The BarDown Podcast

The bracket is set, the teams are decided, and it's time to rank them! Luca, Corwin, Jesse and Poc sat down to put all 16 2024 NHL Playoff teams onto their tier list. Let us know which teams you think are too high or too low!

With the 2024 NHL Playoffs only a couple of weeks away, Luca, Corwin, Jesse, and Poc sat down to rank their top 25 playoff players. Check out the latest BarDown Podcast to see who cracks each of their lists! (Recorded on April 03, 2024)

On this episode of the BarDown podcast, DZ, Corwin, Julia and Thomas dive into the mailbag to answer a bunch of fan questions. They also discuss Patrick Kane's awesome OT moment in Chicago, Matt Rempe's fighting streak, and who they'd want to see the Rangers play in round one.

Would you take Auston Matthews over Leon Draisaitl, or Connor Bedard over Jack Hughes? Jesse, Corwin, DZ and Luca share some of their unpopular hockey opinions, and also break down Jagr's retirement, a bunch of hat tricks, and some questionably priced stadium food.

It's time for another BarDown Podcast and this time it's we've got a bunch of special guests. Jesse, Corwin, DZ, and Luca are joined by some of the NHL and PWHL players in Toronto for the 2024 NHL All-Star Weekend. Special guests inclue Jack and Quinn Hughes, David Pastrnak, Marie-Philip Poulin, Brianne Jenner, Jake Oettinger, Cale Makar, and many more! Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 1:47 Abby Roque, Lee Stechlein & Ella Shelton 8:04 Jake Oettinger 16:34 David Pastrnak 19:42 Cale Makar & Nick Suzuki 29:49 Brianne Jenner and Alina Muller 34:55 Marie-Philip Poulin 40:31 Quinn Hughes & Elias Pettersson 48:53 Laura Stacey 51:57 Jack Hughes 56:31 Sebastian Aho 59:33 Renata Fast

We're back with another BarDown Podcast! On this episode, Luca, Corwin, Jesse and DZ hit the panic button on a team from each division, breakdown some wild fan proposed trades, and take a look at the new all-star jerseys.

We're back with another BarDown podcast as DZ, Jesse, Luca and Thomas discuss which team is the best in the NHL, William Nylander's contract extension, the Cutter Gauthier trade and more!

Entering the New Year, Luca, Thomas and DZ go over storylines that began in 2023, that are likely to continue in 2024!

The BarDown team returns to the podcast room to close out 2023 with their own award ceremony. Highlighting the very best and the very worst of the year.

Warning: this podcast is going to be a little chaotic. It's time for another podcast. We ranked all the new 2023-2024 jerseys... but we recorded this one during a BarDown beer league game! Would you like to see another podcast from the bench of a BarDown game?

We're a quarter of the way through the NHL season so it's time for DZ, Luca, Corwin and Jesse to discuss one of their favourite topics... Frauds!

Corwin, Jesse are joined by special guests Poc and Julia to discuss some of the most recent NHL drafts, how they have shaped the landscape of the current NHL and how each draft could have changed with hindsight.

With most teams hitting the 15 game mark in the NHL, Jesse, Corwin and DZ decided to take a look at 6 stats that tell a story of how the season has gone so far.

DZ, Luca, Corwin and Jesse are back and this time they're proposing some wild trade ideas. What trades would you like to see your team make?

Luca, Jesse, Corwin and DZ rank their top 5 lines in the NHL. Corwin also gives his official statement regarding the controversy around his Jake Oettinger take.

Luca, Jesse, Thomas, and DZ discuss 7 early surprise from around the NHL. Slow starts, hot starts, early award favourites and teams that may already be thinking trades.

The BarDown Podcast is back and SHOCKER, Corwin is right about everything again. The fellas share 2 gross overreactions to the first week of the NHL season (Recorded on the morning of October 17, 2023).

The 2023/24 NHL season is underway! Corwin, DZ, Luca and Jesse are back ranking every. single. team. From 'Cup Favourite' to '1st Overall Favourites' we get to all of your beloved (and most hated) teams.

On the eve of the start of the 2023-24 NHL season, Corwin, Luca, Jesse and DZ rank the top 25 players in the league.

DZ, Corwin, Luca and Jesse are back, and they're predicting the 2023 NHL division winners, playoff contenders and even their Stanley Cup champion!

Reverse Retro 2022 is here and thanks to Adidas Hockey, the BarDown team was able to get early access to bring the most comprehensive ranking of all 32 new sweaters to the hockey world. Which ones did we get right, which ones did we get wrong, and which ones are your favourites?

The 2022/23 NHL season is underway! Corwin, DZ, Luca and Jesse are back ranking every. single. team. From 'Cup Favourite' to '1st Overall Favourites' we get to all of your beloved (and most hated) teams.

“For sure I was wrong, I'll eat my words there.” — Corwin 2022 Corwin, DZ, Luca and Jesse are back and apologizing to the teams that they wrote off earlier in the playoffs.

The BarDown Squad is back! Corwin, DZ, Jesse and Luca give their takes on who they think is most deserving of the Conn Smythe trophy so far. Don't Think Just Tweet returns with some spicy topics including what Presidents' Trophy playoff exit is the most embarrassing and with the Lightning's sweep of the Panthers, should Leafs fans feel vindicated?

