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Jun 1
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Golden Knights-Hurricanes Stanley Cup Fi...

THE ATHLETIC
About this episode

The Stanley Cup Final between the Vegas Golden Knights and Carolina Hurricanes is set to begin tomorrow night, but today, the guys preview the series and discuss what to expect when the puck drops for Game 1. Plus, Dom clarifies his Montreal Canadiens “fraudulence” post, The Athletic’s NHL insider Chris Johnston joins the show to talk about his latest offseason trade board, as well as Claude Lemieux’s family donating his brain to Boston University’s CTE Center for research into long-term effects of repetitive head impacts and traumatic brain injury.


Hosts: Max Bultman and Mark Lazerus

With: Dom Luszczyszyn and Chris Johnston

Executive Producer: Chris Flannery

Producer: Chris Flannery


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