Playoffs are set! Puck Podcast April 18, 2025

We recap the past 5 days of the NHL regular season. We made our first round playoff prediction and pick the Stanley Cup winner. We read your e-mails and more.

The playoff pictures is almost complete with just both the final wildcard spots in the East and East to be determined. Brandon Piller from Locked on Senators joins us to talk about Ottawa snapping the playoff drought. Plus as always we have listener e-mails.

Alexander Ovechkin breaks Wayne Gretzky's all time goal scoring record, the Leafs, Lightning, Kings clinch playoff spots. Jeff Ponder joins us to talk about the red hot Blues.

We recap the past week in the NHL including the Jets and Stars clinching playoff spot, Alexander Ovechkin moving closer to the Great One and the Flyers firing head coach John Tortorella. Rachael Donner, one of the co-hots of Locked on Flyers, joins us to talk about what's going on in Philadelphia. Plus listener e-mails.

We recap the past week in the NHL including the Capitals clinching a playoff spot, another goal for Alexander Ovechkin and the Blues on a hot streak. Hockey author and friend of the show Dr. Brian Kennedy stops by to talk about his Montreal Canadiens. We read listener e-mails.

Eddie and Doug discuss the past week in the NHL as the playoff picture develops. Mikko Rantanen faces the Avalanche, Nathan MacKinnon scores his 1,000 point, Carolina has won 7 in a row and Aaron Ekblad is suspended 20 games. Doug returns from vacation and gives his thoughts on the news while he was away and we read listener e-mails.

We recap the past week in the NHL as the playoff picture is taking shape. We recap the big moves made before the recent trade deadline and read listener e-mails.

A recap of the past week of the NHL including the Seth Jones trade, the amazing outdoor game in Columbus, two more goals for Ovechkin and more. Aaron Portzline from The Athletic joins us to talk about the Blue Jackets season and outdoor game. Listener e-mails AND Jeff Ponder drops and F-bomb.

Canada beat the US but it's a win for hockey. NHL resumes the regular season with Ovechkin moves 13 away from #99. Before he leaves on vacation Doug chimes in on what teams are buyers and sellers at the upcoming trade deadline. Plus listener e-mails.

In the first period we recap the first four games of the Four Nations Face-off including two overtime games and a fight filled start between the USA and Canada. In the second period we look back at how bad our preseason predictions were. In the third period we read listener e-mails.