Greg Wyshynski on Life at the NHL on ESPN, Birth of Puck Daddy, the Future of Gary Bettman and Other Hockey Headlines

Like a typical day’s worth of posts on the legendary Puck Daddy blog he produced at Yahoo, this conversation with Greg Wyshynski of ESPN has it all: strong opinions on the NHL, lots of information, and a few laughs along the way. We hope you enjoy it.

Highlights include…

· Greg names his three favorite people in New Jersey Devils history

· Forecast for the 2022 Stanley Cup Playoffs and Trade Deadline

· His thoughts after being on the Gary Bettman conference call about the Blackhawks

· From leaving a small chain of newspaper in Virginia 13 years ago to appearing regularly on ESPN…what an “overwhelming” trip it’s been

· How he learned he would receive an increased on-air role at ESPN

· Splitting the writing with Emily Kaplan, sharing the studio with John Tortorella

· The early days of Puck Daddy

· When Greg first started to realize the blog at Yahoo was blowing up in a big way

· Was the non-stop hockey news cycle ever exhausting?

· The influence of legendary film critic Roger Ebert

· The three-joke minimum at Puck Daddy

· Sharing career advice: “It’s a lifestyle choice”

Host: Chris Botta

Executive Producer: Dani Rylan Kearney

Producer: Pat Boyle

Presented by: InStat Hockey, Main Street Board Game Cafe