Kool Button Hockey Podcast

We continue with our coverage of the Stanley Cup Playoffs and the Conference Finals on the 71st edition of the pod!

We start things off in the East Final as Tampa Bay's Nikita Kucherov factored in on three unanswered Lightning goals, including an assist on Ondrej Palat’s game winner with 42 seconds left in regulation as the Bolts make it a 2-1 series vs the New York Rangers.

• Corey Perry + TBL depth (3:30)
• what we make of series now (4:50)

We shift our focus to the West Final (6:46) with the Colorado Avalanche sights set on advancing to the Stanley Cup Final for the 3rd time in franchise history vs the Edmonton Oilers. And we also get into the big topic from the series over the weekend, Evander Kane's suspension for his hit on Nazem Kadri (10:20).

Our Sports Interaction for the start of the week (17:55) in features our inside look at Game 4s on the Conference Finals Monday and Tuesday.

More on Colorado (20:30) maturing and the depth throughout the roster looking to take the next big step.

And in our in our Ultimate Hockey Fans Final Thoughts segment (29:10) we hit a a number of topics including:

• Jared Bednar growing as a coach
• Carey Price's future in hockey

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We get right after it in our 70th edition of the pod talking about Conference Final series getting underway in the 2022 Stanley Cup Playoffs! 

Eastern Conference Final (:30) - Tampa Bay Lightning vs New York Rangers: With chants of “Igor’s better” echoing throughout MSG, Igor Shesterkin and the “Kid Line” of Filip Chytil, Alexis Lafrenière and Kaapo Kakko helped the Rangers grab a 1-0 series lead in the ECF after a 6-2 win Wednesday.

• The pace in game 1 (4:18)
• Shesterkin style/sense (10:00)

Our Sports Interaction (12:27) features our inside look at both game 2s in the Conference Finals!

Western Conference Final (14:55) - Edmonton Oilers vs Colorado Avalanche: After THE second-highest scoring game in Conference Finals history (tied), the Avs and Oilers play Game 2 of the West Final at Ball Arena Thursday!

We talk some more goaltending, confidence in the playoffs and the special play from Igor Shesterkin(27:40).

We also hit on some NHL News and Notes and talk about the headline out of Montreal this week with Martin St. Louis staying behind the Habs bench (30:57).

And in our Ultimate Hockey Fans Final Thoughts (34:37) Button gets into the NHL coaching carousel over the next month and Kool talks about the Philadelphia Flyers vacancy and the perfect John Tortorella fit!

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We continue our Stanley Cup Playoff coverage as we hit late May and June hockey with a big game 7 in Carolina between the Hurricanes and New York Rangers Monday!

We start the pod by going back to how we got here as Steve and Craig breakdown Saturday’s Game 6 at MSG (2:44).

In our Game 7 preview we hit on a number of key storylines (4:20):

• start of the game
• Igor vs Antti
• low scoring affair
• game 7 experience
• big players in big games

Our Sports Interaction features (15:33) our inside look and picks for the topic discussed in the first half of the pod: NYR at Canes Game 7 !!!

A quick look at the series that wrapped up since our last pod and a few thoughts when looking at the teams futures (18:00)

• Colorado vs St. Louis
• Calgary vs Edmonton

Looking ahead to Round 3: Colorado Avalanche vs Edmonton Oilers (25:30). The matchup with so much! and so much to talk about!

And in our Ultimate Hockey Fans Final Thoughts (38:19) we continue to get excited about Avs vs Oilers and make sure you hug an NHL official next time you see one after an the IIHF World Hockey Championship Final in Finland.

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We start our Jagr salute episode with one of the best games of the 2022 Stanley Cup Playoffs Wednesday as the St. Louis Blues stay alive with a huge game 5 comeback OT win vs the Colorado Avalanche. 

What a game, what a finish and we break it all down: The Blues down 3-0 rally to tie the game 3-3 with 4:46 remaining before Nathan MacKinnon end-to-end highlight-reel hat trick goal

Did hat trick stoppage help Blues? (2:25)

What took place on the Robert Thomas 4-4 tying goal (5:45) and Tyler Bozak’s overtime winner to set up Game 6 Friday in St. Louis!

Also include in the first half of the pod a little master class and fun with hockey history (12:45) throughout… 

Our Sports Interaction (17:05) features our inside look at two pivotal game 5s Thursday and Friday’s game 6 between the Avs and Blues.

In the 2nd half of the pod Button describes what it’s like being in attendance at The Battle of Alberta (19:20). From the scene setter we talk about and breakdown the special series between Edmonton and Calgary. What adjustments will the Flames make? Can the Oilers close it out?

Carolina Hurricanes vs New York Rangers (31:42) will the winner of game 5 pull off the series win? What do we make of the Canes home vs away record? And what do expect from the rest of this series? 

And in our Ultimate Hockey Fans Final Thoughts (39:39) John Tortorella in Philly and Barry Trotz in Winnipeg? 

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The 2nd Round continues and we get right into it talking officiating calls, controversy and control after another great weekend in the Stanley Cup Playoffs!

The Battle of Alberta (5:00) 2-1 for Edmonton vs Calgary. Are the Flames getting a Connor McDavid-ed? Are the Flames in the fight? What does Darryl Sutter do?

St. Louis Blues vs Colorado Avalanche (16:45). What do we make of what took place with Jordan Binnington and Kadri? What do we make of Craig Berube's comments?

