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?

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On a brand new Monday edition of The Athletic Hockey Show, Ian and Laz discuss Laz’s disappointing decision to shave his mustache, Ian’s experience watching Bruins-Maple Leafs Game 7 with noted Leafs enthusiast Sean McIndoe, the allure of being the head coach of the Maple Leafs despite the intense pressure, whether the Bruins or Canucks are the bigger Round 2 underdog, updated Stanley Cup odds, potential NHL Draft lottery outcomes, and the forthcoming retirement of Jets head coach Rick Bowness, as reported by TSN’s Darren Dreger. 

Plus, The Athletic’s NHL insider Pierre LeBrun joins the show to talk about covering the upcoming Avs-Stars series, how things could play out in Toronto this week, why there was so much chatter surrounding Rod Brind’Amour last week, and more.

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Bruins or Canucks: which team is the bigger Round 2 underdog?

On today’s Prospect Series episode of The Athletic Hockey Show, Max talks to Corey, Scott Wheeler, and FloHockey’s Chris Peters on location at the 2024 IIHF U18 World Championship in Finland to discuss the standout performances by under-agers so far, concerns for some of this year’s draft eligibles, and the biggest questions for the guys heading into the medal round. 

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U18 Worlds standouts and concerns

Hailey, Max and Sean discuss the epic first round series between Dallas and the Golden Knights, in which Jake Oettinger and the Stars lead 3 games to 2. They talk about the mature Oilers eliminating the LA Kings, Hailey gets called out for backing the Jets over the Avalanche and they look ahead to tonight's game 6 in Toronto between the Maple Leafs and Bruins.
Plus, the coaching carousel in the NHL could be headlined by Rod Brind'Amour and Mike Sullivan this summer, with both all-star coaches possibly being available in free agency to the highest bidder, this summer. 
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Stars-Golden Knights series shines in 1st round

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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Will the 'artist' Brad Marchand bring the Maple Leafs down again?

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