Who’s the NHL’s luckiest team? | Full Episode

As the saying goes, sometimes it’s better to be lucky than good, and in the spirit of St. Patrick’s Day, Max and Jesse make their picks for the luckiest teams in the NHL this season. Plus, The Athletic’s own Sean McIndoe joins the show to discuss Auston Matthews sustaining a season-ending injury following a Radko Gudas-induced knee-on-knee hit last week, Gudas’ subsequent five game suspension, and if the Maple Leafs should launch a full-scale rebuild this coming offseason. And, to close things out, the guys deep dive into Jesse’s NHL goalie tandem power rankings 2.0.
0:34 Who are the luckiest teams in the NHL this season?
13:10 Fallout from the Auston Matthews-Radko Gudas kneeing incident
15:28 Should one of Matthews’ teammates have fought Gudas after the hit?
19:55 Is it time for the Toronto Maple Leafs to pursue a rebuild this offseason?
32:43 Jesse’s NHL goalie tandem power rankings 2.0
33:00 No. 28: Joseph Woll and Anthony Stolarz, Toronto Maple Leafs
34:33 No. 1: Ilya Sorokin and David Rittich, New York Islanders
36:58 No. 5: Alex Lyon and Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen, Buffalo Sabres
41:19 No. 6. Andrei Vasilevskiy and Jonas Johansson, Tampa Bay Lightning
44:09 No. 21: Sergei Bobrovsky and Daniil Tarasov, Florida Panthers
47:49 Which goalie tandem has the most to prove next season?

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