Claude Lemieux death hit Quebec like a loss in the family. Because for francophones across the province, that is exactly what it was.

Andrew Caddell was in Kamaraska when the news landed. He describes watching Lemieux carry the torch into the rink during game three, the cheer that followed, and what it meant to see a proud Canadien come home one last time. Then the hockey conversation shifts: can this team survive Carolina, and what does it actually need to do differently?

From there, the conversation moves to Ottawa. Mark Carney is selling Canada strong to the world while the message landing at home feels like something else entirely. Andrew Caddell calls it a pincer movement. The question is whether Canadians are buying it.

Topics: Claude Lemieux, Canadiens playoffs, Canada US trade policy, Mark Carney messaging, hockey legacy

GUEST: Andrew Caddell

Originally aired on 2026-05-29