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By Steve Kouleas & Craig Button
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1313 ratings
The podcast currently has 142 episodes available.
The Vegas Golden Knights are the 2023 Stanley Cup Champions! Welcome to our 141st edition of the pod as we celebrate the Champs and the great NHL season by getting right into the next one and what happens this summer!
2023/24 Stanley Cup odds (11:28)
Tougher Toronto Maple Leafs? (14:20)
NHLPA future plans and seasons (22:36)
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Welcome to 140th edition of the pod where Kouleas and Button continue with our Stanley Cup Final coverage as we recap Game 4 in Florida from Saturday and preview Game 5 in Vegas Tuesday!
With the Golden Knights up 3-1 vs the Panthers the Stanley Cup will be in the building as the series shifts back to Vegas for Game 5
Gary Bettman ovation (3:12)
The Vegas build + Bill Foley (13:35)
Final thoughts on Game 4 + Game 5 preview (15:50)
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Our 2nd half of our pod includes our thoughts on some of the offseason topics around the NHL:
What's up with the Winnipeg Jets? (18:48)
Final Thoughts - Silly Season (27:06)
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Welcome to our 139th edition of the pod! We continue with Kouleas and Button all over the Stanley Cup Final as the series shifted to Florida for game 3 Thursday between the Vegas Golden Knights and Panthers.
Florida now trails 2-1 in the best-of-7 series as the Cardiac Cats stay alive coming back from a 2-1 deficit to win 3-2 in overtime!
Continuing to come up clutch for the cats: Matthew Tkachuk with a late tying goal, Carter Verhaeghe OT GWG and Sergei Bobrovsky who made 25-saves (5:00)
* The late rally allowed the Panthers to claim their first-ever win in the Stanley Cup Final, doing so in the first such contest played at FLA Live Arena. It came exactly 27 years after the state of Florida hosted the Final for the first time (Game 3 of 1996 SCF was played at Miami Arena).
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In the Silly Season Department (23:47) we share our thoughts on Damon Severson traded to the Columbus Blue Jackets by the New Jersey Devils on Friday after signing an eight-year, $50 million contract. As part of the trade the Devils received a 3rd-round pick in the 2023 NHL Draft.
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Welcome to our 138th edition of the pod as we continue with our Stanley Cup Final coverage and continue to dive deep into off-season NHL news.
We start with SCF Game 2 where the Vegas Golden Knights matched a franchise playoff record with 7-goals and now have a 2-0 series lead vs the Panthers as the series shifts back to Florida for Game 3 Thursday.
Our other main topics of discussion include news around The Silly Season:
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We are back at it after a few busy weeks with our 137th edition of the pod! Enjoy our latest episode as Kouleas and Button breakdown all the news in the NHL this week and set you up with a preview of the Stanley Cup Final!
We start first with the Silly Season and big news from around the league:
Kyle Dubas + Pittsburgh Penguins (00:30)
Brad Treliving + Toronto Maple Leafs (5:13)
THE STANLEY CUP FINAL IS HERE!!! (23:35)
Florida Panthers vs Vegas Golden Knights
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Welcome to 136th edition of the pod! It's all about the Stanley Cup Playoffs as our Round 2 coverage continues with Kool and Button breaking down and discussing the status of each series!
Florida vs Toronto (00:17)
New Jersey vs Carolina (7:23)
Edmonton vs Vegas (12:17)
Seattle vs Dallas (18:57)
In addition to our playoff coverage, we also get into some of the eliminated teams and talk about future plans for teams who's season ended earlier then expected.
New York Rangers (23:54)
Boston Bruins + Patrice Bergeron (28:41)
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Welcome to our 135th edition of the pod and the 2nd round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs!
With Button back from Europe and Kouls buzzing after Round 1 we start by looking back at the amazing hockey the last two weeks.
Following some of the biggest stories of the 1st round it's off to Round 2 as we preview the matchups and go over the final 8 team remaining in the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
Final Thoughts (31:32)
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Welcome to our 134th edition of the pod all about the amazing 1st round/week of the Stanley Cup Playoffs!
One of the hottest topics after week one as it usually is officiating in the playoffs. Kouleas and Button get right into it discussing some of the controversy, calls and different ideas that could help improve things.
After our deep dive on some refs we talk about series matchups and different storylines after the 1st weekend of the playoffs!
Tampa Lightning vs Toronto Maple Leafs
New Jersey Devils vs New York Rangers
Edmonton Oilers vs LA Kings (20:37)
Confusing Winnipeg Jets (26:44)
Final thoughts (29:39)
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Welcome to 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs and our 133rd episode! Enjoy Part 2 of our Playoff Previews as we breakdown and look at all 8 matchups in the 1st round: Key storylines, players, predictions and more!
Our 1st item of business banged up players how injuries can play a factor in the Stanley Cup Playoffs (00:35)
Boston Bruins vs Florida Panthers (3:05)
Carolina Hurricanes vs New York Islanders (5:37)
New Jersey Devils vs New York Rangers (9:47)
Toronto Maple Leafs vs Tampa Bay Lightning (15:10)
Vegas Golden Knights vs Winnipeg Jets (18:45)
Colorado Avalanche vs Seattle Kraken (22:17)
Edmonton Oilers vs LA Kings (24:01)
Minnesota Wild vs Dallas Stars (26:13)
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Welcome to our 132nd episode where it's all about the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs! With 6 matchups set we breakdown the 4 in the East and 2 in the West as we get your set for Round with Part 1 of our Playoff Preview Special!
New Jersey Devils vs New York Rangers (00:47)
Carolina Hurricanes vs New York Islanders (5:14)
Toronto Maple Leafs vs Tampa Bay Lightning (10:30)
Boston Bruins vs Florida Panthers (15:33)
Edmonton Oilers vs LA Kings (18:38)
Vegas Golden Knights vs Winnipeg Jets (24:55)
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The podcast currently has 142 episodes available.