Canadiens steal Game 7 from the Lightning

The Montreal Canadiens went 27 minutes without a shot on goal in last night’s Game 7, including the entire second period, but they still found a way to score twice to move on to the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs, and send the Tampa Bay Lightning to their fourth consecutive first-round exit. The guys break it all down and discuss the 15-goal Game 1 between the Minnesota Wild and Colorado Avalanche, the Carolina Hurricanes blanking the Philadelphia Flyers in Game 1 of their series, and how the Mikko Rantanen trades have aged over time, as well as a lookahead to the Anaheim Ducks-Vegas Golden Knights series. Plus, The Athletic’s own Chris Johnston joins the show to talk about the Toronto Maple Leafs hiring Mats Sundin and John Chayka and the blunt comments from Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl from Edmonton Oilers locker cleanout.

0:00:00: Intro
0:00:12: Montreal Canadiens-Tampa Bay Lightning Game 7
0:01:30: Jakub Dobes outduels Andrei Vasilevskiy in the series
0:04:50: Nikita Kucherov finishes with zero points in Games 5, 6, and 7
0:10:08: Looking ahead to the Montreal Canadiens-Buffalo Sabres series
0:13:33: Toronto Maple Leafs hire Mats Sundin and John Chayka
0:15:34: How will decisions be made at the top of the Leafs organization?
0:21:32: What is John Chayka’s reputation with other GMs around the NHL?
0:26:02: Locker cleanout comments from Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl
0:29:51: Minnesota Wild-Colorado Avalanche Game 1
0:32:28: Why Joel Eriksson Ek’s absence is so tough for the Wild
0:33:24: John Hynes managed Jesper Wallstedt correctly
0:35:18: Cale Makar vs. Quinn Hughes
0:37:34: Carolina Hurricanes rolled the Philadelphia Flyers in Game 1
0:40:53: Revisiting the Mikko Rantanen trades a year later
0:43:52: Looking ahead to Anaheim Ducks-Vegas Golden Knights
0:46:52: Lukas Dostal vs. Carter Hart

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