Corwin, DZ, Luca and Jesse return more fired up than ever. Doubling down on who they think the remaining frauds are in the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. 

Corwin, DZ, Luca and Jesse return to give their steamiest of takes on who they think the biggest frauds are so far. Jesse’s favourite segment is back with Don’t Think Just Tweet and they each give their own 'Loser Point'.

What do Nick Foligno and Slappy from Goosebumps have in common? Both of them gave Corwin nightmares. The BarDown squad goes through some of the spookiest trades that could happen at the NHL Trade Deadline. 

Who are the contenders and who are the pretenders right now in the NHL? Corwin, DZ, Luca and Jesse are back with an updated outlook of the Eastern and Western conference playoff races. Then the BarDown squad gets heated while discussing who they think are the most underrated players in the NHL today. Finally the gang busts out the mailbag to answer some questions from the YouTube comment section!

Corwin, DZ, Luca and Jesse are back and giving out their NHL Mid Season Player awards, chatting about where they think (and maybe hope) Claude Giroux will land and also go through their biggest surprises and disappointments from the season. Plus they have three brand new events that they think will fix the NHL All-Star Skills Competition.

Corwin, DZ, Luca and Jesse are back and this week they are ranking their Olympic favourites and letting the whole world know which NHL team has disappointed them the most so far this year. The gang also answer a few questions from the BarDown DMs!

Corwin, DZ, Jesse and Luca are back and this time they are coming to the table with what their Olympic hockey rosters would look like for Canada and the USA. The crew also breaks down and separates who the pretenders and who the contenders in the NHL are!

TSN's Senior Correspondent Rick Westhead joins the BarDown podcast to discuss the ongoing Blackhawks lawsuit and the reaction from the league.

With the Jack Eichel trade rumour mill getting a slight spark, Luca, Corwin, Jesse and DZ dive into who they think could or should be in on the Sabres former captain. They gang also breaks down who their must watch "Box Office" NHL player picks are so far. Finally after an absolutely electric start to the season they ponder whether or not the bona fide superstar Connor McDavid will ever reach the 150 single-season point mark.

The BarDown gang is BACK and the word of the day is objectivity. DZ, Corwin, Luca and Jesse predict their division winners, playoff contenders and even their Stanley Cup champion!

The Leafs may be out but the BarDown gang is back. What does the future hold for the Leafs and how will the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs shake out?

Would the Stanley Cup exist without women's hockey? Maybe not. Julia, Tekeyah and Corwin take a deep-dive into the long, little-known, and wildly interesting history of women's hockey and the people who've made it great.

In this special NHL playoff preview episode Luca and Jesse join Corwin and DZ to rank the most exciting and intriguing upcoming NHL playoff matchups!

Digital SportCentre host and gaming expert Marissa Roberto joins Corwin and DZ to explore the volatile and potentially lucrative world of NFTs and what they could look like to fans if the NHL started their very own marketplace.

There have been a lot of historically great teams in the NHL. Some of them won Stanley Cups, most of them didn't. Corwin and DZ are back ranking the best teams who couldn't win hockey's ultimate prize.

It's past the mid way point of the season and your favourite team has to make a decision, are they heading to the playoffs or are they abandoning all hope? Either way, trade deadline day has something to offer every fan.

It's been a few weeks and it's time for DZ to check in on Corwin the Bubble Boy. He spills the tea on who the biggest smack talkers are at the tournament, what it's like to get COVID tested daily and if he ever gets recognized by the next group of NHL superstars.

In the newest BarDown podcast segment, “Ranking Stuff,” Corwin and DZ reveal their list of the 10 best and 10 worst NHL first overall picks of all time.

Jesse and Luca have taken over the Pod and with no NHL hockey until the new year, they’re FIRED up about the World Juniors. With names like Alexis Lafrenière, Jack Hughes, and Kaapo Kakko potentially playing in this year’s tournament, could this World Juniors be the best of all-time?

After Corwin's EA account was banned for suspicious behaviour, him and DZ made a couple calls to get more familiar with the "Ultimate Team" coin markets in video games like NHL 21, FIFA 21 and Madden 21. They learn more about the tens of millions of dollars being spent on virtual video game currency, how sophisticated this market has become and the hackers who have infiltrated the games' servers.

BarDown asked their followers to DM them their best hockey stories. Some of them were so good that Corwin and DZ called them up to hear it for themselves.

Nike made equipment for some of the most legendary players in the NHL, but then all of a sudden, they vanished from the sport. To find out where they went and why they ventured into hockey in the first place, Daniel and Corwin make a couple calls to former Nike employees.

The Goon franchise will forever be recognized as one of the most memorable additions to a short list of hockey's cult classic films, but not many people would identify the movies for their realism. Maybe more will after hearing from the creator of the Battle of the Hockey Enforcers, Darryl "Beef" Wolski.

Believe it or not, the NHL originally hated one of the league’s most popular team logos. We spoke to the designers of some of the most controversial hockey logos of all time.

Did the music in EA Sports’ games used to be better or is it just nostalgia? We spoke to EA’s worldwide president of music to find out.

“Way to go, Paul” is one of the most famous hockey videos of all time. We found Paul and spoke to him about what it was like to be labelled a “Crazy Hockey Dad.”