This week, Benjamin, SJ, and Trevor discuss all the sites for the PWHL Takeover Tour and try out a new game featuring Wikipedia.  0:00 Benjamin welcomes SJ and Trevor to the Neutral Zone Hotel 4:39 In PWHL Corner, the Vancouver team has a new name and logo, the takeover tour dates have been announced. The crew has takes. 41:50 It's time for a new game, Hockey Stuff By the Third Line of their Wikipedia Page

The Neutral Zone Hotel crew gets very passionate about urban infrastructure planning. They then talk about the new Seattle Torrent PWHL team name and rank the bobbleheads that have been announced for the season. Benjamin welcomes Trevor and SJ to the Neutral Zone Hotel 06:14 Ottawa arena situation and Lansdowne 2.0 redux discussion 27:45 Seattle Torrent 39:11 Ranking the bobbleheads

The crew takes the first half of this episode to discuss the recent news concerning Ryan Kesler being charged with criminal sexual conduct in Michigan and Mitch Love's 1 year suspension from the NHL after an investigation into domestic abuse allegations. While the crew does not discuss their conduct in explicit terms and instead focuses on wider questions around policy and culture, you can skip this segment using the links below, if needed. After the break, they turn to a discussion of Ottawa's plans to build a new, smaller arena that is not sufficient to host the Ottawa Charge and then they play a challenging Sidney Crosby-themed game. Benjamin welcomes Emily, Trevor, and SJ to the Neutral Zone Hotel 04:32 Ryan Kesler and Mitch Love discussion 32:57 The Lansdowne 2.0 development in Ottawa 47:38 Let's play Sid or Not Sid!

The Washington Capitals announced Sunday that they have relieved assistant coach Mitch Love of his duties following an NHL investigation into his personal…

We discuss the new PWHL Seattle and Vancouver jerseys at length, then turn to overreacting to the first two weeks of the NHL season. Finally, we wrap up the show with the bummer topics of Carter Hart and Kash Patel. Blegh! Benjamin welcomes Emily, Trevor, and SJ to the Neutral Zone Hotel 02:29 PWHL Seattle and Vancouver jersey reveals 26:10 Let's Overreact! to the first two weeks of the NHL season 38:16 Carter Hart signs a PTO with the Vegas Golden Knights 46:16 The monkey's paw curls and Kash Patel is a hockey fan Sign the petition urging the Vegas Golden Knights to not sign Carter Hart: https://www.change.org/p/urge-the-vegas-golden-knights-to-not-sign-carter-hart

The crew goes deep on the Montréal Canadiens rebuild, from contracts on the ice and in the front office to Martin St. Louis's performance as head coach. Then they review some takeaways from the first week of the NHL season and predict the first coach fired. Benjamin welcomes SJ to the Neutral Zone Hotel 02:42 Lane Hutson contract extension 12:45 Habs front office executives Kent Hughes and Jeff Gorton extend in Montréal 24:32 Takeaways from the first week and Ken Dryden tribute 41:22 Predicting the first coach fired 50:57 A brief swerve into talking about baseball

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Benjamin, Emily, Trevor, and SJ talk Connor McDavid's absurd contract and Women's World Championships. Then they rank the PWHL schedule release videos and cap things off by playing a rousing game of Who He Coach For, which they definitely didn't rip off from any famous basketall players. Benjamin welcomes SJ, Emily, and Trevor to the Neutral Zone Hotel 03:51 Connor McDavid's contract extension 15:30 Women's Worlds 25:36 PWHL Schedule Release Videos 39:14 Who He Coach For

The haikus are back! In this special weekend edition of Neutral Zone Hotel, the crew previews the new NHL season by offering a haiku for each team.

Welcome back! It's a new hockey season and a new season of Neutral Zone Hotel. It's still the preseason, so this week the crew talks about some new features of the NHL CBA, the Kaprill Kaprizov signing, and Benjamin walks SJ through the biggest marketing failure in the history of major professional sports, the NHL Guardian Project. 0:00 Benjamin welcomes John, Trevor, SJ, and new host Emily for their shifts. 2:27 Several provisions in the new NHL CBA, starting next year, change various aspects of the preseason, including a ban on fitness testing by teams. The crew discusses the change. 7:14 Karill Kaprizov has signed the new largest contract in NHL history. The crew discusses how this is likely the future of NHL contracts. 19:22 The crew talks about the ban on team dress codes under the new CBA. 34:27 Benjamin presents a Very Special Segment on the NHL Guardian Project Links: A playlist of all 30 Guardian Project team intros: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Py0gFpFfEw&list=PLCB0D50D83ED1A34F Television broadcast of the Guardian Project at the 2011 All-Star Game:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2TebuA4EAw In-arena video of the 2011 ASG reveal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbZ6p2wjx0o&t=60s

Neutral Zone Hotel will back for a third season starting in early October. While you're waiting, check out this preview of the new season featuring all seven hosts. Seven? That's right. Seven. 

The Neutral Zone Hotel crew checks in on the off-season and plays a rousing game of Jeopardy. Benjamin welcomes Trevor, SJ, and special guest Kyle to the Neutral Zone Hotel 07:37 The crew goes around the table to discuss some off-season news. 34:34 We play Hockey Jeopardy!

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The Neutral Zone Hotel crew wraps up the last week in the NHL with the new CBA, entry draft, and free agency. This is the last regular episode of the season. Stay tuned for a few special episodes during the summer. We will return to weekly episodes in October. Alex welcomes Trevor to the Neutral Zone Hotel 03:30 The crew discusses the new NHL CBA set to go into effect in the 2026-2027 season. 22:01 They chat about the 2025 NHL Entry Draft. 43:05 Finally, they cover the first day of NHL free agency and some notable trades. Neutral Zone Hotel is a production of the Neutral Zone Hotel Team. More information is available at https://neutralzonehotel.com Logo design by Emily Mowbray. We're available on YouTube and all the major podcast platforms. You can follow us on social media if you're so inclined:  Instagram: @neutralzonehotel  Bluesky: @neutralzonehotel.bsky.social You can join our Discord server at https://neutralzonehotel.com/discord

It's an all PWHL episode this week as we cover the Awards and Entry Draft. SJ welcomes Benjamin and Trevor to the Neutral Zone Hotel 03:28 The crew discusses the 2024-2025 PWHL Awards. They recap the 2025 PWHL Entry Draft: 10:15 Broadcast and in-person experience 24:23 Admiring the fits 27:16 First round selections and New York trades Ella Shelton for 3rd overall 32:25 What is Mike Hirshfeld doing? 43:56 Kristen Campbell traded to Vancouver 48:41 Abby Roque and Kristin O'Neill are traded and Danièle Sauvageau is voted into the Hockey Hall of Fame 51:24 Analyzing the moves Pascal Daoust made for the New York Sirens Neutral Zone Hotel is a production of the Neutral Zone Hotel Team. More information is available at https://neutralzonehotel.com Logo design by Emily Mowbray. We're available on YouTube and all the major podcast platforms. You can follow us on social media if you're so inclined:  Instagram: @neutralzonehotel  Bluesky: @neutralzonehotel.bsky.social You can join our Discord server at https://neutralzonehotel.com/discord