Nick Suzuki's line must produce for Habs to beat Hurricanes
5/21/202638 min
The Eastern Conference Final between the Canadiens and Hurricanes begins tonight in Raleigh. The Sean's welcome Arpon Basu to discuss the Habs desperately needing more from Nick Suzuki and his linemates and Lane Hutson's surprisingly steady defense in the playoffs. Hailey Salvian joins from Ottawa, the site of the Montreal Victoire's historic Walter Cup championship win over the Charge and Hailey tells us why she picked Marie-Philip Poulin as playoff MVP over Ann-Renée Desbiens. Plus, the boys look back on the Golden Knights' win over the Avalanche in Game 1 of the Western Conference Final.
Host: Sean Gentille and Sean McIndoe
With: Arpon Basu and Hailey Salvian
Executive Producer: Chris Flannery
Producer: Jeff Domet
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First 90 secondsSean McIndoe· Host0:00
[upbeat music] This is The Athletic Hockey Show.
Sean Gentille· Host0:12
What up, what up? It's The Athletic Hockey Show for May 21st, 2026. Sean Gentille here with Sean McIndoe. This is a Wednesday show on Thursday. We got Arpon Basu here as well. Uh, we spent some quality time together in Raleigh over the last couple days, my man. How are we doing?
Arpon Basu· Guest0:43
We're doing well. We got a lot, we got a lot of quality time ahead of us.
Sean Gentille· Host0:47
Seems- I'm very, I'm very excited.
Arpon Basu· Guest0:49
This is a redux, 2025 redux right here, so this is good.
Sean Gentille· Host0:53
Seems that way. We're gonna talk about Habs, Hurricanes obviously. We're gonna do some recap work on, on the first game of the Western Conference finals. I'm gonna touch base with Haley Salvian, who's in Ottawa. The Walter Cup was awarded last night. Congrats to the Montreal Victoire. We'll talk to her about all that. Uh, but Arpon, you're here. Let's start with the Habs. Um, I, I... a huge storyline going into this series, I think, is that, is the play of the Nick Suzuki line, and not in a positive way. They're getting outscored eight to one at five on five. Uh, expect a goal share of 44% in their 14 playoff