It’s time for another hockey edition of The IX Sports Podcast with Maya Smith. She is joined by Lydia Murray, Boston Fleet beat reporter for The Ice Garden, to talk about the PWHL season and upcoming Winter Olympic Games.
The two started by analyzing the huge, six-player trade between the Vancouver Goldeneyes and Ottawa Charge. The Goldeneyes acquired Michela Cava, Brooke McQuigge, and Emma Greco. Then, in exchange, the Charge acquired Anna Shokhina, Mannon McMahon, and Anna Meixner.
“If every player that was involved in the trade performs to what is their ceiling, like their peak, then Ottawa probably objectively won the trade, but considering that none of the players, as you said, maybe Emma Greco, has been but, have really been at their ceiling this year and playing the best way that we know they can play,” Smith said. “It’s a great change of scenery for everybody, and time will definitely tell how they impact each team.”
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Later in the show, the two discussed their Olympic predictions with Murray touting the strength of the United States.
“Team USA is looking extremely scary this year,” Murray said. “You look at the blend that the US has of veteran leadership and youth, and it’s just, it’s given the team so much life. They’re so fast, they’re so skilled. And I think that this is going to be their year.”
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