Episode Ron Stackhouse (459):Stanley Cup Round 1. Leafs Out. Oilers Advance. Will the Vegas Cheaters beat Dallas?

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The rainy day mirrored Dale's mood as we discussed the Leafs' heartbreaking game 7 loss to the Bruins. The Oilers move past the Kings in 5, but were they as good as the results? What's next for the teams that lost and who will win the next round? Listen Here: iTunes Google Play Stitcher Direct MP3 iHeart Radio

Title Player Ron Stackhouse

Series Updates

EAST

BOS 4 TOR 3

Gut wrenching loss

Injuries brutal for Leafs - Woll, Matthews, Marner, Nylander

All the same storylines - will anyone be moved?

NYR 4 WAS 0

No surprise really.

CAR 4 NYI 1

Islanders are interesting - mediocrity defined

Will Lamoriello stick around? Will they bring in someone as a successor?

FLA 4 TBL 1

Florida overwhelmed TBL

Possession stats much better

Goaltending big story

TBL - wiil Stamkos stay? Milt Schmidt?

Guess the 5th

Connections Last Week - Dallas, Columbus, Minnesota, Washington - all have stars in their logos

This week Wayne Gretzky, Larry Robinson, Mark Messier, Patrick Roy

WEST

Oilers 4 Kings 1

McDavid - 11 Assists

Skinner strong

Favourable calls by refs - what is going on?

All power play 45% 9 G in 5 games!- were not impressive at 5v5

5v5 - GF 50% and xGF favoured Kings

Pierre-Luc Dubois - $8.5MM through 2030-31 - good luck buying that out.

Questions about moves at GM? Thoughts?

COL 4 WPG 1

Jets - Bowness back? any changes?

VAN 4 NSH 2

All Canadian quarter final

Arturs Silovs - comes in from out of nowhere and plays .938 SV% and a shutout in Game 6.

Tight series - Total goals 13-12 for Canucks

5v5 Total Goals 8-7

NSH - exceeded expectations

VGK 3 v DAL 3

Game 7 - go STARS

Crazy Stat

ROUND 2 Matchups -

VAN v EDM Dale EDM 5 Mike EDM 6

COL v ? Dale DAL 7 Mike COL 6

FLA v BOS Dale FLA 6 Mike FLA 6

CAR v NYR Dale CAR 7 Mike NYR 6

DOPeS - took the playoffs off - have set an out of office message that says “Player X has been fined for actions in Team X game.”