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Here is a list of the Awards candidates and recipients from the 2022-23 season Stanley Cup-Vegas Golden Knights Prince of Wales Trophy-Florida Panthers Clarence S. Campbell-Vegas Golden Knights Presidents' Trophy-Boston Bruins Conn Smythe-Jonathan Marchessault (VGK) Art Ross-Connor McDavid Maurice Richard-Connor McDavid Jennings Trophy-Linus Ullmark Hart Trophy Finalists Connor McDavid, F, EDM David Pastrnak, F, BOS Matthew Tkachuk, F, FLA Prediction: Connor McDavid Vezina Trophy Connor Hellebuyck, WPG Ilya Sorokin, NYI Linus Ullmark, BOS Prediction: Ilya Sorokin Ted Lindsay Trophy Erik Karlsson, D, SJ Connor McDavid, F, EDM David Pastrnak, F, BOS Prediction: Connor McDavid James Norris Trophy Adam Fox, NYR Erik Karlsson, SJ Cale Makar, COL Prediction: Erik Karlsson Calder Trophy Matty Beniers, F, SJ Owen Power, D, BUF Stuart Skinner, G, EDM Prediction: Matty Beniers Frank J Selke Trophy Patrice Bergeron, F, BOS Nico Hischier, F, NJ Mitch Marner, F, TOR Prediction: Patrice Bergeron...

Here is the schedule for the 2023 Stanley Cup Final between the Vegas Golden Knights and Florida Panthers. The best-of-7 series will begin Saturday in Las Vegas. All games will start at 8 p.m. ET The Golden Knights advanced by defeating the Dallas Stars in six games in the Western Conference Final,  while the Florida Panthers swept the Carolina Hurricanes in the best-of-7 Eastern Conference Final. 2023 STANLEY CUP FINAL Vegas Golden Knights (P1) vs. Florida Panthers (WC2) GM 1: Sat., June 3 on TNT, TBS, truTV, SN, CBC, TVAS GM 2: Mon., June 5 on TNT, TBS, truTV, SN, CBC, TVAS GM 3: Thu., June 8 on TNT, TBS, truTV, SN, CBC, TVAS GM 4: Sat., June 10 on TNT, TBS, truTV, SN, CBC, TVAS GM 5: *if necessary* Tue., June 13 on TNT, truTV, SN, CBC, TVAS GM 6 *if necessary* Fri., June 16 on TNT, TBS, truTV, SN, CBC, TVAS GM 7 *if necessary* Mon., June 19 on TNT, TBS, truTV, SN, CBC, TVAS

Here is the schedule for the conference finals of the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs. The winner of each best-of-7 series will advance to the Stanley Cup Final. In the Eastern Conference, the Carolina Hurricanes, the No. 1 seed from the Metropolitan Division, will play the Florida Panthers, the second wild card. In the Western Conference, the Vegas Golden Knights, the No. 1 seed from the Pacific Division, will face the Dallas Stars, the No. 2 seed from the Central. All times listed are ET and subject to change. Eastern Conference Carolina Hurricanes (M1) vs. Florida Panthers (WC2) GM 1: Thu., May 18: Panthers at Hurricanes, 8 p.m.; TNT, SN, CBC, TVAS GM 2: Sat., May 20: Panthers at Hurricanes, 8 p.m.; TNT, SN, CBC, TVAS GM 3: Mon., May 22: Hurricanes at Panthers, 8 p.m.; TNT, SN, CBC, TVAS GM 4: Wed., May 24: Hurricanes at Panthers, 8 p.m.; TNT, SN, CBC, TVAS GM 5: *Fri., May 26: Panthers at Hurricanes, 8 p.m.; TNT, SN, CBC, TVAS GM 6: *Sun., May 28: Hurricanes at Panthers, 8 p.m.; TNT, SN,...

