The Athletic Hockey Show

On a special Saturday edition of The Athletic Hockey Show prospect series, Max Bultman, Corey Pronman, Scott Wheeler and Chris Peters from Flo Hockey recap the 2024 NHL draft from Vegas. The guys discuss two big trades for the Utah Hockey Club acquiring John Marino from New Jersey and Mikhail Sergachev from the Tampa Bay Lighting. They take a look at the goalies selected on Saturday, how far Aron Kiviharju fell in draft position, and some new insight on Minnesota Wild first rounder Zeev Buium. Max, Corey, Scott and Chris present their favorite draft classes of 2024, they look back on Vegas hosting the final NHL draft on location, before looking ahead to a decentralized Draft in 2025.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Max Bultman, Scott Wheeler and Corey Pronman recap the first round of the NHL draft from the Sphere in Vegas with Macklin Celebrini going first overall to the Sharks. The guys discuss some of the picks that stood out to them including the Duck surprise pick Beckett Sennecke at 3, Tig Iginla at number 6 by the Utah Hockey Club, Zeev Buium at 12 by the Wild, Cole Eiserman 20th overall to the Islanders, Dean Letourneau at 25 by the Bruins and Matvei Gridin at 28 by the Flames.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sean Gentille and Sean McIndoe record a 'Vegas Nights' edition of the pod ahead of the first round of the NHL draft and the opening of free agency, discussing an active Thursday with the Capitals acquiring Andrew Mangiapane from Calgary, Juuse Saros signing an extension with the Predators, Tyler Myers returning to the Canucks and they stick tap Nathan MacKinnon for winning the Hart Trophy. Plus the guys take a look at some of the names on the trade market including Tristan Jarry, Patrik Laine, Mitch Marner and Jacob Trouba. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Max, Corey, and Scott give their final thoughts before the 2024 NHL Draft commences at the Sphere in Las Vegas tomorrow night and discuss the range for Ivan Demidov if the Hawks take Artyom Levshunov at No. 2, where Cayden Lindstrom might land, if there’s a potential disruptor to the presumptive top 5, and more.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gentille, McIndoe and Frankie Corrado look back on the Stanley Cup Final, the voting for the Conn Smythe Trophy, Leon Draisaitl's future with the Oilers and the upcoming free agency period which commences on July 1st.  Before that, Sean and Sean wonder if the Hockey Hall of Fame got in wrong with yesterday's voting of Pavel Datsyuk, Shea Weber, Jeremy Roenick, David Poile, Colin Campbell, Natalie Darwitz and Krissy Wendell-Pohl into the Hall for 2024. Plus, the boys take a look ahead to a chaotic week for the NHL with trades and extensions, buyouts, the award show, the draft and free agency dominating the calendar, and we send off former Arizona Coyotes owner Alex Meruelo, as only Gentille and DGB can. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ian, Laz, and The Athletic’s own Jesse Granger give their instant analysis following Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final and discuss the Florida Panthers winning their first championship in franchise history, Connor McDavid taking home the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP in a losing effort, what the future holds for both teams as the offseason officially begins, and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this special edition of The Athletic Hockey Show Prospect Series, Max, Corey, Scott, and FloHockey’s Chris Peters project the entire first round of the 2024 NHL Draft and give their expert analysis on each pick. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hailey, Max and Sean discuss the New Jersey Devils trade for goalie Jacob Markstrom and the Calgary Flames failure to win a trade in the Craig Conroy era. They discuss Pierre-Luc Dubois getting yet another fresh start, this time in DC, with the LA Kings upgrading their goaltending with Darcy Kuemper and a dejected Barclay Goodrow joining the San Jose Sharks on waivers. Before that, they discuss how the Oilers and Panthers have got to game six of the Stanley Cup Final and if Connor McDavid can lead his team to force a game seven. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sean, Frankie Corrado and Sean look back on game five of the Stanley Cup final, easily the best game to date in the series, Connor McDavid vaulting into the Conn Smythe Trophy conversation, the Panthers failing penalty kill and power-play and the recent struggles of Sergei Bobrovsky. Plus the guys marvel at Matthew Tkachuk's brilliant empty net save, all for not, and if Leon Draisaitl can play through his injuries and come up with an all-time performance in game 6 on Friday night in Edmonton. Plus the Sean's look ahead to the Hall of Fame candidates with the 2024 announcement coming up next Tuesday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today’s Tuesday edition of the Monday show, Ian and Laz look ahead to Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final and discuss how the travel schedule is upsetting the momentum of the series, if Connor McDavid’s playoff run merits a Conn Smythe even if the Oilers lose, the Kings’ Pierre-Luc Dubois conundrum when the 48-hour buyout window opens, and more. Plus, The Athletic’s own Aaron Portzline joins the show to talk about another intriguing offseason for the “never good, rarely boring” Columbus Blue Jackets, as well as the importance of organ donation following his own kidney transplant, and, to close things out, The Athletic’s own Jesse Granger talks to the guys about watching Games 3 and 4 of the SCF with Sergei Bobrovsky’s goalie coach at The Goalie Guild’s Global Goalie Retreat, Bob’s mindset heading into Game 5, Conn Smythe odds, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today’s Prospect Series episode, Max, Corey, Scott, and FloHockey’s Chris Peters talk to The Athletic’s own Arpon Basu about the Montreal Canadiens’ options heading into the NHL Draft with the No. 5 pick, the guys discuss what they learned at this year’s NHL Scouting Combine, and close things out with listener questions in the mailbag. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sean Gentille and Shayna Goldman discuss the Florida Panthers 4-3 win over the Edmonton Oilers in game three of the Stanley Cup Final, Sergei Bobrovsky's Conn Smythe Trophy worthy post-season, the dominating strength of the Panthers and if the Oilers can avoid the sweep with the Stanley Cup in the building on Saturday night. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices