Kool Button Hockey Podcast

The Vegas Golden Knights are the 2023 Stanley Cup Champions! Welcome to our 141st edition of the pod as we celebrate the Champs and the great NHL season by getting right into the next one and what happens this summer! GM's time to make mark is now (00:41) VGK Cup Champ offseason plan? (3:11) Golden Knights next season (7:47) 2023/24 Stanley Cup odds (11:28) Colorado Avalanche? Edmonton Oilers? Tougher Toronto Maple Leafs? (14:20) Playoff template: heavier + bigger The Matthews plan? (30:15) NHLPA future plans and seasons (22:36) Franchise values (24:29) Salary cap growth + escrow Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to 140th edition of the pod where Kouleas and Button continue with our Stanley Cup Final coverage as we recap Game 4 in Florida from Saturday and preview Game 5 in Vegas Tuesday! With the Golden Knights up 3-1 vs the Panthers the Stanley Cup will be in the building as the series shifts back to Vegas for Game 5 Vegas just better (11:15) Tkachuk injury (1:40) Game 4 + 5 thoughts Gary Bettman ovation (3:12) NO BOO'S for Bettman! If VGK Cup in Vegas? Reason for the team Bettman + NHL business (6:29) Enjoy the moment The Vegas build + Bill Foley (13:35) Final thoughts on Game 4 + Game 5 preview (15:50) What happens next? ..... Our 2nd half of our pod includes our thoughts on some of the offseason topics around the NHL: What's up with the Winnipeg Jets? (18:48) Changes coming? Blake Wheeler  Rebuild time?  Final Thoughts - Silly Season (27:06) Shane Doan ARI to TOR Calgary Flames Head Coach Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to our 139th edition of the pod! We continue with Kouleas and Button all over the Stanley Cup Final as the series shifted to Florida for game 3 Thursday between the Vegas Golden Knights and Panthers. Florida now trails 2-1 in the best-of-7 series as the Cardiac Cats stay alive coming back from a 2-1 deficit to win 3-2 in overtime! Continuing to come up clutch for the cats: Matthew Tkachuk with a late tying goal, Carter Verhaeghe OT GWG and Sergei Bobrovsky who made 25-saves (5:00) How we got here/What happens next? (7:27) Officiating + calls in game 3?(15:49) Looking ahead to Game 4 (20:22)   * The late rally allowed the Panthers to claim their first-ever win in the Stanley Cup Final, doing so in the first such contest played at FLA Live Arena. It came exactly 27 years after the state of Florida hosted the Final for the first time (Game 3 of 1996 SCF was played at Miami Arena). ...... In the Silly Season Department (23:47) we share our thoughts on Damon Severson traded to the Columbus Blue Jackets by the New Jersey Devils on Friday after signing an eight-year, $50 million contract. As part of the trade the Devils received a 3rd-round pick in the 2023 NHL Draft. What do we make of the money and term? What is the plan for the NJD summer? CBJ decisions and plan for playoffs? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to our 138th edition of the pod as we continue with our Stanley Cup Final coverage and continue to dive deep into off-season NHL news.  We start with SCF Game 2 where the Vegas Golden Knights matched a franchise playoff record with 7-goals and now have a 2-0 series lead vs the Panthers as the series shifts back to Florida for Game 3 Thursday. Cup Final mismatch (0:25) Can FLA make it a series? Tkachuk misconducts? (3:45) Vegas too deep for FLA (8:50) What happens next? Conn Smythe favs (12:19) VGK build + expansion draft (15:45) Our other main topics of discussion include news around The Silly Season: Columbus Blue Jackets + Mike Babcock (20:20) Patrick Roy + NHL speculation (25:45) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We are back at it after a few busy weeks with our 137th edition of the pod! Enjoy our latest episode as Kouleas and Button breakdown all the news in the NHL this week and set you up with a preview of the Stanley Cup Final! We start first with the Silly Season and big news from around the league: Kyle Dubas + Pittsburgh Penguins (00:30) PIT Plan and future? Crosby, Malkin, Letang (3:00) Brad Treliving + Toronto Maple Leafs (5:13) The Auston Matthews plan? Sign? Trade? Sign + trade? Marner + Nylander plan? (15:03) TOR outlook future plans? THE STANLEY CUP FINAL IS HERE!!! (23:35) Florida Panthers vs Vegas Golden Knights our preview and predications The VGK build (26:41) FLA Factors (28:56) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to 136th edition of the pod! It's all about the Stanley Cup Playoffs as our Round 2 coverage continues with Kool and Button breaking down and discussing the status of each series! Florida vs Toronto (00:17) What's realistic? Knowing how to win Best need to be best Panthers playoff depth New Jersey vs Carolina (7:23) Devils game 2 adjustments Canes team mindset Edmonton vs Vegas (12:17) 97 + 29 together  Other Oilers needed VGK depth + detail Seattle vs Dallas (18:57) Another Button flash back  Stars 3 line depth In addition to our playoff coverage, we also get into some of the eliminated teams and talk about future plans for teams who's season ended earlier then expected. New York Rangers (23:54) What happens now?  Drury vs Gallant  The plan going forward? Boston Bruins + Patrice Bergeron (28:41) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to our 135th edition of the pod and the 2nd round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs! With Button back from Europe and Kouls buzzing after Round 1 we start by looking back at the amazing hockey the last two weeks. Panthers upset the Bruins (1:22) Kraken take our Cup Champs (5:35) Winnipeg Jets + Bowness comments (7:57) Following some of the biggest stories of the 1st round it's off to Round 2 as we preview the matchups and go over the final 8 team remaining in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Toronto vs Florida (10:09) Dallas vs Seattle (16:43) Edmonton vs Vegas (21:58) New Jersey vs Carolina (28:07) Final Thoughts (31:32) 1st round + officiating Road team advantage Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to our 134th edition of the pod all about the amazing 1st round/week of the Stanley Cup Playoffs! One of the hottest topics after week one as it usually is officiating in the playoffs. Kouleas and Button get right into it discussing some of the controversy, calls and different ideas that could help improve things. After our deep dive on some refs we talk about series matchups and different storylines after the 1st weekend of the playoffs! Tampa Lightning vs Toronto Maple Leafs  Sheldon Keefe vs Jon Cooper (10:45) The Ryan O'Reilly FACTOR (14:13) New Jersey Devils vs New York Rangers Akira Schmid + young NJD still in it? (17:36) Game 3 thoughts + Game 4 preview Edmonton Oilers vs LA Kings (20:37) Game 4 EDM season saver (22:04) Draisaitl + McDavid (24:24) Confusing Winnipeg Jets (26:44) Needing more form Mark Scheifele Final thoughts (29:39) Morgan Rielly Nathan MacKinnon In Rod we trust  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs and our 133rd episode! Enjoy Part 2 of our Playoff Previews as we breakdown and look at all 8 matchups in the 1st round: Key storylines, players, predictions and more! Our 1st item of business banged up players how injuries can play a factor in the Stanley Cup Playoffs (00:35) Boston Bruins vs Florida Panthers (3:05) Carolina Hurricanes vs New York Islanders (5:37) New Jersey Devils vs New York Rangers (9:47) Toronto Maple Leafs vs Tampa Bay Lightning (15:10) Vegas Golden Knights vs Winnipeg Jets (18:45) Colorado Avalanche vs Seattle Kraken (22:17) Edmonton Oilers vs LA Kings (24:01) Minnesota Wild vs Dallas Stars (26:13) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to our 132nd episode where it's all about the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs! With 6 matchups set we breakdown the 4 in the East and 2 in the West as we get your set for Round with Part 1 of our Playoff Preview Special! New Jersey Devils vs New York Rangers (00:47) Carolina Hurricanes vs New York Islanders (5:14) Toronto Maple Leafs vs Tampa Bay Lightning (10:30) Boston Bruins vs Florida Panthers (15:33) Edmonton Oilers vs LA Kings (18:38) Vegas Golden Knights vs Winnipeg Jets (24:55) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to a very special edition of the pod our 1st episode with both Kouleas and Button LIVE in the hockey basement!!  