The Habsworld podcast crew got together for our 2024 end of year recording. Host Norm Szcyrek, with cohosts Paul MacLeod, Sean Cayouette and Jonathan Rebelo had a lot to say about the Habs, discuss other hockey news and have some laughs. This podcast was recorded the evening of December 19 2024.

Our roster of topics include:

- Introductions and Habs trivia.

- Deep analysis of the Justin Barron for Alexandre Carrier trade

- Could this move be a pre-cursor for another trade?

- Does this trade mean the Lehkonen/Barron trade was the first trade loss for Kent Hughes?

- Which partner could Carrier be paired with to start?

- Re-evaluating the Kovacevic trade

- Discussion of the December 17th win against Buffalo

- Talk about Laine's dominance on the power play and his even strength play

- Speculation of a Kirby Dach for Dylan Cozens trade

- With back to back games against Detroit coming up, will Samuel Montembeault play both games?

- Should a replacement be made for backup Cayden Primeau?

- Former Habs prospect goaltender Zach Fucale wants to return to the NHL. Could he be considered by Montreal's management as a backup?

- Around the NHL, the 3-on-3 overtime appears to be neutralized by coaching strategies making it boring. How it could be improved was discussed.