The Vegas Golden Knights are the 2023 Stanley Cup Champions! Welcome to our 141st edition of the pod as we celebrate the Champs and the great NHL season by getting right into the next one and what happens this summer! GM's time to make mark is now (00:41)VGK Cup Champ offseason plan? (3:11)Golden Knights next season (7:47) 2023/24 Stanley Cup odds (11:28) Colorado Avalanche? Edmonton Oilers? Tougher Toronto Maple Leafs? (14:20) Playoff template: heavier + biggerThe Matthews plan?...

Welcome to 140th edition of the pod where Kouleas and Button continue with our Stanley Cup Final coverage as we recap Game 4 in Florida from Saturday and preview Game 5 in Vegas Tuesday! With the Golden Knights up 3-1 vs the Panthers the Stanley Cup will be in the building as the series shifts back to Vegas for Game 5 Vegas just better (11:15)Tkachuk injury (1:40)Game 4 + 5 thoughts Gary Bettman ovation (3:12) NO BOO'S for Bettman!If VGK Cup in Vegas?Reason for the teamBettman + NHL...

Welcome to our 139th edition of the pod! We continue with Kouleas and Button all over the Stanley Cup Final as the series shifted to Florida for game 3 Thursday between the Vegas Golden Knights and Panthers. Florida now trails 2-1 in the best-of-7 series as the Cardiac Cats stay alive coming back from a 2-1 deficit to win 3-2 in overtime! Continuing to come up clutch for the cats: Matthew Tkachuk with a late tying goal, Carter Verhaeghe OT GWG and Sergei Bobrovsky who made 25-saves...

Welcome to our 138th edition of the pod as we continue with our Stanley Cup Final coverage and continue to dive deep into off-season NHL news.  We start with SCF Game 2 where the Vegas Golden Knights matched a franchise playoff record with 7-goals and now have a 2-0 series lead vs the Panthers as the series shifts back to Florida for Game 3 Thursday. Cup Final mismatch (0:25)Can FLA make it a series?Tkachuk misconducts? (3:45)Vegas too deep for FLA (8:50)What happens next?Conn Smythe favs...

We are back at it after a few busy weeks with our 137th edition of the pod! Enjoy our latest episode as Kouleas and Button breakdown all the news in the NHL this week and set you up with a preview of the Stanley Cup Final! We start first with the Silly Season and big news from around the league: Kyle Dubas + Pittsburgh Penguins (00:30) PIT Plan and future?Crosby, Malkin, Letang (3:00) Brad Treliving + Toronto Maple Leafs (5:13) The Auston Matthews plan?Sign? Trade? Sign + trade?Marner +...

Welcome to 136th edition of the pod! It's all about the Stanley Cup Playoffs as our Round 2 coverage continues with Kool and Button breaking down and discussing the status of each series! Florida vs Toronto (00:17) What's realistic?Knowing how to winBest need to be bestPanthers playoff depth New Jersey vs Carolina (7:23) Devils game 2 adjustments Canes team mindset Edmonton vs Vegas (12:17) 97 + 29 together Other Oilers neededVGK depth + detail Seattle vs Dallas (18:57) Another Button flash...

Welcome to our 135th edition of the pod and the 2nd round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs! With Button back from Europe and Kouls buzzing after Round 1 we start by looking back at the amazing hockey the last two weeks. Panthers upset the Bruins (1:22)Kraken take our Cup Champs (5:35)Winnipeg Jets + Bowness comments (7:57) Following some of the biggest stories of the 1st round it's off to Round 2 as we preview the matchups and go over the final 8 team remaining in the Stanley Cup...

Welcome to our 134th edition of the pod all about the amazing 1st round/week of the Stanley Cup Playoffs! One of the hottest topics after week one as it usually is officiating in the playoffs. Kouleas and Button get right into it discussing some of the controversy, calls and different ideas that could help improve things. After our deep dive on some refs we talk about series matchups and different storylines after the 1st weekend of the playoffs! Tampa Lightning vs Toronto Maple...

