On the Friday Prospect Series, Max Bultman, Corey Pronman, Scott Wheeler, along with Chris Peters from Flo Hockey dissect Corey's midseason prospect rankings, they present their midseason lottery mock draft and dip into the mailbag, with thoughts on the BCHL/AJHL shakeup, Marco Kaspers down and up season, Logan Cooley vs Berkly Catton and Jiricek vs Nemec
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Midseason lottery mock draft, Corey's latest rankings and Jiricek vs. Nemec

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Sean and DGB breakdown the Colorado Avalanche steamrolling over Winnipeg, eliminating a shell shocked Connor Hellebuyck and the Jets in five games. The guys talk about a complete effort by the Maple Leafs in game 5 against a Bruins team that looked nervous. They look back on the Hurricanes eliminating the Islanders with New York's goaltending being questioned, and Nashville extending their series with the Canucks with a controversial goalie interference goal from Roman Josi.
Plus, they discuss the Norris Trophy finalists, Quinn Hughes, Cale Makar and Roman Josi, and look ahead to Wednesday's games, involving Pierre Luc Dubois' LA Kings and the Edmonton Oilers and the Dallas Stars vs the Vegas Golden Knights.
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'Humble' Avs advance and have the Maple Leafs just delayed the inevitable?

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?

Hailey, Max and Sean look back on night 5 of the Stanley Cup playoffs, headlined by Brad Marchand's masterful performance in game 3 vs the Maple Leafs, vintage LA Kings Drew Doughty and Anze Kopitar evening up their series with the Oilers and the top ranked Dallas Stars in trouble, down 2-0 to the Stanley Cup Champion Golden Knights.They look ahead to tonight's games including the Islanders and Canes, and the battle of Florida which features the best goaltending duel in the playoffs. Plus they address the Sharks firing of head coach David Quinn, the love fest for the Coyotes in Utah and PWHL New York being eliminated from playoff contention. 
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Will the 'artist' Brad Marchand bring the Maple Leafs down again?

Sean, DGB and Frankie discuss the playoff struggles of Jets goalie Connor Hellebuyck and Leafs winger Mitch Marner. They marvel at the Florida Panthers who have owned the moment in their series with the Lightning, and praise the Avs Alexandar Georgiev who had a huge bounce back in game 2 vs Winnipeg.
Plus, DGB learned that his first round upset pick, Caps over the Rangers, might have been a bad one, and Gentille presents the greatest fear that Canucks fans have: Juuse Saros stealing the series between Nashville and Vancouver and the guys give their take on the Oilers/Kings and Vegas/Dallas playoff series to date. 
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Can Connor Hellebuyck and Mitch Marner overcome their playoff demons?

On today’s Monday edition of The Athletic Hockey Show, Ian and Laz break down the opening games of the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs including the Leafs’ 5-1 loss to the Bruins, the unhinged 7-6 Jets win over the Avs, Matt Rempe’s big game in the Rangers 4-1 win over the Caps, and much more. 

Then, The Athletic’s NHL insider Chris Johnston joins the show to discuss William Nylander’s whereabouts, who’ll start in goal for the Bruins in Game 2, the Coyotes relocating to Salt Lake City, Alex Meruelo’s press conference with Gary Bettman, and more. 

Plus, The Athletic’s own Jesse Granger talks to the guys about Mark Stone being ready Game 1 of the Golden Knights-Stars series, how series odds have changed after the first games have been played, and which Game 1 losers are still the pick to win their series. 

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Midseason lottery mock draft, Corey's latest rankings and Jiricek vs. Nemec

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