{"id":97375,"date":"2021-01-10T13:00:15","date_gmt":"2021-01-10T18:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=97375"},"modified":"2021-01-08T23:59:47","modified_gmt":"2021-01-09T04:59:47","slug":"puck-talk-live-podcast-episode-52-central-division-predictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2021\/01\/10\/puck-talk-live-podcast-episode-52-central-division-predictions\/","title":{"rendered":"Puck Talk Live Podcast: Episode 52 &#8211; Central Division Predictions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">LWOS writers Logan Rosengard, Noah Foster, and Raffi Sarrafian discuss news, updates, and more surrounding the most entertaining league in North America, the NHL! We post shows every Friday at noon CST, anywhere you get your podcasts. Make sure to follow us on Instagram, @pucktalklivepodcast.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<h2>Puck Talk Live Podcast: Episode 52 &#8211; Central Division Predictions<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">LISTEN TO PODCAST <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/4a8Ih3UmxJu2f7jI7E1Xbt?si=zqsUnoFwRGaLRcF9mvcOgQ\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HERE<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>On episode 52 of the podcast, the boys review their Central Division predictions. While the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/redwings\/\" target=\"_self\">Detroit Red Wings<\/a> are almost certainly going to be at the bottom, make sure to watch <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/l\/larkidy01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dylan Larkin<\/a><\/strong>, the Wings&#8217; best young player. The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/blackhawks\/\" target=\"_self\">Chicago Blackhawks<\/a> are discussed in detail, including their carrousel of defencemen. Ian Mitchell, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/s\/seabrbr01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brent Seabrook<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/boqviad01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Adam Boqvist<\/a><\/strong>, and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/z\/zadorni01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nikita Zadorov<\/a><\/strong> are all possible options for the third defensive pairing. The boys all agree that the Nashville Predators are an extremely boom or bust team that is very reliant on <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/s\/sarosju01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Juuse Saros<\/a><\/strong> to perform well.<\/p>\n<p>The top teams in the division are also in a tight race for first place. While the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/hurricanes\/\" target=\"_self\">Carolina Hurricanes<\/a> are an extremely strong team, the trio agrees goaltending is their weakest point. However, their incredible defence and top-tier offence makes up for it. Their young forwards could make up the best first line in the league. The favorite to win the division is the defending Stanley Cup champions, the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/lightning\/\" target=\"_self\">Tampa Bay Lightning<\/a>. Even with <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/k\/kucheni01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nikita Kucherov<\/a><\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2020\/12\/23\/tampa-bay-lightning-nikita-kucherov-out-for-season-after-hip-surgery\/\" target=\"_self\">out for the season<\/a>, the Lightning still have an incredibly dangerous offence. Stay tuned for tomorrow&#8217;s episode covering the West Division!<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Who are Logan, Raffi, and Noah? Put simply, they are three high school friends who bonded over their strong love for hockey, and decided to share their thoughts with the world via podcast. All three are die-hard Blackhawks fans, but Logan also cheers for the Hurricanes and Raffi also roots for the Bruins. 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We post shows every Friday at noon CST, anywhere you get your podcasts. Make sure to follow us on Instagram, @pucktalklivepodcast.\u00a0 Puck Talk Live Podcast: Episode 52 &#8211; Central Division Predictions [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3605,"featured_media":97411,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[49,10,27,11,29,4,6,4547,31,4548,9],"tags":[136,300,5895,5894,246,111,102,95,106,2204,243,5782,5780,42],"class_list":["post-97375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-podcasts","category-hurricanes","category-blackhawks","category-bluejackets","category-stars","category-redwings","category-panthers","category-hockey","category-predators","category-nhl","category-lightning","tag-carolina-hurricanes","tag-central-division","tag-central-division-analysis","tag-central-division-prediction","tag-chicago-blackhawks","tag-columbus-blue-jackets","tag-dallas-stars","tag-detroit-red-wings","tag-florida-panthers","tag-hockey-podcast","tag-nashville-predators","tag-nhl-analysis","tag-nhl-podcast","tag-tampa-bay-lightning"],"modified_by":"Oscar Elieff","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97375","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3605"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97375"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97375\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}