Our Sports Interaction (21:09) on this episode features our inside look at Monday and Tuesday Game 4s!

Tampa Bay Lightning vs the Florida Panthers (23:13). In the Sunshine Showdown can the comeback cats pull off the historic series win down 3-0 vs the Bolts?

Carolina Hurricanes 2-1 series lead on the New York Rangers (35:00). Where does the series go after the Rangers found a big game 3 win at home?

And in our Ultimate Hockey Fans Final Thoughts (41:08) a few notes on some of the other news around the NHL and signings.

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Welcome to our 66th episode as we continue with our Stanley Cup Playoff coverage as Round 2 is in full swing! We start with the Battle of Alberta with Button in attendance for Game 1! Not the battle of the goalies after one game and the boys are feeling the toughness of Flames (5:44) will be a huge factor as the Oilers need to get into the fight!

Our Sports Interaction(16:58) features our inside look at Game 2s in the 2nd round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs on Thursday and Friday!

Carolina Hurricanes vs New York Rangers (17:00). The story after Game 1 where the Canes rallied scoring in the final three minutes of regulation and then winning in OT thanks to Ian Cole's second career playoff goal.

Tampa Bay Lightning vs Florida Panthers (23:17). Tampa Bay has held a 2-0 series lead nine times, claiming each series in no more than six games.

Colorado Avalanche vs St. Louis Blues (33:48). Colorado is 15-4 when winning the first two contests in a best-of-seven series and looked dominate in game 1! And we love the Avs depth including their 9 D.

And in our Ultimate Hockey Fans Final Thoughts (41:16) we talk Mario Lemieux with our 66th episode in the books!

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Welcome to another edition of the pod as we head to the 2nd round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs following an insane conclusion to round1 with a weekend filled with Game 7s!

We start by looking back at the amazing 1st round, first up the New York Rangers 3-1 series comeback to eliminate the Pittsburgh Penguins.

Tampa teaches Toronto another lesson (4:40).

Edmonton Oilers vs LA Kings in Game 7 (12:16).

Our Sports Interaction features our inside look at the start of the 2nd round Tuesday and Wednesday (20:59).

The Homer Series: Carolina takes out Boston in Game 7 (23:08).

Sunshine State Showdown: Tampa Bay Lightning vs Florida Panthers (27:45).

Carolina Hurricanes vs New York Rangers (33:18)

And in our Ultimate Hockey Fans Final Thoughts (37:57) we are pretty excited about the Battle of Alberta!!!

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We continue with our Stanley Cup Playoff coverage and start this edition of the pod dealing with some controversy. 

Jacob Trouba on Sidney Crosby. We share our thoughts on the play and talk about the NHL’s Department of Player Safety process when dealing with all plays and controversy.

Calgary Flames vs Dallas Stars: all about coaching and very tight Hockey! (9:12)

Florida Panthers vs Washington Capitals (14:40)

Our Sports Interaction (18:30) features our inside look at 4 Game 6s Thursday night in the Stanley Cup Playoffs 1st round. Teams that hold a 3-2 lead in a best-of-seven own an all-time series record of 332-88.

Toronto Maple Leafs vs Tampa Bay Lightning (21:05)

Carolina Hurricanes vs Boston Bruins (28:40)

Edmonton Oilers vs LA Kings (30:14)

Minnesota Wild vs St. Louis Blues (36:34)

And in our Ultimate Hockey Fans Final Thoughts (38:22) on the Montreal Canadiens winning the draft lottery and having the chance to draft Shane Wright 1st overall in Montreal!

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Steve and Craig bring you another PLAYOFF edition of the pod and the script really writes itself after the unbelievable 1st weekend in the Stanley Cup Playoffs and huge news on Longs Island!

Barry Trotz was fired as coach of the New York Islanders on Monday and that’s where we start ahead of our playoff breakdowns and analysis.

After a conversation about coaching, the boys shift their focus to the 1st round of the playoffs:

• Dallas vs Calgary (5:48)
• Penguins vs Rangers (9:04)
• Toronto vs Tampa (12:16)

Our Sports Interaction (17:14) features our inside look at 4 more Games 4s in the Stanley Cup Playoffs Monday!

In the 2nd half of the pod we continue our focus on the series and matchups in round 1:

• Panthers vs Washington (19:28)
• Hurricanes vs Bruins (25:50)
• MIN vs STL/LAK vs EDM (30:00)

And in our Ultimate Hockey Fans Final Thoughts (38:13) on Kool breakdown Rule 69.7 Rebounds and Loose Pucks!

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The Stanley Cup Playoffs are underway and on this edition of the pod it's all about the best time of the hockey season the 1st round! And ahead of analyzing and breaking down the series/matchups we start with a Button admission/apology.

• Carolina vs Boston (1:38)
• Minnesota vs St. Louis (10:59)
• Tampa Bay vs Toronto (14:08)
• Edmonton vs LA Kings (18:56)

Our Sports Interaction (24:00) features our inside look at 4 more Games 2s in the Stanley Cup Playoffs Thursday!

• Pittsburgh vs NY Rangers (25:45)
• Florida vs Washington (37:38)

And in our Ultimate Hockey Fans Final Thoughts (39:29) Button with a few rapid fire hot hockey topics for Koul!

• Rod Brind'Amour
• Victor Hedman
• Cale Makar
• Officiating

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