Welcome to 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs and our 133rd episode! Enjoy Part 2 of our Playoff Previews as we breakdown and look at all 8 matchups in the 1st round: Key storylines, players, predictions and more! Our 1st item of business banged up players how injuries can play a factor in the Stanley Cup Playoffs (00:35) Boston Bruins vs Florida Panthers (3:05) Carolina Hurricanes vs New York Islanders (5:37) New Jersey Devils vs New York Rangers (9:47) Toronto Maple Leafs vs Tampa Bay...

Welcome to our 132nd episode where it's all about the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs! With 6 matchups set we breakdown the 4 in the East and 2 in the West as we get your set for Round with Part 1 of our Playoff Preview Special! New Jersey Devils vs New York Rangers (00:47) Carolina Hurricanes vs New York Islanders (5:14) Toronto Maple Leafs vs Tampa Bay Lightning (10:30) Boston Bruins vs Florida Panthers (15:33) Edmonton Oilers vs LA Kings (18:38) Vegas Golden Knights vs Winnipeg...

Welcome to a very special edition of the pod our 1st episode with both Kouleas and Button LIVE in the hockey basement!!  We start by talking about some of the special memorabilia, tickets and fun memories provided by the famous Kouleas basement! In this episode we hit on all the big games, races and storylines as part of the Final week of the NHL Regular Season (5:40)  Playoff Pushes Calgary Flames What went wrong? East Wild Cards Oilers + Avs rising at right time! Who wants to face...

Welcome to our 130th edition of the pod as the push to the playoffs and big races continue in the NHL! Our 1st main topic the Edmonton Oilers and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins 100-points (00:37). With the milestone the Oilers became the 1st team since 1995-96 and 14th in NHL history to have 3 or more players post a triple-digit point total in the same season! Colorado Avalanche (3:08) The Road in the West Resting Players (7:22) Getting playoff ready 2nd half BIG TOPIC: Playoffs + Officiating...

Under 2-weeks until the start of the Stanley Cup Playoffs and the races are on! On our 129th edition of the pod we go over some of hockey's hottest topics from the weekend and week ahead! The West Wild Card (00:36) WPG? CGY? NSH?Who makes it? (3:07)Seattle Kraken WC1? (5:42)Strength of schedule Devils vs Rangers (9:09) Playoff matchup Underlaying numbers (11:22)Strategies + speed on wings (12:28)Coaching in the series (13:47) Leon Draisaitl (13:37) reached the 50-goal mark for the third time...

Welcome to our 128th edition of the pod! On this episode Bill Daly the Deputy Commissioner of the NHL joins Steve and Craig to talk about a number of league topics and issues. Great Leadership (3:40)Inside GM Meetings (5:01)2005 rules + game change (9:14)Physicality + clean check fights (12:10)Crosby + Ovechkin era (13:30)Best on Best international hockey (17:30)Heading down under NHL Australia (20:04)Do we over analyze hockey? (22:55) Parity, hope + tanking (25:48)Handing out the 2022...

Welcome to our 127th edition of the pod! A main theme on this edition: Our thoughts on NHL suspensions (00:23), NHL Players Safety and do we need to increase punishments? We spend our 1st half and a main part of the pod discussing what is happening in this area of our game: Doing enough to protect players? Who is most to blame?Consistency in discipline (2:07)NHLPA involvement? (5:48)Not up to the players (8:49)What about the victim? (13:06)Stiffer punishments(16:39) Comparable in the...

Welcome to our 126th edition of the pod! Our obvious 1st topic on this episode Connor McDavid's 60th goal of the season, the fastest player to the 60-goal milestone in 27 years! 97 SCORES 60! (00:18) Mad at last season snubs?Taken for granted Hart every season (2:10) The other guys + Hart finalists (4:13) Leon Draisaitl (5:30) Scoring 70 goals, can 97 do it? (6:40) A Koul math lesson...A goal a game in next 10? (10:44)Elite company, Special numbers (12:29) Sidney Crosby + Pittsburgh Penguins...

