Down the Frozen River

The Original Trio address a variety of topics from the last week around the NHL, including the Jonathan Drouin trade, the Mike Smith trade, the Nathan Beaulieu trade, Marian Hossa's skin disorder, awards, new adidas jerseys, Vegas and more. Also discussed, Brass Bonanza and the amazing article The Hockey Writer's Jeff Yerger wrote on Wednesday. This week's episode contains part of "Tequila" from the album "Color in Music 1" by Jacques Ysaye and His Orchestra.

The Original Trio wraps up this year's Stanley Cup Final takes and final thoughts. Colby, Connor and Nick make their Vegas Golden Knights predictions known with the official Down the Frozen River mock 2017 NHL Expansion Draft. Also, Florida hired a new head coach and Colby ranted about Sidney Crosby.

The Original Trio discusses the ongoing Stanley Cup Final and all of Smashville's boisterous madness. Additionally discussed, delay of game penalties, Pekka Rinne, Matt Murray, Marc-Andre Fleury, the latest shockwave out of Seattle and the upcoming Expansion Draft procedure for the Vegas Golden Knights.

Nick and Connor discuss the ongoing 2017 Stanley Cup Final matchup between the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Nashville Predators, as well as Conn Smythe picks, St. Louis's surprising coaching moves and more. Also professed, Connor's love for tennis.

Nick and Connor discuss the ongoing Conference Finals matchups after Pittsburgh beat Ottawa 7-0 on Sunday. Additionally, the GM of the Year finalists are discussed. A weird trip into horse racing occurs and lends itself to a challenge for Pierre McGuire.

Colby makes his return to the podcast for the first time since... Anyway, Nick and Colby discuss the ongoing 2017 Eastern and Western Conference Finals matchups between Pittsburgh and Ottawa, as well as Anaheim and Nashville. Nick makes several plugs for brands that should sponsor the podcast and invites Ilya Bryzgalov to join the show for an episode. Also discussed, Buffalo stuff and why Dallas shouldn't trade the 3rd overall pick.

Nick and Connor preview the 2017 Eastern Conference and Western Conference Finals, as well as discuss the failure of the Washington Capitals in detail. More trophy predictions are made and draft lottery's are awful.

Nick and Connor redo their 2017 Stanley Cup Playoff predictions based on the assumption that everyone gets a mulligan in life for their poor choices made in the First Round. Also discussed, the Los Angeles Kings' new head coach (John Stevens) and other coaching situations around the league, as well as the Vezina, Norris and Lady Byng trophy finalists. Of note, if Nick ever actually went outside, he would know that it was actually warmer in Massachusetts on Monday than it was in South Carolina. Minor details.

Nick and Connor discuss the ongoing First Round of the 2017 Stanley Cup Playoffs with incredible analysis of the Nashville Predators unbelievable sweep of the Chicago Blackhawks, as well as an in depth look at the Buffalo Sabres and where they go from here after relieving Tim Murray and Dan Blysma from their respective duties as general manager and head coach. Selke Trophy and Calder Trophy winners are predicted based on the finalists.

After trying to predict the outcome of the 2016 Stanley Cup Playoffs last year, Nick and Connor decided to give it a go again this year with Frank joining the mix (Colby would've made it too if he didn't ghost us). That's right, this episode largely ignores the fact that we're shutting down our full-time status and instead recaps our horrible 2016-2017 season predictions and previews the 2017 Stanley Cup Playoffs. Nice.