The HabsWorld podcast crew was back to full strength and ready to talk about les Canadiens. Host Norm Szcyrek, with cohosts Paul Macleod, Sean Cayouette and Jonathan Rebelo, had a lot to say about the Habs, discussed other hockey news, and had some laughs. This podcast was recorded on December 4, 2025.

Topics include:

- Introductions, Habs trivia, Montreal trade tree

- Mike Matheson contract extension; was this a Black Friday bargain for the Canadiens?

- Engstrom call up and evaluating his play during his two games played

- Jared Davidson fitting a fourth line role well

- Struggles of Alexandre Carrier

- David Reinbacher playing well in the AHL recently

- Andrei Markov tribute December 3rd and Markov's impact on his teammates

- Both Montreal goalies struggling for the last 4-5 weeks; what can be done?

- Coach Martin St. Louis needs more development

- Some trade rumours were discussed

- Slakovsky may be playing his best hockey the past two weeks

- Bolduc demotion to the fourth line; is this part of his development curve as a young player?

- Texier's play with Montreal was discussed

- Is Demidov's increased ice time key to his improved play?

- Lane Hutson's 75 assists in his first 100 NHL games is the second best pace in NHL history!

- Will Montreal be interested in trading for Kiefer Sherwood or Blake Coleman?

- Could Nick Suzuki get bumped off Team Canada by players like Connor Bedard or Macklin Celebrini?

- Updates on Habs prospects Alexander Zharovsky, Michael Hage, Bryce Pickford, L.J. Mooney, Hayden Paupanekis

- Habs scouting staff mostly intact since Gorton/Hughes regime, but Canadiens appear to be much better at drafting

- Florian Xhekaj's first call up to Montreal was analyzed

- Around the NHL topics included Kyle Palmieri incredible play while injured, league parity at this point in the season, Jeff Chychrun excellent play and his eccentric home habits