In a Hockey Night in Canada matchup, the Leafs came out victorious in a nailbiter in Edmonton.  Paul Stewart comes back on the show to talk Lightning and he brings a special version of Guess the 5th.  JT Miller finally gets traded by the Canucks and we break it down.    Listen Here:  Apple Podcasts   Direct MP3   iHeart Radio

Title Player Bruce Driver - played for Badger Bob Johnson - ’66-’82  as Head Coach of Wisconsin Badgers 

News

Leafs 4 Oilers 3 in game that went down to the wire.

JT Miller trade to Rangers

To the New York Rangers:

• J.T. Miller (forward)
• Erik Brannstrom (defenseman)
• Jackson Dorrington (defenseman prospect)

To the Vancouver Canucks:

• Filip Chytil (forward)
• Victor Mancini (defenseman)
• Conditional 2025 first-round draft pick

The first-round pick is top-13 protected, meaning if it falls within the top 13 selections in 2025, it will transfer to 20262.

Other Trades

To Dallas

Mikael Granlund and Cody Ceci 

To Sharks

2025 1st, 4th 

 

To Flames

Joel Farabee, Morgan Frost

To Flyers

Andrei Kuzmenko, Jakob Pelletier 2025 2nd, 2028 7th

 

Golden Knights sign Brandon Saad $1.5MM

 

Salary Cap announcements - 

2025-26 - 95.5 (up 7.5)

2026-27 - 104 (up 8.5)

2027-28 - 113.5 (up 9.5) 

Will be interesting to watch contracts this summer - Marner, Rantanen, McDavid 

 

Guess the 5th - a good one!

 

Tampa Bay season update from Paul 

Rivalry with Panthers 

Lightning are +34 Goal Diff (4th in league) but sitting in 2nd Wild Card 

 

4 Nations - what are his thoughts? 

Cooper playing favourites with Hagel and Cirelli? 

 

Paul’s Pet Peeves 

 

Connections 

Last Week  What do the 1977, 1993, 1999, 2003 drafts have in common - 

THis Week - Patrick Hornqvist, Gerry Meehan, Paul Maurice, Jake Middleton

 

Going Streakin’ 

NYI W7 WPG W6 DET W5

STL, NSH L4

 

Crazy Stat - Paul brings a beauty from soccer history