Who’s the best goalie left in the Stanley Cup playoffs?
5/18/202648 min
The Vegas Golden Knights-Colorado Avalanche Western Conference Final matchup is set, but there is still one game left to play in the East, as the guys preview tonight’s Game 7 between the Montreal Canadiens and Buffalo Sabres. Plus, which goalie left in the playoffs is the most trustworthy in net, thoughts on Mitch Marner’s Conn Smythe case, and his potential goal of the year in Game 6 against the Anaheim Ducks, VGK forfeiting a second-round draft pick after “flagrant violations” of NHL media regulations, and who should fill the coaching vacancies for the Edmonton Oilers and Toronto Maple Leafs.
Hosts: Max Bultman and Mark Lazerus
With: Jesse Granger
Executive Producer: Chris Flannery
Producer: Chris Flannery
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First 90 secondsMarc Lazarus· Host0:00
[upbeat music] This is The Athletic Hockey Show.
Max Bultman· Host0:11
[upbeat music] Hey, everybody. Max Boltman here alongside Marc Lazarus and Jesse Granger for another episode of The Athletic Hockey Show. Fellas, we have a game seven tonight, Sabres-Canadiens. And if you're Martin St. Louis, Laz, are you just rolling out the same playbook from the Tampa game seven? Get 10 shots, maybe nine. [laughs] See what happens.
Marc Lazarus· Host0:44
It's clearly the recipe for success, right? The less you do, the better it's gonna turn out. This has been such a weird series, hasn't it? Like, it hasn't been ... You know, you picture a game seven between two of these amazing fan bases and environments. Most of these games have been lousy games, right?
Max Bultman· Host0:59
Yeah.
Marc Lazarus· Host0:59
They've been blowouts. There's been one real, real good game, I think it was game four. Uh, I, I don't know. I can't make heads or tails of this series. Literally anything could happen tonight, including Montreal winning with nine shots on goal, and I wouldn't be surprised.
Max Bultman· Host1:11
Well, they started out last game, three goals on three shots on goal. So they're, they're already kinda kicking around the, kicking around the old formula, Jesse.
Jesse Granger· Host1:19
[laughs] Right. The only, the only consistent thing in this series, like Marc said, they've just been bouncing back and forth, is that I feel like Montreal has just bounced back after every loss.