Episode Tod Sloan (503): Stanley Cup Final Update. Coaching Changes Abound!
ScuttlePuck NHL Hockey Podcast
Release Date: 06/10/2025
ScuttlePuck NHL Hockey Podcast
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1. Opening Banter
- Germany, wedding
- Listener shout-outs and feedback
Title Player - Tod Sloan
2. Listener Mail & Hot Takes
- Your feedback
3. News Around the League
🏆 Stanley Cup Final – Oilers vs Panthers
- Series tied 1–1:
- Game 1: Oilers dominate early, McDavid and Draisaitl combine for 5 points
- Game 2: Panthers rally, Barkov scores in double OT thriller
- Goaltending duels: Skinner vs Bobrovsky
- Key storylines heading into Game 3:
- Marchand stirring controversy on and off ice
- Special teams battle intensifies
Guess the 5th
NHL Coaching Carousel
- Boston Bruins: Marco Sturm becomes first German NHL head coach
- Pittsburgh Penguins: Dan Muse named new bench boss after Mike Sullivan’s departure
- Chicago Blackhawks: Jeff Blashill hired to guide rebuild
- Seattle Kraken: Lane Lambert joins from Islanders
- Vancouver Canucks: Adam Foote promoted as Tocchet leaves
- Philadelphia Flyers: Rick Tocchet takes over as full-time coach
- Dallas Stars: Pete DeBoer fired after playoff exit; replacement TBD
4. Coaching Moves: Who Wins the Offseason?
- Best fit: Sturm in Boston? Muse in Pittsburgh? Tocchet in Philly?
- Teams still searching: Dallas and others
- How coaching style aligns with team direction
- Connections - Last week - Nick Cousins, Marc Crawford, Andrew Shaw, Matt Cooke This week - Al McInnes, Cam Ward, Alex Ovechkin, Ryan O’Reilly, Jonathan Marchessault
- 2025 NHL Awards Highlights
- Art Ross & Ted Lindsay: Nikita Kucherov – 121 points, peer-voted MVP
- Rocket Richard: Leon Draisaitl – goal-scoring leader
- Selke & King Clancy: Aleksander Barkov – defensive excellence and community impact
- Jack Adams: Spencer Carbery (Capitals) – Coach of the Year
- Masterton Trophy: Sean Monahan – emotional tribute after personal loss
- Other winners to be announced June 12: Hart, Vezina, Norris, Calder, Lady Byng
7. Crazy Stat of the Week
- Aleksander Barkov becomes just the second player in NHL history to win both the Selke and King Clancy in the same season