The Vegas Golden Knights are in trouble now with Robin Lehner expected to be out the entire season and with Laurent Brossoit also out with injury. With their goaltending situation uncertain, Vegas will need to make some moves to improve their goaltending in order to be a contender this season. These are the moves that the Vegas Golden Knights should make: Vegas Golden Knights acquire Semyon Varlamov from the New York Islanders for a 2023 3rd round pick, and a 2024 5th round pick. This trade benefits both teams because the Islanders don't really need a $5 million backup with Ilya Sorokin primed to be the workhorse next season, while the Golden Knights really could use a veteran goalie to tandem with Logan Thompson in the absence of Robin Lehner. Vegas Golden Knights acquire Mike Hoffman from the Montreal Canadiens for Sakari Manninen, a 2025 3rd round pick. If Vegas Makes the playoffs, the 3rd round pick becomes a 2nd round pick. Mike Hoffman adds some scoring punch to their top 6 ...

 After losing to the Montreal Canadiens in the 3rd round of the playoffs, the Vegas Golden Knights have some major decisions to make in the offseason before free agency because they really need to address some weaknesses on the team. Heading into the offseason, the Vegas Golden Knights have a little over 6 million in cap space to spend in free agency, so they will need to make some moves to free up some cap space.  Before the Draft, Vegas need to trade one of their starting goalies . The most logical thing to do is to trade Marc-Andre Fleury because he is the more established goalie and is coming off a Vezina Caliber year. Fleury's value has never been higher and if they don't trade him now, his value could drop off a cliff next year, so it is best to trade him before his play starts to decline. Vegas Golden Knights make a 3 team trade with the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Edmonton Oilers. The Toronto Maple Leafs get Marc-Andre Fleury and Alex Chiasson (who is a pending UFA...

This is an extension of podcast 113-2021 Stanley Cup Playoffs: Semi-Finals Preview. The Result of the Vegas/Minnesota series is still unknown, so I will do a preview with both of the teams included. West Division Semi-Finals Colorado Avalanche vs Vegas Golden Knights/Minnesota Wild Key Players:  COL-F: N.MacKinnon, M.Rantanen, G.Landeskog, Alex Newhook, A.Burakovsky, J.Donskoi, Tyson Jost, Valeri Nischuskin | D: C.Makar, S.Girard, D.Toews, R.Graves VGK-F: M.Stone, J.Marchessault, W.Karlsson, R.Smith, A.Tuch, C.Stephenson, Cody Glass, Mattias Janmark | D: S.Theodore, A.Pietrangelo, A.Martinez, B.McNabb, Z.Whitecloud MIN-F: K.Kaprizov, M.Zuccarello, K.Fiala, J.Eriksson Ek, J.Greenway, M.Foligno, V.Rask, N.Bjugstad, R.Hartman | D: J.Spurgeon, R.Suter, M.Dumba, J.Brodin X-Factor: JT Compher (COL), Nicholas Roy (VGK)/Z.Parise (MIN) Goalies: P.Grubauer (COL) vs M-A.Fleury (VGK)/ C.Talbot (MIN) If you are the Colorado Avalanche right now, I think they would rather face the Vegas Golden Kn...

This is Honda West Playoff Preview.   Colorado Avalanche vs St.Louis Blues Key Players:  COL-F: N.MacKinnon, M.Rantanen, G.Landeskog, N.Kadri, Alex Newhook, A.Burakovsky, J.Donskoi | D: C.Makar, S.Girard, D.Toews, R.Graves STL-F: R.O'Reilly, V.Tarasenko, J.Schwartz, B.Schenn, D.Perron, R.Thomas, M.Hoffman | D: T.Krug, J.Faulk, C.Parayko, V.Dunn X-Factor: Tyson Jost (COL), Jordan Kyrou (STL) Goalies: P.Grubauer (COL) vs J.Binnington (STL) The Colorado Avalanche have owned the season series against the St.Louis Blues, winning 5 out of the 8 games. St.Louis certainly knows what it takes to win the Stanley Cup but Colorado is not a good first-round matchup for them. The Colorado Avalanche is led by Nathan MacKinnon, Mikko Rantanen, Gabriel Landeskog and Cale Makar, and have a great supporting cast which includes players such as Nazem Kadri, Alex Newhook, Joonas Donskoi, Sam Girard, Devon Toews, and Andre Burakovsky. Philipp Grubauer has had a tremendous regular season and is a pot...