We start by talking about some of the special memorabilia, tickets and fun memories provided by the famous Kouleas basement! In this episode we hit on all the big games, races and storylines as part of the Final week of the NHL Regular Season (5:40)  Playoff Pushes  Calgary Flames  What went wrong?  East Wild Cards  Oilers + Avs rising at right time!  Who wants to face Winnipeg?  Everyone playing for something! 2nd half big topic (17:06): Adjustments to the game! The special hockey we see now, thanks to rules and changes. The style of hockey and skill on display  Connor Bedard and next generation  Drafting by size and skill Boston Bruins record setting season (25:21) What does it mean?  Comparable to greatness? Boston or the field?  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to our 130th edition of the pod as the push to the playoffs and big races continue in the NHL! Our 1st main topic the Edmonton Oilers and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins 100-points (00:37). With the milestone the Oilers became the 1st team since 1995-96 and 14th in NHL history to have 3 or more players post a triple-digit point total in the same season! Colorado Avalanche (3:08) The Road in the West Resting Players (7:22) Getting playoff ready 2nd half BIG TOPIC: Playoffs + Officiating (10:09) Officials in postseason Always something to complain about Not guessing/playoff penalties (15:50) What should we expect? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Under 2-weeks until the start of the Stanley Cup Playoffs and the races are on! On our 129th edition of the pod we go over some of hockey's hottest topics from the weekend and week ahead! The West Wild Card (00:36) WPG? CGY? NSH? Who makes it? (3:07) Seattle Kraken WC1? (5:42) Strength of schedule Devils vs Rangers (9:09) Playoff matchup Underlaying numbers (11:22) Strategies + speed on wings (12:28) Coaching in the series (13:47) Leon Draisaitl (13:37) reached the 50-goal mark for the third time in his career! 2nd for Hart + end of season Allstar Erik Karlsson historic numbers (19:33) Norris + best D debate Toronto vs Tampa (24:07) Playoff preview What's different?  Backend D in series (26:19) Connor Bedard (29:27) 2-playoff games, 5 Goals, 3 Assists, 8 Pts! His greatness continues! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to our 128th edition of the pod! On this episode Bill Daly the Deputy Commissioner of the NHL joins Steve and Craig to talk about a number of league topics and issues. Great Leadership (3:40) Inside GM Meetings (5:01) 2005 rules + game change (9:14) Physicality + clean check fights (12:10) Crosby + Ovechkin era (13:30) Best on Best international hockey (17:30) Heading down under NHL Australia (20:04) Do we over analyze hockey? (22:55) Parity, hope + tanking (25:48) Handing out the 2022 Stanley Cup (28:02) Our Sports Interaction (15:42) Features our inside look at the NHL this weekend with some big games on the schedule involving teams trying to lock up a spot in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to our 127th edition of the pod! A main theme on this edition: Our thoughts on NHL suspensions (00:23), NHL Players Safety and do we need to increase punishments? We spend our 1st half and a main part of the pod discussing what is happening in this area of our game: Doing enough to protect players? Who is most to blame? Consistency in discipline (2:07) NHLPA involvement? (5:48) Not up to the players (8:49) What about the victim? (13:06) Stiffer punishments(16:39)  Comparable in the playoffs? (18:19) Our Sports Interaction (20:22) features our inside look at some great matchups in the NHL Tuesday!  In our 2nd half of the pod we hit on a number of hockey topics that grab our attention with just over 2 weeks to go in the NHL Season: Golden Era + Amazing Skill (22:06) How many score 50-goals? (24:38) Canucks + Senators outlook (28:33) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to our 126th edition of the pod! Our obvious 1st topic on this episode Connor McDavid's 60th goal of the season, the fastest player to the 60-goal milestone in 27 years! 