Tommy and I are back for the official end of the Panthers season, and there’s plenty to talk about, including:

9:15: How do we analyze the 2025-26 season for the Panthers now that it is mercifully over?

26:45: Panthers forwards breakdown

38:30: Panthers defensemen breakdown

45:10: Goalie breakdown. Is the Sergei Bobrovsky contract situation rockier than we think?

59:10: What does it mean that multiple members of the Panthers front office members are frontrunners to become GM’s elsewhere? (Recorded before the Devils officially hired Sunny Mehta, podcaster’s curse everyone)

1:10:00: A brief Flyers-Penguins preview

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