Does the CBA need a tweak when teams like Tampa can manipulate LTIR to their advantage? Which team is under the most pressure to win in Round 1? And more.
This week on The Hockey News Podcast, with senior writers Ryan Kennedy and Matt Larkin:
- The Tampa Bay Lightning play the LTIR game to perfection and get a dominant Nikita Kucherov back for Game 1 of the playoffs. Should we be mad at Tampa? Mad at the CBA? Neither of the above?
- Which team is under the most pressure to advance past Round 1 of the post-season this year?
- Which non-playoff teams are we the most worried about long term? Which non-playoff teams are we the most optimistic about?
- The Florida Panthers' Sam Bennett gets a one-game suspension for boarding the Lightning's Blake Coleman. Justice served, or too short of a ban?
- Listener mailbag, including: is Jonathan Huberdeau the NHL's most underrated player?
And more!
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