97 SCORES 60! (00:18) Mad at last season snubs? Taken for granted Hart every season (2:10) The other guys + Hart finalists (4:13) Leon Draisaitl (5:30) Scoring 70 goals, can 97 do it? (6:40) A Koul math lesson... A goal a game in next 10? (10:44) Elite company, Special numbers (12:29) Sidney Crosby + Pittsburgh Penguins (13:58) Calgary + Florida playoff chase(15:42) Our Sports Interaction (19:10) features our inside look at the NHL on another busy Saturday! In the 2nd half of the pod our focus is on the West standings (21:20) and what could happen in both the Central and Pacific Division races!   Thoughts on Pacific goaltending? (22:30) How things look in the Central? Can Vegas win with Jonathan Quick? (27:32) Final thoughts on the NHL schedule down the stretch (28:48) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to our 125th edition of pod where we dive deep into the races for the final playoff spots in both conferences. In the West: who wants it? (00:49) Winnipeg or Calgary or Nashville? Winnipeg Jets struggles (2:00) The schedule + games that matter down the stretch (6:28) Edmonton Oilers + McDavid stats The East Wild Cards? Penguins Playoffs + Sidney Crosby (11:46) Pittsburgh problems? Florida Panthers (15:09) FLA in the hunt? Our Sports Interaction (17:07) features our inside look at the NHL Tuesday!  The best RW in the NHL? (19:27) 1st + 2nd team votes End of Season Allstar Mitch Marner Magic (21:38) Top RW + PK/Big minutes 16 in the Selke convo (24:23)? Hart Trophy Finalists (27:46) The field after McDavid 97 unanimous winner McDavid Goals + Points (31:09) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to our 124th edition of the pod! We go heavy on the NHL GM Meetings in this episode as we talk about all the league news and information coming out of Florida this week! The General Mangers Meetings (00:15) Adding reviews (1:18) Coach or League (3:52) Reviews + Challenge Changing rules + consequences (7:09) Eye in the sky (8:16) The Salary Cap + NHLPA (10:32) Martin Walsh dealings (12:29) Extending 3 on 3 overtime (17:47) Clean check fights (19:05) Our Sports Interaction (23:15) features our inside look at a few big matchups in the NHL Saturday! Pretenders? Rangers+ Penguins (25:02) A look at the Metro Vegas Golden Knights (29:52) Healthy D = good record Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to our 123rd edition of the pod! Another great weekend in the NHL with a ton of storylines as we are just over a month away until the Stanley Cup Playoffs!!! Our 1st main topic, the 1st team to lock up a spot in the postseason the mighty Boston Bruins (00:57). The records and how this team knows they don't matter  A veteran group that knows it's all about the playoffs  From one major heavyweight sharpening the saw for playoffs we check in on two teams in the East we continue to wonder about: The New York Rangers + Tampa Bay Lightning? (5:10) 5 on 5 and the PP Are things missing? Being at your best + Mike Keane's leadership (10:37) Play the players that help you win (11:58) More on NYR/TBL playoff preparations (13:02) Our Sports Interaction (16:42) features our inside look at a big matchup in the NHL Tuesday! Where do we have the Edmonton Oilers in the West? (18:22) Paul Coffey: McDavid needs help? Oilers lines, D and concerns (22:55) Mitch Marner the superstar! (25:06) The straw that stirs the drink Shorthanded ice time 16 a Hart finalist! (27:39) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to our 122nd edition of the pod! The theme on this episode: getting playoff ready as we talk about the teams going for it! The Road in the West! Colorado Avalanche (00:39) LA Kings chances  A Kraken matchup  Winnipeg Jets (5:06) Did they do enough?  A team in the league  Not going for it? Calgary Flames (12:31) Still alive! Not done yet?  Going with Markstrom!  Our Sports Interaction (16:32) features our inside look at an exciting NHL schedule Thursday night! In the 2nd half of the pod we look at a few what ifs? (18:12) What happens when some of these teams lose? New Jersey Devils (19:21) Outlook on teams (21:39) Officiating in the playoffs, supervisors and dealing with controversy (22:45) Real Stanley Cup Cup contenders managing the ups and downs (26:02) A Button Bob Gainey playoff story time (31:03) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.