The first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs is wrapping up, and there has been no shortage of entertaining highlights and storylines for hockey fans to enjoy.
This week on The Hockey Show, co-hosts Roy Bellamy and David Dwork discussed much of the happenings that have occurred so far during an exciting start to the postseason.
Several of the opening round series’ are complete, and we already know our second round matchups in the Eastern Conferene.
The Metro-winning Washington Capitals will host the Carolina Hurricanes while the Toronto Maple Leafs, the Atlantic Division champs, will face last season’s Stanley Cup winners, the Florida Panthers.
To discuss the postseason and current NHL news, including the New York Rangers hiring Mike Sullivan and the amazing season from rookie Macklin Celebrini, Roy and Dave welcomed San Jose Sharks host and reporter for NBC Sports California Tara Sloan to the show.
As many of you know, Roy and Dave have been closely following the journey of the team they cover, the Panthers.
Last week, Florida advanced past the opening round of the playoffs when they eliminated their cross-state rivals, the Tampa Bay Lightning, in five games for the second consecutive postseason.
Joining this week’s show to discuss Florida’s mission to repeat, their opening round win, becoming a new dad and lots more was Panthers forward Eetu Luostarinen!
You can check out both interviews and the full show in the video below:
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