Welcome to our 125th edition of pod where we dive deep into the races for the final playoff spots in both conferences. In the West: who wants it? (00:49) Winnipeg or Calgary or Nashville?Winnipeg Jets struggles (2:00) The schedule + games that matter down the stretch (6:28) Edmonton Oilers + McDavid stats The East Wild Cards? Penguins Playoffs + Sidney Crosby (11:46) Pittsburgh problems? Florida Panthers (15:09) FLA in the hunt? Our Sports Interaction (17:07) features our inside look at the...

Welcome to our 124th edition of the pod! We go heavy on the NHL GM Meetings in this episode as we talk about all the league news and information coming out of Florida this week! The General Mangers Meetings (00:15) Adding reviews (1:18)Coach or League (3:52)Reviews + Challenge Changing rules + consequences (7:09) Eye in the sky (8:16) The Salary Cap + NHLPA (10:32) Martin Walsh dealings (12:29) Extending 3 on 3 overtime (17:47) Clean check fights (19:05) Our Sports Interaction (23:15)...

Welcome to our 123rd edition of the pod! Another great weekend in the NHL with a ton of storylines as we are just over a month away until the Stanley Cup Playoffs!!! Our 1st main topic, the 1st team to lock up a spot in the postseason the mighty Boston Bruins (00:57). The records and how this team knows they don't matter A veteran group that knows it's all about the playoffs  From one major heavyweight sharpening the saw for playoffs we check in on two teams in the East we continue to wonder...

Welcome to our 122nd edition of the pod! The theme on this episode: getting playoff ready as we talk about the teams going for it! The Road in the West! Colorado Avalanche (00:39) LA Kings chances  A Kraken matchup  Winnipeg Jets (5:06) Did they do enough?  A team in the league  Not going for it? Calgary Flames (12:31) Still alive! Not done yet?  Going with Markstrom!  Our Sports Interaction (16:32) features our inside look at an exciting NHL schedule Thursday night! In the 2nd half of the...

The playoff push is on as we continue season 2 of the pod! With the Trade Deadline in the rearview mirror all our attention now shifts to the amazing playoff races and battle for positioning with 6 weeks until the start of the Stanley Cup Playoffs!   Our 1st main topic comes from the weekend and tough times with Tampa. What's up with the Lightning? (00:48) The benching's and games vs Carolina TBL running out of gas? (2:43)Bolts D vs Maple Leafs (4:34)TBL vs TOR Home Ice (7:59) Boston Bruins...

NHL Trade week continues on pod as the countdown is on with Friday's deadline looming! In this edition it's all about breaking down deal and team outlooks as we try and make sense of everything going on around the NHL. Jakob Chychrun (34:00) not fans of the returnWhat happened?The deal with OttawaHow things played out (2:31)Lunch bag letdown Mismanaged trade (5:17) Sens playoff push? (8:35) Detroit vs Ottawa decisions Bruins add Bertuzzi (11:50) Are the Calgary Flames next? (15:02) Will they...

The countdown to the NHL Trade Deadline continues with the big day this week! We start this edition obviously talking trades and going over some of the deals already done. The Timo Meier Trade (0:44) Shakir Mukhamadullin (1:29) SJS/NJD big additions! Trading Draft picks (3:32) Value on picks?Have we over priced picks? Tampa vs Toronto (6:20) Tanner Jeannot (7:57)Tampa at the Draft (9:03) Overall thoughts on Trade market (9:58). Underlying details in deals. Nashville Predators (13:41) David...

Our countdown to the NHL Trade Deadline continues now just over 1-week away! Our big topic number 1: trading Patrick Kane (00:14) Will he play for another team?What's the feel? (1:20)A difference maker!Perfect for Playoffs (3:00) Thoughts on rumors + speculation (4:59) GMs trade partners (6:16)The process of a trade (8:49)Flow of Information (13:01) Our Sports Interaction (16:30) features our inside look at a few NHL props and pick from Friday and Saturday! In the 2nd half of the pod (19:08)...