Kool Button Hockey Podcast Steve Kouleas & Craig Button

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? (30:15)
NHLPA future plans and seasons (22:36)
Franchise values (24:29)Salary cap growth + escrow
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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 business (6:29)Enjoy the moment
The Vegas build + Bill Foley (13:35)
Final thoughts on Game 4 + Game 5 preview (15:50)
What happens next?
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Our 2nd half of our pod includes our thoughts on some of the offseason topics around the NHL:
What's up with the Winnipeg Jets? (18:48)
Changes coming? Blake Wheeler Rebuild time? 
Final Thoughts - Silly Season (27:06)
Shane Doan ARI to TOR Calgary Flames Head Coach

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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 (5:00)

How we got here/What happens next? (7:27)Officiating + calls in game 3?(15:49)Looking ahead to Game 4 (20:22) 
* The late rally allowed the Panthers to claim their first-ever win in the Stanley Cup Final, doing so in the first such contest played at FLA Live Arena. It came exactly 27 years after the state of Florida hosted the Final for the first time (Game 3 of 1996 SCF was played at Miami Arena).
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In the Silly Season Department (23:47) we share our thoughts on Damon Severson traded to the Columbus Blue Jackets by the New Jersey Devils on Friday after signing an eight-year, $50 million contract. As part of the trade the Devils received a 3rd-round pick in the 2023 NHL Draft.

What do we make of the money and term? What is the plan for the NJD summer?CBJ decisions and plan for playoffs?
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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 (12:19)VGK build + expansion draft (15:45)
Our other main topics of discussion include news around The Silly Season:
Columbus Blue Jackets + Mike Babcock (20:20)Patrick Roy + NHL speculation (25:45)
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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 + Nylander plan? (15:03)TOR outlook future plans?
THE STANLEY CUP FINAL IS HERE!!! (23:35)
Florida Panthers vs Vegas Golden Knights
our preview and predications The VGK build (26:41)FLA Factors (28:56)

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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 back Stars 3 line depth
In addition to our playoff coverage, we also get into some of the eliminated teams and talk about future plans for teams who's season ended earlier then expected.
New York Rangers (23:54)
What happens now? Drury vs Gallant The plan going forward?
Boston Bruins + Patrice Bergeron (28:41)

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