On today’s brand new Monday edition of The Athletic Hockey Show, Ian and Laz break down all the playoff action from this past weekend and discuss Ian’s NHL realignment plan, Evander Kane’s “drama” comment, a classic Jake Voracek press conference moment, playoff series comeback odds, and special shoutouts to journalist Mike Zeisberger and CBJ communications specialist Lindy Noel for donating a kidney to The Athletic’s own Aaron Portzline! 
 Plus, The Athletic’s NHL insider Pierre LeBrun joins the show to talk about the state of the Toronto Maple Leafs, potential names on this offseason’s coaching carousel, the Kings-Oilers series, and more. 
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Stanley Cup Playoffs weekend roundup: Rangers sweep Caps, who advances next?

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On today’s Prospect Series episode of The Athletic Hockey Show, Max, Corey, and Scott discuss Corey’s 2024 NHL Mock Draft 2.0 and answer a bunch of great listener questions in the mailbag. 
 Before that, The Athletic’s own Scott Powers joins the show to talk about whether the Chicago Blackhawks are more likely to select Artyom Levshunov or Ivan Demidov with the No. 2 pick in this year’s draft.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Will the Blackhawks pick Levshunov or Demidov in this year’s draft?

Hailey, Sean and Max present the top 10 important players on the Florida Panthers and Edmonton Oilers with the Stanley Cup Final set to begin on Saturday night in Sunrise, Florida. From the goaltending of Stuart Skinner and Sergey Bobrovsky, to superstars Connor McDavid and Aleksander Barkov to the all important supporting casts, they discuss who needs, and who will step up their game to capture Lord Stanley's cup?   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The 12 most important players in the Stanley Cup Final

Sean, Frankie Corrado and Sean preview the Stanley Cup final between Edmonton and Florida, the opportunity the NHL has with Connor McDavid in the final, the overwhelming consensus that the Panthers are the favorite and if Canadian hockey fans should be compelled to cheer for the Oilers since they are the last Canadian team standing and the perceived tax advantage U.S. teams have over Canadian teams. Before that, Sean and Sean tell us what they learned this past week in hockey, with Joe Pavelski hinting a retirement announcement, is he a hall of famer? They discuss the Utah NHL franchise selling partial ice view seats and the Sean's present the worst TV commercials in Canada and the States this playoff season.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is Joe Pavelski Hall of Fame worthy?

On today’s Monday edition of The Athletic Hockey Show, Ian and guest cohost Sean McIndoe discuss the Stanley Cup Final schedule, the misnomer that all Canadians are going to root for the Oilers, how Flames fans must feel watching the Panthers’ success, how Leafs fans feel about Zach Hyman’s success, historic 50-goal scorers in the Final, and whether No. 97 can join No. 99 and No. 66 as the only players in playoff history to record 40 points.  
 Plus, The Athletic’s NHL insider Chris Johnston joins the show to talk about whether Connor McDavid can become a US star now that he’s on the sport’s biggest stage, Zach Hyman as maybe the best free agent signing in the salary cap era, Sam Reinhart’s impending UFA status, and more, and The Athletic’s own Jesse Granger talks to the guys about the 2024 USA Hockey National Goaltending Symposium, if Sergei Bobrovsky is a Hall of Famer if he wins the Cup, the latest Stanley Cup odds, and more.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Will the Stanley Cup Final put Connor McDavid on the map in the US?

On a loaded Prospects Series episode of The Athletic Hockey Show, Max, Corey, Scott, and FloHockey’s Chris Peters break down Corey’s latest 2024 NHL Draft ranking, Chris audits Corey, Max, and Scott’s “If I were a GM” mock draft results, and the guys close things out with thoughts on the Memorial Cup so far.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Stanley Cup Playoffs weekend roundup: Rangers sweep Caps, who advances next?

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