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 + bigger
• The 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 team
• Bettman + 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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