NHL free agency has come and gone...a month ago now (but this was recorded shortly after free agency...

Vegas had a good time, and Minnesota had a ... time

The NHL draft has come and gone with little to no joy around it....

Proposed changes to the CBA for the 26-27 season have been leaked and they look...interesting...

Finally...Mitch and Vegas....I wonder how this will turn out...

The Florida Panthers have won the Stanley Cup...Again...because of course they did. We are all pretty happy to not see McDavid hoist the cup for various different reasons, and now we can move on to the most interesting part of the year...that weird phase between the cup, the draft, and free agency.

we also discuss the craziness that was the PWHL expansion draft for Vancouver and Seattle and air our frustrations at what that league needs to do better to attract and retain more fans (and how to handle the next expansion better).

Finally the news never stops in the NHL as there were a handful of trades, signings, and league investigations to talk about.

It's been 6 months, and a lot of hockey has happened. On this episode we break down the first 2 games of the 2025 SCF, why both conference finals losing coaches probably should be fired, the series between Vegas and Minnesota that nearly ended the podcast, and the way too early predictions about the Vegas and Minnesota off-seasons.

McDavid has been suspended for 3 games for his cross-check to the face. Corry Perry said one thing then immediately did the opposite. Carolina and Colorado make a blockbuster trade (Chicago was there too kinda).

Vegas still sucks

Minnesota still sucks

Welp...we are back from our break and better then ever. Vegas sucks, Minnesota sucks, refs suck, and more on this week's podcast.

The Minnesota Wild won in OT last night, the Golden Knights were involved in a stat line that hasn't happened in 80 years...but screw all that because the 4 Nations Faceoff rosters are out. Instant analysis, reactions, and who got snubbed.

Some how at the 1/4 mark of the NHL season...*Checks notes*...Minnesota Wild are the best team in the NHL and are making blockbuster trades. The Golden Knights are somehow atop the Pacific Division (despite getting their clock cleaned by Utah), PWHL Season 2 is off and running as the Minnesota Frost raised their banner (we were there for that), and we take a look at the projected team USA roster for the 4 Nations Faceoff 48 hours before the official announcement.

For once we found someone that was more cutthroat then the Vegas front office. The Bruins fire their coach, Ovi is hurt, the Winter Classic jerseys are out, Vegas still sucks, Minnesota is off to their best ever start, and the PWHL missed out on a major opportunity.

The regular season is fully in swing, the Knights are...ok...the Wild are...ok...and the Jets are still stupid good.

The PWHL has launched their new uniforms (top 6 incoming).

There was a lot of good, bad, and ugly stories around the Hockey universe this week, and we tried to cover some of the big ones.

Also...Ian is not a very good hockey player....he explains in this episode why