blue Jackets, paving the way for th…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3571,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-athletic-hockey-show-1370276/episodes/is-clearing-mike-babcock-a-bad-look-for-the-nhl/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-athletic-hockey-show-1370276/is-clearing-mike-babcock-a-bad-look-for-the-nhl.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}