Episode 226 of the Hockey Free For All Podcast 08-14-2026

Hello Hockey Fan’s! Episode 226 of the Hockey Free For All Podcast has arrived, this week’s topics include- #1. The game that ended Patrick Roy's career in Montreal. #2. The Ego of Patrick Roy and Mario Tremblay. #3. Mario Tremblay left Patrick in goal for that entire game to break his ego. #4. No one is more important than the organization itself. #5. The problems and conflicts that Mario Tremblay and Patrick Roy hated each other as roommates long before Mario Tremblay was named head coach. #6. Both Patrick Roy and Mario Tremblay forgot the golden rule. Check your ego at the door. #6. No one has a richer tradition than the Montreal Canadiens. #7. As good as a goaltender that Patrick Roy was in the regular season and money in the playoffs, Patrick Roy is not even in the top 5 best of Montreal Canadien goaltenders all time? Those 5 spots unquestionably belong to Ken Dryden, Jacques Plant, George Vezina, George Hainsworth, Bill Durran, my favorite goaltender of all time Vladislav Tretiak. Going outside of the organization: Martin Brodeur, Henrik Lundqvist, Marc Andre Fleury and I’ll take Andrei Vasilesky or Nikolai Khabibulin at number 10. At best, I’ll slot Patrick Roy here for 2 reasons. Roy played more games and won more Stanley Cups in the modern era. #7. The players that came to Montreal in that trade never had or were given a chance to succeed. The deck was stacked against them from day 1. They were put in a no-win situation. #8. Michael Ryder thought he was more than what Montreal viewed him as. #9. Michael Ryder’s relationship with the Montreal Canadiens turned sour and he was insulted by the Canadiens offer. That was his and his agent’s choice, so he went elsewhere. #10. No doubt that Michael took great enjoyment in winning the Stanley cup with the Boston Bruins of all teams. #11. I would be surprised to learn in the least if then Head Coach Guy Carbonneau had issues with Michael Ryder like Head Coach Mario Tremblay did with Patrick Roy, as Carbonneau benched Ryder on a regular basis. #12. Ryder had a solid career. Good for him and hat’s off to wanting something different and following through on it. #13. Expansion is likely again and the structure is unfair to both clubs and players that have done their jobs, to only get the shaft, for the betterment of expansion clubs. Not their problem or concern. #14. Completely understand one city that’s being considered. There is definitely one city that should be at the top and conserved the number and obvious selection and there is one city being considered for a 3rd time and my question is, how failures does it take to realize it makes zero sense and is an obvious bad choice. Conversation for episode 227.